November 25, 2013

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha - Lec-dem series 2013

Daily Lec-dems are held at 8.30 a.m. at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, 55 Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

Dec. 16, 2013
Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Guruguho Jayathi - Sangitha  Rasanubhavam in Muthuswamy  Dikshitar's Kritis.

Dec. 17, 2013
Neela Ramgopal - Musical beauty in Svarajathi

Dec. 18, 2013
R.K. Sriramkumar - Dual  Panchalinga Kritis of Muthuswami Dikshitar

Dec. 19, 2013
Dr. M. B. Vedavalli - Significance of Anyasvaras in Bhashanga Ragas

Dec. 20, 2 013
Dr. Sriram Parasuram - Compositional Forms/Genres :A Comparative study of Carnatic and Hindustani

Dec. 21, 2013
P.S. Narayanaswamy - Alapana, Niraval and Kalpanasvara

Dec. 22, 2013
Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi - Varnam -  a Treasure among musical forms

Dec. 23, 2 013
D. Seshachari (Hyderabad Brothers) - Sangeetha Sahitya Vaibhavam - Melodic & Lyrical beauty in compositions

Dec. 24, 2013
Trichy J Venkataraman - A Methodical approach to Kuraipu and Korvai in Kalpanasvara

Dec. 25, 2013
Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy - Concept of Vivadi

Dec. 26, 2013
Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi - Musical forms in Tamizh Isai

Dec. 27, 2013
Rama Ravi - Ragamalika Compositions - a kaleidoscopic view

Dec. 28, 2013
Prof. S.R. Janakiraman - Kriti and Keerthana, is the difference real or imaginary?

Dec. 29, 2013
Balancing a concert between Manodharma Sangitha and Kalpitha Sangitha - A panel discussion.  Co-ordinator : Dr.Radha Bhaskar. Chitravina N. Ravikiran, S. Shashank, Palghat Ramprasadh participate

Dec. 30, 2013
Trichy Sankaran - An Ideal approach towards structuring Tani Avartana

Dec. 31, 2013
R. Vedavalli - Art of Tanam Singing

Jan. 2, 2014
Dr. T.S. satyavati - An aesthetic approach to Pallavi & its facets

Shanthi Fine Arts & Endowments (SAFE) Season 2013

The festival of SAFE starts on Dec. 8, 2013 and ends on Dec. 17, 2013

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
Contact : 044 - 24672539

The schedule:

Dec. 8, 2013
6.15 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), R. Hemalatha (Violin), Bangalore V Praveen (Mridandam)

Dec. 9, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Shreya Maduvanth (Violin), Kumbakonam K. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Kumbakonam Saravanan (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Manikandan (Morsing)

Dec. 11, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal), T. Hemamalini (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec.12, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Lakshmi Sreeram (Vocal), Akkarai S. Sornalatha (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Vasuda Keshav (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), A.S. Shankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Prarthana Sai Narasiman (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), Guru Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Samyukta Ranganathan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakkudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 15, 2013

4.30 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar (Vocal), V.L.V. Sudarsan (Violin), Srivanchiam R. Sriram (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam)

Dec. 16, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Sowmya Sridhar (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin),Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Aiswarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), Bombay Anand (Violin), Palayamkottai B. Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Madipakkam P. Suresh (Mridangam), Pudukkottai Ramachandran (Ghatam)

November 23, 2013

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's festival is on!

The renovated auditorium of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan posed a festive look on the opening day of their festival.
Bhavan's festival actually ushers in the 'season' in Chennai. Once BVB's festival is over, the auditorium is rented to other organisations like Kartik Fine Arts later in December. Though on Day One of the festival the auditorium was partially renovated and a couple of small and big work-in-progress could be seen, the festival kicked off with huge audience in the inaugural concert by Sudha Ragunathan.


The Mylapore Fine Arts Club Arts Festival 2013

The 62nd year Arts Festival of the Mylapore Fine Arts Club will be conducted from Dec. 8, 2013 to Jan. 17, 2014.

