December 27, 2018

Chromepet Cultural Academy - Margazhi Festival 2018

A six-day music festival is organised by Chromepet Cultural Academy from Dec. 29, 2018 to Jan. 3, 2019.

Venue: No. 3, Indira Gandhi Cross Street, Radha Nagar, Chromepet, Chennai 44
Contact: 044-22651809, +91 9444690174

Concerts are open to rasikas. Not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 29, 2018
5.00 p.m. - Sai sisters - Kiran and Nivi (USA), Vaibhav Raman - Violin, Nikshit Puttur - Mrudangam
6.45 p.m. - Harshitha Sampat - Vocal, Pappu Gyan Dev - Violin, R. Akshay Ram - Mrudangam, Shri Sainath - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2018
5.00 p.m. - Madhumitha Doraiswamy -Vocal, Arushi Ramesh - Violin, Jayendra Kumar - Mrudangam
6.45 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, R. Ramesh - Mrudangam, Pramath Kiran - Morsing

Dec. 31, 2018
5.00 p.m. - Ajitha Bala (USA) - Vocal, Sanjay Sharma (USA) - Violin, Venkatasubramanian - Mrudangam
6.45 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin Solo, Kumbakonam P. Swaminathan - Mridangam, V.S. Raghu Raman - Tabla

Jan. 1, 2019
5.00 p.m. - A.G. Aravindhakshan - Vocal, Madurai T. Kishore - Violin, Srioram Srinivasan - Mrudangam
6.45 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal, Thirumarugam Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Tirunageswaram T.R.S.Manikandan - Mrudhangam, Hariharan.K.P. Ghatam

Jan. 2, 2019
5.00 p.m. - Abhishek Ravishankar - Vocal, Visvesh Chandrasekar - Violin, Sudharshan Srinivas - Mrudhangam
6.45 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal, L.Ramakrishnan - Violin, Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam - Mrudhangam, Sai Subramanian - Morsing

Jan. 3, 2019
5.00 p.m. - Tejas Srinivasan (USA) - Violin,  Yashes Srinivasan (USA) - Mrudhangam
6.45 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mrudhangam, B.S. Purushiotham - Kanjira

December 21, 2018

Nada Sudha Music Festival 2018

Velachery based Nada Sudha holds its annual Music Festival from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 13, 2019.

Venue: Sri Ganapathy Sachidananda Ashram, Baby Nagar, Velachery, Chennai 42
Contact: 9841070390, 9444844048, 9940656260

The concerts at 6.30 p.m. are ticketed, Contact the sabha for donor passes for the season.

Schedule:

Dec. 22, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Thirumaignanam Brothers - Ayyappan & Meenakshisundaram - Nadaswaram
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration. Award presentation. Nada Vallabha to Smt. Suguna Varadachari, Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi and Sri. V. Suresh (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin Solo

Dec. 23, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Rasika Murali Mohan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Bonala Sankara Prakash - Veena

Dec. 24, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Pavan Mani - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Krupaa Lakshmi - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - T.N.S Krishna - Vocal

Dec. 25, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Preethi Sethuraman - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - K.P. Karthik -  Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 26, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Srivani Yella - Veena
4.45 p.m. - Bhargav Hariharan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Palghat Ramprasad - Vocal

Dec. 27, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Nachikketan Kumar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Roopa Sastri - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 28, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Shruthi Santhanam - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramaniam (USA) - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal

Dec. 29, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Sowmya Sundar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Dharini Veeraraghavan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Sowmya Acharya & Vanitha Suresh - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal

Dec. 31, 2018
3.15 p.m. - Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Santhosh Subramanian - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - A.S. Murali - Vocal

Jan. 1, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Soundarya Chandrasekar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - G. Abhilash - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal

Jan. 2, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Vidya Kanthan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - K. Subhiksha - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal

Jan. 3, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Subhadra Sridharan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Duddu Radhika - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal

Jan. 4, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Varshini Ramanathan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Shruthi S Bhat - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal

Jan. 5, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Aishwarya G - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal

Jan. 6, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Adithya Madhavan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Sid Sriram - Vocal

Jan. 7, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Mambalam Santhanam & Tiruvallur Muthukumar - Nadaswaram
4.45 p.m. - Vasumathi Desikan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal

Jan. 8, 2019
3.15 p.m. - S. Hiranmayee - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - N.R. Vedhavalli - Veena
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

Jan. 9, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Ganapathi - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal

Jan. 10, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramadas - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal

Jan. 11, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Srividya Vasudevan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Mylai Varamurthy & Kunnathur Venkatesan - Nadaswaram
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Vocal

Jan. 12, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Shyam Sundar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Deepika Janakiraman - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar - Vocal

Jan. 13, 2019
3.15 p.m. - Pooja & Supraja - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - J.B. Sruthi Sagar - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal


December 19, 2018

Tamil Isai Sangam - Isai Vizha 2018

The 76th annual Isai Vizha of Tamil Isai Sangam will be held from Dec. 21, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019

Venue: Raja Annamalai Manram, Esplanade, Chennai 600108

The evening concerts are ticketed and tickets are available at the venue.

Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Thiruvisanallur TPJ Selvarathnam & party - Nadaswaram
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Sirkazhi Siva Chidambaram - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Pann Araichi - Inauguration
11.00 a.m. - Deiva Sekkizhar - Drama
2.30 p.m. - TRS Jagannathan - Divyaprabandha music
3.45 p.m. - Pazhani Shanmukhasundaram & Karur Kumarasaminathan - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari & party - Violin

Dec. 23, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Revathi Krishnamurthy - Thirumurai Isai
10.00 a.m. - Pann Araichi
2.30 p.m. - Pazhani Venkatesan & Neyveli Siva Rajapathy - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Chitra Lakshmanan - Bharathanatyam
5.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Y.G. Mahendra's 3ji - Drama

Dec. 24, 2018
8.30 p.m. - Mani Somasundaram - Thirumurai Isai
10.00 a.m. - Pann Araichi
2.30 p.m. - Mayiladuthurai Sivakumar & Karivalamvandha nallur Kandhar - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 a.m. - Pondicherry Thiruvarangayayati & Thiruvannamalai Vaidyanathan - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Germany Yogeswaran - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Pushpavanam Kuppusami - Folk music

Dec. 25, 2018
8.30 a.m. - So.Muthukandasamy Desikar - Thirumurai Isai
10.00 a.m. - Pann Araichi
2.30 p.m.- Sargurunathan - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Thiru Alavai Pon. Kuthukumaran & students - Thirumurai Isai
7.00 p.m. - MVS Group - Light Music

Dec. 26, 2018
10.00 a.m. - TCA Sangeetha - Veena
2.30 p.m. - SRD Samraj - Nadaswaram
3.45 p.m. - Lakshmanaswami - Bharathanatyam
5.00 p.m. - Roja Kannan's Thirumayilai Kuravanji - Dance Drama
7.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal

Dec. 27, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Thamizh Isai Kalluri students - Nadaswaram
2.30 p.m. - Dharmapuram Adheena Bhakthimai Kuzhu - Devotional music
3.45 p.m. - Sahana Samraj - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - TKS Kalaivanan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 28, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Thamizh Isai Kalluri Students - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Thamizh Isai Kalluri Students - Bharathanatyam
3.45 p.m. - Sushma Somasekar - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - K.J. Yesudas - Vocal

Dec. 29, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Kousalya Sivakumar presents “Agathiyar” Isaiperurai
2.30 p.m. - Opilal school teachers -- “Thirumurai Isai” Natiya nadagam
3.45 p.m. -T. Kalaimagan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Dr. M. Narmada - Violin Solo
2.30 p.m. - Amirdhavarshini - Bharathanatyam
3.45 p.m. - R. Atul Kumar - Flute
5.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmy Subramanian - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 31, 2018
10.00 a.m. - B. Lalitha - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Sahana Kumar - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivasan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam - Nadaswaram

Jan. 1, 2019
10.00 a.m. - Thirukadaiyur Muralidharan - Nadaswaram
2.30 p.m. -
3.45 p.m. - Lakshmi Poduval - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Revathi Krishna - Veena
7.00 p.m. - Padmalakshme Suresh - Bharathanatyam

Chennai Fine Arts Festival 2018

The annual music festival of Chennai Fine Arts will be held from Dec. 21 to 30, 2018.

