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Bihar's rare protest: Playing flute for civic 'buffalo'

In a rare way to protest against rampant corruption, mismanagement andcivic apathy, residents of Bihar's Gayadistrict played a been (snake charmers' flute) before a buffalo near various government......

Pranab floats world flute festival at Rashtrapati Bhawan

President Pranab Mukherjee floated a music extravaganza outfit 'Indra Dhanush'at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and held its firstWorld Flute Festival to commemorate Krishna Jayanti on Sunday. Mukherjee......

Students, musicians, please note

All India Flute Recital CompetitionSahara India Pariwar invites flutists to participate in the All India Flute Recital Competition on the occasion of Jyoti Diwas, April 1, 2004.Entries are invited......

Veteran violinist Lalgudi Jayaraman dead

Celebrated violinist and composer Lalgudi Jayaraman, who carved out a niche for himself in the Carnatic music with his unique style, died in Chennai today at the age of 82 after brief illness. He......

Amjad Ali, Shivkumar Sharma given Akademy fellowship

Sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan and Santoor exponent Shivkumar Sharma were among the recipients of Sangeet Natak Akademy fellowship and awards given to 47 eminent persons by President Pranab Mukherjee......

This Janmashtami, hi-tech flute for Lord Krishna

The lyrical sound of the flute, often associated with Vrindavan, Lord Krishna and his numerous gopis, can also fill up auditoriums and big music halls without distorting its charming musical......

Glocal designs

At Rs 45,000, the champagne flute is more expensive than any bubbly you're likely to sip.At just under six feet this is one stemglass you're unlikely to use anyway. Elsewhere, there's a sharkskin......

Railways to take passengers on a musical journey

A musical journey awaits passengers of premier trains like Rajdhani and Shatabdi with Railways deciding to play classical sound tracks in coaches.Instrumental music played by maestros like Ustad......

Orchestrating global symphony in real-time

TablaNet, an online musical collaboration system by Mihir Sarkar, may soon become a rave for percussionists across the globe.Nineteen years ago, Mihir Sarkar had organised a concert in India. He......

Making millions, making violins!

In 2003 a violin built by Samuel Zygmuntowicz for Isaac Stern sold for $130,000 at auction, the highest price for one by a living luthier. Last year Yo-Yo Ma played a Zygmuntowicz cello worth an......

Review: A R Rahman delivers with Kadal soundtrack

Pavithra Srinivasan feels the music of Tamil film Kadal offers a truly beautiful listening experience.One of this year's most highly anticipated music albums is finally here, advanced by a couple......

Review: Moonrise Kingdom is thrilling

Moonrise Kingdon is one of Wes Anderson's best films, writes Raja SenA confectioner with all the time in the world, Wes Anderson's latest cinematic pastry is a work of obsessive detailing and......

Review: Mugamoodi's music is interesting

Pavithra Srinivasan saysMugamoodi has an interesting mix of songs. Mysskin is back with Mugamoodi The Superhero Within, with Jiiva, playing the lead. With K tuning the music after a......

Review: Saguni's music is pretty ordinary

Pavithra Srinivasan says Saguni's music is run-of-the-mill and has nothing new to offer. So far, career-wise, Karthi has been ticking all the right boxes and Dream Warrior Pictures' Saguni seems to......

Remembering Ravi: 'Why do you want to spoil old songs?'

The legendary composer Ravi passed into the ages on Wednesday, March 7, aged 86. We salute Ravi's brilliant musical scores, with this interview he granted Rediff.com's Patcy N in 2006. Whether......

Commonwealth Games opening to have spiritual touch

The opening ceremony of the Delhi Commonwealth Games, at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, on October 3, will have a spiritualtouch.Azaan,Vedic and Buddhist chants will be played in the background as......

Record king Isner upstages Queen at Wimbledon

Wimbledon returned to something resembling normality at 4.48pm on Thursday when American John Isner punched away a backhand winner past Nicolas Mahut to win a match that had left the tournament in......

I am the champion: Button

With a British flag proclaiming 'Great Button' draped over his shoulders, Jenson Button stood and repeated over and over again four of the sweetest-sounding words in the English language. "I am the......

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Q. Which musical instrument you can play well? At least bearable for listener?
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Q. Which Indian musical instrument's name when translated into English means Royal Flute?
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Denmark's Emmelie de Forest wins Eurovision song contest

Denmark's Emmelie de Forest has won this year's Eurovision song contest with her ethno-inspired flute and drum tune "Only Teardrops," despite tough... ...

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Drawing inspiration from ancient and contemporary music

Catch Prem Joshua and band perform live on May 30 at Hard Rock Cafe. Multi-instrumentalist and composer, Prem Joshua - pioneer extraordinaire in... ...

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Lanka's woman Thavil players fading away

Pushparani playing the Thavil. Pushparani Thiruchelvam is one of the two woman thavil players in Jaffna, and perhaps in the whole of Sri Lanka. The... ...

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Indigenous culture youth among key topics as UN permanent forum opens 12th session

Around 2,300 indigenous participants are expected to discuss culture, education and health during the 12th session of the United Nations Permanent... ...

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