Feature Photo: Thyagaraja Music Festival

Panruti Venkatesan (left) played the thavil drums and Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman and B. Kesanna played a horn-like instrument called the nadaswaram at the Thygaraja Festival last Tuesday. Their performance was one of many during the 12-hour showcase of South Indian music, film and dance hosted at the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin.

Zoë Madonna

Panruti Venkatesan (left) played the thavil drums and Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman and B. Kesanna played a horn-like instrument called the nadaswaram at the Thygaraja Festival last Tuesday. Their performance was one of many during the 12-hour showcase of South Indian music, film and dance hosted at the Apollo Theatre in Oberlin.

April 25, 2014