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

The concerts are open to rasikas. Not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2018
10.30 a.m. - Inauguration by Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Sri Banwarilal Purohit
Presentation of Gotuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Excellence and
conferment of the title Digvijaya Nada Vani on Haridwaramangalam Dr. AK Palanivel
11.00 a.m. - K Bharat Sundar - Vocal, L Ramakrishnan - Violin, K V Prasad - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr Rajshri Ramakrishna - Veena, Guru Raghavendra - Mrdangam, Srirangam S Ravikrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D Seshachari & D Raghavachari - Vocal, B U Ganesh prasad - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mrdangam, KV Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Prapancham S Balachandran - Flute, VV Srinivasa Rao - Violin, R Ramesh - Mrdangam, A S Shankar - Ghatam
12 noon - Akshay Sridhar - Vocal, Raghavendra Prasath - Violin, R Rajesh - Mrdangam
3.00 p.m. - Hiranmayee - Vocal, Tirucherai Karthik - Violin, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m,. - Thoppur Dr Sairam - Vocal, Parur MS Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mrdangam, N Rajaraman - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal, MSN Murthy - Violin, J Vaidyanathan - Mrdangam, Nerkunam Dr Shankar - Kanjira

Dec. 23, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Anayampatti Ganesan - Jalatarangam, G Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Mrdangam, DV Venkatsubramaniam - Ghatam
12 noon - Samyuktha Natesan - Vocal, Meera Sundar - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mrdangam
3.00 p.m. - Archana & Aarti - Vocal, Sayee Rakshit - Violin, Sai Shankar - Mrdangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
4.30 p.m. - 'Iyer Brothers' Ramnath & Gopinath - Veena, R Yogaraja - Mrdangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr S Sowmya - Vocal, L Ramakrishnan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mrdangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Aravind Bhargav - Mandolin,Gyandev Pappu - Violin, MS Venkatasubramaniam - Mrdangam, K Ranganathan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Dr Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, Shreya Devnath - Violin, A. Radhesh - Mrdangam, G Ravichandran - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Nagai Muralidharan & Nagai Sriram - Violin duet, B Hari Kumar - Mrdangam,Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2018
3.00 p.m. - JB Keerthana - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, R Ramkumar - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - G Ramanathan - Saxophone, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, T R Sundaresan - Mrdangam, H Prasanna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - TV Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Tanjavur Murugaboopathy - Mrdangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 26, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, KH Vineeth - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, Kudanthai Saravanan - Mrdangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Injikkudi EM Subramaniam - Nagaswaram, VV Srinivasa Rao - Violin,Trichur Narendran - Mrdangam, G. Guruprasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 27, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Cudalore SJ Janani - Vocal, Melakaveri Tyagarajan - Violin, A V Manikandan - Mrdangam, H Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Pattabhiram Pandit - Vocal,  MA Sundareswaran - Violin, HS Sudhindra - Mrdangam, Alathur T Rajaganesh - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Prof. TN Krishnan, Viji Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan - Violin, Tiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mrdangam, Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Venkatanagarajan - Vocal, Delhi R Sridhar - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr M Narmadha - Violin, Arjun Raghavan - Mrdangam,Trichy Krishna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - OS Thyagarajan - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam V Rajarao - Mrdangam, S V Ramani - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Lec dem by Charumathi Ramachandran - Her Pallavis for 108 Talas, Sruti Sarathi - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mrdangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
12 noon - Vaibhav - Vocal, S Pramodh Narasimhan - Violin, Rohith Ashok - Mrdangam
3.00 p.m. - Shruti Shankarkumar - Vocal, Sruti Sarathi - Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - Prarthana Sai Narasimhan - Vocal, SP Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, B Sivaraman - Mrdangam, S Venkataramanan -Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Laya Samarpanam Laya Samarpanam TH Vikku Vinayakaram - Chatur Ghatam, V Rajasekar - Mrdangam, A Ganesan - Morsing, Swaminathan Selvaganesh - Kanjira & Konnakkol

Dec. 30, 2018
12 Noon - Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan - Violin, G Guruprasadh - Mrdangam
3.00 p.m. - Ramana Balachandran - Veena, Sumesh Narayanan - Mrdangam
4.30 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar - Vocal, S Rangapriya - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mrdangam, S Hariharasubramaniam - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - VV Subramaniam & VVS Murari - Violin, Srimushnam V Rajarao - Mrdangam


December 15, 2018

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Lec-dem Sessions 2018

The lec-dem sessions at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha are centred around interesting themes and by eminent artistes and scholar. Rasikas, music students and musicians attend these sessions.
They are held at 8.30 a.m. and the venue is:
Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, Bheemasena Garden Street, Mylapore. The same venue where the sabha's concerts during the season are held.

Schedule:

Dec. 17, 2018
8.30 a.m. - A Live session with Mrudangam legend Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman

Dec. 18, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Khamas and other Desi Ragas By Malladi Suri Babu & Malladi Brothers

Dec. 19, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Importance of Anya Swaras in bringing out the raga characteristics in Bhashanga Ragas By Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi

Dec. 20, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Ideal Sangatis to Enrich the Beauty of Compositions to add value to good patantharam By Smt. Rama Ravi and Dr. Nanditha Ravi

Dec. 21, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Dikshitar Amutham by Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan

Dec. 22, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Manodharma Sangeetham – Raga Structure and Development Approach by Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma with Dr. G. Baby Sreeram, Vishnudev Namboothiri and Vivek Sadasivam. Badrinath Govindan – Violin, Sreedath - Mrudangam

Dec. 23, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Parivaara ragas - A study of family/related Ragas in both Carnatic and Hindustani Music By Dr. Sriram Parasuram

Dec. 24, 2018
8.30 a.m. - The Beauty of the Sangita and Sahitya in Sri Tyagarajasvami’s 'Jagadanandakaraka’ By R.K. Sriramkumar

Dec. 25, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Sahitya Anubava - Basha and Sahitya Gnanam in enhancing Sangeetha Bhavam by Priya Sisters  Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya

Dec. 26, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Instrumental Influence on Vocal Music and vice versa By Nirmala Rajasekar (Moderator), Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna & T.K.R. Iyyappan ( Nadaswaram).

Dec. 27, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Decorative aspects in Kritis by Dr. Radha Bhaskar

Dec. 28, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Looking to emulate and evolve from past legends or looking to create new forays for future By Sikkil Gurucharan, V.V.S. Murari, Palghat Ramprasad & S. Mahathi

Dec. 29, 2018
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Sarvalaghu and Sollu development in the art of playing mrudangam by Mrudangam Maestro, Dr. Trichy Sankaran

Dec. 30, 2018
8.30 a.m. - ‘The Art of Listening to Karnatic Music’ - A Panel Discussion – Moderator Dr. Radha Bhaskar. Panelists - Dr. Sriram Parasuram, Dr.Va.Ve.Su, Ananya Ashok

Dec. 31, 2018
8.30 a.m. - Importance of Varnam to a Student and a Performer by Sudha Ragunathan

Perambur Sangeetha Sabha Margazhi Isai Vizha 2018

Established in 1931, Perambur Sangeetha Sabha (PSS) is one of the three oldest Carnatic Music Sabhas in Chennai, even prior to Music Academy. Almost all great musicians of the past and present have performed at our Sabha. PSS is perhaps the only major Sabha in North Chennai promoting the cause of Carnatic music.  PSS is a structured entity with an Executive Committee to steer the Sabha's affairs. Dr.Parameswaran, a leading physician, is the President. N Krishnan is the Hony Secretary.

The sabha has been hosting a series of concerts in April (Chitrai Thiruvizha) in addition to regular monthly concerts. This year, for the first time in its chequered history, PSS is hosting a series of concerts in the December 2018 Music Season.

Venue: Sankaralyam (Near Sri Ayyappan Temple), Meenakshi Street, Perambur, Chennai 600 011.
Concerts are open to all rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Kalaimagan T (Vocal), C.K.Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam), P.Giridaraprasad (Ganjira)
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
6.45 p.m. - Dr. R.Kashyap Mahesh (Vocal), Srirangam J.Anand (Violin), Utthamarkovil S.Hariprasath (Mridangam), Vishnupuram K.Raghu (Morsing)

Dec. 17, 2018
6.45 p.m. - Salem Dr.Gayathri  Venkatesan (Vocal), V.S.K.Chakrapani (Violin), Kudanthai Saravanan (Mridangam)

Dec. 18, 2018
6.45 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shivakumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 19, 2018
6.45 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 20, 2018
6.45 p.m. - Yogam Santhanam (Vocal), Thirumarugal  S.Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Hanumanthapuram Bhuvarahan

December 14, 2018

Global Heritage Music Fest 2018

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha & Carnaticworld present Global Heritage Music Fest - Margazhi Music, Dance, Drama Fest from Dec. 15 to 25, 2018

Venue: Sri Sankara Vidyashramam Matriculation Higher Secondary School Auditorium, 3rd Main Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai – 600041.

