How should others perceive Carnatic music?
My mission in life is to bring Carnatic music to what it deserves to be. I have taken Carnatic Music to places where it has not been before. Instead of New York and Chicago, I play it in Alaska, Africa and Ghana where the non-Indian audience is much more than the Indians. In fact, I was the first Indian who has performed there and the response was great. Our December season is probably one of the greatest Music Festivals of the World that most of us do not know of. We have this great music and should make people know its greatness. We musicians, I think, should probably be more responsible with respect to Carnatic Music. When people all over the world see Carnatic Music as a great Art and not just one of the thousand other music called the World music, I think we would have done something great to our music. Q: Is being into Western Music a way to popularise Carnatic music? A: No it is a natural process. That I play Jazz and Carnatic is a natural process. There are two things. What I w
