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Sarod maestro Brij Narayan opines discipline is the common factor that unites all classical arts A sarod is what accompanies classical artiste Brij Narayan on his travels within the country and abroad. On a brief stopover in the city on the invite of the Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademy, the maestro, who took up music following in the footsteps of his …

Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, who has enthralled audiences all across the globe with his mellifluous music, is concerned that people are today more interested in fusion than pure classical music. “Today people are more interested to see collaborations. Why are people more interested in fusion, what is the reason and why is it happening? It is a very big …

Internationally acclaimed sitarist Anoushka Shankar says Indian classical music has a strong following abroad, but it’s “such a shame” that the genre’s popularity hasn’t translated in the country of its origin. The daughter of late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar earned her fifth Grammy nomination this week for her album “Home”, which reaffirms Indian classical music’s hold in the West. …

Legendary sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan’s bonding with Punjab spans over 50 years and now he makes this bond stronger by playing for an album—Gurbani: Songs of Divine Wisdom It was in 1964, more than 50 years back, that Ustad Amjad Ali Khan stepped on the Punjab soil for his first-ever concert, a relationship that only grew with each …

Our weddings may have become grander than life but the old marriage songs, associated with sangeet functions, have gone missing in the rising clamour of item numbers It is the evening before the wedding day of their daughter in Gupta household. Everyone is super excited. Almost all relatives and friends from far and wide have already arrived to give their …