Venue: The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, 45, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4. Phone: 24997755

The schedule:

Dec. 8, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai – Nadaswaram by Adyar D. Balasubramani & Party
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. - Jyothirgamaya - dance ballet by students of Kala Darshana. Guru Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec. 9, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Gayathri Sankaran (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Peravali Jayabhaskar (Mridangam)
12.00 noon - R. Rajiv (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Calcutta K. Srividya (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Neyveli Ramkumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin), Tanjore K. Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam). G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2013
9.30 a.m. - K. Satyanarayanan (Keyboard), Karaikal S. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), Valangiman S. Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam),
12.00 noon - Arundhathi Krishnan (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), R. Raghunath (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Nanditha Ravi (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Trichur V. Ramachadran (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 11, 2013
9.30 a.m. - S. Srinivasan (Veena), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.00 noon - Kamala Deepti (Vocal), Pappu Gyanadev (Violin), V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - K. Subhiksha (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), K.S. Ramana (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - K. Vijayaraghavan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Tiruvidaimarudur S. Sankaran (Mridangam), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Rudrapatnam Brothers R.N. Taranathan & R.N. Thiagarajan, M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
12.00 noon - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), P.B.V. Krishnamachari (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Brinda manickavachagam (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Ghatam S. Karthick’s HeART Beat - ENSEMBLE
6.30 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), K. Jayachandra Rao  (Mridangam), Pramath Kiran (Morsing)

Dec. 13, 2013
9.30 a.m. - T.M. Krishna 9Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon - S. Maalavika (Vocal), K. Gokul (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D Seshachari & D Raghavachari (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderarajan (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)

Dec. 14, 2013
9.30 a.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin),  B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - N.J. Nandini (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2013
9.30 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Ravi), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon - Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Arvind Sridhar (Vocal), Shradha Ravindran (Violin), Kirthi Vasan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), G. Harihara Sharma (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu (Violin),  V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Chitra Poornima Satish (Vocal), S.V. Sudharshan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran (Vocal), K.J. Dilip (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Mala Chadrasekar (Flute), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), B. Sreesundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), Narasimhan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal), Sandeep Ramachandran (Violin), P.V. Srivathsa (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Gayathri Sathya (Vocal), V. Giridhari (Violin), Koodalnagaram Sriram (Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Trichy S. Sankaran (Mridangam), Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Dr. S. Sundar (Vocal), V.L. Kumar (Violin), Thanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Krithika Natarajan (Vocal), Sruthi Sarathy (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Srividya R.S. Iyer & Sudha R.S. Iyer (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam),
4.00 p.m. - R. Prasanna (Guitar), Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam), N. Amrith (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), H.K. Venkatram (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), - G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & Sruthi Sagar (Flute), K.J. Dilip (Violin), Uzhavur P.K. Babu (Mridangam),
4.00 p.m. - S.P. Ramh (Vocal), B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Ghatam)  
6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Alarmel Valli

Dec. 20, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Salem S.R. Shriram (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthy (Violin), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Shanthala Subramaniam (Flute), Akkarai Swarnalatha (Violin), K. Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam), Govinda Prasad (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sugandha Kalamegam (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Shiva Ramamurthy (Violin), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Pavan Rangachar (Vocal), Srinidhi (Violin), Ashwin Sridharan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), Madurai S. Balasubramaniam (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), Trichy R. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam),  Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Vikram Raghavan (Vocal), Athithi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Tanjore K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Priya sisters Haripriya & Shanmughapriya (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Saralaya Sisters Kavitha & Triveni (Vocal), G. Bharathi (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - G. Abhilash (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin),  Sudharshan Srinivasan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Tanjore K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)  
4.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Parupalli Palghun (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 24, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal), A.G.A. Gnanasundaram (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon - Sraeyas Sridhar (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), Srinivas Ponnappan (Ghatam)
1.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Madurai R. Sundar (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 25, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Dr. N. Ramani’s Academy of Flute presents Prapancham Balachandran, Tiruvarur S. Swaminathan, L.V. Mukund, Nikil Narayanan, B. Muthukumar (5 Flutes), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Priyanka Prakash (Vocal), H.N. Smitha (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), Tirumarugal T.S. Dineshkumar (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam),                        
4.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachari  
6.30 p.m. - U. Shrinivas (Mandolin), Delhi P. Sunderarajan (Violin), Bangalore Praveen (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

