The radiance in musician Sriram Parasuram’s eyes is something that strikes you instantly, even if he’s unwell after a concert at the Sri Karthikeya Gana Sabha, Hyderabad. He’d still pushed his inner energies to host a three-hour long demonstration on the significance of gamaka in Indian music a day later. Excerpts from a conversation. Did you consciously develop the versatility that you’ve acquired — over the years, be it as a musicologist or the simultaneous stints as a violinist, vocalist, composer regardless of the form (Carnatic, Hindustani, Ghazal, jazz and pop)is by choice? If your ability to grasp is high and the opportunity you get to learn is equal,...
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