November 30, 2012

A mobile app for December season concerts

If your mobile is everything for you, here is an app for the smart phone users to check concert calendar through the season.
Chennai based website, www.kutcheris.com has released a mobile phone app that helps you follow your favourite concert, artiste and sabha. You can also create your own Kutcheri calendar and get alerted on the concerts you plan to attend.
The app is available for download at Google Play store for Rs. 99.
The iPhone version is also on cards.
To download the app, go to - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Kutcheris

November 29, 2012

Jaya TV Margazhi Mahothsavam Dec. 1, 2012 to Dec. 15, 2012

Jaya TV and  Maximum Media organise a series of concerts every year that will be telecast on Jaya TV  later.

Venue : Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School, Greenways Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai 600028

The concerts are open to all. Seats are on first-come-first-served basis.

Dec. 1, 2012 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - Thirumeignanam T.K.R. Ayyappan & T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram), Thirumarugal T.R. Sekar (Thavil), Thirukkadaiyur T.G. Babu (Thavil)

6.30 p.m. - The Glory of Shiva & Muruga by Malladi Brothers (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), M.L.N. Raju (Mridangam)
    
Dec. 2, 2012 - Sunday
4.15 p.m. - E. Gayathri (Veena), Tirunageswaram T.R.S. Manikandan (Mridangam),B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
   
6.30 p.m. - The Ambujam Krishna Magic by Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
   
Dec. 3, 2012 - Monday

5.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
   
6.30 p.m. - Worshiping Krishna in Style by O.S. Arun (Vocal), Krishnan (Harmonium), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Ganapathy & Kiran (Tabla), Kalai Selvan (Thalam)
   
Dec. 4, 2012 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal)
   
6.30 p.m. - Varnam to Mangalam - The Various Bhairavis by  Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 5, 2012 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Relationships as seen through strings by Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin duet), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 6, 2012 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - The raga and the season by Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
   
Dec. 7, 2012 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopalan (Vocal)
   
6.30 p.m. - Duraiswami Kavirayar - Muruga Bhakti in his view by Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam)
   
Dec. 8, 2012 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Unity in Diversity by Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing)
   
Dec. 9, 2012 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - "HE" is there everywhere by Aruna Sairam (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2012 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal)
   
6.30 p.m. - Shanmatam - The Root ! The Pulse !! by P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
   
Dec. 11, 2012 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Bhakti, Shakti, Mukti - A Passage to Salvation by Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
   
Dec. 12, 2012 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Manasa Sancharare - A new dimension for Bhakti by N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
   
Dec. 13, 2012 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)
   
6.30 p.m. - Pravaham - Rivers of India by S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
   
Dec. 14, 2012 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - Shyamala Ramakrishna (Vocal)

5.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Sivoham Sivoham - In praise of Kailashanathar by Priya Sisters (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
   
Dec. 15, 2012 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Hariharan Ravi (Vocal)
   
5.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. - Rama Nama Vaibhavam - The beauty of "HIS" name by Visakha Hari (Harikatha), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

November 25, 2012

SRUTHI LAYA KENDRA - MLA Concerts - Dec. 21, 2012 to Dec. 27, 2012

Sruthi Laya Kendra 

of

GURU KAARAIKKUDI MANI

in association with SRI KRISHNA GANA SABHA & KARTHIK FINE ARTS presents
MLA CONCERTS (Musicians Living Abroad)
ALL ARE WELCOME

21st & 22nd Concerts will be held at
Venue : Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Kamakoti Hall, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017

21-Dec-2012 at 4:30pm
Ashwini Satish - Vocal (Singapore), Srividya R.S. Iyer - Violin, Sai Nivedan - Mridangam (Australia)

21-Dec-2012 at 6:30pm
Booshani Kalyanaraman - Vocal,  Dr.Jyotsna Srikanth - Violin (UK), Thirupathi Sudhakar - Mridangam


22-Dec-2012 at 4:30pm
Sreyas Narayanan - Vocal, A.G.A Gnanasundaram - Violin (UK), Sai Sarangan - Mridangam(Australia)

22-Dec-2012 at 6:30pm
Smt. Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, Nishant Chandran  - Violin (USA),  Kottayam G. Santhoshkumar - Mridangam

26th & 27th Concerts will be held at
Venue: Karthik Fine Arts  - Bharathia Vidhya Bhavan's Mini Hall, Mylapore - 600 004


26-Dec-2012 at 4:30pm
Aswin Srikant - Vocal (USA), K. Gokul - Violin (USA), Sai Shiv - Mridangam


26-Dec-2012 at 6:30pm
S. Srinivasan - Veena, Balaskandan - Mridangam (USA), Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

27-Dec-2102 at 4:30pm
Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin (USA), M. Ravichandra - Mridangam (Australia)

27-Dec-2102 at 6:30pm
Akkarai S. Subalakshmi & Akkarai S. Sornalatha Violin Duet, Kirupakaran - Mridangam (UK), N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Sruthi Laya Kendra, Founder: Guru Kaakarikkudi Mani / Director : Smt. Rajeswari Sainath
Contact information : +91-44-2493 6650 / +91-44-2453 0456

November 23, 2012

Morning Academic Sessions at the Music Academy - Dec. 16, 2012 to Jan. 1, 2013

The academic sessions will be presided over by the Sangita Kalanidhi designate of the year Trichur V. Ramachandran. Convenor: Dr. pappu Venugopala Rao
Invocation at 8.00 a.m. Lec-dems from 8.05 a.m. - 10 a.m.

The Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2012 - Saturday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional music by the students of Advanced School of Carnatic Music, The Music Academy
8.30 a.m. - Panel discussion: Oral tradition - Textual tradition. Panelists : R. Vedavalli, N. Ramani, T.R. Subramaniam, P.S. Narayanaswami, V. Subramaniam, Suguna Varadachary, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, R.S. Jayalakshmi, M.B. Vedavalli

Dec. 17, 2012 - Sunday
8.05 a.m. - Computer Synthesis - Automatic Gamakam generation by M. Subramaniam
9.00 a.m. - Kudiyattam Music by Kerala Kalamandalam with Rama Chakyar, Sangeet Chakyar, Sajith Vijayan (Mizhavu player) and Kaladharan

Dec. 18, 2012 - Monday
8.05 a.m. - Tillanas of Veena Seshanna by Prof. Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan and Prof. Mysore V. Subramanya -
9.00 a.m. - The role and importance of Anuswara by Vidwan Vyzarsu Balasubramanyam

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
8.05 a.m. - Padam and Javali rendition in some Telugu Devadasi traditions by Dr. Yashoda Thakore
9.00 a.m. - Reconstruction of Dance repertoire of the Nayak period - Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday
8.05 a.m. - The concept of Fusion music with respect to Indian Classical music by Dr. David Claman
9.00 a.m. - Rare kritis in rare ragas by M.S. Anantharaman with M.A. Sundaresan and M.A. Krishnaswamy

