V. Sai Subramaniam is the first morsing exponent to receive the Kalki Krishnamurthy Award in the 25 years of its inception. Sai grew up seeing his father, a self-taught artiste, play the morsing, an ...

Once celebrated Carnatic instruments such as the morsing and the gethu vadyam are in need of a resurrection today The concert was nearly six hours long, with the ‘thani avarthanam’ itself lasting for ...

Ever since it made its debut on the Carnatic stage, morsing, the tiny wind-percussion instrument, has craned the necks of those sitting in the audience as they tried to decipher the genesis of the ...

Pt Subhen Chatterjee has been busy composing theme songs for various pandals in the city. One of the most important assignments this year is the composition of the theme song for the Deshapriya Park ...

KOCHI: Since childhood, his life has entwined with music. He still has the fragmented images of his father’s thidambu nritham performance and the recital of Sanskrit slokas by his mother. Growing up, ...