Useful resources / web sites
Music

Madras (Chennai) December Music Season
www.indian-heritage.org/musicseason

Music Academy unveils a treasure
One thousand hours of digitised music available in its archives.
Talking about the long journey towards forming his collection, Mr. Chari said: “Collectors of music are a peculiar lot. They form a closed circle and do not allow others to get in.” Over three decades he convinced various guardians to part with their gems and managed a collection of around 6,000 hours of music. “It was equally difficult to index all of it,” he said, a task in which his brother R.V. Gopalan helped. The Tag Corporation bore the cost of the equipment and facilities of the library.
www.hindu.com/2008/12/13/stories/2008121359840900.htm


Articles
http://www.carnatica.net/special/splfeaturesarchives.htm



Instruments
Information on Sitar, its origin, history and famous sitar players
www.sitars.net

Dealers of musical instruments from India; specialized in sitar, surbahar and rudra veena
http://www.sitarsencat.com

Autoharp
www.autoharpusa.com


Learning / Schools
e-learning
A new website has just been launched for the benefit of music lovers, students, musicians and teachers of South Indian classical music. Its foremost objective is to contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas, expertise and resources in the field of South Indian classical music through e-learning. The course author and tutor, Ludwig Pesch, is a practicing musician and educationist.
www.carnaticstudent.org

A virtual gurukul for learning Indian music
http://www.shadja.com


Profiles / Artistes
A comprehensive website on the life and music of Swathi Thirunal
http://www.swathithirunal.in

Banni Bai - A storyteller's centenary
Sriram Venkatakrishnan (email: srirambts@gmail.com), The Hindu, October 27, 2011
http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article2573794.ece

This little boy started playing Tabla at the age of 8 months and he started giving taal (rhythm) for a bhajan at the age of 9 months. He is only 2 years & 9 months old now and is competing against people of all ages up to 78 years.
He received the rating of 8 out of 10 in this competition. The text in this site is in Marathi but you can watch the video.
http://globalmarathi.com/20110212/4747503331079056059.htm

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam
www.vijayalakshmysubramaniam.com

Pia Srinivasan's Home Page

OCEAN "an excellence group of art" - an organisation involved in promoting Indian culture and arts


General / Information
Lakshanagrandhas

The Garland, Another Garland, Yet Another Garland and The Fragrant Garland
by Mr.N.Rajagopalan

Harikesanjali
The post Thyagaraja period saw the blooming of many eminent composers who have enriched Carnatic music. Among them Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar is one of the most distinguished, his contribution being unique. To create an awareness, to perpetuate his memory and to propagate his music among music lovers, his descendants have created this trust.
www.saigan.com/harikesanjali

Tamil Music
www.shaivism.org/tisai.html

Books by Ludwig Pesch
The [Oxford] Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music
Raga Dhana: An Alpha-Numerical Directory of Ragas
Eloquent Percussion: A Guide to South Indian Rhythm
Vom Klang des Gluecks: Ein Leitfaden zur Musik Suedindiens
Reviews

kutcheribuzz.com
about South Indian classical music & dance
www.kutcheribuzz.com

carnaticindia.com
website on South Indian Classical Music & Dance
www.carnaticindia.com

Hamsadhwani has released their 1st fusion album
Click here for the profile and to listen to the Album songs
www.myspace.com/fusionhamsadhwani

Turya Classical is a fine blend between east and west, a musical intercultural project from Romania dedicated to spread Classical Music on string instruments. It was created by Victor Marius Beliciu and Anne Marie Ene in 2008. The music is a fusion of two cultures, Indian Classical Music and Western Classical Music. Turya Classical offers an authentical music presented at its purest form on instruments like violin, sitar, swarmandal, tanpura and tabla.

Beliciu Victor Marius is a Romanian sitarist belonging to the Senia Gharana tradition. Trained initially in Budapest, Hungary under professor Andras Kozma, he was fortunate to learn from the World Renowned sitar maestro, Pandit Debu Chaudhuri, the great legend of the Senia Tradition, which has been named after Mian Tansen the doyen of the Indian Classical Music.

Anne Marie Ene, graduated with a diploma in violin and toured Europe extensivley. Since 1996, she has made India her home in order to acquire a deeper understanding of Indian Culture and studied with Joy Shrivastava and Swarna Khuntia.
www.celestialsitar.com/turya.htm


Listen to songs (Carnatic music) by VK Raman
www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?AID=520018&T=6025

Yazh Sudhakar's blog archive
Visit this site to listen to "Ninaithaale inikkum" programmes presented by Yazh Sudhakar in Suryan FM radio.
Also available in the site - his Tamil kavidhais, rare photographs of music geniuses in the Tamil film world.

He often relays old songs, raga based songs of Bhagavathar, Ghantasala, TM Sounderrajan, P.Suseela, Yesudas, SPB, Janaki and selected MGR, Sivaji film songs.
Yazh Sudhakar's profile


Royalty Free Music
Royalty free music downloads, premium production music library, royalty free sound effects. Listen online, purchase and download music and sound effects instantly. Free loops and sounds.
www.neosounds.com

Vidyarthi
A Forum for Indian Art, Music, and Mythology
www.ipnatlanta.net/camaga/vidyarthi






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