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Fusion music dead in the West: Trilok Gurtu |
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Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
Mumbai, Jan 8 (IANS) Fusion music is dead in the West and what is being promoted under that name is crude, commercial and soulless stuff, says Trilok Gurtu, one of the earliest exponents of the genre.  Trilok Gurtu "Fusion is dead in the West. Nobody cares for it there. World music is upcoming, good remixes are welcomed," Gurtu told IANS in an interview. Gurtu, the Hamburg-based son of late legendary Thumri (a style of light Indian classical music) exponent Shobha Gurtu, said the main reason for fusion's decline was that nobody wanted to look out for genuine music. "Nobody wants to spend money to go searching for good country and folk music to bring out fusion. People who try fusion nowadays are those who have no idea what is involved in fusion. |
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Sangeetha Mamani for Sudha Raghunathan |
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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December 20, 2005
 Sudha Raghunathan Noted Carnatic vocalist and south Indian classical singer Sudha Raghunathan was conferred Sangeetha Mamani by Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj yesterday.
Inaugurating the silver jubilee celebrations of the samaj and ninth annual music festival of the samaj,
L. Saberathnam, director, Chennai Petroleum Corporation , said people throughout the world are now eager to listen to Carnatic music. Even the youth are today attracted towards Carnatic music. Sabha should encourage them to sustain the interest.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 February 2006 )
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
A vocalist and a violinist par excellence in the world of South Indian classical music is Mohan Chandrasekharan.  Mohan Chandrasekharan
Born in 1937, he was introduced to violin-playing by his mother Charubala who herself was a talented musician. 'She was my only guru as far as the violin was concerned,' he notes.
'When my mother played on the instrument I would grip her feet and listen to the music. When she understood my love for music she started teaching me the violin at the age of seven She made me overcome my visual disability and learn the art', he recalls.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 January 2006 )
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Dance Festival Chennai(Aug 8-12) |
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Thursday, 04 August 2005 |
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Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama New Delhi and Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram, Chennai host 'Nritya Pratibha' - a festival of young dancers from August 8 to 12, 2005 in Chennai.
The festival presents a selection of young artistes mainly from southern region and a few from other regions of India, representing various styles of dance like Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam, Kathak, Kathakali, Nangiarkoothu, Odissi, Sattriya, Chhau and Pung Cholom.
The fest will be inaugurated by senior dance guru Kalanidhi Narayanan. Concerts begin at 6.30 pm daily and will be held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's main auditorium, Mylapore, Chennai.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 August 2005 )
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'Carnataka Isaignani' conferred on Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan |
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Thursday, 04 August 2005 |
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August 01 2005
 Chief Minister Jayalalithaa conferred the title of `Carnataka Isaignani' on Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan, an eminent violinist on behalf of the Tamil Nadu Government. An event was organised on August 1, 2005 at Narada Gana Sabha's auditorium in Chennai, to felicitate the violinist on his completing 60 years in the field of Carnatic music. The Chief Minister also presented a diamond-studded violin to Vaidyanathan on behalf of Kunnakudi Sangeetha Gurukulam |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 January 2006 )
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Ravishankar- The Godfather of World Music |
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Monday, 01 August 2005 |
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Ravi Shankar and his daughter Anoushka top the bill next week at the first main Prom dedicated to Indian music. They talk to Peter Culshaw 28/07/2005
'The Godfather of World Music", as Ravi Shankar's friend and pupil George Harrison called him, welcomes me into his hotel suite in London and tells me how much he objects to that label. "That's like me saying Mozart is ethnic music.
 Spiritual bond: Ravi Shankar with his daughter, Anoushka |
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"The term world music seems to include fusion music, aboriginal music and Indian classical music, which doesn't make me happy at all. For one thing, like Western classical music, in Indian classical music you have to work your butt off for years and years in order to be proficient enough to face the public." Ravi Shankar laughs. He may be 85 and frail, but he retains a combative streak. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 13 January 2006 )
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