Video recordings
Great Masters of Karnatic Music
A compilation of links to video recordings of music performed by great masters of Karnatic music.
Karnatic Festival 2016
PhD Symposium concert
Recordings of the symposium concert held on 23 November 2013 at the Amsterdam Conservatoire held around Rafael Reina's PhD 'Karnatic Rhythmical Structures as a Source for New Thinking in Western Music'. Read more about the symposium
Pallavi Darbar Festival
A selection of performances from the annual four-day festival which started in 2014, where innovation of tala creation and rhythmical devices is a must.
- Pallavi demonstrations Darbar Festival. Dr. Manda Sudha Rani
- Pallavi by ‘Classic combo’ at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha (14')
- Special Pallavi concert by Sandeep Narayan w/ Prati Shatis (51,50')
- Special Pallavi by Bharat Sundar at Parthasarathy Swami Sabha (53')
- Darbar Pallavi by S. Mahati & Patri Shatis (51,30)
- Instrumental Special Pallavi by Nagai Sriram (Flute) & Violin & Nagaswaram (32,05')
- Pallavi by Vidushi Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (39,40')
- Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna concert (29,30')
- Seshagopalan Pallavi in tala 9
- Akkarai sisters pallavi with 3 different gatis in DD (47')
- Pallavi by Amritha Venkatesh (43')
Jahnavi Jayaprakash
Jahnavi Jayaprakash & B.C. Manjunath 2001 at the Amsterdam Conservatory
More great Karnatic Masters
- Konakkol Duo w/ 2-layers and counterpoint (Manjunath & Somashekar)
- Short lecture demonstration Palghat Raghu (taniavartana)
- Short lecture demonstration Palghat Raghu (tani c’ed)
- Percussion group w/ Karaikkuddi Mani
- Karaikkudi Mani and Harishankar 1
- Karaikkudi Mani and Harishankar 2
- Karaikkudi & V. Suresh
- Karaikkudi & Sri Suresh
- Tribute to Mani Iyer (Karaikkudi Mani trio)
- Karaikkudi impressive 4tet
- Tavil, Mridangam & Ghatam in Misra chapu
- Vikku Vynyakram (gatham) against voice & kanjeera
- Vynyakram & voice & kanjeera w/ many ghatams
- Vynyakram (many ghatams), Mridangam, solkattu & kanjeera
- Somashekar in Tala prastara 5222 52 52 (25 b)
- Somashekar & R. Khartik konnakkol duo
- Prati Sathis Kumar w/ 3 perc
- Prati Sathis Kumar w/ gatham & voice
- Prati Sathis Kumar w/ gatham
- Mahesh Raghvan trio in 5+1/2
- Karaikkudi long solo
Manju Facebook/youtube recordings: Experimental talas or concepts explored with konakkol
- Short lecture demonstration in Nadai Bhedam
- Tala 11 w- counterpoint
- Tala 56
- Misra in diff Combinations Anuloma-Pratiloma
- Tala 130 beats
- Sankirna
- Mukthays in 3 gatis
- 70/16 (2 talas in diff hands)
- 'Just crazy' (phrasing through gati changes)
- 75/16
- Unisone w/ drums
- Dance enthusiasts
- Konakkol lesson
- Buleria
- Inspired by crazy folk perc
- Duo w/ 2-layers and counterpoint
- Same duo longer version
- 182/16!!
- 182 extended w/ mridangam
- Raga India
- From 5:4 to 45:4
- Tirmanas
- Misra gati improv
- 3-fold mukthay in 5 gatis
- Short misra gati w/ solkattu and mridangam
- Subtle moving from simplicity to complexity in different ways of tala 17
- Transposing grooves w/ metrical modulation
- Sextuplets in 35/8 (2 talas at the same time)
- Percussion group with rupaka tala
- Trio Manju, Vajarishree & Guru Prasana
- Improve pulse & timing
- Extremely complex with simple numbers (starts in minute 2)
- Improv on Aka Moon piece on 15/8
- Manju with another mridangan player in London
- Educational Manju’s video (long), how to create variations
- Variations on 123 1234 with 2 voices
- Jathis kalpana for Akram Khan
- Manju solo in Bangalore festival
- Manju creating ‘reverb effect’ without reverb
- In 25 aksharas in 5/4 + 5/16
- Improv in khanda going to 15:2
- Crazy tala 300 aksharas!!!!
- Misra & Khanda chapu at the same time in 2 hands
- Incredible exercises in tala 8+1/2 (warm up exercises start in min 1,30). Tala 8+1/2 starts in minute 8
- Complex elaboration of mukthays:
- 9 gatis/speeds
- Improvisation in khanda
- Same phrases in 3 different gatis
- Tala 9/16+7/16+5/16+3/16
- Manju & Somashekar going through gati changes
- Manju & another perc going through all gatis preceded by corresponding jathi
- Manju & drummer phrasing in khanda, chatusra & tisra with transcription