T he second edition of World Santoor Day was organised by the Sopori Academy for Music and Performing Arts (SaMaPa) at the ...

We don’t need to ‘revive’ Kashmiri music as if it were a relic. We need to re-root it, like a sapling planted anew in fertile soil ...

Today, the world celebrates World Music Day, or Fête de la Musique—a tribute to music and musicians everywhere, and their ...

In the Saxony of 1725 – still in the grip of Europe’s “Little Ice Age” – Bach and his musicians would seldom have had to deal with the sort of midsummer sauna that enveloped Trafalgar Square last ...

The Indian classical santoor Ray is plays is a close relative of the qanoun of Arabic music. The main and obvious difference between the instruments is the way of producing the sound. The qanoun ...

T he capital witnessed a historic and emotionally resonant celebration of music on the occasion of Pandit Bhajan Sopori Day, observed on June 2, the Nirvana Divas of the legendary ...

The music and performances put together ... What have you heard of the santoor? I was not familiar with the instrument before, but now I have looked a bit into it and it is mind blowing.

“Playing an instrument that brings inner calm and ... Jai Hanuman was sung by superstar Amitabh Bachchan with my santoor as well. Music is very diverse, and being a composer helps me adapt ...

who dedicated his life to promoting Santoor, a classical musical instrument which has its roots in Middle East and Kashmir. His untiring efforts made the Santoor an exotic instrument in the last ...

For more than six decades, 85-year-old Ghulam Muhammad Zaz has been diligently crafting classical music instruments like the santoor and rabab by hand in his small workshop on the second floor of ...

But there was still resistance from fellow musicians about the place of the santoor in Indian classical music. “When Pandit Sharma returned to Jammu, he diligently modified the instrument ...