Dec. 26, 2013
9.30 a.m. - N. Bhairavi & N. Malavi (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)  
12.00 Noon - Gokul Chandramouli (Vocal), Ravi Srinivasan (Violin), Srikar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Bennett (Veena), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Violin), Adambakkam Shankar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), G. Guruprasanna (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2013
9.30 a.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)      
12.00 Noon - V. Deekshitha (Vocal), V. Supraja (Violin), AkshayRam (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), M.S. Varadhan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Raja (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 28, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Madhav Iyengar (Vocal), Kamala Kiran Winjamuri (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - V. Deepika (Vocal), S P. Ananthapadmanabha  (Violin), Srivanchiam Sriram  (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Sashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)                        
6.30 p.m. - Nithyashree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Nanjil Arul (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Swarnalatha (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Srividya Sridharakumar (Vocal), Sandeep Ramachandran (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), Guru Raghavendra (Violin), Sunil Kumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Tanjore K. Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), Trichy Mohanram (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2013
9.30 a.m. - S.M. Vilasini (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon - V. Rukmini (Vocal), Srikanth (Violin), Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), Neyveli Ramkumar (Mridangam)        
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Bangalore Praveen (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2013
9.30 a.m. - D.B. Ashwin (Vocal), Nishant Chandran (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Sowmya Sri (Vocal), S.V. Sudharshan (Violin), Sanjay Subramaniam (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Easwaran Bhattathri (Vocal), R. Ambikaprasad (Violin), Sanoj B. Namboodri (Mridangam)
 4.00 p.m. - Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Thanjavur Subramaniam (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)  

Jan. 1, 2014
9.30 a.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
2.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)                      
6.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Nagai R. Muralidharan (Violin), Tiruvarur P. Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Jan. 2, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sriranjani Srinivas (Disciple of Narthaki Nataraj)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Samyuktha Krishna (Disciple of A. Lakshman)

Jan. 3, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Amritavaahini Prabhakaran (Disciple of Narthaki Nataraj)
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aleesha Srinivasan, Arthi A Palani, Aishwarya Venkatesh, Arathi Elango, Sadhana Subramaniam, Madhumitha Parmar - All from U.S.A. Disciples of Smt. Subha Ramesh Parmar (USA)

Jan. 4, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by V. Karuna Sagari. Disciple of Sri. Sheejith Krishna
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Sri Mudhralaya. Aalavadhu Eppadiyo. Guru Smt. Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy

Jan. 5, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Rashmika Chandrasekar Disciple of Srekala Bharath
7.15 p.m. - Kuchipadi Dance by Sanshya Raju. Disciple of Sri. Kishore Mosalikanthi

Jan. 6, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shivanya. Disciple of Smt. Srekala Bharath
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sagarika Shankar. Disciple of Smt. Srekala Bharath

Jan. 7, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Nadhi Thekker (USA). Dissciple of Sri. A. Lakshman
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kavya Priya. Disciple of Smt. Meenakshi Chitharanjan

Jan. 8, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Nrityarpana. Guru Smt. Dhakshyayini Ramachandran
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Pallavi Sriram. Disciple of Smt. Chitra Visweswaran  

Jan. 9, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Prithi Pandurangan. Disciple of Smt. Padma Raghavan
7.15 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Smt. Chandrika Srinivas (AUS)                        

Jan. 10, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Harinie Jeevitha & Kum. Archana Raja. Disciples of Smt. Sheila Unnikrishnan
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by  Disciple of Smt. Padmini Krishnamurthy

Jan. 11, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Kalyani S. Kumar (Mysore). Disciple of Smt. Vasundra Doraiswami
7.15 p.m. - Group Bharathanatyam by Students of Bharatha Natya Kalalaya (Bombay). Guru Smt. Geetha Venkateswar (Bombay)

Jan. 12, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Hamsika. Disciple of Smt. Amutha Dhandayudapani
7.15 p.m. - Dance Ballet by Students of Sri Devi Nrithyalaya - Param - The Ultimate. Guru Smt. Sheila Unnikrishnan

Jan. 13, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. K. Padmaja. Disciple of Smt. Divyasena
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Srinidhi Sundar. Disciple of Late K.J. Sarasa

Jan. 14, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Archana Mahesh. Disciple of Smt. Lakshmi Ramaswamy
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Students of Nrityodaya. Direction Dr. Smt. Jayashree Rajagopalan

Jan. 15, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Samyuktha Balaji. Disciple of Smt. Divyasena
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Anuroopitha Sampath. Disciple of Ms. Shobana

Jan. 16, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Apeksha N, Mundangi.        Disciple of Smt. Suchetha Chapekar
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by  Mithra’s School of Dance         Kum. Shivapriya, Kum. Namrutha S, Kum. Preethi M, Kum. Padmashree K.

Jan. 17, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Ananya Srinivasan. Disciple of Smt. Sheila Unnikrishnnan
7.15 p.m. -  Dance Ballet – Purushaartha (Pursuit of the Cell and Freedom from all happiness). Disciple of Smt. Shantha & Sri. V.P. Dhananjayan and Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan.

