E5: Elemental creativity. Part II

With guest: Ragavan Manian. We continue our discussion of creativity in Indian Classical Music with Sri. Ragavan Manian, a Carnatic Classical musician and Guru. We discuss the purpose of aalap and lyrics in this form of art and how one uses of aalap in presentation of raga. We conclude our series on Elemental creativity by putting a pause on our discussions with Ragavan Ji, Naturally, there shall be further explorations of aalap and creativity in general in this form of classical music in the near future vis-a-vis interview or stand-alone solo video/podcast content. Please stay tuned! Ragavan Ji is a Carnatic musician and Guru residing in Chennai, India. He is a disciple of "Padma Vibhushan" Dr. Balamurali Krishna. His other Gurus are "Pallavi" T. Narasimhachari and his aunt Tenkasi P. Rajammal. Additionally, he plays over ten different musical instruments, writes, composes and is a hi-tech pro. An artist profile can be found at: www.facebook.com/RagavanMusic/ Hosted by Shishir Rao, a DPhil student at the University of Oxford and a student of Hindustani Classical Music.