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
8.05 a.m. - Kohala and Abhinavagupta by Dr. Padma Sugavanam
9.00 a.m. - Natya - Mridanga: an exploration of jati and korvai by Guru M.V. Narasimhachari and Guru Vasantha Lakshmi

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
8.05 a.m. - Natya Sangit of Maharashtra by Pandit Vidyadhar Vyas
9.00 a.m. - Raga Lakshna: Narayanagaula and Kannadagaula

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
8.05 a.m. - T. Brinda's rendering of Muttuswami Dikshitar kirtanas and the Sangita Sampradaya Pradarshini by Ritha Rajan
9.00 a.m - Kanda Tala Pallavi by J. Venkataraman

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
8.05 a.m. - Srinathadi Guruguho Jayati by T.M. Krishna and R.K. Sriramkumar
9.00 a.m. - History of recording by Vikram Sampath

Dec. 25,2012 - Tuesday
8.05 a.m. - GNB's raga prastara and tana by Trichur Ramachandran
9.00 a.m. - The music of T.Brinda and T.Viswanathan - points of meeting and Divergence by Dr. Sriram Parasuram

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
8.05 a.m. - The vina and the voice by Prof. K.G. Vijaya Krishna
9.00 a.m. - Sruti values through the Chitravina by 'Chitravina' Ravikiran

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
8.05 a.m. - Gottuvadyam - evolution & technique and emphasis on Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal style by Dr. gayathri Rajapur Kassebaum
9.00 a.m. - Between structure and form: The four banis as aesthetic typologies in Dhruvapada by Pandit Falgini Mitra and Sumitra Ranganathan

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
8.05 a.m. - Gamaka kala in Karnataka by Dr. A.V. Prasanna and Nirmala
9.00 a.m. - Ghatam - origin, evolution, fingering techniques & development by Dr. S. Karthick

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
8.05 a.m. - King Serfoji II of Tanjore and European music by Prof. Indira Peterson
9.00 a.m. - Kautuma Samagana by Dr. Suvrata Dev Sharman

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
8.05 a.m. - Mayuram Govindaraja Pillai by Sikkil Bhaskaran
9.00 a.m. - Music of Sripada Pinakapani by Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Malladi brothers

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
8.05 a.m. - Devotional music by the runners up in the Music Academy competition - Disciples of Lavanya Vaidyanathan
9.00 a.m. - Rara Talas by Mridangam techniques by T.K. Murthy

Jan. 1, 2013 - Tuesday
8.05 a.m. - Devotional music by the winners of the Music Academy competiton - Radhe Krishna Bhajan group
8.30 a.m. - Open house

November 22, 2012

Vanakkam, Seasson's greetings!

It is not quite often you get to hear 'Vanakkam' in the traditional Carnatic music concert halls, especially at the felicitation ceremonies and inaugural functions.

'Namaskaram' or the most popular 'Sri Gurubhyo namah' makes it to the opening of every long or short speeches.

But at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's opening day, we were greeted with a 'Vanakkam'!

And who greeted was Jennifer McIntyre, Consul General of the USA in Chennai. She felicitated the artistes and remembered listening to Aruna Sairam, who received the Sri. P. Obul Reddy and Smt. P. Gnanambal Memorial award along with the violinist brothers Ganesh & Kumaresh.

Also felicitated were the senior nadaswaram artiste Seshampatti Sivalingam, makeup artiste K. Sethumadhavan, tambura artiste R. Lakshminarayanan and young flutist J.B. Sruthi Sagar.

Seshampatti Sivalingam also presented the Mangala Isai on the first day.

Sisters Ranjani and Gayathri presented a packed concert following the inauguration.

Incidentally, the opening day at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is the first day of the December Season in Chennai. Bhavan's auditorium, which is neither too large nor too small, but just right for classical music or dance concerts lending the audience a closer connection with the performing artistes on stage is a much sought after one throughout the year. After its own festival that is on till Dec. 12, 2012, the auditorium will be the venue for other sabhas to host their festivals. Both in the main hall and the mini hall.

With the pleasant weather setting in a little early this year, the 'season' sets in with the usual zeal in the houseful hall and in the yard, where people walking in, just sit and watch the CCTV relays.
The schedule of concerts at the BVB can be found here.

The Music Academy Annual Conference and concerts - Dec. 15, 2012 to Jan. 1, 2013


Inauguration by J.Jayalalitha, chief minister of Tamil Nadu on Dec. 15, 2012 at 4 p.m.

Venue: The Music Academy, TTK Auditorium, TTK Road, Chennai - 14

The Schedule:

Dec. 15, 2012 - Saturday
2.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai Pandanallur P.G.D. Manivannan (Nadaswaram), Iluppapattu B. Vinoth (Nadaswaram) , Thachampadi T.G. Venkatachalam (Tavil) , Thulakampattu T.S. Murali (Tavil)
4.00 p.m. - Inauguration
5.45 p.m. - Dr. N. Ramani, R. Thygarajan & R. Atulkumar (Flute Trio), M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), U.N. Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2012 - Sunday
9.15 a.m. - Thiruppambaram T.K.S. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram), Tirunageswaram T.R. Subramaniam (Tavil), Thirukkarugavoor T.D. Sivagurunathan (Tavil)
12 noon - Govind Balakrishnan (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dinesh Kumar (Violin), Srivanchiam R. Sriram (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Carnatica BrothersK.N. Sasikaran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (Violin) , Toronto B. Gowrishankar (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam) , Trikkakara Y.N. Shantaram (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D.Seshachari (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2012 - Monday
9.15 a.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), Nalina Mohan (Violin), Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (Ghatam), R. Raman (Moharsing)
12 noon - Bhavana Iyer (Vocal), Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Ranjani Venkatesh (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Bonala Shankar Prakash (Veena), K.U. Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
4.15 p.m. - Sumitra Vasudev (Vocal), Padma Shanker (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Trivandrum D. Rajagopal (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin)
J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Alathur Raja Ganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday
9.15 a.m. - Malladi Suribabu (Vocal), Peri Sriramamurthi (Violin), M.L.N. Raju (Mridangam), B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
12 noon - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Trivandrum Dr. Baby Sriram (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), M.S. Varadan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam), Bangalore B. Rajasekar (Moharsing)

