Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Amit Chaudhuri charts his musical journey in a new book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.” By Joshua Barone Amit Chaudhuri, an ...

In the Indian classical musical tradition, ragas are associated with different times of the day, or with seasons. Indian classical music is always set in a raga. The various time zones for ragas are - ...

In the recently released album 'Tagore and Ragas,' Ustad Rashid Khan and Dr. Imtiaz Ahmed explore the symbiosis between Rabindranath Tagore's poetic works and Hindustani Classical Music. The album ...

In the 1960s, the late musician Ravi Shankar became an ambassador for Indian classical music. He performed at Woodstock, collaborated with the Beatles and introduced Western audiences to the sitar, ...

For hundreds of centuries, raga has formed the backbone of Indian classical music, offering a guideline for musicians to improvise when performed live. Ragas—which roughly translates to “coloring”—are ...

The ancient theory of ragas is that some music sounds better at certain times. Whether your ears are attuned to this slight change in experience or not, head to NCPA to immerse yourself in a full day ...

His ardent fans call him "the Maestro". Five decades after his debut, Ilaiyaraaja's music still echoes through homes, concert halls and cinema screens across India. The 83-year-old composer from Tamil ...

Classical and film music composer Mahesh Mahadev created a new raga in Indian classical music and named it ‘Sri Tyagaraja’, to mark the 176th Thyagaraja Aradhana. The notation and audio of this ...