The healing powers Classical Indian music have often been a subject of study and experimentation. Many hospitals worldwide use music therapy to relax patients suffering anxiety and trauma. Talking of ...

The strains of sitar can create a host of feelings – happy, exhilarating, soothing and soul-stirring, depending on the raag played and the dexterity of the player. If its versatility is its strength, ...

Mumbai, Dec. 12: Raag Parmeshwari and Raag Tilak Shyam, which Ravi Shankar created by fusing various ragas, remain two of his most remembered compositions, flautist Ronu Majumdar said. Raag ...

Vineet Shende is unsettled by the often-superficial way that music styles from “the East” are blended into Western classical music. “I have often been dissatisfied, if not outright annoyed, by concert ...

A group of music students, some of them holding guitars and other instruments, sat in a semi-circle, listening intently for ninety minutes as the man with the sitar spoke and played for them. His name ...

Mumbai: Leading a hectic life is a part of our chosen lifestyle and practically not much can we do about it. The flip side to this is stress, anxiety and a host of other mental and physical issues. Is ...

After about 15 years, Spic Macay very successfully held an all night session of classical music in the capital’s IIT auditorium that seats around 2,000. Prior to this, the Modern School has been the ...

Manjiri Vaidya-Iyer is known as a light music singer. But on Tuesday evening, she proved that she is a competent classical singer too. She headlined the musical event ‘Raag Rang Geet Sang’ with singer ...

Music is a clear reflection of the sum totality of human behaviour. Mumbai: Leading a hectic life is a part of our chosen lifestyle and practically not much can we do about it. The flip side to this ...