November 22, 2013

Naada Inbam Music Festival 2013

The December Music Festival of Naada Inbam will be held from Dec. 9, 2013 to Jan. 5, 2014

Venue: Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore, Chennai - 4. Phone: 24992672

The schedule:

Dec. 9, 2013
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)

Dec. 10, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Brinda Manikkavachakam (Vocal), Kamlakiran Vinjamuri (violin), Sumedh Ramakrishna (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Vaikom Jayachandran (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Neyveli Venkatesh (Mridangam)

Dec. 11, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramanian (USA), K.J. Dileep (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Kanakadurga Venkatesh (Vocal), Jayanthi Kesav (Violin), Uzhavoor Babu (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal), Shwethambari Rajagopalan (Vocal Support), Padma Shankar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), N. Rajaram (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Raghav Krishna (Vocal), Karaikkal Venkaratsubramaniam, (Violin), V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - A Kanyakumari & V. Sanjeev (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Hyderabad Sisters Lalitha & Haripriya (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Thanmayee Krishnamurthy (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), L. Subramanian (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - T.K. Ramachandran (Vocal), V.L. Kumar (Violin), Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam), Hariharasubramanian ( Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2013
4.00 p.m. - V.K. Arunkumar (Violin), M. Rajeev (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Padma Sugavanam (Vocal)< M. Rajeev (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2013
4.00 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Mala Chandrasekar (Flute), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Archana & Arathi (Vocal), Priya Hariharan (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
6.15 p.m. - Seetha Narayanan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2013
4.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandini (Vocal), Thirumarugal Dineshkumar (Violin), Kalakkad Srinivasan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Kalyani Ganesan (Veena), V.M. Ganesan (Mridangam), Udipi Balakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2013
10.00 a.m. - R. Vedavalli - Lec-dem on Raga Swaroopa Lakshanam
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), Tejaswy Mallela (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Seetha Rajan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)

Dec. 21, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Prof. S.R. Janakiraman - Lec-dem on Presentation of Dikshitar Kritis in Varga Ragas of Mayamalavagowla. L. ramakrishnan (Veena(, V.V. Ravi (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Savitha Sreeram (Vocal), R. Sridhar (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Neela Ramgopal (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), T.K. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Seshachari & D. Raghavachari - Lec-dem on Padams & Javalis
4.00 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), Mumbai Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Shivakumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan, Viji Krishnan Natarajan, Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2013
10.00 a.m. - K. Arunprakash - Lec-dem on Treasures of Laya
4.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Rama Ravi & Nanditha Ravi (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam)

Dec. 24, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Guruvayur Manikantan (Vocal), Sherthalai Sivakumar (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan ( Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - V. Bharat Kumar (Vocal), Mumbai Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Payyannore Govindaprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2013
10.00 a.m. - C.S. Sajeev (Vocal), G. Bharathi (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), S. Venkatraman (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), Udipi Srikanth (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - R. Vedavalli (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 26, 2013
10.00 a.m. - C. Sukanya (Vocal), Poorna Vaidyanathan (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Sunilkumar (Kannjira)
6.15 p.m. - Palkulangara Ambika Devi (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Syamakrishnan (Violin), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2013
10.00 a.m. - C.R. Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Ambikaprasad (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), karaikkal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Seshachari & D. Raghavachari (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)

Dec. 28, 2013
10.00 a.m. - R.S. Jayalakshmi (Veena), Thanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), Pudukkottai Ramachadran (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Ashwin Anand (Veena), Akshay Anand (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Violin), Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2013
10.00 a.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Sowmya Sudarshan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Mavelikkara Subramaniam (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Vishal Sapuram (Chitravina), R. Raghul (Violin), Thanjavur Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Alamelu Mani (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), B. ganapathiraman (Mridangam), B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)

Dec. 31, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal), Melakaveri Thyagarajan (Violin), Neyveli Ramkumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), Amritha Murali (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)

Jan. 1, 2014
10.00 a.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - S. Maalavika (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), V. Sai Subramaniam (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), K. Arunprakash 9Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Jan. 2, 2014
4.00 p.m. - Sowmya Sridhar (Vocal), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Arvind Raghuraman (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), Thanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Ghatam)

Jan. 3, 2014
4.00 p.m. - R. Rathipriya (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Nanditha Ravi (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Kallidaikuri Sivakumar (Mridangam)

