March 22, 2018
As part of upcoming concert at St Georges, Bristol on 26th March 2018 I was interviewed about my style of singing and work I do in Bristol and gave a short vocal performance as a taster. This was arranged by Asian Arts Agency to promote me as a local artist playing the Veena and the main concert by Pundit Debashish Bhattacharya on his slide guitar. Please visit this link to listen to the interview (please click 08.00 - 22/03/2018)
Smt Durga Ramakrishnan began an evening of Asian entertainment at Colston Hall presenting the distinctive sounds of South Indian classical Carnatic song and veena accompanied by Kumbakonam Venkatesan on the mridangam, a traditional double-headed drum.
Find out more at the Colston hall website
Smt Durga Ramakrishnan offered an introduction to Indian music and held a workshop about Indian culture and fashion as a part of Creative Carnival's The Island Mela
Durga Ramakrishnan's story is highlighted in the Asian Arts Agency's "Desh Project" documentary, as filmed by her son, Hari Ramakrishnan
September 23, 2015
Durga Ramakrishnan talks to her son Hari about her musical career as a singer and player of the veena, and her impressions of Bristol after living in India and Libya.