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
9.15 p.m. - Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharyalu (Violin), Madirimangalam S. Swaminathan (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
12 noon - Roopa Mahadevan (Vocal), Papanasam K. Gokul (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - B. Vijayagopal (Flute), R. Satish Kumar (Violin), Madipakkam P. Suresh (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Manda Sudha Rani (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Tumkur B. Ravishankar (Mridangam), Malaikottai R.M. Deenadayalu (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), G. Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday
9.15 a.m. - Dr. M. Narmada (Violin Solo), Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Udipi Balakrishnan (Ghatam)
Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (Moharsing)
12 noon - Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthi (Violin), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), T.H. Vasantha (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Manikandan (Moharsing)
4.15 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Visakha Hari (Sangeetha Upanyasam), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
9.15 a.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), T.H. Subramaniam (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
12 noon - Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Aswin Sridhaaran (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), Akkarai S. Sornalatha (Violin), Delhi S. Sairam (Mridangam), T.A. Ramanujam (Moharsing)
4.15 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), Chandra Sekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), M.A. Krishnamurthy (Ghatam), Srirangam R. Kannan (Moharsing)

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturady
9.15 a.m. - Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi (Veena), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 noon - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal), H.M. Smita (Violin), Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - K. Gayatri (Vocal), Dr. Nishandh Chandran (Violin), R. Sankara Narayanan (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Revathy Srinivasan (Veena), Thanjavur R. Kumar (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachari (Kanjira)

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
9.15 a.m. - R. Vedavalli (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12 noon - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Sumesh S. Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Thanjavur K. Praveenkumar (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - U. Shrinivas (Mandolin), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), U.N. Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam), V. Selvaganesh (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Kunnakkudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), B.N. Chandramouli (Kanjira)

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
9.15 a.m. - Trichur V. Ramachandran (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran, Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
12 noon - N. Anantha Narayanan (Veena), K. Ramesh (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
1.45 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), E.M. Subramanyam (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal),
Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
9.15 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan, Viji Natarajan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 noon - S.R. Maruthi Prasad (Vocal), Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), Karra Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - G. Srikanth (Vocal), Idappally Ajithkumar (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Savita Narasimhan (Vocal), Balu Raghuraman (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Payyanur T. Govindaprasad (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam), Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 26, Wednesday
9.15 a.m. - T. Rukmini (Violin Solo), Assisted by Amritha Murali (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
12 noon - Ranjani Guruprasad (Vocal), V. Giridhari (Violin), M. Sridhar (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - D.B. Aswin (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Sankar (Kanjira)
4.15 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramanyam (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subramanyan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), Tripoonithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
9.15 a.m. - Rudrapatnam BrothersR.N. Thiyagarajan & R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal), C.N. Chandra Sekaran (Violin), V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam), Thirukkannapuram J. Sowrirajan (Moharsing)
12 noon - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), S. Arvind (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - B. Sivakumar (Veena), Valangaiman K. Thiagarajan (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravi Kumar (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
9.15 a.m. - Geetha Rajashekar (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswami (Violin), Poongulam S. Subramanyan (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
12 noon - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Bombay V. Anand (Violin), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Dr. B. Balasubramanian (Vocal), R. Ambika Prasad (Violin), Ravi M. Ravichandhira (AUS) (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Mysore M. Nagaraj & Mysore M. Manjunath (Violin Duet), UmayalpuramK. Sivaraman (Mridangam), B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
9.15 a.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Coimbatore V. Mohanram (Ghatam)
12 noon - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Trivandrum N. Sampath (Violin), B.C. Manjunath (Mrindagam)
1.45 p.m. - Salem R. Shriram (Vocal), B.K. Raghu (Violin), Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam), Tumkur Shashisankar (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Atreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), H.K. Venkatram (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), N. Somayajulu (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
9.15 a.m. - T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), T.K. Murthy (Mridangam), A.S. Sankar (Ghatam)
12 noon - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), B.Guru Raghavendran (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Erode Nagarajan
(Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniyam (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Moharsing), B. Vengataramanan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), C.P. Vyasavittala (Kanjira)

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
9.15 a.m. - Radha Namboodiri (Vocal), Shertallai R. Sivakumar (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
12 noon - J.B. Sruti Sagar (Flute), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), B. Srivatsan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Subha Ganesan (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin), Kottayam G. Santoshkumar (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Bangalore Arjunkumar (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Hindustani Concert M. Venkatesh Kumar and Party

Jan. 1, 2013 - Tuesday
9.15 a.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Bangalore Arjunkumar (Mridangam), Bangalore N. Amrit (Kanjira)
3.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai Thirumeignanam T.P.N. Ramanathan (Nadaswaram), S. Govindan – Nadaswaram, Needamangalam A.K. Govindarajan (Tavil), E.R. Manikandan (Tavil)
5.00 p.m. - Sadas
7.00 p.m. - T.M. Krishna (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

November 21, 2012

Bharat Kalachar - Margazhi Mahotsav - Dec. 1, 2012 to Jan. 15, 2013


Venue: Sri YGP Auditorium. Thirumalai Pillai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai - 17

Concerts are free and open to all till Dec. 12, 2012.
For tickets from Dec. 13, 2012, bookings are open at Bharat Kalachar's office at Thirumalai Pillai Road from Dec. 1, 2012. Contact phone nos. +91 44 28343045, 42024304

The Schedule:
Dec. 1, 2012 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. - Vinisha Kathiravan (Dis. of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration

Dec. 2, 2 012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - R. Prasanna - Guitar, Prapancham Ravindran - mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Mahati Kannan - Bharata Nrityam

Dec. 3, 2012 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam
7.10 p.m. - Roja Kannan - thematic Bharathanatyam - Krishna Leela Tarangini

Dec. 4, 2012 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
7.10 p.m. - Meenakshi Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 5, 2012 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Padma Seshadri Sisters - Randhini & Roshini - Vocal, R. Hemamalini - Violin, Guru Bharadwaj - Mridangam
7.10 p.m.- Pavithra Srinivasan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 6, 2012 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - V. Deepika - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira
7.10 p.m. - Divya Deva Guptapu - Bharthanatyam

Dec. 7, 2012 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Shaaswathi Prabhu - Vocal, J.B. Srutisagar - Flute, Vijaya Varshini - Chords, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, N. Sundar - Tabla
7.10 p.m. - Sarayu Sai - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 8, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - R.P. Shravan - Vocal, R. Sridhar - Violin, Nellai Srikrishnan - Mridangam
5.00 p.m. - "Ghatam' Karthik's HeartBeat - Ensemble
7.10 p.m. - To be decided

Dec. 9, 2012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Akshaya Anandhakrishnan - Vocal, Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Violin, Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam
5.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin Solo, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam, Raja Ganesh - Kanjira
6.50 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - Sashikiran & Ganesh - Vocal

Dec. 10, 2012 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Sankaran Namboodiri - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam
7.10 p.m. - Pannum Bharathamum (Tamil literature from Thevaram and Thiruppugazh) by S. Divya Sena and Disciples

Dec. 11, 2012 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
7.10 p.m. - Purananuru - Thematic Bharathanatyam by Lakshmi Ramaswamy and disciples

Dec. 12, 2012 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Ramjhi's Issai Mazhalai - Saastriyamum Cinemavum
7.10 p.m. - Anjaneya Veera - thematic Bharathanatyam by Gayathri Balagurunathan

