My hobbies

My main hobby is listening to Carnatic Music and trying to play the same on my violin. Here are some excellent resources for learning Carnatic music.

• For an introduction to Carnatic music and comparison with other forms of music see Todd Mc Comb's article.
• For lessons, notations, technical descriptions, lyrics, original renditions see the web page of Shivkumar Kalyanaraman.

You tube has many excellent videos of Carnatic music concerts as do other sites. Here are some of them.

• Sri Dum Durge, a Dikshitar composition played to perfection by Ganesh and Kumaresh.
• The Pancharatna krithis of Saint Thyagaraja is also rendered with perfection by A. Kanyakumari.
• Kanyakumari is also a great advocate of orchestra type of arrangement in Carnatic music. This has been used with stunning effect in her rendition of the Tyagaraja Krithi Nagumomu .
• Kanyakumari’s students perform this electrifying piece Chakkani Raja in raga Kharaharapriya.
  
  
Coming to myself, I along with my Ph.D. students have also made a humble attempt to compose music in the form of a ghazal. It was written by my student Dr. Upendra Kumar. The music was composed by another student of mine, Joy Prakash Das who has also sung the song. I was involved as a violinist. The song is available here. (Hum dono)
For more of my violin videos tune into my Youtube channel: (Click here)

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