Over the past few decades, the oft-sidelined harmonium has been rising to the status of a solo instrument, worthy of the lead role in the world of music. The instrument has emerged to penetrate ...

La st week, this column featured harmonium solos by two prominent musicians from the early part of the twentieth century. But in the generation preceding theirs, it was Bhaiyya Ganpatrao, a scion of ...

Of all the things European imported into Indian music in the 19th century, two instruments — the harmonium and the violin — have been remarkably Indianised. Both the instruments have been used ...

The interaction between India and the West did not displace the raag-taal paradigm that is integral to Hindustani music, nor did it change the Hindustani concept of tempo. However, it did influence ...

Dr. Vinay Mishra’s hypnotic harmonium grabs your attention with his perceptive approach to raga in solo and accompaniment. No wonder, the ace harmonium player is a familiar face on the concert circuit ...

Pt. Ravindra Katoti is among those musicians who have put Karnataka on the national map. Sought after by the top musicians of the country, Katoti’s playing is ingenious and richly perceptive. Disciple ...

Harmonium has been part and parcel of Kozhikode’s rich ghazal tradition; the very instrument using which legendary musician M S Baburaj mesmerised his audience. Though technology has transformed ...