Carnatic Music e-Learning Course

By

Ludwig Pesch

Dhvani is happy to pass on the announcement from Ludwig Pesch http://www.sampurna.mimemo.net about the Carnatic Music e-learning course he is offering.

As a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, dissemination and education of art forms of India, Dhvani interacts with educators, artists and artisans around the world. As many of may recall, during the Navaratri of 2003, Dhvani presented a lecture by Ludwig Pesch on South Indian music.

Ludwig Pesch studied European music at Friedburg Music College (Germany) and South Indian (Karnatic) music at Kalakshetra College of Fine Arts (Chennai, India). For 15 years, he was a pupil of the Late Ramachandra Shastry, musical heir to the the great traditions of Sri Tyagaraja and Sarabha Sastrigal. As a scholar and guest lecturer, Ludwig has worked with musicians, students and young children and has introduced Carnatic music in the context of special education and rehabilitation projects in Germany. He was awarded "Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande" of the Federal Republic of Germany (Cross of the Order of Merit on the Ribbon, 2000). He has several publications to his credit - some of which are listed below:

• 1. Raga Dhana - an alpha-numerical directory of ragas (Ludwig Pesch, 1992)
• 2. Eloquent Percussion, A guide to South Indian Rhythm (Ludwig Pesch & T.R. Sundaresan, 1996)
• 3. Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical music (Oxford University Press, 1999)
• 4. Vom Klang des Gullecks, Sittrarangam: A Theatre for All (The Small Theatre Madras).