Dec. 14, 2012 - Friday
7.00 p.m. - Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, M.S. Varadan - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Srinidhi Chidambaram - Chennai - a margam - thematic Bharathanatyam

Dec. 16, 2012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, VVS Murari - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - S.Shashank - Flute (Carnatic) and Rakesh Chaurasya - Flute (Hindustani) Jugalbandhi, Neyveli B. Venkatesh - Mridangam. D. Chandrajit - Tabla
7.00 p.m. - Shobana - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 17, 2012 - Monday
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday
6.00 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan, Viji Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan - Violin Trio, Manoj Siva - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
6.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Manoj Siva - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday
6.00 p.m. - U. Shrinivas - Mandolin. Delhi P. Sunderrajan - Violin, V. Praveen, Giridhar Udupa, G. Guruprasanna - Kanjira

Dec.21, 2012 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Srisha Shashank - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Bhajan Sandhya

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, M. rajeev - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Trichy S. Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, H.K. Venkatram - Violin, Bangalore Arjunkumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 23, 2012 -Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam, A. Rajasekar - Morsing
4.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, B.V.S. Prasad - Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Dhanush - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram & Anooradha Sriram presents Ellamey Sangeetham
7.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Chittaranjan - Bandham - Thematic Bharathanatyam

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
10.30 a.m. - B. Kannan - Madhura Veena, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam, S. Karthick - Ghatam, N. Sundar - Tabla & Morsing, Papanasam S Sethuraman - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, V. Kamalakara Rao - Mridangam, A.S. Mujrali - Ghatam
7.00 - Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam - Stree Kavi ratna - thematic Bharathanatyam

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
10.30 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal, G. Bharathi - Violin, Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataghavan - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuram - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Vikku Vinayakram presents Sapthaksharam

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
10.30 a.m. - P.V. Parameswaran - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Arjun Raghavan - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Krithika Subramaniam - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai R. Sriram - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Morsing
4.00 p.m. - Lalitha Sharma - Hindustani Vocal, Satish Kolli - Harmonium, Vishwanath Nakod - Tabla
7.00 p.m. - Nirupama Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Bombay Sisters - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, K.R. Ganesh - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
5.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas - Violin, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
10.30 p.m. - Mala Ramadorai - Hindustani Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, C.S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Sheela Unnikrishnan's Sridevi Nrithyalaya present Sri krishna Vaibhavam - thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 1, 2013 - Tuesday
10.30 a.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, G. Bharathi - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Pramath Kiran - Morsing & Percussion
7.00 p.m. - Priya Dixit & Prabha Dixit present Tris-tridha - thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 2, 2013 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Ganna Smirnova (Ukraine) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Smitha Madhav - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 3, 2013 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram (USA) -Dis. of Chitra Visweswaran - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Rathna Kumar (USA) - Homage to K.J. Sarasa & Vempati Chinna Satyam - Bharathanatyam & Kuchipudi

Jan. 4, 2013 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Vidya Govind Thomas (USA) - Dis. of hema Rajagopalan - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Padmini Krishnamurthy & Shivani Krishnamurthy (Muscat) present Colours - thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 5, 2013 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Aashray Harishankar (USA) - Carnatic Keyboard, Shruthi Sarathi (USA) - Violin, R. Charan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Deepika Potrarazu - Kuchipudi

Jan. 6, 2013 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Trichur Brothers - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Mridangam, Trichur R. Mohan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena
7.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmadha - Vioiln, Manoj Siva - Mridangam

Jan. 13, 2013 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. -Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishna - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Sandhya Raju - Kuchipudi

Jan. 14, 2013 - Monday
3.00 p.m. - Devotional music
4.00 p.m. - Prize distribution
4.30 p.m. - Discourse by Thenthiruperai Sri Aravindha Lochanan
6.15 p.m. - Zakir Hussain presents Daasyam - thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 15, 2013 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Patri Satiushkumar - Mridangam
6.45 p.m. - J. Suryanarayanamurthy & disciples present Vipra Narayana - thematic Bharathanatyam

Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society & CarnaticRadio.com


MARGAZHI ISAI MAZHAI - Chennai Music Festival 2012

5th- to 11th December 2012
Venue: Tatvaloka Auditorium
No. 76, Eldams Roads, Teynampet, Chennai - 600 018

Inauguration by Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao (Secretary. The Music Academy)

Wednesday 5-Dec-2012

3:30 - 5:00pm "Mangala Isai"
T.K.R Ayyappan - Nadaswaram
T.K.R Meenakshisundaram - Nadaswaram
T.K. Sekar & K.S.K Manikandan - Tavil

5:45-8:30pm
Birth Centenary Tribute To 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' Smt.T.Brinda
S.Sowmya - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mridangam, Chandrashekara Sharma - Ghatam


Thursday 6-Dec-2012
3:30 - 5:30pm
R.Srikanth Radhakrishnan- Vocal, K.Sivaraman- Violin, V.Devarajan- Mridangam

5:30 - 8:15pm
P.Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh -  Mridangam

Friday 7-Dec-2012
3:30 - 5:00pm
Sai Vigneshar - Vocal, Srikanth Radhakrishnan - Violin, Sai Akileshwar - Mridangam

5:50 - 8:15pm
Birth Centenary Tribute To 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' Madurai Sri Mani Iyer
R.Suryaprakash - Vocal, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mridangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

Saturday 8-Dec-2012
9:30 - 11:00am
Shardh Rajaraman - Vocal, Sharanya Rao - Violin, Sai Akileshwar - Mridangam

11:15 - 1:15pm
Meenakshi Somasundaram - Veena, V.K. Sivakumar - Violin, T.R.Sundaresan - Mridangam, Mahesh Parameswaran - Kanjira

3:30 - 5:30pm
Sushma Somasekharan - Vocal, Parur Anantha Krishnan - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

5:30 - 8:15pm AT THE MUSIC ACADEMY MINI HALL, TTK ROAD.
Bharathanatyam Dance presentation by Preethi Devarajan


Sunday 9-Dec-2012
9:30 - 11:00am
Priyadarshini & Sharanya - Violin Duet, N.Balasubramaniam - Mridangam, Sai Akileshwar - Ghatam

11:15 - 1:15pm
Birth Centenary Tribute To 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' Palghat Sri T.S.Mani Iyer
Talavadya Kutcheri by Tutors & Students of SIFAS

3:30 - 5:00pm
Nishanth thyagarajan - Vocal, Priyadarshini - Violin, Sudarshan Narasimhan - Mridangam

5:30 - 8:15pm
Birth Centenary Tribute To the Living Legend 'Sangeetha Kalanidhi' Dr. Sripada Pinakapani
Malladi Brothers - Vocal, Mannarkudi Easwaran - Mridangam, M.A. Sundaresan - Violin, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Monday 10-Dec-2012
3:30 - 5:00pm
Sudarshan Narasimhan - Vocal, Srikanth Radhakrishnan - Violin, N. Balasubramaniam - Mridangam

5:30 - 8:15pm
Violin Duet A. Kanyakumari & M.Rajeev, Pathri Satiskumar - Mridangam, Mahesh Parameswaran - Ghatam

Tuesday 11-Dec-2012
3:30 - 5:00pm
Aarthi Devarajan - Vocal, V.Devarajan - Mridangam, Priyadarshini - Violin

5:30 - 8:15pm
Dr.N. Ramani - Flute, Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam, Nagai Muralidaran - Violin

Contact SIFAS at: +65-62995929/5925 & CarnaticRadio.com at; +65-96182105 / +91 99521 99899

November 20, 2012

Kalakshetra Annual festival - Dec. 21, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012


Daily at 6.30 p.m.
Venue: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra Foundation, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600041.

