Indian Classics

  =========================================================================================== VIDEO:  Apoorva Jayaraman - dance at The Music Academy 2022 ============================================================================================= About Me The Dance Story Having serendipitously been introduced to Bharatanatyam at kindergarten, I started formally training in the dance form at the age of 5. It was not long before the engaging hobby transcended into a deep passion for the art form and began to deeply influence the way I steered my life. Having serendipitously been introduced to Bharatanatyam at kindergarten, I started formally training in the dance form at the age of 5. It was not long before the engaging hobby transcended into a deep passion for the art form and began to deeply influence the way I steered my life. At the age of 16, with 11 years of learning and 8 years of performing already behind me, I decided to shift base to Chennai (India) so that I could gr...

  President Droupadi Murmu presents a fellowship of Sangeet Natak Academy to Sunayana Hazarilal during the presentation of Sangeet Natak Academy Fellowships and Awards for the years 2022 and 2023 at Vigyan Bhavan, in New Delhi, Wednesday, March 6. ======================================================================================= Monday 03, March 2025, 19:00. Sunayana Hazarilal - Kathak dancer ======================================================================================= Sunayana Hazarilal:  Born:  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation: Kathak dancer Awards: Padma Shri, Sangeet Natak Academy Award, Abhinayan Kala Saraswati: Maharashtra Gaurav Award ====================================================================================== Brief Biography: Sunayana Hazarilal Agarwal is an Indian classical dancer, known for her expertise in the classical dance form of Kathak and reportedly the only surviving practitioner of the Janakiprasad Gharana of Kathak, also k...

  =============================================================================================== Sunday 02, March 2025, 18:45. Minoti Khaund, Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award, Assam, Violinist, Hindustani instrumental music. ============================================================================================= VIDEO:  Raag Jayjawanti. Violinist Minoti Khaund ==================================================================================== VIDEO:  Invocation of Maa by Minoti Khaund and Sunita Khaund Bhuyan Vivek Vishwanathan 2.06K subscribers Subscribe 22 ======================================================================================== Eminent violinist Minoti Khaund hailing from the state of Assam was conferred with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Amrit Award for her significant contribution to Hindustani instrumental music particularly in the realm of violin. Representatives of the Sangeet Natak Akademi visited her residence on April 9th to pr...

================================================================================================ Monday 24, February 2025, 12:00. Bharatham Classical Sangeet Devaki Pandit - Indian Classical Singer ======================================================================================= Background information: Birth name Devaki Pandit Born 6 March 1965 (age 59) Origin Maharashtra, India Genres Indian Classical Singer, Playback Singing Occupation Singer Years active 1977–present Spouse Sachin Nambiar Devaki Pandit (Marathi: देवकी पंडित; born 6 March 1965) is an Indian classical singer. ==================================================================================== Early life: Born in a household with performers in her family, Pandit was exposed to a plethora of art. Of her humble beginnings she says, "Beauty in music emerges from the total, complete self-surrender to the Swar. My journey with music is to attain that Beauty through Sadhana, practice. I understood th...

================================================================================================================= Sunday 23, February 2025, 09:00. Bharatham Dance Mohiniyattam Pallavi Krishnan   Mohiniyattam Dancer ================================================================================ Introductin: Pallavi Krishnan is a leading exponent of the dance form, Mohiniyattam. She received the Sangeet Natak Academi award for 2022 in Mohiniyattam from president Murmu. ==================================================================================== Early life and education: Krishnan hails from Durgapur, Bengal but after her post-graduate studies in Kerala, she settled in Thrissur. She did her B.Sc. in Bioscience from Burdwan University of West Bengal. But she had no interest in academics and wanted to study dance. So she did a second under-graduate degree, B.Music from Shantiniketan in Kathakali, Manipuri and Rabindra Sangeeth, Viswa Bharathi University. She was spotted by ...