Jan. 4, 2014
4.00 p.m. - Vimarshini Jayaraman (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Jan. 5, 2014
10.00 a.m. - Book release - Ramaniya Geetham - Vol. 4. R. Vedavalli presides, Guest of honor - V.V. Sundaram.
Flute recital by Prapancham Balachandran, Thiruvarur Swaminathan, karthikeyan, Nikil Narayanan, L.B. Mukund, Ajit, Swaroop. R. Raghul (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam). Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Aparna Kumar (Vocal), Srividya R.S. Iyer (Violin), K. Parthasarathy (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - R. Thyagarajan & Athul Kumar - Flute, B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)

November 21, 2013

Indian Fine Arts Society December Music Festival 2013

The December season for the Indian Fine Arts Society begins on Dec. 18, 2013 and will go on till Jan. 4, 2014.

Venue: Balamandhir German Hall, 17,Prakasam Street,T.Nagar, Chennai - 600017

Season donor passes will be issued from Dec. 17, 2013 at the Indian Fine Arts Society's office at “Devi Arihant”, Flat No. 16, First Floor, 15, Dr. Nair Road, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017 and at the venue. Contact mobile numbers +91 78457 55481, +91 87544 37839.

The schedule:

Dec. 18, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Inauguration and award function
7.15 p.m. - Kum. Harinie Jeevitha  (Dis.of Sheela Unnikrishnan) - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 19, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music Smt.Kanthimathi Santhanam
9.00 a.m. - Ragam Sisters Sivaranjani & Nalinakanti - Vocal, Balu Raghuram - Violin, H.S.Sudhindra  - Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration  - Irupathaam nootraandin isai thamizhmarabu - By Dr. Sudha Seshayyan                        
2.00 p.m. - Arundathi Krishnan - Vocal, Thirumarugal Ganesh kumar - Violin, Srimushnam Avinash - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, R.Raghul - Violin, H.S.Sudhindra - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - O.S.Thyagarajan - Vocal, Mysore V.Srikanth - Violin, S. Raghunandhan - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal, S.R.Mahadeva Sarma  - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mridangam

Dec. 20, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Vasantha Rammohan & Group:
9.00 a.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Melakaveri K Thyagarajan - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan -Ghatam
10.30 - Lecture  –Thillana’s  of Veena Seshanna by Prof. Mysore.V.Subramanya and Demonstration by Vidhushi Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan & Rathnaprabha Krishnan
2.00 p.m. - Karthik Narayanan - Vocal, Mysore C.N.Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Nellai Sreekrishnan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Lalitha Madhav - Vocal, Chidambaram G.Badrinath - Violin, V.R.Jayakumar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam, Chandrasekara sharma - Ghatam
7.00 p.m.  - Jayanth & Sankaran - Flute, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Sridhar Chari - Mridangam

Dec. 21, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music  - Madhuradwani Music group
9.00 a.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subbulakshmi & Sornalatha - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick-Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Muthuswami Dikshithar’s kritis in the Janya Ragas of 15th Mela Mayamalavagaula  By Dr.Abiramasundari
2.00 p.m. - Sai Vignesh - Vocal, K.Ganesan - Violin, Karthick - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - N.Harish - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Violin, Neyveli K V Ramkumar - Mridangam, Nanganallur S. Swaminathan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, Ranjini Ramakrishnan - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, R.Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

Dec. 22, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Geetha Nivedhana Trust
9.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Grahabhedam by By Suguna Purushothaman
2.00 p.m. - Sunil R.Gargyan - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Violin, Venkat Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Sudheer Warrier - Vocal, Mysore C.N.Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Sriram Nagarajan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr.M. Narmadha - Violin Solo, Peravalli  Jayabhaskar - Mridangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Papanasam  Ashok Ramani - Vocal, Mysore M. Manjunath - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Miudangam, Ciombatore V. Mohanram - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2013

8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music - Akshayam Music Group
9.00 a.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, M.Vijay - Violin, Manakkal R.Sriram - Mridangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on compositions of Tadepally Venkata Subrahmanya Sastry Garu by  Dr.Tadepally Lokanadha Sarma
2.00 p.m. - Preethy Narayanaswamy - Veena, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, Ammangudi S.Ramanarayanan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - J.B.Sruthisagar - Flute, Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Mysore Manjunath & Mysore M.Nagaraj -Violin Duet, K.V.Prasad - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam      
7.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Umayalpuram Mali-  Mridangam