Tickets available at Kalakshetra from Dec. 10, 2012.
For further details contact: +91 44 24520836, 24524057, 24521169

The festival will be inaugurated by Sri. M. Hamid Ansari, Honourable Vice President of India on 21st December at 6.00 p.m.

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
Gita Govindam (Dance drama by Kalakshetra). No sale of tickets. Entry by invitation only

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
V. V. Subramaniam & V. V. S. Murari (Violin duet)

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
Karna Sapatham (Dance drama by Kalakshetra)

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
Hyderabad Brothers D. Sesha Chary & D. Raghava Chary  (Carnatic vocal)

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
Kalapini Komkali (Hindustani Vocal)

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
Malini Rajurkar (Hindustani Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
Kathak by Kadamb (Repertory of Kumudini Lakhia)

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
Sudha Ragunathan (Carnatic Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
Shakuntalam (Dance drama by Kalakshetra)

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Carnatic Vocal)

November 19, 2012

Kalarasana Music Festival - Dec. 16, 2012 to Jan. 6, 2013


Venue: Tapovan Hall, Chinmaya Heritage Centre, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai - 600 031

For tickets contact +91 44 2493 9539, +91 9380961671

The Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2012 - Sunday
6.15 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
6.15 p.m - Nithyashree Mahadevan - Vocal, B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin, Palladam ravi - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
6.15 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal, S. Varadarajan - Violin, B. Harikumar - Mridangam, S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, R.K. sriramkumar - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri - Vocal (4 Hour concert), H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Jan. 01, 2013 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - U. Shrinivas - mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Bangalore V. Praveen - Mridangam, V. Selvaganesh - Kanjira, Trichy Murali - Ghatam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

Jan. 02, 2013 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Jan. 06, 2013 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - T.M. Krishna - Vocal (4 Hour Concert), R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Voices of Tomorrow - Youth festival - Nov. 24, 2012 to nov. 28, 2012


The ARTery in association with The Hindu presents an exclusive Indian classical music fest, featuring young vocalists.

Venue: Rukmini Arangam, Kalakshetra, Chennai - 41

Sat., Nov. 24th 2012
16:30 - R. Karthik Narayanan (Carnatic Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), R. Ram Kumar (Mridangam)
18:10 - Inauguration
18:45 - Aditya Khandwe (Hindustani Vocal), Umakant Puranik (Harmonium), Aditya Srinivasan (Tabla)

Sun., Nov. 25th 2012
16:30 - V. Subashri (Carnatic Vocal), KJ Dileep (Violin), NC Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
18:00 - Talk by Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli (Importance of Kalapramanam)
18:45 - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Carnatic Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Mon., Nov. 26th 2012
16:30 - Archana & Aarathi (Carnatic Vocal), KP Nandini (Violin), Kumbhakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
18:00 - Talk by Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan (The music of Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar)
18:45 - K Bharat Sundar (Carnatic Vocal), RK Shriramkumar (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), KV Gopalakrishnan (Khanjira)

Tue., Nov. 27th 2012
16:30 - Ashwath Narayanan (Carnatic Vocal), Nagai R Sriram (Violin), B Sivaraman (Mridangam)
18:00 - Talk by Chitravina N. Ravikiran (What is 'Rakti-tvam'?)
18:45 - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Carnatic Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), N Manoj Siva (Mridangam), V Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)

Wed., Nov. 28th 2012
16:30 - Aishwarya Shankar (Carnatic Vocal), M Vijay (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
18:00 - Talk by Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Manodharma in Indian Classical Music)
18:45 - Priya Purushothaman (Hindustani Vocal), Vyasmurthi Katti (Harmonium), Jagadeesh Kurthkoti (Tabla)

There will be a surprise Distinguished Guest to preside over each day's programme and bless the young artistes.

The concerts are free and open to all. A live video webcast of the festival will be on www.theartery.in and The Hindu's website.

Brahma Gana Sabha - December Festival - Dec. 3, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012

Venue: Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, M.Ct.M School, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4 

For tickets contact - +91 94444 44767

The Schedule:

Dec. 3, 2012 - Monday
3.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai
6.00 p.m. - A. Padmavathy & Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena Duet, R. Ramesh - Mridangam, S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec.4, 2012 - Tuesday
2.15 p.m. - N.Ch. Parthasarathy - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2012 - Wednesday
2.15 p.m. - S.R. Maitreyi - Vocal, R. Priyamvadaa - Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - A.S. Murali - Vocal, T.K. Padmanabhan - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing
6.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Dr. Narmada - Violin, Arun Prakash - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 6, 2012 - Thursday
2.15 p.m. - Kamala Deepthi - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Radha Badri - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Anantha R. Krishnan - Mridangam

Dec. 7, 2012 - Friday
2.15 p.m.- Nadamuni Gayathri Bharat - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - U.P. Raju & Nagamani - Mandolin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6.00 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva -Vocal, Amritha Murali - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam

Dec. 8, 2012 - Saturday
1.00 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Vocal
2.15 p.m - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, K.P. nandini - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal, B.U. ganesh Prasad - Violin, Delhi Sriram - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 9, 2012 - Sunday
1.00 p.m. - R. Sridhar - Vocal
2.15 p.m - G. Madhavan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, Raghavendra Rao - Violin, Patri satish Kumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa - Ghatam

Dec. 10, 2012 - Monday
2.15 p.m - Duddu Radhika - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Nellai Balaji -Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2012 - Tuesday
2.15 p.m - Susha & Srividhya R.S. Iyer - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Delhi Sriram - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - S. Shashank - Flute, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam

Dec. 12, 2012 - Wednesday
2.15 p.m - Vasudha Ravi - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, A.V. Manikantan - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal, G. Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Neyveli Ramkumar - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - K. J. Yesudas - Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Trichy Harikumar - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam

Dec. 13, 2012 - Thursday
2.15 p.m - Bhavana Iyer - Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam 
6.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuram - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam

