Located close to the railway station in the northern suburb of Malad in Mumbai, a plaque mentioning the street name seems as insignificant as most others. But Hindustani music lovers will be happy to ...

The relics of music inherited by a region speak volumes about its inhabitants’ religion, language, and social status. But aside from being inherited or adopted, music is fundamental to the ...

Even on the toughest township streets of South Africa, one could always hear a lively beat and a soulful song. Under apartheid, even music was segregated. That's partly how Deepak Ram — who was raised ...

The night belonged to the bansuri and its player. Salman Adil demonstrated his command on the instrument as he performed different styles of the flutes to please the crowd. Ustad Mohammad Ajmal on ...

Seattle-born Nash Naubert first visited India in 1999 as a tourist. The music, the culture, and the natural beauty, especially of the Himalayas, drew him here. In 2003, he decided to move to Mumbai, ...

Debojyoti Mishra won the Best Music Director award for ‘Bansuri’ at the 20th Imagine India Film Festival in Madrid. It’s not often you get the chance to represent your country on international ...

Bamboo flutes, clay pot drums and wooden string instruments highlight how Indian musical traditions embraced sustainability through natural materials and repairable design.

The 16th Bansuri Utsav in Thane showcased a grand Flute Symphony by over 90 flutists, paying tribute to the late Ustad Zakir Hussain. The event also honored notable artists such as Pandit Hariprasad ...

In the fourth episode of our series on Hindustani musicians involved in Hindi cinema as film composers, we feature bansuri maestro Pannalal Ghosh, who worked in films not only as a performer in the ...

KOCHI: When rag behag began to flow from the bansuri of Hariprasad Chaurasia, the greatest living exponent of bansuri recital, audience lost themselves in the heavenly music pouring from the magical ...