The Philosophy of Karnatic Music and Its Vedic Roots - Vrinda Acharya

About This Talk:

0:49 Introduction – Fundamentals of Sanatana Dharma

3:43 Philosophy of Arts in the Indian Traditions – Goal of Arts in India.

10:38 Philosophy of Music in the Indian Tradition

15:20 History of Carnatic Music – Nature, Divinity, Folk Music, Role of Samaveda, System of Sapta Vara.

21:36 Evolution of Classical Music System – Historical facts about the Evolution, Pedagogy of Carnatic Music.

32:26 Richness of Composition in Carnatic Music – Bhakti, Spirituality, Moral values, Teaching of Vedas.

38:11 Multi-Dimensional Characteristics of Carnatic Music – Art and Sacredness, Vaidika Samskriti, Complex Music Culture, Antiquity and Uniqueness.

Carnatic Music Under Invasions.

45:54 Secularization of Carnatic Music

47:01 Unable to reach global audience

48:30 Attacks on Dharmic language of Carnatic Music

49:23 Demeaning Bhakti & Breaking Traditions

52:02 Attacks on Sahitya Shaylee

55:04 Openly demeaning compositions of music

56:55 Christianizing or Islamizing Carnatic Music

58:13 Negative Effects of Secularization – Loss of Dharma, Loss of Sacred Treasures, Loss of Identity of Carnatic Music.

1:01:56 Conclusion

1:12:38 Q & A

Speaker: Renowned Carnatic Vocalist from Bangalore(India), Vidushi K. Vrinda Acharya, who is known for her captivating voice, uncompromising classicism and profound scholarship is popular with the rasikas of Carnatic Music.

Cultivated by common people and nobility alike, Karnatic music is an ancient search for undiluted aesthetic experience or Rasa surviving till today. However, in recent times the identity of this knowledge or vidya has been under threat due to unnecessary and excessive secularization. Here, Vidushi K. Vrinda Acharya, a scholar, researcher, writer, Sanskritist and teacher, also known for her captivating voice and uncompromising classicism, explains philosophy and goals of arts through the lens of universalism as perceived in India. She further discusses its history and how music of the south has managed to retain its divinity and sacredness, richness of its compositions both poetically and musically and multidimensionality through integrating spirituality and art. Next, she highlights the ruthless acquisitions it encounters along with attempts of secularizing in the name of artistic liberty and anti-religious arguments and thus its adverse effects on our culture through distortion and dilution. She concludes by making us aware of how we must act responsibly for its organic evolution and never compromise with our core values in this stage of crisis.

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