Hyderabad witnessed a rare mehfil, a traditional intimate musical gathering. Sitar maestro Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan performed, recreating the charm of past musical eras. Guests experienced music ...

Ahmedabad: In a popular clip, a violinist — with the help of an orchestra — plays Vivaldi's notes of ‘Summer', with heat and ...

Dadpur, almost 50 km from Kolkata, is a village in Uluberia where the day begins with birdsong and the notes of the sitar. Every person in the village starts their day with their thoughts attuned to ...

HYDERABAD: As the sweet sitar notes regally adorned the air, a sense of deep, indescribable calm engulfed us all at Ravindra Bharathi. Perhaps it was the soothing nature of the instrument — no, it was ...

In the second volume in a series of free-flowing, ambient-tinged mini-albums, the composer—daughter of the late sitar virtuoso Pandit Ravi Shankar—seeks out a new vocabulary for her instrument. Save ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...

The daughter of sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has spent years exploring the instrument’s possibilities. Recording in Berlin with Arooj Aftab and Nils Frahm, she zeroes in on the nexus of music and ...

LOS ANGELES — A few months ago, for what felt like the thousandth time, I tweaked my bedroom/music studio/office into just office for a Zoom meeting. On my trestle desk, I angled my computer so no one ...

When Ravi Shankar, sitar virtuoso, passed away last December there was an international outpouring of tributes and writings on his life and contributions to world music. The Indian maestro, who was ...

Maybe I was too young to understand the intense melancholy but whenever I heard my mother hum Hai re who din kyun na aaye… especially the stanza sunee meree beena sangeet bina… I would be moved and ...