Carnatic Tradition

Carnatic Tradition

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  • Jayanthi Kumaresh | Raga Kamavardhini

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2013, on 20th September, at the Level 5 Function Room at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre.

    Musicians:
    - Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
    - RN Prakash (ghatam)
    - Mithila Sarma (tanpura)

    Jayanthi Kumaresh takes her audie...

  • Shashank Subramanyan | Raga Charukeshi

    Recorded by Darbar in 2017, at Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.

    Musicians:
    - Shashank Subramanyam (bansuri)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)

    Shashank Subramanyam substitutes a tanpura for the sounds of the ocean for an outdoor take of Raga Charukeshi.

    Born to a biochemist father in the extraordinar...

  • P. Unnikrishnan | Kriti in Raag Mayamalavagaula

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011 on 22nd April, at the Phoenix Theatre, Leicester.

    Musicians :
    - P. Unnikrishnan (vocal) 
    - Jyotsna Srikanth (violin) 
    - Bangalore Praveen (mridangam) 
    - RN Prakash (ghatam) 
    - Priya Prakash (tanpura) 

    Raag: Mayamalavagaula, Kriti composed by Maharaja Swathi...

  • Abhishek Raghuram | Ragam Thanam Pallavi

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2014, on 20th September, at the Purcell Room of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.

    Musicians:
    - Abhishek Raghuram (Carnatic Vocal)
    - Akkarai S Subhalakshmi (Violin)
    - VV Ramanamurthy (Mridangam)
    - G Guruprasanna (Kanjira)
    - Mithila Sarma (Shruti B...

  • Sudha Ragunathan | Ragam Tanam Pallavi

    Watch the sublime Sudha Ragunathan leave audiences in awe at the 2013 Darbar Festival, recorded on 21st September at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic vocal)
    - Jyotsna Srikanth (violin)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
    - RN Prakash (ghatam)

    Raga...

  • Aruna Sairam | Raag Simhendramadhyamam

    Watch the inimitable Aruna Sairam's electrifying performance from the 2016 Darbar Festival recorded on 17th September at the Royal Festival Hall, London.

    Musicians:
    - Aruna Sairam (Carnatic vocal)
    - Jayanthi Kumaresh (Saraswati Veena)
    - Jyostna Srikanth (Carnatic violin)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (m...

  • Jayanthi Kumaresh | RTP Raga Shanmukhapriya

    Recorded for Darbar Festival 2013, at London’s Southbank Centre

    Musicians:
    - Jayanthi Kumaresh (saraswati veena)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam)
    - RN Prakash (ghatam)
    - Mithila Sarma (tanpura)

    Raga Shanmukhapriya

    Jayanthi Kumaresh’s recital of Shanmukhapriya is deeply emotional and speaks of...

  • Veena D Srinivas | Various Compositions

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2015, on 17th September, at the Purcell Room of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, at London's Southbank Centre.

    Musicians:
    - Veena D Srinivas (Carnatic Veena)
    - HN Bhaskar (Violin)
    - Sai Giridhar (Tabla)
    - Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
    - Mithila Sharma (Tanpura)

    Watch this stunni...

  • Ranjani & Gayatri | Ragam Thanam Pallavi

    Recorded at Ravenna Festival on 24th June 2017, at Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy.

    Musicians:
    - Ranjani Balasubramanium (Carnatic vocal)
    - Gayatri Balasubramanium (Carnatic vocal)
    - Jyostna Srikanth (Violin)
    - Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
    - Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
    - Kiruthika Balakrishnan (T...

  • Shashank Subramanyum | Ragam Tanam Pallavi

    Watch Shashank's electrifying performance from the 2014 Darbar Festival, recorded on 21st September, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London.

    Musicians:
    - Shashank Subramanium (Carnatic flute)
    - Akkarai S Subhalakshmi (violin)
    - VV Ramanamurthy (mridangam)
    - G Guruprasanna (kanjira...

  • P. Unnikrishnan | Folk Song Villinai Otha

    Recorded at Darbar Festival 2011, on 22nd April, at King's place, London.

    Musicians:
    - P. Unnikrishnan (vocal) 
    - Jyotsna Srikanth (violin) 
    - Bangalore Praveen (mridangam) 
    - RN Prakash (ghatam) 
    - Priya Prakash (tanpura) 

    Villinai Otha, Tamil folk song composed by Mahakavi Subramania Bhar...