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Cup O’ Carnatic – Kids Series Story 5

The Monkey and the crocodile #cupofcarnatic #CupOCarnaticKidsSeries is an interpretation of stories with Carnatic ragams expressed through the Saraswathi Veena. 

Thursday, April 1, 2021
Cup O’ Carnatic – Kids Series Story 2

The Peacock and The Cuckoo #cupofcarnatic Story – 2 : The Peacock and the Cuckoo, an interpretation with carnatic ragas

Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Cup O’ Carnatic – Kid Series Story 1

#cupofcarnatic Story – 1 : The Lion and The Mouse, an interpretation with carnatic ragas expressed through the Saraswathi Veena.

Thursday, March 4, 2021
Sunlight in Shankarabaranam

#StudentsSpecial #SoundOfMusic meets Veena! Set to #Shankarabaranam which is the C major scale in Western classical music, today’s Cup O’

Thursday, July 2, 2020
Veena Talks – May 2020

Dear Friend,   Hope you are all safe and in good health. After being in several stages of lockdown, the

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Veena Talks – Mar/Apr 2020

Dear Friend, Hope you are safe and healthy and riding the tumultuous times with courage. My newsletter for March &

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Veena Talks – Feb 2020

Dear Friend, My Veena took me to some beautiful venues this January – to the moon and back with the

Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Saraswathi Veena goes to the moon!

Sarawathi Veena goes to the moon! I was invited to be a part of the musical representation of Chandrayaan, composed

Wednesday, February 12, 2020
Veena Talks – Jan 2020

Dear Friend, Wish you a very Happy New Year! Hope you enjoyed the Margazhi season and all the music that

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Launching Newsletter

Dear Friend December is already here and I wish you a very happy Margazhi. Chennai is abuzz with thousands of

Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Sangeet Shikar Samman Award

It was an honour to be was conferred SANGEET SHIKAR SAMMAN by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Delhi in recognition of her

Tuesday, December 24, 2019
Chennai Margazhi Season 2019 schedule

Another beautiful year reaches its culmination with the Chennai Margazhi Season 2019. After a quick November featuring 30 days, 30

Wednesday, December 4, 2019
April 2019 USA Tour

USA tour brings back fun memories from the past, the prospect of meeting so many dear friends again and playing

Friday, March 15, 2019
Chennai Margazhi season 2018 – a round up

Another beautiful Margazhi season comes to an end. December has been a hectic month filled with travel, concerts and catching

Thursday, January 24, 2019
Chennai Margazhi Season 2018 schedule

December is always special with the Margazhi season in Chennai. Sharing with you my concert schedule for the Chennai Margazhi season

Monday, November 12, 2018
Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh – Interview with Samagaana

Very excited to be featured in Samagaana, a magazine exclusively for Classical Music! An interesting conversation with Ms. Aparna Sridhar

Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Jayanthi Kumaresh – UK Tour – June 2018

I have fond memories of performing in UK over the past 25 years.  Instrumental music is celebrated throughout the world

Friday, July 27, 2018
TOI Swarsangam festival

  In a collaborative project , when there is an amalgamation of different creative minds, many exciting doors open and

Sunday, April 15, 2018
Indic Thoughts 2017

Indic Thoughts 2017 was a wonderful opportunity to showcase our culture and to show the synergy between the themes Sacred,

Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Dhrupad Mela 2018 – Varanasi

  Varanasi – Just hearing the name of this divine city makes one hear the temple bells and the sound

Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Theatre de la Ville, Paris 2017

When music prevails…   Walking into a full house, with everyone waiting for the magic to begin, the stage was

Friday, December 1, 2017
Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroha-2017

Kala Academy Goa hosted the 37th Surashree Kesarbai Kerkar Sangeet Samaroha-2017 with a series of concerts at Dinanath Mangeshkar Kala

Friday, November 10, 2017
Karunbithil Shibira (A musical retreat) – May 2017

When the car turned left into a muddy pathway, I wondered what kind of a place Nidle would be. Nestled

Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Concert in Jaffna

Last weekend was a packed schedule in terms of travel. I flew to Trivandrum to be a part of the

Tuesday, August 2, 2016
New Zealand and Australia tour

The “Strings Attached” concert tour to Australia & New Zealand was surely a very memorable one in more ways than

Friday, July 1, 2016
Music in the AIR…

Akashvani, as All India Radio (AIR) is known to us, has special memories for me. As a child, I remember

Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Dehradun SPIC MACAY Series

Majestic mountains, flowing river and a wonderful audience – a simple summary of my trip to Dehdradun and Rishikesh. SPIC

Sunday, October 11, 2015
NORWAY DESIGNS

“Fifteen day concert tour in Norway? “ I heard myself say. And that too in Oslo itself? Wow, I thought.

Thursday, November 22, 2012
INDIAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

I am writing this to share with you the joy of starting something new and exciting called the Indian National

Saturday, May 21, 2011
Mother, Oh Mother!!

Mother, Oh Mother!! Mother, I am so blessed to see thee in every place I go to, Though moments I

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Finger tips!

Learning, practicing and performing a fine art is a great way to increase physical and mental well being. This has

Friday, December 24, 2010
Shri Ragam – Story in Concert

Just wanted to inform you about a very special program called SHRI RAGAM – STORY IN CONCERT on the 19th

Friday, December 17, 2010
Welcome

This blog has been created with a vision to be able to reach out to all music lovers across the

Monday, August 11, 2008