SAWF Article Online - The Saraswati Veena

The Saraswati veena is the dominant, plucked string instrument in
South India. K.S. Subramaniam, Jayanthi Kumaresh, Ravikiran
(Chitravina), and T.N. Sheshagopalan can be heard across the USA
(especially at the Cleveland Aradhana www.aradhana.org) through
summer, and Sreevidhya Chandramouli tours various countries
(www.euronet.nl/users/l_pesch/htmlpag/E/Vinatour_KIT2003.html) in
Europe in March/April.

To commemorate this activity, you may wish to get introduced to this
wonderful instrument and its abilities. Visit
http://www.sawf.org/music/interviews/veena/veena.asp?pn=Music. The
article provides an introduction to the Saraswati veena, using an
essay, several detailed photos with captions/comments, musical
examples, and a conversation/demo with Sreevidhya Chandramouli. High
bandwidth is a requirement to appreciate the audio material.

The article will be online until mid-April 2003. Bamboo flutist,
Rakesh Chaurasia's interview/photos
(www.sawf.org/music/interviews/chaurasia/RakeshChaurasia2001.asp?
pn=Music) will go offline around March 19th.

Next month's interview is with Dr. Stephen Slawek, a faculty member
of the School of Music, at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr.
Slawek discusses his upcoming performance and a variety of other
topics, including his relationship with his guru Pandit Ravishankar.

The Texas indo-classical events listing (www.icmca.org/calendar.html)
has also been updated, amoung others, with a Kathak performance in
Dallas and some Kannada Vrinda events in Houston.

Enjoy
Amitava