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World Routes: World Routes Academy: 2011

World Routes: World Routes Academy: 2011: The Music of South India: Part 2

2011: The Music of South India

Part 2 World Routes Academy

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World Routes Academy protégé Hari Sivanesan travels to the Indian city of Chennai.

The 2011 World Routes Academy protégé Hari Sivanesan travels to the Indian city of Chennai to meet his mentor, singer Aruna Sairam, and explores the city's thriving music scene.

This year's World Routes Academy protégé Hari Sivanesan travels to the Indian city of Chennai for his first meeting with his mentor, the singer Aruna Sairam. He explores the roots of South Indian music at a temple festival, and talks to fellow veena player Rajesh Vaidya, who draws inspiration in his playing from Michael Jackson. He also looks at the contemporary music scene in Chennai with a visit to the city's own Radio One, and meets star film playback singer Srinivas.

World Routes: World Routes Academy

World Routes: World Routes Academy: 2011: The Music of South India

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Interviews, documentary material, recordings and music from World Routes's Academy scheme

Series of interviews, documentary material, recordings and performances from Radio 3's World Routes Academy, a mentoring scheme that aims to support and inspire young world music artists

For World Routes Academy 2013 BBC Radio 3 has teamed up with SOAS, University of London, to combine expertise, ideas and knowledge in order to further understand how traditional music is transmitted orally across generations.


Launched in 2010 the BBC Radio 3 World Routes Academy aims to support and inspire young world music artists by bringing them together with an internationally renowned artist in the same field and belonging to the same tradition. The scheme targets forms of music and musical skills that are under threat to help preserve them. 


BBC Radio 3 appointed 17 year old singer Fidan Hajiyeva as its 2013 World Routes Academy mentee and paired her up with mentor Gochaq Askarov, who is based in Azerbaijan, and is regarded as as the crown prince of Azeri classical Mugham.

The 2011 World Routes Academy mentoring scheme focuses on South India

The 2011 World Routes Academy mentoring scheme focuses on South India, following young UK veena player Hari Sivanesan and his mentor Aruna Sairam, a Carnatic vocalist based in Chennai.

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