Open to rasikas. Not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec.15, 2018
4.00 p.m. -  Inauguration & Lighting of Kuthuvilakku
4.30 p.m. -  Kannamma  – A special performance by children for children by Anil Srinivasan, Shravan and Anand Aravindakshna & 200 children of Rhapsody under Dr. Sudha Raja
6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - A group presentation by Anitha Guha’s Bharathanjali

Dec.16, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Jayshree Vaidhyanathan -Vocal, Thirumarugal Dinesh - Violin, Raghavan Sai - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
11.30 a.m. - Srivani Yalla - Veena, Neyveli Ramkumar - Mridangam, G.Ravichandran - Ghatam
2.30 p.m. - Subhadra Sridharan - Vocal, V. Nandika - Violin, Atlanta Sriram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. -  Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Trichy K Murali - Ghatam
6.15 p.m. - Ajay Entertainers presents Kalki’s “Ponniyin Selvan” - Drama

Dec.17, 2018
1.30 p.m. -  Chirag Mani - Vocal, Dr. Harini Srivatsa - Violin, Mysore Vadiraj - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Balasubramanian - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith - Violin, S. Gomathi Sankar - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Palghat Ramprasad - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Kathadi Ramamurthy in “Neeya Naana” by Naanu - Drama

Dec.18, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Pavan Mani - Vocal, Dr. Harini Srivatsa Violin, Chirag Mani - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Barghav Hariharan - Vocal, Mithuran Manogaran - Violin, Mauran Manogaran - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekhar - Veena, VVS Murai - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Crazy Creations present Crazy Mohan & Madhu Balaji in “Crazy Pemier League” – Drama

Dec.19, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Vaibav Ramu (Keyboard), Sriram Sridhar - Violin, Ram Siva - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal, Meera Sundar - Violin, Kiran Pai - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. -  V.K. Manimaran - Vocal, B.Raghavendra Rao - Violin, B.Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, Dr. Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 20, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Aadith Moorthy - Vocal, Parur M.S.Ananthasree - Violin, Mauran Manogaran - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, Jayakumar - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers (D. Raghavachari & Seshachari) - Vocal Duet, Vinjamuri Kamalakiran - Violin, Trivandrum V Balaji - Ghatam, G.Harihara Sharma - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Theatre Of MAHAM presents Y.Gee Madhuvanthi & S. Sureshwar in “Kochikadhe Ma”- Comedy Drama

Dec. 21, 2018
1.30 p.m. - R.Sreeranjane - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik - Violin, Sabareesh - Mridangam, G. Sreenivas - Ghatam
3.00 p.m. - Shruthi Raj - Vocal, V.Nandika - Violin, Sriram N.Iyer - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Nagai Muralidharan & Nagai Sriram (Violin Duet), Tiruvarur Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), N. Mohanraman (Mrudangam), Praveen Narayan (Tabla), Saihari (Ghatam), Vijayan (Keyboard), Subramanian (Special FX)

Dec. 22, 2018
10.00 a.m. - VVS Murari & Vittal Ramamurthy (Viola / Violin duet), Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
1.30 p.m. -  Arjun Subramaniam – Vocal, Mithuran Manogaran - Violin, Vasudev Raghuram - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Maya & Malavi (Vocal duet), Keerthana Shankar - Violin, Jayendra Kumar - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. -  Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Jayachandra Rao - Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Dummies Drama presents ”Athithi” by Sreevathson

Dec. 23, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Lalitha Ravi (Bharathanatyam)
1.30 p.m. -  Adithya Ravi (Chitravina),  Parur M.K.Ananthalakshmi - Violin, Ram Siva - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Keerthana Shankar – Vocal, Rishabh Ranganathan - Violin, Aravind Raman - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Rama Ravi – Vocal & Dr. Nandita Ravi (Vocal Support), M.A. Krishnaswami - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam, G.Ravichandran - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - “Kaaviyam Iyakkum Mahadevan” Tribute to K V Mahadevan in his centenary year by Subhshree Thanikachalam

Dec. 24, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Sanchita & Saadhvi - Vocal duet, Vishal Sowmyan - Violin, Arjun Srinivasan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Darbha - Vocal, Sunitha Harishankar - Violin, Ethirajan Ramanujam - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam, Sriram Natarajan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Y.Gee Mahendran in “3Ji” (Comedy in Politics – Politics in Comedy) by Chitralaya Sriram (Khoushika Gopal - Suppini-Jayakumar-DSR-Ragav-Balaji-Jayachandran-Sriram – Partha Balaji-Francis) Dramatisation & Direction by Y.GEE Mahendra

Dec. 25, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Ritu Raj - Bharatanatyam
11.30 a.m. - Harish Ganapathi – Vocal, Sunitha Harishankar - Violin, Ethirajan Ramanujam - Mridangam
1.45 p.m. - Shruthi Ganesh - Vocal, Meera Sundar - Violin, Chirag Mani - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - “A brief history of Ramanuja” presented by Vanitha Suresh - Vocal, Shreyas Srinivasan - Violin, Pranav Ramasubramanian - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Karukurichi Mohanram - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sheela Unnikrishnan’s “Nrithya Manjani” – Marvels of the Melattur Style. This presentation, “Nrithya Manjari” is a collection of group dance compositions choreographed in the Melattu bani Bharathanatyam which is unique for its vibrant and universal appeal

December 12, 2018

Chennai Cultural Academy Trust Fine Arts Festival 2018

Chennai Cultural Academy Trust will host its annual Fine Arts Festival from Dec. 14, 2018 to Jan. 3, 2019
Venue: Ramarao Kala Mantap, 111, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17
The evening concerts are ticketed. Donor passes are available at the venue daily between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Schedule:

Dec. 14, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Nadaswaram by Mambalam MKS Siva & Party
5.00 p.m. - Inaugural Function
7.30 p.m. – Bharathanatyam by Roja Kannan & Disciples Presents "MUMMOORTHIGALIN MANIKKANGAL" Based on the Compositions of the TRINITY

Dec. 15, 2018
9.00 a.m. - Deepika and Nandhika  - Vocal, Madurai T Kishore – Violin, J Arvind - Mridangam
10.15 a.m.  - Ganabhakthi Vanaja Sundarrajan & Party
11.30 p.m. - Kovai Padhu presents Mamiayar 65.com 100 Years - Drama
4.30 p.m. - Kannan Balakrishnan - Madhura Veena , Sayee Rakshith - Violin,  Akshay Ram - Mridangam , N. Sundar - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - O.S.  Arun - Vocal, Mullaivasal V Chandramouli - Violin, B Sivaraman - Mridangam, Adambakkam Sankar - Ghatam

Dec. 16, 2018
9.00 a.m. - Suchitra presents "ANDAL KALYANa.m." - Harikatha
10.15 a.m.  - Vishnu Venkatesh - Mandolin, Karuppangulam A Venkatesh - Violin, S Santhosh Siva - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Mali Stage presents "Nammavargal" by Kudanthai Mali - Appreciated by former PRESIDENT DR.ABDUL KALam - Drama
7.00 p.m. - Dr K J Jesuda - Vocal, Mahadeva Sharma - Violin, Thiruvaarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Thirupanithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 17, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy  -  Vocal, Keerthana Sankar - Violin, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Delhi Sundarrajan - Violin, Thiruvaarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna  -  Vocal, Arun  Ramamurthi - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 19, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, B Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Melakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Radhika Surjith presents "NRITHYAM  MADHURAM” - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 20, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Uma Subramaniyam - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Anirudh S - Mridangam
5.45 p.m. - Iyer Sisters - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, B S Prasanth - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - R Surya Prakash - Vocal, Balu Raghuram - Violin, Srimushnam V Raja Rao - Mridangam,  S.V.Ramani - Ghatam

Dec. 21, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Melattur Bhagavatha Mela presents "Rukmini kalayanam" - Bhagavatha Mela
4.30 p.m.- Lalitha Mohan - Vocal , Anuthama Murali - Violin, Mannikudi Chandrasakar -  Mridangam, Amanakudi Ramanarayanan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Dr Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M A Krishnaswamy - Violin, I Sivakumar - Mridangam, Balaji Sairam - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam byUdayalur Kalyanaraman & Party
11.30 a.m. - P M G Mayurapriya Creations presents"Dharmaspathri" by P Muthu Kumar - Drama
4.30 p.m. - Rajini Hariharan - Vocal,  Usha Rajagopal - Violin,  Thanjavur Subramaniyan - Mridangam,  G.RaviChandran - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, Delhi Sunderrajan - Violin, Tiruchur Narendran - Mridangam, Vamsidhara Anand - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2018
9.30 a.m. - " KRISHNA LEELAMRUTHAM" by Smt. Subhadraji daughter of " Paranur Mahatma Sri Sri krishna premi Maharaj" - Upanyasam
11.30 a.m. - Gurukulam Boys presents " Seethum Nandrum" by V P S Sriram - Drama
4.30 p.m. - Anvitha Mohankumar - (Disciple of Archana Narayanamurthy ML) - Bharatanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Rashima Chandrasekar - (Disciple of Srikala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Dr.Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone,  A Kanyakumari - Violin, Harikumar - Mridangam, Rajendra Nakoda - Tabla