Dec. 14, 2012 - Friday
2.15 p.m - R. Raghavendra - Vocal, M.Rajeev - Violin, H.M. Sudheendra - Mridangam 
3.45 p.m. - Subhashree Ramachandran - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2012 - Saturday
1.00 p.m. - N.J. Nandini - Vocal, Padma Krishnan - Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam
2.15 p.m - Hemmigey Prashanth - Vocal, Aditi Krishnaprasad - Violin, H.M. Sudheendra - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Shantala Subramaniam - Flute, Anuradha Sridhar - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal, S. Varadarajan - Violin, Palladam Ravi - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 16, 2012 - Sunday
1.00 p.m. - Karthik Raju - Vocal
2.15 p.m - Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
3.45 p.m. - Thenkarai Maharaja Pillai - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Tanjore Murugaboopathy - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 17, 2012 - Monday
2.15 p.m - Bhooma Kasthuri - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Akkarai Subbulakshmi & Swarnalatha - Vocal, Avaneeswaram Vinu - Violin, Shethalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthik - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal, Sherthalai Sivakumar - Violin, Trichur Narendran - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday
2.15 p.m - Aravind Bhargav - Mandolin, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, S. Sathyanarayanan - Mridangam, S. Hariharasubramaniam - Ghatam
3.45 p.m. - Bhushany Kalyanaraman - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
2.15 p.m - Sathur Sisters - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R. Jayakumar - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Vasudha Keshav - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. -B. Saketharaman 0 Vocal, Akkarai Subbulakshmi - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday 
2.15 p.m - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiey - Vocal, Jayanthi Keshav - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, Narasimhan - Ghatam
3.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers Sashikiran & Ganesh - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin,
6.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, S. Venkataraman - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
2.15 p.m - Aditya Prakash - Vocal, Shiva Ramamurthi - Violin, Akshay Padmanabhan - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Hariharasubramaniam - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Yet to be announced

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Dushyanth Sridhar - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - R. Swathi - Vocal
2.15 p.m - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, Mlakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam
3.45 p.m. - Trichy Pradeepkumar - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam 
6.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Srinivasan - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Dr. Sudha Seshayyan - Discourse1.00 1.00 p.m. - Vikaasa Ramdas - Vocal, V. Supraja - Violin, Suri Upendra Narasimhan - Mridangam, Sri Sainath - Ghatam
2.15 p.m - Brinda Manickavasagam - Vocal, Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Mohanakrishnan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Chitra Visweswaran - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
1.00 p.m. - Vignesh Eashwar - Vocal, Sivakumar Anantharaman - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
2.15 p.m - Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, A.V. Manikandan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Manda Sudharani - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Hare Rama Hare Krishna - Thematic Bharatanatyam by Bharatanjali - Choreography by Anitha Guha

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - Drama by Crazy Mohan troupe
1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Abhishek - Vocal
2.15 p.m - J.V. Deepak - Vocal, Arunachala Karthik - Violin,
4.00 p.m. - Tadepalli Lokanatha Sharma - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
1.00 p.m. - Sruthi Bhatt - Vocal
2.15 p.m - Deekshita Venkataraman - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Violin, K.H. Vineet - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Kunrakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, S. Venkatraman - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Nauka Charitam - Dance Ballet by Kala Darshana - Choreography - Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
1.00 p.m. - Mahathy - Keyboard, Sudharshan - Violin, K.H. Vinith - Mridangam, Ammangudi S. Ramanarayan - Ghatam
2.15 p.m - Dr. Vasumathy Badrinathan - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
1.00 p.m. - Madhumitha - Vocal, Naveen - Violin, Vignesh - Mridangam
2.15 p.m - J.B. Sruthi Sagar - Flute 
4.00 p.m. - Alamelu Mani - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Alarmel Valli - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Varsha Bhuvaneswari - Harikatha - Andal Kalyanam
1.00 p.m. - Ravali - Vocal, Radhika Srinivasan - Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam
2.15 p.m - Padma Sugavanam - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari - Vocal, Usha rajagopalan - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Srinidhi Rangarajan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Anil Srinivasan - Piano
1.00 p.m. - Rema Ramkumar - Vocal. Shraddha Ramkumar - Violin, Harishkumar - Mridangam
2.15 p.m - Manasi Prasad - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Bharat Sundar - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Viswanathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
1.00 p.m. - Rakesh Raghunathan - Vocal
2.15 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidyasankar - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - G.S. Rajan - Flute
7.00 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Harikatha - Sarvam Brahma Mayam

November 18, 2012

PUSHPANJALI CULTURAL TRUST - Dance Fest

Dance Fest 2012

From 19th Nov 2012 to 25th Nov 2012 at Mylapore Fine Arts Club Auditorium,
No.45, (Oliver Road) Musiri Subramaniam Road, Chennai - 600 004


19.11.2012   Monday    
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Kum. Suvasani Kanna
               (Dis. of Smt. Sheela Unnikrishnan)
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.R.Mala
                an alumnus of Kalakshetra & Dis. of Guru Shri Lokesh Raj


20.11.2012   Tuesday   
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.Sathyapriya Mohan Iyer
              Student of Kalakshetra
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.M.Preethi, Kum Padamshri,
              Kum.R.Shivapriya, Kum. Namratha Naidu
              Students of Mitraas (School of Dance)


21.11.2102   Wedesday
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.Sai Sruthi Balaji
              (Dis. of Udupi Smt. Madhumathy Prakash)
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Students of Sristhi
              (School of Classical Dance) Guru Smt. Sruthi Shoby


22.11.2012 Thursday
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.Sruthi Radhakrishnan
               Kum. J. Gayathri, Ms.Ramya (Dis. of Smt. Malathi Thothadri)
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Students of Sri Gyana Mudhra
               Dir.Archana Mahesh


23.11.2012 Friday
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Students of Kala Diksha
               Guru. Smt. Meenakshi Chittaranjan
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.Aathi Sri
               (Dis.of Smt. Lakshmi Ramaswamy)


24.11.2012 Saturday
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Students of Udikshnana Sangeetha Vidhyalaya
              Guru Smt. Malini Balaji
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.S.Nandini, Kum. R. Preethi
              Kum. R. Sruthi (Dis. Smt. Malathi Thothadri)

25.11.2102 Sunday
6:00pm Bharathanatyam by Kum.S. Sudiksa Senthil Kumar
               Kum. R. Pujitha Giri (Dis. Pandanallur Shri. S. Pandian)
7:30pm Bharathanatyam by Students of Sri Nrithyam
               Dir. Smt. Veena Ramakrishnan

Contact Information
E/4, Sankaranarayan Flats, Kuppiah Street,
West Mambalam, Chennai - 600 033
Tel: 044-2474 5996 / Mobile: 94445 34642 Email: pushpanjalitrust@gmail.com


Lec-dems at The Indian Fine Arts Society - Dec. 18, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012


Venue: Balamandir German Hall, Prakasam Street, T. Nagar, Chennai

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday  
10.30 a.m.  - Guru Sishya Baabhavyam by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan;

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday 
10.30a.m. - Swaram by Suguna Purushothaman

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday 
10.30 a.m. -  Musicial Form - Virutham by Dr. S.A.K. Durga

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
10.30 a.m. - The greatness of Indian music  - Practical (Violin and Vocal) by Dr. M. Narmadha.

