CSA Fall Lecture Series: Meenakshi (Sumathi) Krishnan (Director, Research Centre, Music Academy, Madras)

In the 200-year period of the 19th and 20th centuries, there have been unprecedented changes in music theory and practice. These have given rise to upheavals, revolts against traditional practices, and a breaking from accepted and existing formats of performance in what has come to known as Carnatic Music, the classical music of South India.