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Samvaad Foundation Catalogue
Read More >>: Samvaad Foundation CatalogueSamvaad Foundation is a government-recognized trust founded by the renowned vocalist and musicologist Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande that has an archive of over 5000 hours of…
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Kumar Gandharva: First Encounters
Read More >>: Kumar Gandharva: First EncountersThe following is an excerpt from Pt. Satyasheel Deshpande’s Marathi book, Gaan Gunagaan, Rajhans Prakashan, 2023, edited and translated by Srijan Deshpande. An abridged version of this piece was…
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Tributaries of song
Read More >>: Tributaries of songThis concert review was carried by the Hindu on April 06, 2023 and can also be accessed here. The world of Hindustani music has always…
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Spectral Analysis of Voice Training Practices in the Hindustani Khayāl
Read More >>: Spectral Analysis of Voice Training Practices in the Hindustani KhayālI have a chapter in the Computer Assisted Music and Dramatics, Springer, 2023, Ed. Ambuja Salgaonkar and Makarand Velankar. Read the chapter here >> Abstract…
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Of Acoustics and Aesthetics
Read More >>: Of Acoustics and AestheticsI have a chapter in a new monograph that brings together perspectives on using computational tools to understand and analyse music. Titled ‘Of Acoustics and…
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Doctoral Dissertation: The Alterity of Kumar Gandharva
Read More >>: Doctoral Dissertation: The Alterity of Kumar GandharvaI earned a PhD! My doctoral dissertation, entitled ‘The Alterity of Kumar Gandharva: Exploring Otherness in the Hindustani Khayal’, is a study of the music…
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Audiogyan with Kedar Nimkar
Read More >>: Audiogyan with Kedar NimkarThe wonderful Kedar Nimkar interviews me for his Audiogyan Podcast. We discuss music research, shāstra, tradition, the colonial encounter and Kumar Gandharva.
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Book Review: When Tedium and Absurdity meet Begum Akhtar
Read More >>: Book Review: When Tedium and Absurdity meet Begum AkhtarNote: A condensed version of this book review appeared in The Hindu’s Friday Review on June 18th, 2021. Accessible here. One of the most infuriating things…
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Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple: A Musician’s Review
Read More >>: Chaitanya Tamhane’s The Disciple: A Musician’s ReviewAn abridged version of this piece was carried in The Hindu dated May 06, 2021 Chaitanya Tamhane makes me jealous. Like his protagonist Sharad, my own induction into…
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Vocal Expression and Vocal Acoustics in Hindustani Music
Read More >>: Vocal Expression and Vocal Acoustics in Hindustani MusicA foray into the exciting world of vocal acoustics and what it can tell us about vocalisation in Hindustani Music. Presented at the India International…