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Grahabalam by P.T. Seshadri

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Duties in compositions of Vijayadasa by Srimushnam V.Raja Rao

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
10.30 a.m. - Thyagaraja's  Nowka Charitram by Dr.Premeela Gurumurthi

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
10.30 a.m. - The Telegu Padam for dance - Annamayya, Kshetrayya and Sarangapani by V.A.K. Ranga Rao

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
10.30 a.m. - Rare Compositions by Sangaradoss Swamigal of Drama Fame by T.K.S. Kalaivanan.

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday 
10.30 a.m. - Thiruvaiyaru Kshetra Kritis of Saint Thyagaraja: by Dr.Raama Kowsalya - Vocal support by Smt.R.Madhuvanthi  & Badri Rajagopal

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday 
10.30 a.m. -The influence of Trinity in the later composers by Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan.

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Lord Krishna - A Multifaceted God (a Musical Presentation of  Krishnavatharam) by Tiruvidaimarudur S.Radhakrishnan

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Marginal effect of sound on living beings by Dr. Anusuya Kulkarni.

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
10.30 a.m. - Sangeethamum  Sahithyamum by Prof.T.R.Subramaniam

November 17, 2012

Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru - Dec. 18, 2012 to Dec. 25, 2012


Lakshman Sruthi hosts Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru every year at Kamarajar Arangam, Mount Road. These concerts are ticketed and tickets can be bought online at http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/chennaiyil-thiruvaiyaru/index.asp

The schedule:

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday
12.15 p.m. - Thirumeignanam Bros - Nadhaswaram
2.30 p.m. - Pancharatna Kritis - group singing led by P.S. Narayanaswamy
4.45 p.m. - Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
7.00 a.m. - Udayalur kalyanaraman - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Padmalaya troupe - Bharatanatyam
10.30 p.m. - Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan presents Vibrations - Ensemble
1.00 p.m. - Madhu Iyer - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Charulatha Mani - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Ranjani Gayathri - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday
7.00 a.m. - Karunakarachariar - Upanyasam
9.00 a.m. - Pooja Murugan - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - Ghatam Karthik presents - Hearbeat - Ensemble
1.00 p.m. - Raginisri - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Revathy Krishna - Veena
4.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal
7.30- p.m. - O.S. Arun - Vocal

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
7.00 a.m. - Tukaram Ganapathi Maharaj - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Nalacharitram - Dance Drama
10.30 a.m. - A.K.C. Natarajan - Clarinet
1.00 p.m. - Vithisha - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Mahanadhi Shobana Vignesh - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Classical Tribute to Amma by Utsav Music
7.30 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidya - Veena

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
7.00 a.m. - Needamangalam Alamelu Subbaraman - Krishnaganam
9.00 a.m. - Saindhavi & Vinaya - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Mahathi - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Raghavan - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Sri Maha Ganapathy - Dance by Krishnakumari Narendran
4.45 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
7.00 a.m. - Mangayarkarasi - Devotioanl discourse
9.00 a.m. - Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Lalitha & Nandini - Violin Duet
1.00 p.m. - Tapasyakala Sampradaya - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Saashwathi Prabhu - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Parveen Sultana - Hindustani Vocal

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
7.00 a.m. - Thyagarajar Vaibhavam - Cuddalore Gopi Bhavathar Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Chandrika Srinivas - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - R. Prasanna - Guitar
1.00 p.m. - Sukanya Kaur - Dance
2.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - Sashikiran & Ganesh - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Shubha Mudgal - Hindustani Vocal

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
7.00 a.m. - Thiruthani Swaminathan, Karur Swaminathan and Palani Shanmugasundaram - Thirumurai Isai
9.00 a.m. - Subhadra Marimuthu - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - Bharatanatyam by Vipanchee troupe
1.00 p.m. - Dr. Ganesh - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Shoba Chandrasekar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Aruna sairam - Vocal
7.30 p.m - Karthick - Fusion

Naada Inbam - Music Festival - Dec. 9, 2012 to Jan. 6, 2013


Venue: Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004. Ph: 2499 2672

The concerts are free. The organisers welcome donations which are exempted under Sec. 80G of IT Act.

Dec. 9, 2012 - Sunday
6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Erode Nagarajan - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 10, 2012 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Violin, K. Parthasarathy - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal, B. Anantharaman - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

Dec. 11, 2012 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Sujith S. Naik - Flute, Thirumarugal S. Dineshumar - Violin, Raghunandan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Aniruddha Knight - Bharatanatyam - Music by T. Girish & party

Dec. 12, 2012 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Thanjavur Praveen Kumar - Mridangam, Chandrasekhara Sharma - Kanjira
6.15 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, Amritha Murali - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2012 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - V.K. Arunkumar - Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal, Mysore Nagaraj - Violin, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Guru Prasanna - Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2012 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandini - Vocal, Thirumarugal S. Dineshumar - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam

Dec. 15, 2012 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Srividhya and Sudha R.S. Iyer - Vocal, Murali Pavithran - Violin, L. Subramanian - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Vaikom Jayachandran - Vocal, V.L. Kumar - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam

Dec. 16, 2012 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, Mannarkoil Balaji - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - T.K. Ramachandran - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Mridangam

Dec.17, 2012 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayan - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari - Vocal, R. hemalatha - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam

Dec. 18, 2012 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Bhairavi & Malavi - Vocal, Raghul - Miolin, Delhi Sriram - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Ritha Rajan - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam

Dec. 19, 2012 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Ramnath & Gopinath Iyer - Veena, Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam, Udupi Balakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2012 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - Violin, R. Shankaranarayanan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Seetha Rajan - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2012 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Krishni Anandaraj - Vocal, V.V. Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Aswin Anand - Veena, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Palkulangara K. Ambika Devi - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Shyamkrishnan - Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2012 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Padma Saranathan - Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, Valangaiman Thyagarajan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m - Ranjith Varier - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Suguna Purushothaman - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Mannarkoil Balaji - Mridangam

Dec. 23, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - S. Srinivasan - Veena, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Guruvayur T.V. Manikantan - Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan, Viji Krishnan Natarajanm Sriram Krishnan - Violin Trio, K.M.S. Mani - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam

