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His mother, Lalitha Vijayakumar, taught Carnatic music through private lessons and at a government school in the area, meaning that Pradeep Kumar was constantly exposed to Carnatic music as a youngster and often joined his mother in singing at home.
Dec 22, 2008 · Son of a police inspector father and a music teacher mother, Pradeep Kumar talks about how tough it is to get a foothold in the Carnatic music scene without a name to back.
Jun 5, 2018 · In 2003, Pradeep Kumar visited Chennai to participate in a competition conducted by the music studio, Carnatica. On their insistence he stayed there and his parents joined him later. He performed Carnatic music for live concerts in Chennai and other places.
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- Social and Historical Context
- Cultivated Taste
- Dynamics of Continuity and Change
The most articulate critique currently comes from TM Krishna, a gifted musician in his early 40s. He is vociferous against what he argues is the narrowness of contemporary Carnatic music, with respect to form and outreach. He has brought in changes in his own practice, slowing down his pace, exploring the vilambit, or ultra-slow, laya, while the ty...
It is true that Carnatic music’s organisation was caste-based. But why should we be surprised? It reflected the caste structure of society at large, with its segregated occupations and monopolised hereditary transmission in families, clans and castes. Moreover, the historical record shows that Brahmin dominance is recent – a product of modernity vi...
Any critique must acknowledge that Carnatic music is exclusive also because becoming a performer carries high risks and few rewards, even compared with Hindustani music. Carnatic music is today an elite preoccupation, just as classical forms everywhere tend to be. They are by definition complex forms with considerable abstraction. Carnatic music’s ...
This embodiment and consequent naturalisation of Carnatic music do lead to some resistance to change, but innovation and expressions of individuality are also a part of its history. While Carnatic music is embedded in convention and protocol, it has been in constant flux. When changes occur, responding to circumstances and answering a felt need, th...
His mother, Lalitha Vijayakumar, taught Carnatic music through private lessons and at a government school in the area, meaning that Pradeep Kumar was constantly exposed to Carnatic music as a youngster and often joined his mother in singing at home.
May 16, 2020 · The musician, who is currently scoring for the Sivakarthikeyan-produced film ‘Vaazhl’ and Atlee’s production venture ‘Andhagaaram’, shares his experience filming the documentary ...
• The son of a music teacher and police inspector, Kumar was encouraged to take lessons in the Carnatic form at a young age. • By 2005, the vocalist had stopped chasing ambitions of becoming...
