He recently registered his design under Intellectual Property Rights at Indian Patent Office. Although not a musician himself, Hari says he has been inspired by Yamaha’s approach towards designing ...

The news of supermodel Gisele Bundchen learning to play the tanpura has created quite a ripple among Indian classical musicians. “Thank you Ivan and Mayra for the Tanpura class, we loved it! When will ...

The advent of science and technology has not only made our lives much easier but also had an impact on the traditional values in our society. Indian classical music is no exception. The traditional, ...

At a time when the acoustic tanpura is bidding a quiet adieu to the classical concert stage, a book Acoustical Analysis of the Tanpura, Indian Plucked String Instrument written by a team of physicists ...

Despite being the centre of learning classical music and a home of many renowed musicians, the Indian classical musical instruments like Sitar, Tanpura, Sarangi are vanishing from the shelves of shops ...

The plain white tag around the neck of the tanpura says simply: 1890, Miraj, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. Around it, many more tanpuras stand tall, perched on their protuberant bases like awkward sentinels ...

CHENNAI : When the audience gathered for the virtual Library Talk by Dakshina Chitra Heritage Museum expected Jyothika KP to pick up a tanpura and play a song by tuning and twisting its strings, they ...

Healing is an oft-overused term when it comes to music. As an art form, it is naturally calming, but it takes a rare simplicity for music to truly transform into a healing experience. For Bhrigu Sahni ...