Learn about the history, and future, of the musical art form. Devesh Chandra started playing the tabla (Indian hand drums) at age three, learning from the sounds of Northern Indian classical music ...

Composer Reena Esmail breaks down the difference between raga and tala in Indian classical music, and how their function compares to scales and rhythms in Western classical music. Host Scott Yoo then ...

The unconventional, husky voice that might have struck you while jiving to popular Bengali film songs like Dakatiya Banshi, ...

Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Grammy-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) and the KM Music Conservatory have unveiled the Bharat Maestro Awards, a new initiative celebrating Indian ...

Hindustani classical vocalist Ronkini Gupta sings Ae Ri Aali Piya Bin, a Raag Yaman bandish, and then explains it to the audience of about 40 gathered in an elegant living room in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj.

At the age of 40, Ludwig van Beethoven was deaf, but that did not stop him from composing the iconic Symphony No. 9—a masterpiece that would go on to shape classical music for centuries to come. His ...

SINGAPORE – For over two decades, Esplanade’s Kalaa Utsavam – Indian Festival of Arts has celebrated the evolving spirit of Indian arts in Singapore. The 2025 edition, which runs from Nov 21 to 30, ...

CHENNAI -- Seated cross-legged, and dressed in a white silk veshti (ethnic attire resembling a sarong), a vocalist performs a song based on Carnatic music, one of India's two main ancient musical ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Amit Chaudhuri charts his musical journey in a new book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.” By Joshua Barone Amit Chaudhuri, an ...

Here's a typical Saturday night for a music fan in Manhattan: You go grab some dinner, and then go to a show. You hang out there for an hour or two, enjoy the music and then leave, right? But what ...