By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, December 31, 1989 Although it is an acknowledged fact that the scale of 12 notes forms the basis of international music of the East and the West, the Western system has evolved on the harmonic lines, while the music from the Orient, of which Hindustani music as well as Carnatic music form an integral part, came to be...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, February 5, 1989 The Dadar-Matunga Cultural Centre burst at the seams last week-end. It was, in fact, the week’s major event, organised by the disciples, friends and admirers of Pandit Pandharinath Nageshkar, the tabla maestro, on his 75th birthday. Although the event was not much publicised through the conventional media channels, the overwhelming turn-out on the occasion, which...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, January 1, 1989 Looking to the unprecedented turn-out one witnessed at a week-end concert featuring a youngster, one was left in little doubt that happier days are here again for the emerging generation of youngsters who have been, by and large, denied their rightful opportunities to display their attainments’ on the public platform specially by major music circles...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, December 25, 1988 Pratima Patwardhan and Pranati Mhatre, both newcomers to the performing platform, delighted the listeners with their confident recitals at two separate concerts staged in the city in the course of last week. Pratima was feaured by “Swara-Maauli” at Vile Parle while Pranati sang for “Rageshwaree” at Dadar. Before evaluating their individual performances, it will be...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, May 21, 1989 Anant Terdal, a Belgaum-based vocalist, provided an utterly pleasant evening, at the NCPA’s Little Theatre, on May 15. By all accounts, it was his debut in the city. Undeterred by poor audience attendance – which, incidentally, has been an unnerving feature of most classical performances sponsored by NCPA at the mini-auditorium – the artiste got...
By MOHAN NADKARNI The Economic Times, July 9, 1989 At a time when lighter forms like ghazal, geet and bhajan continue to carry popularity and glamour among the elige, and youngsters are driven by the temptation to meet “popular” demand, one also comes to witness a ray of hope amid the apparently bleak prospect on the classical music scene. Over the last five years,...