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Ragas in Finland - Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam

Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam, the Chennai-based Carnatic vocalist performed at the World Vocal Music Festival, Tampere, Finland - the only Indian to be featured at this unique fest. She also performed in Germany during this tour. In this column, Vijayalakshmy, who is also a media consultant and a programme producer for World Space Radio, shares the diary she kept on her Europe tour.

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Monalisa and Thyagaraja's Dreamboat

Young carnatic vocalist Shubhashree Ramachandran along with her dad Trichur Ramachandran and mom Charumathi toured France and Switzerland recently with their new music production, 'Nauka Charithram'. In this exclusive column for KutcheriBuzz, Shubhashree says what this show was all about...

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My days at Kalakshetra

In this column, KL based dancer Apsara Ramgopal shares her memories of the good ol' days she spent as a student at the famed Kalakshetra campus in Madras. Her first impression of Rukmini Devi, the rigorous exercises, hostel food, music lessons and more...

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Masala dosai, match-making and music... - Aruna Sairam

Popular carnatic vocalist Aruna Sairam was on a concert tour of the U.S from March 19 to June 30, 2003. Her tour of about 25 concerts was sponsored by Kala Iyer. Aruna's accompanying musicians were B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) and J. Vaidyanathan (mridangam). In this exclusive column for KutcheriBuzz, the vocalist shares her experiences and memories of the Indian-Americans she encountered...

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