Dec. 24, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Akkari Sisters - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, K V Jayachandra Rao - Mridangam, Vazhapalli R Krishnakumar - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Divya Kasturi - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 25, 2018
9.00 a.m. - Mala Ramadurai & Party - Hindusthani Music
10.15 a.m. - "NAVA GANA BHAJANA MANDALI " -  Namasankeerthanam
11.30 a.m. - Drama
4.30 p.m. - Iyer brothers Ramnath & Gopinath - Veena, Thanjavur Subramaniyan - Mridangam, S Santhosh Siva - Ghatam
7.00 p.m.- Smt.Saraswathi Krishnakumar Dr.Gayatri Kannan & Kumari Mahati Kannan (Disciples of Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam) - Bharatanrityam

Dec. 26, 2018
4.30 p.m. - U P Raju & Nagamani - Mandolin,  Sai Nivaeithan & Varnan
7.00 p.m. - Thematic Presentation -Sridevi Nrithyalaya Presents " NRITHYA MANJARI " - Choreography - Dr Sheela Unnikrishnan

Dec. 27, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Dr S Sowmya - Vocal, N Ramakrishnan - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidhya - Veena

Dec. 28, 2018
4.30 p.m.  - Maharajapuram Srinivasan - Vocal, Parur M A Sunderrasan - Violin, Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam, Harihara Subramanian - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers KN Sashikiran and P Ganesh with Shengottai Harihara Subramanian- Sankeerthana kutcheri , Baluraghuraman - Violin, Ethirajan Ramanujam - Mridangam

Dec. 29, 2018
9.00 a.m. - Rajashri Ram - CVocal, Madurai T Kishore - Violin, Manikkudi Chandrasekaran - Mridangam
10.15 a.m. - Shreya Kolathaya - Vocal, Madurai T Kishore - Violin, Manakkal Sriram - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Sai Creations Bharathivasan Presents " Thanniril Meen Azhudhal" Drama
4.30 p.m. - Aishwarya & Soundarya - Bharathanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Thejaswini Vijayakkumar ( Disciple of Srikala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan presents "MEERA - THE LOTUS OF PREM" - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Sri Dushyanth Sridhar on "Adhi Shankaracharya's Matru Panchakam" - Harikatha
11.30 a.m. - Sowmya presents "Maanbumigu Nandivarman" by T.V Radhakrishnan - Drama
4.15 p.m. - Musical Streams "Sruthi Laya Laya" by Paiyur
7.00 p.m. -  A K C Natarajan - Clarinet,  Villivakkam Raghuram - Violin, Manikkudi Chandrasekaran - Mridasngam

Dec. 31, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Namagiripettai Gokulakrishnan - Vocal, C K Vijaya Raghavan - Violin, Aniruth S - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. -  V Deepika - Vocal, S P Anantha Padmanabha -Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - "Chaturvidham" presented by Madurai Muralidharan and his Students - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 1, 2019
9.00 a.m. - H Ramakrishnan - Namasankeerthanam , Tiruvellore Parthasarathy - Violin, Manikkudi Chandrasekaran - Mridangam, S Lakshminarasimhan - Keyboard
11.15 a.m. - S Shivpprasadh's Nataka Kavalar Chemal R S MANOHAR'S NXGS presents "MANASAATCHII" Director by K S N Sundar - Drama
4.00 p.m. - Ashok Ramani - Vocal, V V Ravi - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
5.45 p.m. - Lecture & Demonstration Dr.Kannan Pugazhendi
7.00 p.m. -  Crazy Premier League Masterpiece Scenes from Crazy Mohan Dramas - Drama

Jan. 2, 2019
9.00 a.m. - "Sri Sathguru Theagaraja Arathanai "
5.45 p.m. - Keerthana Subramaniyam (Disciple of Kamala Subramniyam and Kalakshetra Hariharan ) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. -  UAA Presents Y.Gee Mahendra in a Hilarious Satire "3 Ji " (Comedy in Politics - Politics in Comedy) by Chithralaya Sriram - Drama

Jan. 3, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Booma Kasturi - Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuram - Violin, Thillaisthanam R Suriyanarayanan - Mridangam
5.45 p.m. - Students of Samskrithi Kala Kendram - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Kathadi Ramamoorthy presents " Veedu Varai Uravu " - Drama

December 10, 2018

Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts - Margazhi Music Festival 2018

The Margazhi Music Festival of Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts will be held from Dec. 12 to 15, 2018.

Venue: Arkay Convention Center R.H.Road,Mylapore.
Concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 12, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Mylai Karthikeyan - Nadaswaram, Shradha Ravindran -Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S.Krishna - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 13, 2018
4.30 p.m. - S.V.Sahana (Mysore) - Veena, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram & Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Hindusthani -Carnatic Violin Jugalbandhi, R.Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

Dec. 14, 2018
4.30 p.m. - V.K. Raman  - Flute, Mysore.V.Srikanth - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, S.Sunilkumar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - O.S.Arun - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Kottayam Unikrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Master K. Ramcharan - Vocal,  Abhinav Kailasam - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dharini Veerarghavan - Vocal, Vaibhav Ramani - Violin, J.P.Surya Nambisan  - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Prince Ramavarma - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Dr.T.V. Gopalkrishnan  - Mridangam

Dec. 16, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Sandya Ramaswamy - Vocal, Uma Ganesan - Violin, B.Gopalkrishnan - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Vivek Moozhikulam (Kerala) - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, V.Shankar Raman - Mridangam

December 08, 2018

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha Isai Iyal Nataka Vizha 2018

The 39th Isai Iyal Nataka Vizha of Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha will be conducted from Dec. 9, 2018 to Jan. 15, 2019.

Venue: Vani Mahal, 103, G.N. Road, T. Nagar

Rasikas welcome for morning and afternoon concerts that will be held in the mini hall at the venue. The concerts at 6.30 p.m. are ticketed.

For daily and season tickets, contact Vani Mahal at 044-28152166

Schedule:

Dec. 9, 2018
4.25 p.m. - Mambalam S.P. Arulanandan & Party - Nadaswaram
6.05 p.m. - Inaguration by Pujyasri Swami Omkarananda.
Awards presentation - Vani Kala Sudhakara on Seetha Narayanan (Vocal), Kumbakonam M.R. Gopinath – (Violin), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam), Anitha Guha (Bharathanatyam) & Y.Gee. Mahendra – (Theatre)
Felicitation by Dr. S. Raghuraman, Research and Resource for Bharathanatyam
7.30 -p.m. - Govindam Bhaja - Bharathanatyam by Disciples of Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy's Sri Mudhraalaya

Dec. 10, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Kanti Swaroop Mallela - Vocal, U. Gautham - Violin, Balaji Sankaran - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Kamakoti Sisters S. Jayamathangi & S. Jayabargavi - Vocal, Shyam Ragav - Violin, Mysore L. Vadiraj - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasakan - Vocal, Melakaveri K. Thyagarajan - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mrudangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Jugalbandhi: Pandit Janardan Mitta (Sitar) & Bonala Sankara Prakash (Veena), Patri Satish Kumar - Mrudangam, Pandit D. Chandrajit -Tabla

Dec. 11, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Abhishek Ravi Shankar - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan - Violin, Kiran R. Pai - mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramdas - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthick - Violin, Madurai B. Sundar - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy - Vocal, Sruti Sarathy - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mrudangam, G. Harihara Sharma - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram - Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mrudangam, B. Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2018
1.00 p.m. - C. Charulatha - Veena, Vignesh Srinivasan - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - K. Ranga - Vocal, V. Deepika - Violin, Srivanchiyam R. Sriram - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, H.M. Smitha - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mrudangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Poongulam S. Subramanian - Mrudangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2018
1.00 p.m. - K. Giridharan - Vocal, Abhishek Balakrishnan - Violin, Aravind Srikanth Raja - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Rajeswary Sankar - Vocal, M. Shrikanth - Violin, Akshay Ram - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidhyanathan - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Manikkudi S. Chandrasekaran - Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, Triplicane K. Sekar - Spl. Thavil, Rajendra Nakod - Tabla, B. Rajasekar - Morsing

Dec. 14, 2018
1.00 p.m. - N.S. Kamakshi - Vocal, S. Sivaram - Violin, S. Vaithyanathan - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumari - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mrudangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, S. Varadharajan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mrudangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena, Anuradha Sridhar - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mrudangam, D.V. Venkatasubramanian - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Priya - Vocal, Chinmayi - Violin, Sriram Srinivasan - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Uma Money - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R. Jayakumar - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mrudangam, K.R. Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 16, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Subhalakshmi Krishnamoorthy - Vocal, M.A.Kishnaswamy -Violin, Neyveli Skanda Subramanian - Mrudangam. A.S.Krishanan - Morsing
1.00 p.m. - S.Venkataraman & Vittal Rangan - Keyboard &Violin, Prasannaramapuram R.Raghunathan - Mrudangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam
2.15 p.m. - Swetha & Ramya - Vocal, Madan Mohan - Violin, Aduthurai Guruprasadh - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam - Vocal, Chidambaram G.Badrinath - Violin, Praveen sparsh - Mrudangam, H.Prasanna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Kumaresh & Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena & Violin, Jayachandra Rao - Mrudangam, Pramath Kiran - Tabla & Morsing

