The session opened with Pantula Rama exploring the evolution of Indian classical music and the eventual division into Carnatic and Hindustani traditions. She highlighted that, originally ...
often described as the 'rockstar of Carnatic music', said change in the 'status quo' of Carnatic music is possible if that can be sustained. "If you don't call your music classical, you can do ...
The development process involved analysing hundreds of hours of Carnatic music recordings to teach the robot the essential gamakas (decorative vocal elements on a note or between two notes).