by: Sudnya Patkar, (daughter of a well-known song and solo violinist Pt. Gajananrao Karnad pens a life portrait of her illustrious father). Pandit Gajanan Madhav Karnad was born in a middle-class Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family on 28th April 1923. A distant relative visiting the Karnad family noticed the child would just not let go of...
Musical innovation has paved the way for future musicians to explore and use their talent to the utmost. Here are a few notable innovations in the past years. 1935-1960: AEG Magnetophonon Tape Recorder The first everyday use tape recorder. The Magnetophonon was designed with Pfleumer's magnetic tape in mind and premiered at the Berlin International Radio...
Every country in the world has its own culture that includes literature, arts, painting, music and other important elements. Indian musical culture and heritage are rooted back to hundreds of years with legendary tales of classical musicians like Tansen, Baiju Bawra in the North Indian/ Hindustani musical tradition and Purandara Dasa, Thyagaraja, etc in the...
Swar Aalap | info@swaraalap.com Dastak – The Knocking In 2002, a musician by profession, Dinesh Ghate took the initiative of forming Dastak (Now Swar Aalap), a magazine aimed to feature the legendary musicians of the Indian Film Music Industry to acknowledge and appreciate their valuable contributions. In the following year in 2003, Dinesh Ghate was successful in getting...