Dec. 17, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Aditya Mohan - Vocal, K.Ganesan - Violin, Mannargudi V.Shreyas - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Krishna Ramarathinam - Vocal, Vignesh Thyagarajan - Violin, B.S.Prashanth - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram S.Aravind - Vocal, M.Vijay - Violin, Calcutta Aravind Ranganathan - Mrudangam, Nerkunam Dr.S.Sankar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N .Murthy - Violin, Anantha R.Krishna - Mrudangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Savitha Sreeram & Vasudha Ravi - Vocal, Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramanian - Violin, B.Sivaraman - Mrudangam, S. Venkatramanan - Kanjira
1.00 p.m. - Vignesh Krishnamurthy - Vocal, Mantha Sri Ramya - Violin, Prasanna Venkatesh - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Shruthi S.Bhat - Vocal, Sahana Vasudevan - Violin,
J.Arvind - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo, Delhi Sai Ram - Mrudangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Vocal, L.Ramakrishnan - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mrudangam, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Dr.Duddu Radhika - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, B.Ganaphathyraman - Mrudangam, N.Rajaraman - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Chaganti Ramya Kiran Mayee - Vocal, Shilpa Venkatesh - Violin, Tanjore S.Aravinth - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Ananya Ashok - Vocal, Tumkur Bhargav - Violin, Sai Nivaithan Ravichandhira - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, H.S.Sudhindra - Mrudangam, R.Raman - Morsing
6.30 p.m. - U.Rajesh - Mandolin, Aridwaramangalam Dr. A.K.Palanivel - Spl.Thavil, Delhi Sunderrajan - Violin, S.V.Ramani - Mrudangam, Praveen Narayan - Tabla

Dec. 20, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Maharajapuram S.Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, M.Vijay - Violin, Vijay Ganesh - Mrudangam, T.A .Ramanujan - Morsing
1.00 p.m. - Aditi Subramanian - Vocal, Aparna Thyagarajan - Violin, Jayendra kumar - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Vasumathi Desikan - Vocal, T.V.Sukanya - Violin, Indhalur R.D.Adharsh - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Srivani Yalla - Veena, Thillaisthanam R.Suryanarayanan - Mrudangam, G.Ganapathy - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, H.K.Venkatram - Violin, J.Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam,G.Guru Prasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2018
10.00 a.m. - B.R.Smriti - Vocal, Mithuran - Violin, Mayuran - Mrudangam
11.15 a.m. - Akshay Sridhar - Vocal, Dr.Parur Harini Srivatsa - Violin, Sumedh Ramakrishnan - Mrudangam
1.00 p.m. - Vishruthi Girish - Vocal, S.Rangappriya - Violin, P.V.Srivatsa - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Padma Saranathan - Vocal, S.P.Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, Guru Raghavendran - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - K.Gayathri - Vocal, Nishant Chandran - Violin, Vijay B.Natesan - Mrudangam, S.Hari Hara Subramanian - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal, L.Ramakrishnan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mrudangam, G.Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2018
10.00 a.m. - V.K.Raman - Flute, M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin, Melakkaveri K.Balaji - Mrudangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
1.00 p.m. - Sai Tejas Chandrasekhar  - Harmonica, Visvesh Chandrasekhar - Violin, Lakshmi Narasimhan - Mrudangam, Vasisht Varsh Sridhar - Kanjira
2.15 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Sai Rakshith - Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr.Ganesh - Vocal, V.V.Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mrudangam, H.Prasanna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subramanian - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Palladam Ravi - Mrudangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 23, 2018
10.00 a.m. -  Lec.Dem Bharathanatyam by  Chithra Visveswaran
1.00 p.m. - Chinmayi - Vocal, Vishal Sowmyan - Violin, Avinash Bellare - Mrudangam,
2.15 p.m. - Vani Sangeetha Gurukulam Namagiri Ramesh - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mrudangam, S.P.Sai Sreenath - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Maya and Malavi - Vocal, Mysore Sangeetha Dileep - Violin, Guru Raghavendran - Mrudangam
6.30 p.m. - Dr.K.J.Yesudas - Vocal, S.R.Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mrudangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Adhi Gopal - Vocal, Srilakshmi Bhai - Violin, Abhishek Iyar - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Padmashree Srinivasan - Vocal, Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar - Violin, Sriram Natarajan - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal, R.Kailasam - Violin, Thiruvidaimaruthur S.Sankaran - Mrudangam, N.Rajaraman - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - S.Saketharaman - Vocal, H.K.Venkatram - Violin, Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mrudangam, Guru Prasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 25, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Lec.Dem Temples - Visited by Purandaradasar. By V.Sriram
1.00 p.m. - Sai Sisters Ms. Saikiran & Ms. SaiNivedita - Vocal, V.Shreyas - Violin, Santosh R.Bharathi - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Amrutharanjani - Vocal, Karaikal S.Venkatasubramanian - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramanian - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, M.Rajeev - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mrudangam, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - S.Mahathi - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 26, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Lec.Dem by Dr Chitra Madhavan & Vijayalakshmi Subramanian - `Srirangam- Bhuloka Vaikuntam'
1.00 p.m. - Gokul Shyam Sundar - Guitar, Udupi S.Srijith - Violin, R.Sriram - Mrudangam,
2.15 p.m. - Ajitha Bala - Vocal, Parur Ms M.K.Anathalakshmi - Violin, Uzhavoor P.K.Babu - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - B.Suchitra - Vocal, Karaikal S.Venkatasubramanian - Violin, V.Sairagavan - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Maladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravi Kumar - Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin, Mannargudi A.Easwaran - Mrudangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Lec.Dem: The forms of Lord Shiva as seen in the compositions of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar by R.K.Shriram kumar
1.00 p.m. - .... Vocal, Triven Sagar Kannan, Sanjay Sharma, S.Arthavan
2.15 p.m. - Subhadra Sridharan - Vocal, Delhi R.Sridhar - Violin, Gomathi Sankar - Mrudangam, Karuppambulam A.Venkatesh - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal, R.Raghul - Violin, B.Ganapathyraman - Mrudangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Upanyasam by Visaka Hari on Kumbakonam Mahatmyam
Vittal Rangan - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniyam -  Mrudangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Anjana Thirumalai - Vocal, Parur Ananthasree - Violin, Neyveli K.V.Ramkumar - Mrudangam, S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira
1.00 p.m. - U.Jayavigneshwar - Mandolin, B.Sai Shankar - Mrudangam, K.Ranganathan - Ghatam
2.15 p.m. - Sahana Samraj - Vocal, Priyamvadaa Sastri - Violin, SaiSarangan Ravichandhira - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - A.Narayanan - Vocal, H.V.Raghuraman - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramanian - Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mrudangam, V.Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 29, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Sthree Thall Tharang Presents Ghata Tharang Laya Raga Samarpanam Ghatam & Konnakol Sukanya Ramgopal
J.Yogavandana - Veena, Soumya Ramachandran - Violin, G.Lakshmi - Mrudangam, Bhagyalakshmi M.Krishna - Morsing
1.00 p.m. - Balaji Ravi - Vocal, T.Krishore - Violin, Kavichelvan - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Gayathri Govindarajan - Veena, S.Aswini - Mrudangam, G.Ganapathy - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Aditya Prakash - Vocal, Kamala Kiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam, K V Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr.Shobana Vignesh - Vocal, V.L.Kumar - Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan - Mrudangam, A.S.Krishnan - Morsing

Dec. 30, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Barghav S.Hariharan - Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Nellai V. Sree Krishnan - Mrudangam, Trichy S. Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Hrishikesh & Priyanka - Veena Duet, S.Sankar Prasad - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Pooja Suresh & Supraja Suresh - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. M .Narmada - Violin Solo, G.Vijaya Ganesh - Mrudangam, Trichy S.Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, Rajeev Mukundan - Violin, Trichur R.Mohan - Mrudangam, D.V.Venkata Subramaniyam - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Preeti Sethuraman - Vocal, Tejas Srinivasan - Violin, Rohit Ashok - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Ameya Karthikeyan - Vocal, Anuthama Murali - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mrudangam, Santhosh - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Vijayasri Vittal - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Thirucherai Kaushik - Mrudangam, Hari Hara Sharma - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, Anatha R.Krishnan - Mrudangam, Vazhappally R.Krishnakumar - Ghatam

