"KALA" her forename means"ART".
Kala Ramnath belongs to a violin dynasty from India- a unique musical lineage of seven generations which straddles both the classical systems of the subcontinent. Here is what Jazzwise magazine had to say about her...
"If Mozart had been transported to the South Asian subcontinent this is what he and improvised Western classical music might have sounded like. This comparison is not thrown in to befuddle or impress. Kala Ramnath is a musician of giant-like qualities."
Posted on 2011-05-31
Interview in TV show Art Talk in NewsX channel in IndiaPosted on 2011-05-31
5 Minutes With . . .Kala Ramnath- Strings Magazine,Bay Area, CaliforniaPosted on 2010-11-06
Review of Concert in Rudolstadt Germany by Andrea GobelPosted on 2010-08-11
Its been a long long time since I penned down my thoughts. Nearly one whole year! Had some great concerts in the meanwhile. One remarkable moment was when I did some concerts for school and college students through SPICMACAY (Society for the promotion of music and culture amongst youth) in Rajasthan India. SPICMACAY has been doing yeoman service towards the cause of Indian Classical Music for more than thirty years taking music to the next generation and I surprisingly have been playing for this organization from 1982. Hmmmm.... Feel real old!
Anyway, I performed at the Banasthali University near Jaipur. Time and again we have questions thrown at us from the media as to whether classical music is dying due to the onslaught of popular bollywood music. I have always maintained that this music was never there for the masses and after having survived severe onslaughts from invaders outside India, there should be no doubt that this music will not survive this too. My experience at the University was a revelation to me. There were six hundred students only for the undergraduate course in music from the University. Now who says Indian Classical Music is dying? I definitely won't! As far as the music getting diluted with popular music, Our music has stayed on as Indian Classical music after absorbing and amalgamating other music from different cultures from Central Asia when our country was attacked and history would vouch for this. This is the beauty of Indian Classical Music.
More in my next soon....
of my performance in Rudolstadt Germany last month. I had complained in my blog that I did not have any pictures of that concert but people have been kind enough to send me some pictures. So here they are for everyone reading my blog..More pictures of my Trinidad concerts in my next....
