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Kannikeswaran, Kanniks (March 14, 2013). “Legacy From Dikshitar”. The Hindu

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Vishwanath, Narayana (4 August 2014). “Truly, an engaging speech”.

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'Colonial Interlude - The nottusvara Sahityas of Dikshitar' - a multimedia musical talk  presented at The British Council, Chennai, India on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

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Colonial Interlude:  Kanniks lectures on the Indo-Colonial music of the 1800s in the context of world music at the National Press Club, Washington DC, April 26, 2010.

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Milliblog Review of Vismaya - 2009

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Colonial Interlude - South India and Colonial Music of the 1800s.  World premiere of the first ever musical theater production featuring the life history of Muthuswami Dikshitar, at the Center for Fine Arts, National University of Singapore, performed by NUSIIE. (Watch rehearsal video). See Promo Video. Performance video clips.

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Colonial Interlude - Nottusvara Sahityas of Dikshitar' - Lecture Demonstration presented at SPIC-MACAY, University of Texas, A&M.  (See Reviews)  

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Doh Re Mi to Sa Ri Ga Ma' - See an article by Chennai based historian S. Mutthaiah on this event.

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The Hindu "Dikshitar and the English Connection" 


 Indian Express "Dikshitar's Western Folk Inspiration"   **


 News Today "NRI Establishes the Celtic Link"    **
       

 Chennai Online "Vismaya - Sahityas of Dikshitar"  **

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Kanniks' work mentioned in the Keynote Address at the Sadas - Music Academy, Madras, Jan 1, 2009  by TCS Chairman Ramadorai.

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The Hindu' - 'Young World' interviews Vidita.  **

 

The World of Tomorrow - A multimedia production presented by Kanniks in the presence of India's 11th President Dr Abdul Kalam gets a spontaneous standing ovation and a personal congratulation from the President.

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reports and testimonials

The recording 'Vismaya - An Indo Celtic Musical Journey' is absolutely marvelous. It should be owned and cherished by every musician. Works like this go a long way in building bridges between different cultures. Kannikeswaran deserves accolades for this inspiring work.

Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao

Chennai, India

...the most perfect possible extension of Dikshitar's own concept of the whole thing.he use of flute and harp is just too sweet and disarming for words really! I wish every music loving parent would buy a copy of this CD for their children....

Prince Rama Varma

Tiruvananthapuram, India

Shri Kanniks has done yeoman service to the music community by attempting to popularize these rare sahityas, providing listeners with a library of these compositions sung in the very style the composer would have wanted them to be rendered.

Dr PP Narayanaswamy

Canada

 Vidita’s diction, in particular, is so overwhelmingly pristine that the tracks in Sanskrit, despite the language barrier, sound heavenly! This is a compilation like no other – a rare and heartfelt effort that catalogs one of the most interesting milestones in Indian musical history.

Milliblog - Review

India

Once again, Kanniks has introduced us to a new sound. The sweet, joyous and pure music sung by Vidita Kanniks is an auspicious beginning for a virtuous twelve year old.

Dr Catherine Roma

Wilmington, OH

.....Perhaps this is how Dikshitar himself would have  expressed this effort....

Dr Alok Baveja

New Brunswick, New Jersey

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