Shailaja Khanna, New Delhi

Recently, IGNCA in collaboration with the South Zone Cultural Centre and Archaeological Survey of India organised a 3 day cultural fiesta celebrating the culture of...

An innovative online auction of saris, donated by artists, was used to raise funds for artists in need. For over a year, artists have repeatedly...

The recent brouhaha at the Dhrupad Sansthan in Bhopal where two Gurus have been named as molesting and harassing the resident students there has brought...

Mercifully, the relentless barrage of unsolicited free music and dance available online is easing now; with the realization that online concerts will remain a way...

Recently a week-long online festival of young string instrumentalists made waves – held in the name of Bharat Ratna Pt Ravi Shankar, in his centenary...

Delhi’s eagerly awaited Classical Music Festival was held at a new more inclusive venue of Sunder Nursery. In its10th edition, this festival is organized by...

Sadly, in Delhi, classical music concerts which are now a fairly regular occurrence do not usually make waves. It is quite common to see not...

Thumri has always captivated listeners of North Indian classical music; some of the greatest classical musicians of the last century were also great thumri singers;...

Bharat, India, is named after Bharata muni. Sadly, today he is a forgotten figure; his path-breaking ‘Natya Shastra’ the oldest extant work in the world...

World Music Day on 21st June, the day of the summer solstice was first celebrated in 1982 in France, by having open-air free concerts throughout...