Continuing with the ever popular Manodharma series, Krishna goes back to the basics in this Lec-Dem. The event was held in Kolkata as part of the FEA-curated "The Essential TM Krishna" tour in collaboration with Experimenter, Kolkata.
In the first video of this all-new series, Krishna talks about Composition, its structure and spirit, the different approaches to music in the Carnatic and Hindustani traditions, and the role of percussion in a performance.
Opening and closing stills courtesy Ram Keshav.