Dec. 24, 2012 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Sriranjani Darbha - Vocal, Kamalkanth Vinjamuri - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Sowmya Sudarshan - Vocal, parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2012 - Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - Injikudi E.M. Subramanian - Nadaswaram, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Mumbai Sivakumar Anantharaman - Violin, Rajna Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - R. Vedavalli - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2012 - Wednesday
10.00 a.m. - Ananthapadmanabha Rao - Vocal, Srividhya R.S. Iyer - Violin, Praksh rao - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath - Vocal, Adithi Krishnapraksh - Violin, R. Shankaranarayanan - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Book release - Ramaniya Geetha Part 2 & 3
6.30 p.m. - N. Ramani - Flute, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 27, 2012 - Thursday
10.00 a.m. - Guhan Venkatraman - Veena, Vignesh Venkatraman - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandkumar - Vocal, Mumbai Sivakumar Anantharaman - Violin, T.K. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Seetha Narayanan - Vocal, Amrita Murali - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan -Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2012 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Varun Ganesan - Vocal, Shiva Ramamurthy - Violin, Vignesh Venkatraman - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - K.R. Harikrishnan Moozhikulam - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam

Dec. 29, 2012 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Vivek Thyagarajan - Vocal, Mumbai Sivakumar Anantharaman - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - S. Sushruthi - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Akshay Anand - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Thamarakkadu Govindan Nambudiri - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Trichur Narendran - Mridangam

Dec. 30, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Kalyani Ganesan - Veena, V.M. Ganesan - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Thanjavur Praveen Kumar - Mridangam, Udupi Srikanth - Ghatam
6.15 p.m. - Alamelu Mani - Vocal, Balu Raghuraman - Violin, Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam

Dec. 31, 2012 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Kanakadurga Venkatesh - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Malladi Suribabu - Vocal, S. Varadarajan - Violin, Srimushnan Rajarao - Mridangam, Mohanram - Ghatam

Jan. 1, 2013 - Tuesday
10.30 a.m. - Padma Sugavanam - Vocal, R. Rahul - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Radha namboodiri - Vocal, Sherthalai Sivakumar - Violin, K. Ashok - Mridangam

Jan. 2, 2013 - Wednesday
4.00 - Anirudh Venkatesh - Vocal (Organised by Music Circle)
6.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Ghatam

Jan. 3, 2012 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Rahul Narayanan - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, Amritha Murali - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam

Jan. 4, 2013 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - Archana & Arathi - Vocal, Jayanthi Kesav - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - Neela Ramgopal - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Thanjavur Ramdas - Mridangam, Pudukottai Ramachandran - Ghatam

Jan. 5, 2013 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Swati Srikrishna - Vocal, K.P. nandini - Violin, K.H. Vineeth - Mridangam
6.15 p.m. - M. Chandrasekaran & Bharathi - Violin Duet, Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

Jan. 6, 2013 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena (Organised by Nadopasana)

November 16, 2012

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan music festival 2012 - Nov. 21, 2012 to Dec. 12, 2012


Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, East Mada Street, Mylapore.
Phones: +91 44 24640811, 24643450

The concerts are free and open to all.

The schedule:

Nov. 21, 2012 - Wednesday
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Seshampatti Sivalingam and party
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. -  Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal

Nov. 22, 2012 - Thursday
3.30 p.m. - K. Bharatsundar - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Chitra & Vijayalakshmi - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal

Nov. 23, 2012 - Friday
3.30 p.m. - Aswath Narayanan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Radha Bhaskar - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena

Nov. 24, 2012 - Saturday
3.30 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - T.V. Ramprasad - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Aruna Sairam - Vocal

Nov. 25, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Light Music , Sastriyamum Cinemavum , Ramjhi’s Isai Mazhalai Group
3.30 p.m. - Saindavi - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - B. Kannan - Veena
7.00 p.m. - Sanmarga – A musical journey  by T.V. Gopalakrishnan

Nov. 26, 2012 - Monday
3.30 p.m. - Kuldeep M. Pai  - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Nov. 27, 2012 - Tuesday
3.30 p.m. - Saashwathi Prabu - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal

Nov. 28, 2012 - Wednesday
3.30 p.m. - Erode S. Anantharaman - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmada - Violin Solo
6.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Nov. 29, 2012 - Thursday
3.30 p.m. - N.J. Nandhini  - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal

Nov. 30, 2012 - Friday
3.30 p.m. - Aiswariya Raghavan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Krishna Kumar - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidya - Veena

Dec. 1, 2012 - Saturday
3.30 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 2, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Ghatam Karthick’s ‘Heartbeat’ Ensemble
3.30 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo
5.00 p.m.- Geetha Krishnamurthy - Veena
7.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal

Dec. 3, 2012 - Monday
3.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidhyanathan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Haripriya & Shanmukhapriya - Vocal

Dec. 4, 2012 - Tuesday
3.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan  - Vocal
5.00 p.m.- Hyderabad Sisters - Lalitha & Haripriya - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram & Anuradha Sriram - Vocal Jugalbandhi

Dec. 5, 2012 - Wednesday
3.30 p.m. - Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2012 - Thursday
3.30 p.m. - Ranjani Hariharan - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Music Ensemble by Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam & troupe

Dec. 7, 2012 - Friday
3.30 p.m. - Cuddalore Janani - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2012 - Saturday
3.30 p.m. - Rithvik Raja  - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - S.R. Veeraraghavan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam - Vocal

Dec.9, 2012 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Isai Payanam - thematic concert by Charulatha Mani
3.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasakam - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Geetha Rajasekhar - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 10, 2012 - Monday
3.30 p.m. - Shankar Ramani  - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Deepika Varadarajan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet

Dec. 11, 2012 - Tuesday
3.30 p.m. - N. Harish - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - R. Prasanna - Guitar
6.45 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal

Dec. 12, 2012 - Wednesday
3.30 p.m. - Karthik Raju - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Vocal

Kalarasana goes to Chetpet

Rani Seethai Hall at the Gemini circle has been the venue for the December Music Season concerts for Kalarasana for years. This year, the sabha has moved to Chinmaya Heritage Centre on Harrington Road, Chetpet.

The Tapovan Hall at the Chinmaya Heritage Centre is acoustically good and spacious too. It is also good that music goes to the different parts of the city instead of hovering around the Mylapore area.

In the recent times, Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Sabha which hosts its festival in K K Nagar and Nadasudha based in Velachery, Hamsavinodhini in West Mambalam have taken the festival to the other neighbourhoods in Chennai.

So, more the merrier?

November 10, 2012

Music Academy Season 2012 concert schedule

The Music Academy Madras, the mother of all the sabhas in Chennai has published the schedule of concerts and academic sessions on their website.
You can catch the veterans in the morning sessions, young singers in the noon sessions, popular young artistes in the session just after lunch and the well-known seniors in the two evening sessions.
The schedule is here: http://musicacademymadras.in/music_schedule.php

November 08, 2012

Bharatiya Sangeeth Utsav 2012 by BVB, Chennai

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Chennai has announced the schedule for their season's concerts on their website. Please scroll down this page to view the schedule - http://www.bhavanchennai.org/programmes.html