The Music Academy, Madras is a landmark institution in the history of the fine arts. Founded in 1928 as an outcome of the music conference that was held in conjunction with the All India Congress Session in Madras city the previous year, it was conceived to be the institution that would set the standard for Carnatic Music. In the process, it began in 1929 the practice of hosting annual conferences on music, which in turn spawned the December Music Festival of ...
