Meditation

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   Guitar

   Ry Cooder & Vishwa Mohan Bhatt: the unlikely fusion of two guitar greats

   A Meeting by the River—is one of the most striking cross-cultural works of the 1990s which brought Grammy Awards for…

   October 16, 2019

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   Orchestra

   Mozart and Tom Waits wrote music for the glass armonica which was rumored to cause mental health damage

   The glass armonica is one of many curious instruments that came into use with small ensembles during the transition…

   September 3, 20191 comment

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   Sitar

   The tapped harmonics of Balaram Pathak's sitar

   Balaram Pathak was not only one of the most talented Indian classical musicians of the 20th century but also the mind…

   August 27, 2019

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   Koto

   First compositions for koto presented out of court by Yatsuhashi Kengyō in the 17th century

   Yatsuhashi Kengyō was a 17th-century Japanese composer who created a new concept of koto music, introducing the…

   August 11, 2019

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   Veena

   Muthuswami Dikshitar: South Indian composer and poet who embellished Carnatic repertoire 200 years ago

   Muthuswami Dikshitar was the most influential Indian composer representing Carnatic tradition which is most present in…

   July 27, 20192 comments

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   Sitar

   1960s clarinet & sitar duo pioneered an ambient genre with the album for spiritual practices

   Even though the term ambient as a music genre was coined by Brian Eno only in the 1970s, musical experiments of this…

   June 16, 20191 comment

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   Koto

   Michio Miyagi & Renée Chemet: near century-old collaboration of koto and violin linking Japanese traditions with Western classic

   In the first half of the 20th century, many Asian composers sought a way to represent their cultures on the global…

   June 9, 2019

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   Shehnai

   Shehnai oboe and its greatest virtuoso proclaimed the Indian Independence Act of 1947

   For several centuries most ceremonial or festive events in India, Pakistan, and Nepal have been accompanied by lively…

   April 24, 2019

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   Sarangi

   The Hindustani maestro who arranged the Sārangī fiddle for a classical solo

   The sārangī fiddle, mainly used on the Indian subcontinent, is perhaps one of the most complex bowed string instruments…

   March 22, 2019

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    Game

    The quiet adventure in the warm depths of Abzû game scored by Austin Wintory

    American composer Austin Wintory made history after becoming the creator of the first-ever Grammy-nominated videogame…

    March 15, 2019

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    Orchestra

    Only 3 Mantras survived from Sanskrit opera Avatara by John Foulds

    One of the greatest areas of music history still remaining largely uncharted is the influence of Indian philosophy on…

    February 22, 2019

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    Sitar

    Vilayat Khan enriched his sitar technique by giving it human voice

    Brilliant sitar player Vilayat Khan is broadly known in India and worldwide as a prominent maestro of the Hindustani…

    January 22, 20191 comment

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    Violin

    The fifth string of the Maihar school lead violin

    For more than a century, the tiny town of Maihar—now the de facto cradle of the Indian Classical—has been breathing…

    November 23, 20181 comment

14. 

    Songwriter

    Sūrsāgar: ocean of poetry that expanded for five centuries

    Sūrdās was a North Indian devotional poet, musician, and saint who lived in the 16th century. His lyrics, addressed…

    October 27, 2018

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    Sarod

    Vasant Rai's fretless guitar arrangements for Indian classical

    Vasant Rai (1942-1985) was one of the world's most acclaimed masters of Indian music. Born in Unjha, in the province of…

    September 22, 2018

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    Bansuri

    Pannalal Ghosh: magic flute came to the Indian classics from the river

    Born in Barisal, East Bengal (now Bangladesh) Pannalal Ghosh (1911–1960), was an Indian composer and virtuoso of the…

    August 15, 2018

17. 

    Songwriter

    Rabindra Sangeet have been an essential part of Indian culture for more than a century

    A native of Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913—the first Asian person to receive…

    August 10, 2018

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    Sarod

    Legendary Tansen could bring rain with music

    The history of Indian classical music is enriched with numerous artists who were able to channel very specific moods…

    July 31, 2018

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    Contemporary Composer

    North Indian classics introduced into Californian underground thanks to Terry Riley

    Minimalist pioneer Terry Riley remains among the most revolutionary composers of the post-war era. Famed for his…

    July 27, 2018

20. 

    Sarod

    100 years for 1 career: the great artist and teacher Allauddin Khan

    Allauddin Khan was the great Bengali multi-instrumentalist and composer who, to this day, remains one of the most…

    July 18, 2018

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    Sitar

    Humid Kolkata air sways with Nikhil Banerjee's sitar

    Nikhil Banerjee (1931–1986) was an Indian classical musician who emerged as one of the leading masters of the sitar. In…

    July 11, 2018

22. 

    Meditation

    Brian Eno's Airport Music for orchestra

    It is useless to speculate now which direction the genre of ambient might have taken if not for Brian Eno, the revered…

    June 27, 20181 comment

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    Film

    Hero's colors come alive with silk violin strings

    Hero, an undeniable martial-arts classic, is an epic collaboration between Zhang Yimou, perhaps the biggest name in…

    June 21, 2018

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    Orchestra

    The lively nature of A Color Symphony emerged from the Great War horrors

    A Colour Symphony, dedicated to the legendary conductor Sir Adrian Boult, was the first major orchestral work by the…

    June 16, 2018

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    Sitar

    Desh Raag as universal music scale

    Desh Raag is a beautiful and melodious indian classical piece, also called Monsoon Raga, which is often played at night…

    June 5, 20182 comments

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    Orchestra

    Bernini's famous fountains are filled with Respighi's music

    Fontane di Roma is a symphonic poem written by the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi in 1916. It depicts Rome’s…

    May 6, 2018

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    Bansuri

    Gandhi's devotional song was arranged on Galgibaga beach

    Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram is a famous devotional song that was widely popularized by Mahatma Gandhi. While the origins…

    May 4, 2018

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    Orchestra

    The Third Norfolk Rhapsody, lost a hundred years ago, was reconstructed recently

    Vaughan Williams composed three Norfolk Rhapsodies in 1905 and 1906, shaping them on folk melodies he had gathered…

    March 31, 2018

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    Orchestra

    The sounds of scenic Iceland in the Aeriality orchestral piece

    Anna Thorvaldsdottir is an Icelandic composer whose music is now often played around Europe and the US, captivating the…

    March 28, 2018

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    Orchestra

    Reverie: cello reimagining of Claude Debussy by Julian Lloyd Webber

    Reverie is one of the first works written by Debussy for piano. Even at this early stage of his career, with the style…

    March 23, 2018