Jan. 1, 2019
10.00 a.m. - Heartbeat Ensemble Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal - Dr. S.karthick
U.P.Raju - Mandolin, Kumbakonam M.R.Gopinath - Violin, V.G.Vigneshwar - Keyboard, Triplicane K.Sekar - Thavi, R.Yogaraja DinoCajon &Kanjira, Sarvesh Karthick - Multi Percussion
1.00 p.m. - Tiruvanmayur M Balasubramani - Nadaswaram, Tirutani V Suresh - Nadaswaram, Triplicane S Prabhu - Thavil, Tindivanam V Saravanan - Thavil
2.15 p.m. - Nithyasri - Veena, R.Rajesh - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboodri - Vocal, C.N. Srinivasa Murthy - Violin, B.Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam, H.Sivaramkrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar - Violin, Melakkaveri K.Balaji - Mrudangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Jan. 2, 2019
1.00 p.m. - Koleri N Bhupathi & Palayaseevaram Barani - Nadaswaram, Mylai R Kumar - Thavil, Thiruvannamalai S.Vimalkumar - Thavil
2.15 p.m. - K.Subiksha - Vocal, Meera Sundar - Violin, Arjun Narayanan - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam - Vocal, Mysore Sangeetha Dileep - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mrudangam, Dr Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhlakshmi & Sornalatha - Vocal, B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Neyveli R.Narayanan - Mrudangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

Jan. 3, 2019
1.00 p.m. - Jahnavi Murali - Vocal, Swathi Sri - Violin, S.Manikandan - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - R.Sandhya - Vocal, K.N.Akkarsh - Violin, Sivagangai Vishvak Kumaran - Mrudangam
4.00 p.m. - Sankeerthana Kutcheri Carnatica Brothers K N Sashikaran & P.Ganesh - Vocal with Sengottai Hariharasubramania Bhagavathar, V.V.Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mrudangam, S.V.Ramani - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, VVS Murari - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mrudangam, Trivandram Rajagopal - Kanjira

Jan. 4, 2019
1.00 p.m. -  Deepti Suresh - Vocal, Subhasri Shankar - Violin, Abhinov Kailasam - Mrudangam
2.15 p.m. - Dr.Padma Varma - Veena, Chrompet G.Suresh - Mrudangam, Hari Hara Subramanian - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Shimoga Kumaraswamy - Saxophone, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mrudangam, Madipakkam A.Murali - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - T V Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Pattri Sathish Kumar - Mrudangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

Jan. 5, 2019
6.30 p.m. - UNITED VISUALS Present DramaT.V.Varadharajan in "Plastic Kadavul"

Jan. 6, 2019
6.30 p.m. - UAA Presents Y.Gee Mahendra in Drama- Kasethan Kadavulada

Jan. 7, 2018
6.30 p.m. - Crazy Creation Presents Crazy Mohan & Crazy Balaji in Drama - Alavuthin 100 Watts Bulb

Jan. 8, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Srekala Bharath & Thejas Presents "Annamayya Bhakti Manjari, Nava Vidha Bhakti Based on Sankirtanas of Annamayya"

Jan. 9, 2019
6.30 p.m. -  Kaladarsana presents Dance Choreography : Jayanthi Subramaniam

Jan. 10, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Kala pradarshini Presents "Krsna Madhuryam" by Dance. Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and disciples. Music by L.Vaidhyanathan

Jan. 11, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Rajeswari Sainath & Tropes Presents Vishnu Sahasranamam - Dance

Jan. 12, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Ganakasabhai School of Bharatanatyam Presents Aranganum Azhvarkalum - Dance

Jan. 13, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Bharathanjali Presents NandhaLala (multi Production) Concept & Choreography : Anitha Guha. Trditional Saint composers, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, P.R Venkatasubramanian, Dandi Bhotla Narayanamurthy

Jan. 14, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya Presents Srinivasa Kalyanam - Dance. Choreography : Dr.Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 15, 2019
6.30 p.m. - Meenakshi Chitharanjan and her Disciples present "Lahari" - Dance



Lec-dem series at Rasika Ranjani Sabha

The annual lecture demonstration series at the Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Mylapore will begin on Dec. 9 and go on till Dec. 16, 2018.

Venue: Rasika Ranjani Sabha, Sundareswarar Street, Near Lady Sivaswamy School, Mylapore.
The lectures are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 9, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Inauguration. Chief Guest Dr. M.V. Anantha Padmanabhachariar
10.00 a.m. - Music, Dance and Culture: The contribution of Coromandel Coast by D.K. Hari and Hema

Dec. 10, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Dance Music of Thanjai Naalvar by Swarnamalya

Dec. 11, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini by Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi

Dec. 12, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Music in Thiruppugazh by Dr. Seethalakshmi

Dec. 13, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Role of Gamakas in Karnataka sangeetham by Dr. Radha Bhaskar

Dec. 14, 2018
Influence of Trinity on their disciples by Dr. Aravindhan T. Ranganathan

Dec. 15, 2018
An insight into aesthetic structure of ragas by Seetha Rajan

Dec. 16, 2018
10.00 a.m. - Nagaswaram in temple arts by Lalitharam, Idumbavanam, V. Prakash Ilayaraja

December 07, 2018

The Mylapore Fine Arts Club Art Festival 2018

The 67th year Art Festival of The Mylapore Fine Arts Club will be held from Dec. 9, 2018 to Jan. 17, 2019.

Venue: The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, 45, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

The evening concerts at 4 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. are ticketed. The morning concerts are open to rasikas.

Season Tickets can be purchased from 01.12.2018 onwards at the Sabha Office during working hours: 9.00 AM to 11.00 AM & 5.00 PM to 8.00 PM

Schedule:

Dec. 9, 2018
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration and conferment of titles.
'Sangeetha Kala Nipuna' on Violin vidwan V.V. Subramaniam
'Nrithya Kala Nipuna' on Urmila Sathyanarayanan, Bharatanatyam exponent
Felicitation by Madurai G.S. Mani
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayana and Natya Sankalpaa ensemble dance presentation - Meera : The Lotus of Prem. Based on the work of Swami Shivananda. Music - Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi

Dec. 10, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Lalitha Mohan - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar – Violin, V.R. Jayakumar - Mridangam, Ammangudi Ramanarayanan - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Abhishek Ravishankar - Vocal, Deepika Venkataraman - Violin, Indalur R.D. Adarsh - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Rathipriya - Vocal, Shradda Ravindran – Violin, Karthik Ganeshram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin Solo), Kumbakonam S.  Swaminathan – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, Kalpana Kishore – Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji – Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Delhi V. Muthukumar - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas – Violin, Chennai S. Thiagarajan - Mridangam
12.00 noon - Bhargav Hariharan - Vocal, Priyamvadaa Prakash – Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Dr. Duddu Radhika - Vocal, Mantha Sriramya – Violin,Burra Sriram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sundar - Vocal, V.L.Kumar – Violin, Thanjavur Ramadas – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Trichy S. Sankaran - Mridangam

Dec. 12, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, R. Raghul – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing
12.00 noon - Srividya Vasudevan - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathy - Violin, Karukuruchi S. Govindarajan - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Akshay Ram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Mala Chandrasekar - Flute, Ranjani Ramakrishnan – Violin,  Mannarkoil J. Balaji – Mridangam, Trichy S. Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran - Vocal, Nagai R. Muralidharan - Violin, Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam – Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2018
9.30 a.m. - S.M. Vilasini - Vocal, Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan – Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam, Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Girijashankar - Vocal, Chidambaram Badrinath – Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Ananya Ashok - Vocal, Vignesh Thiararajan – Violin, Nirmal Narayanan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Vittal Rangan – Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, B. Shreesundarkumar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subrahmanyam - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath
- Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 14, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Shreaya Devnath (Violin) & Vishal Sapuram (Chitravina), S.J. Arjun Ganesh – Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Lakshmi Priya - Vocal, Tirucherai Karthik – Violin, G. Prithviraj - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - R. Rajiv - Vocal, Mysore Sangeetha - Violin, Gomathishankar - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, Nishant Chandran – Violin, Vijay Natesan – Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao – Mridangam,  K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 15, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, M. Vijayganesh - Violin, Guru Raghavenda - Mridangam
12.00 noon - Ramya Kiranmayi - Vocal, H. Ramcharan – Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - V. Venkatanagarajan - Vocal, Sriram Sridhar – Violin,B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar – Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan – Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sharma – Violin, Tirivarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 16, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Vishnudev Namboodhri - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan – Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Swathy Krishnamurthy - Vocal, Shriram Sridhar – Violin, Puttur T. Nikshith - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, Srinidhi Mattur – Violin, Arvind Ranganathan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar – Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, - Madipakkam A. Murali - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal, S. Varadarajan – Violin, Neyveli B. Venkatesh - Mridangam,  Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 17, 2018
9.30 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran - Vocal, B.V.Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam
12.00 noon - Sahana Vasudevan - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - B. Lakshmishree - Vocal, K. Anand – Violin, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Sriram – Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Tirivarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 18, 2018
9.30 a.m. - G. Ravikiran - Vocal, Vittal Rangan –Violin, K. Arunprakash – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
12.00 noon - V. Subashri - Vocal, Shruthi Sarathy – Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith – Akshay Anantapadmanabhan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan – Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth – Violin, Trichur R. Mohan – Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, . Raghul – Violin, Kallidaikuruchi S.Sivakumar - Mridangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Bhargavi Venkatram - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan – Violin, J. Arvind - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - J.B. Keeerthana (Vocal) & J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), K.P. Nandini – Violin, B. Srivatsan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, Kalpana Venkat – Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, S. Hariharasubramaniam - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Vazhapally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer (Veena Duet), T.R. Sundaresan - Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Shankari Subramaniam - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, S. Sathyanarayanan - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - G. Abilash - Vocal, Kamalakiran Winjamuri – Violin, Raghavan Sai - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam. B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - V.V. Subramaniam, V.V. Ravi, V.V.S. Murari (Violin Trio)
– T.V. Gopalakrishnan – Thirupanithura Radhakrishnan

