by Darshana Ramdev | Dec 19, 2024
(December 19, 2024) At the age of 19, Ustad Zakir Husain travelled to the US for the first time. “It was the most important decision of my life,” he said, decades later, in an interview with Karan Thapar. “In some ways, the decision was already made...
by Vikram Sharma | Mar 13, 2023
(March 13, 2023) Back in January 2010, when the Mohan brothers — Lakshay Mohan and Aayush Mohan — were all set to give their first musical performance, they were informed in the last minute about the presence of Pandit Jasraj, the Hindustani Classical music legend,...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 8, 2023
(January 8, 2023) “Learning tabla from such a young age made me so good at Maths that I became an engineer,” tabla player Sutanu Sur joked, as he did a demonstration with the instrument before joining the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra in concert. Sutanu has been...
by Vikram Sharma | Aug 29, 2022
(August 30, 2022) Devika was a studious kid who devoted most of her time to academics. One day, out of the blue, the seven-year-old returned home and told her mother she wanted to learn music. Her mother enrolled her in music classes, listened to her practice every...
