General Buzz

The sadas at The Music Academy

T. M. Krishna's concert after the sadas at The Music Academy on New Year's evening created more buzz than the formal sadas - a rare development is recent times at this place. .

Music Academy finale

Justice V Ramasubramaniam of the Madras High Court will preside over the sadas at The Music Academy, the finale on January 1, 2013 evening. .

The fringe events at this time of the year also lend colour and variety to the 'season'. Hindustani concerts are few and far between. Kalakshetra does host concerts at its Fest on its campus as does the Music Academy on Dec.31 - recall the pandit Ravi Shankar recitals in years gone by. .

Mamallapuram Dance festival opens

The annual dance fest of classical and folk at the seaside heritage town of Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) was launched on Wednesday by state ministers. .

Women duo win Music Quiz

It may have been a small community, not even hard core quizzers but when the 2012 edition of the KutcheriBuzz Carnatic Music Quiz rolled on Christmas morning, there were lots of young people at the hall at Lady Sivaswamy Girls School, Mylapore. .

The Kalakshetra festival on

There is a completely different kind of atmosphere which reigns at the festival at Kalakshetra. And for all those who are regulars here, the reasons are obvious - the verdant, quiet campus, the welcoming volunteers and the quality of the artistes and their shows and the simple earthen setting. .

Tamil Isai Sangam festival opens

The atmosphere at the Raja Annamalai Complex where Tamil Isai Sangam holds its concerts and December festival is so different from what reigns at other sabhas in Mylapore and Mambalam. .