Dec. 21, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Master Pravin Pandit (Saxaphone), V.V. Ravi - Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan – Mridangam, S. Sunilkumar - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Vivek Sadasivam - Vocal, Shivakumar Anantharaman – Violin, B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividya & Sudha - Vocal, M. Srikanth – Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, H.M. Smitha – Violin, Manoj Siva - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Meera Sivamakrishnan – Manikudi S. Chandrasekaran – Mridangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam
12.00 noon - R. Shyam Sundar - Vocal, Dorai Srinivasan – Violin, G. Guruprasadh - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Anahita and Apoorva - Vocal, Vaibhav Ramani – Violin, Akshay Ram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, S. Gokul – Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Haripriya & Shanmukhapriya - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy – Violin, Sai Giridhar – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 23, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar – Violin, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Vijayashri Vittal - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan – Violin, Mysore L. Vadiraj - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Akshay Sridhar - Vocal, G. Raghavendra Prasath – Violin, S. Arthavan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, Sai Giridhar – Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar – Vocal, S. Varadarajan - Violin, K.V. Prasad – Mridangam, Alathur T. Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 24, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, Tanjore Praveen Kumar – Mridangam, S. Sunilkumar - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Adithya Madhavan - Vocal, Udupi Srijith – Violin, Rajesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Aarthi Ananthakrishnan - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - A.S. Murali - Vocal, V. Sanjeev – Violin, B. Shreesundarkumar – Kanjira, A.S. Shankar - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Patri Sathishkumar - Mridangam, B. Shreesundarkumar - Kanjira

Dec. 25, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan – Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam
12.00 Noon D. Vamsi Krishna – Vocal, Tirucherai Karthik – Violin, Sivagangai K. Vishwak - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - N. Jayakrishnan - Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. -  Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam, Trivandrum D. Rajagopal - Ghatam
6.30 p.m.- U. Rajesh - Mandolin, Delhi P. Sunderarajan – Violin, B. Harikumar - Mridangam, Trichy K. Murali – Ghatam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

Dec. 26, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Kolkatta Sisters Kala & Chitra – Vocal, Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Abhishek Krishna - Vocal, G. Raghavendra Prasath - Violin,  Arvind Karthik Malladi - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Kamala Deepti - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Arvind Venkataraman - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, V.V. Ravi – Violin, Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam, Udupi Srikanth - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy – Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 27, 2018
9.30 a.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), B.U. Ganeshprasad – Violin, B. Vijay Natesan - Mridangam,  K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
12.00 noon - Krupaa Lakshmi - Vocal, Madan Mohan – Violin, G. Guruprasadh - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Shruthi Sankar Kumar - Vocal, Shivakumar Anantharaman - Violin, Dr. Aneesh Krishna Kuttemperoor - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika – Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji – Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Karaikudi R. Mani - Mridangam

Dec. 28, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Sankar Srinivas - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, – Chidambaram S. Balashankar - Mridangam
12.00 noon - N.S. Kamakshi - Vocal, M. Vijayaganesh – Violin, P.B.V. Krishnamachari - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Arjun Sambasivam & Narayanan (Keyboard), Abhishek Balakrishnan – Violin, Srivanchiyam Sriram - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan -Vocal, M. Rajeev – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Harikatha by U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar - Sri Rama Natakam with Anahitha & Apoorva and Team

Dec. 29, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Vani Ramamurthy - Vocal, Arun Ramamuthy - Violin, Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
12.00 noon - Sudharshan Ravi - Vocal, R. Sridhar – Violin, Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna – Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Sashikiran & P. Ganesh - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari – Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao – Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan – Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Arvind SRidhar - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Thiruvidaimarudur S. Sankaran – Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam
12.00 noon - Anirudh Venkatesh (USA) - Vocal, Sharada Krishnan – Violin, Srihari Raman - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - Srividya Sridharakumar - Vocal, Lavanya Raman – Violin, Neyveli Ramkumar - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters S. Subhalakshmi & S. Sornalatha - Vocal, B.U. Ganeshprasad – Violin, K.U. Jeyachandra Rao – Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank - Flute, B.U. Ganeshprasad – Violin, Bangalore Arjunkumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal, Nishant chandran – Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
12.00 noon - S. Adithyanarayanan - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith – Violin, L. Subramaniam - Mridangam
1.30 p.m. - S. Malavika – Vocal, Sayee Rakshith – Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Sherthallay Dr. K.N. Ranganatha Sharma – Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, Nanjil Arul – Mridangam, Vellattanjur Sreejith - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Tanjore K. Murugaboopathy – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Jan. 1, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Trichy S. Sankaran – Mridangam, V. Suresh - Ghatam
2.00 p.m. - R. Ashwathnarayanan – Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan – Mridangam,  Sai Subramaniam - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas – Vocal, Nagai R. Muralidharan - Violin, Tiruvarur P. Bhakthavatsalam – Mridangam, Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Jan. 2, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Riha Giri (Dis. of Vijay Madhavan)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Mangala Anand (USA)
7.15 p.m. -Bharathanatyam by Tanya Saxena (New Delhi) - Dis. of Saroja & Rama Vaidyanathan

Jan. 3, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Atulya Vipiin (Dis. of Gayathri Sasidaran)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ritu Raj (USA)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Lalitha Ravi (USA)

Jan. 4, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Meera Suresh (Dis. of Navia Natarajan)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Vibha Raju (Dis.of Sowmya Tilak)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Meghna Krishnan (USA)

Jan. 5, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Samanvitha Sasidharan (Dis.of Gayathri Sasidaran)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Poornima (USA)
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Sri Mudhraalaya - Guru: Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy

Jan. 6, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Bharatha Shisha School. Naharika S, Bhanu Poojitha M & Arunima Dingh. Guru: Smt. Sadhana Balachandran
5.45 p.m. - Odissi Dance by Kadambari Shivaya (Dis.of Sri. Kelucharan Mahapatra & Sri. Ramani Ranjan Jena)
7.15 p.m. - Group Presentation by Students of Kripa Centre For Fine Arts. Guru: Smt. Kripa Prasanna

Jan. 7, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Group Presentation by Students of Nrithyanjali School of Arts. J. Sneha, Chetna Saravanan, M.M. Raga Varshini, Jyotsana Krishnan, Varsha Sai Sundaram, Aishwarya Dharani, K.S. Shivanee. Guru: Smt. Kaveri Ramesh
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Sandhya Senthilnathan (Dis. of Smt. Poornima Sriraman)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shruthi Chandrasekar (Dis.of Smt. Shobana Balachandra)

Jan. 8, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Madhava Hayagreev
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nithyasree Prabhakar (Dis.of Smt. Poornima Sriraman)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Maithreyi Suresh Iyer (Dis. of Divya Sivasundar)

Jan. 9, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Chethana Saravanan (Dis. of Smt. Kaveri Ramesh)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by K.M.D. Mathula (Dis. of Smt. Amudha Dhandapani)
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Sri Gyana Mudhra.Guru: Smt. Archana Mahesh

Jan. 10, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Anagha Tadepalle (Dis. of Smt.Vijayalakshmi Manikandan)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Disciples of Smt. Padmini Krishnamurthy
7.15 p.m. - Group Presentation by Students of Sri Sai Nrithyalaya. Navarasa Nayaki. Guru: Smt. H.N. Nandini Suresh

Jan. 11, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Varsha Vadlamani (Dis.of Smt. Divya Sivasundar)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Pooja Ganesan (Dis. of Smt. Poornima Sriraman)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Varsha Suresh (Disciple of Late K.J. Sarasa)

Jan. 12, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by G. Akhila Kaveri (Dis. of Smt. Uma Gopalakrishnan & The Dhananjayans)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by S. Hemamalini (Dis. of Sri. Vijay Madhavan)
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Sri Devi Nrithyalaya. Srinivasa Kalyanam. Guru: Smt. Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 13, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Group Presentation by Students of Bharathalaya. Guru: Latha Ravi
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shrutha S Gopalan (New Delhi) - Dis. of Smt. Geetha Chandran
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Divyanjali. Shiva Sakthi Margam. Guru: Smt. Divyasena

Jan. 14, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sneha Cheralathan (Dis. of Smt. Divyasena)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Neeaja Srinivasan & Students
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sanjana Prasad (Dis. of Srimathi Minal Prabhu & Smt. Radhika Surjit)

Jan. 15, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shivanee Kumar (Dis. of Smt. Malini Balaji)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam L.Nithya Shakti (Dis. of Smt. Sumithra Nitin)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smrithi Krishnamurthy (Dis. of Smt. Anitha Guha)

Jan. 16, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Revathi Srinivasan (Dis. of Sri. Kadirvelu Pillai)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Poornashri Srivatrsan (Dis. of Smt. Uma Anand)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Tejaswini Narayanan (Dis. of Smt. Sujatha Mohan)

Jan. 17, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aparna Ganapathy (Dis.of Smt. Latha Ravi)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Gayathri Rajaji
7.15 p.m. - Dance Production titled Sankara Vijayam. Concept, Music & Choreography by Dr. Ambika Kameshwar

Lec Dem Mela 2018

Sruti & The Music Forum bring curate a few days of lectures and demonstrations just before the music season gets busier.

This year the 'Lec-dem Mela' as it is called will be on Dec. 8 and 9, 2018. The theme for this year's sessions is Sthalams & Treatises.

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, R.H. Road, Mylapore.

The sessions are open to all.

Schedule:

Dec. 8, 2018
9.00 a.m. - Inauguration. Chief guest - Dr. Vasumathi Rajan, Head of Programmes, Doordarshan (Chennai, Tirupati, Madurai)
9.30 a.m. - Sthalams in and around Chennai by V. Sriram
11.00 a.m. - Pillai Thamizh by Dr. S. Raghuraman
5.00 p.m. - Thiruppugazhin Thanippugazh by Neyveli R Santhanagopalan
6.30 p.m. - Kshetra Darisanam with Sundarar by Dr. S. Sundar

Dec. 9, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Ram Charit Manas by Dr. Sriram Parasuram
11.00 a.m. - Chaturdandi Prakashika by Sumitra Vasudev
5.00 p.m. -  Ragas with special reference to Ragalakshnamu by Shahaji by Dr. R. Hemalatha
6.30 p.m. - Music & dance in Silappadhikaram by Dr. Narthaki Nataraj

Music Education Trust - Festival 2018

The focus of this year's Music Education Trust festival in Chennai is Únique contribution of Muthuswamy Dikshitar in exploration of a single raga'.

The 10-day music festival organised by the trust is dedicated to musician and musicologist T.R. Subramanyam. The festival is on from Dec. 7 to 16, 2018.

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore.
Concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 7, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Ragas - Anandabhairavi & Bhagesri

Dec. 8, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Radha Venkatachalam - Vocal, S.R. Rajashree - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Ragas - Dhanyasi & Behag

Dec. 9, 2018
4.00 p.m. - S. Padmashree - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Pappu Jayadev - Mridangam
Ragas - Kalyani & Kapi
6.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, S.R. Jayashree - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Ragas - Shankarabharanam & Hamsanandi

Dec. 10, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin. Kumbakonam K Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Purvikalyani and Bridavavana Saranga

Dec. 11, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Nirmita Kartik - Vocal,  Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Kumbakonam K. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Surati & Multani

Dec. 12, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividya & Sudha - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Kambhoji & Hamirkalyani

Dec. 13, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Srividya Sridhar Kumar - Vocal, Meera Sivaramarishnan - Violin, Kumbakonam K. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Bhairavi & Hamirkalyani

Dec. 14, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Serugudi Sisters Rema & Geetha - Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Mohanam & Dvijavanti

Dec. 15, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Jayamathangi & Jayabhargavi - Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Todi & Desh
6.00 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Sriranjani & Sindhubhairavi

Dec. 16, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Rajeshwari - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Bilahari & Malkauns
6.00 p.m. - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Arabhi & Subhapantuvarali

Meditate and feel the music at Divine Melodies Music Festival

Heartfulness Institute Chennai is hosting a three-day music festival titled Divine Melodies – Where Music Meets the Heart', from December 7 to 9, 2018.



The concerts will be held at its sprawling 18 acres gree campus in Manappakkam.
"When Music, Meditation and the Soul reverberate together, you get a Divine Musical Experience, which will remain etched in your memories and hearts for a very long time. From this the idea came about - What if we combine these two great unifying force - music and meditation?" the organisers say.

Each day of the music festival will have a meditation session followed by music performances.
On Dec. 7, 2018, Shashank will perform a flute recital at 6 p.m. followed by a vocal concert of Mambalam Sisters.
On Dec. 8, 2018, at 6 p.m. the violin recital by R. Kumaresh is scheduled, followed by Deepika & Nandika’s vocal concert.
Jayanthi Kumaresh will present a veena concert on Dec. 9, 2018, at 6 p.m. followed by M.O. Parthasarathy's Hindustani vocal concert.

The concerts are open to all.

Venue: Heartfulness Institute, Babuji Memorial Ashram, Manapakkam, Chennai - 600125
Contact : +91-44 -4217 111

You can pre-register to attend the concerts at http://bit.ly/cmzmusicseries

December 04, 2018

Inviting music students to write for the season

If you learn or know to appreciate Carnatic music, here is an opportunity to listen to concerts and lec-dems and write about them.



A leading sabha in Chennai publishes its in-house newsletter during the December music season. The newsletter is published twice a week and features the concerts, artistes and lec-dems held at the sabha.

Students of music with good writing skills are invited to be part of the newsletter.
If interested, mail to chennaiseason@gmail.com with details about your learning music and interest in writing.

December 02, 2018

Charsur Arts Foundation December Seasson 2018

The December Music Season at Charsur Arts Foundation features Sanskrit compositions.
The music festival will be held from Dec. 18 to 27, 2018.

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet.

The concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed. Seating is on first come basis.

Schedule:

Dec. 16,. 2018
SAMBHASHANAM - A Music Forum.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Lec-Dem by R.K. Shriramkumar: An insight into Raga as visualised in the paramparas of Sri Tyagaraja and Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar.

Dec 17, 2018
SAMBHASHANAM - A Music Form
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Talk by V. Sriram: Sanskrit influences on Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar's lyrics.

Dec. 18, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, OB. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, B. Ananthkrishnan - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2018
4:30 p.m. - G. Ravi Kiran -Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin,  Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - A.S. Murali -Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2018
4:30 p.m. - J A Jayanth - Flute, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2018
4:30 p.m. - D.B. Ashvin - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna- Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, V.V. Ramanamurthy - Mridangam, G. Guruprasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha - Vocal Duet, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Ramana Balachandhran - Veena, Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, J. Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Payyanur Govinda Prasad - Morsing

Dec. 26, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - R.K. Shriramkumar - Violin Solo, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2018
6:45 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan - Violin Solo, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira


December 01, 2018

Paddathi Music Festival 2018

Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam & Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha organise a music festival this season from Dec. 26 to 31, 2018.

Venue: Desika Vidya Bhavanam, 27, Venkatesa Agraharam Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

Concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 26, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Shrithi Santhanam - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - A. Aishwarya & S. Saundarya (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration
7.30 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam

Dec. 27, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Sruthi Ganesh - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Chirag Mani - Vocal
3.15 p.m. - Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena
6.30 p.m. - S. saindhavi & Vinaya Karthik Rajan - Sacred Chants

Dec. 28, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Vathsala Raghavan - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Vaibhav Ramu - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Sowmya Gurucharan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - R.S. Ramakanth - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - 'Sant Pravahan' by Savita Sreeram, Vasudha Ravi, B. Suchitra

Dec. 29, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Srivani Yalla -Veena
11.00 a.m. - TCA Sangeetha - Vocal
1.30 p.m. - Hari Kishan - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Mayuri Vasan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Iyer Brothers Ramnath and Gopinath Iyer - Veena Duet
6.30 p.m. - Sri Vedantha Desika Charithram by Dushyant Sridhar with Archana & Aarthi - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Gokul - Guitar
11.00 a.m. - Akshara Samskriti Iyer - Voca;
1.30 p.m. - Ida Balakrishnan (Hindustani Vocal)
3.00 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Thiruvarur Girish - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Shengottai Harihara subramania Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam

Dec. 31, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Rishabh Kaushik - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Pavan Mani - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Rhea Rajesh - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - C. Shankaranarayanan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - G. Ramanathan - Saxophone