Dec. 24, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music - Swara Bhushani group
9.00 a.m. - Rithivik Raja - Vocal, R.Raghul - Violin, Sridhar K Chari - Mridangam        
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Meera Bhajans- a study by Dr.Alamelu Ramakrishnan
2.00 p.m. - Karthika Anaga - Vocal, B.Sudha - Violin, Suriya Ravi Ganesh - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mridangam                      
4.30 p.m - S.Saketharaman - Vocal, Mysore M.Manjunath - Violin, Umayalpuram K Sivaraman - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli .R.Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mridangam

Dec. 25, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Bhajan Ravi Group
9.00 a.m. - Dr.Saraswathy Viswanathan - Veena, Sridhar Chari - Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam                            
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Nature in Music. Mention of Planets, Rivers, Mountains, Elements, Flora and fauna in Carnatic music and Hindustani Music compositions.
Grand audio - visual lecture concert by Charumathi Ramachandran
6.30 p.m. - Dr.K J Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai  R.Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mruiangam, Tirupunithura S.Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Sri Geetha Govinda Mandali
9.00 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam                  
10.30 - Lecture Demonstration on Musical heroes on the Drama Stage by T.K.S. Kalaivanan
2.00 p.m - Sirisruthi  Sharva - Vocal, Vilivakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Ajay Gopi - Mridangam           .
3.00 p.m. - Sampagodu Vighnaraja - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Sai Giridhar K - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Salem Gayatri Venkatesan - Vocal, Suresh Babu - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. -  Bharadwaj Raman - Veena, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Vijay B Natesan - Mridangam

Dec. 27, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Shreyas Group
9.00 a.m. - Vaishnavi Anand  - Vocal, S.P.Anandapadmanabha - Violin, Atlanta Sriram - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira
10.30 - Lecture Demonstration on Sangeetha ulagil rasamaana sambhavangaL by  Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan
2.00 p.m. - Sreyas Sridhar - Flute, N.S.Kamakshi - Violin, Thriucherai Kaushik Rajagopal - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Malladi Nagalakshmi - Vocal, R. Kailasam - Violin, Madurai B Sundar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal, Embar S.Kannan - Violin, K V Prasad - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - N.Vijay Siva - Vocal, R.K.Shriramkumar - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 28, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music Karnaranjani and Group
9.00 a.m. - Saralaya Sisters - Vocal, Pudukkottai R.Ambika Prasad - Violin, Kalakkad R.Srinivasan - Mridangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture & Demonstration on Prahladha Bhakthi Vijayam of Thyagaraja by Dr.Premeela Gurumurthi
2.00 p.m - Guhan Venkataraman - Veena, Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan - Ghatam    
3.00 p.m. - K.Subhiksha - Vocal, H.V.Raghuraman - Violin, Trivandrum N.Hariharan - Mridangam      
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan - Vocal, Mysore M.Nagaraj - Violin, Umayalpuram K .Sivaraman - Mridangam, B. Sundarkumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - Vocal, Delhi P. Sundarrajan - Violin, Trivandrum V.Balaji -Mridangam

Dec. 29, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Kunnakudy School of Music
9.00 a.m. - R.Raghavendra - Vocal, M.VIJAY - Violin, Trichur K.M.S.Mani - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Krishnamirdham : Lecture - Demonstration  by Srimushnam V.Raja Rao
2.00 p.m. - Deekshitha Venkatraman - Vocal, N.S.Kamakshi - Violin, Sanjay Subramanian - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Balaji Rajaram & Vikaasa Ramdas - Mandolin (Duet), K.G.Rajesh - Violin, Uzhavur P.K.Babu - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy - Veena, Thirupathi M. Sudhakar - Mridangam, N.Rajaram - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. -  Nithyasri Mahadevan - Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Pooongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, Madaipakkam Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Shree Prakash Cultural heritage Research Centre
9.00 a.m. - Sushma Somasekar - Vocal, S.P.Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, Korattur S.Karthik Narayanan - Mridangam            
10.30 a.m. - Lecture - Demonstration onnThiruvasakathil Naatupura Koorugal by Dr.Ramakausalya, Vocal support by Smt.Madhuvanthi.
2.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Surya Teja - Vocal, Durai Srinivasan - Violin, K.Harish - Mridangam
3.00  p.m. - Kamala Deepthi - Vocal, Villivakkam S.Raghuraman - Violin, Thillaisthanam R.Suryanarayanan  - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr.S.Sowmya - Vocal, R.K.Sriramkumar - Violin, Manoj Siva - Mridangam, K V Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A.Kanyakumari - Violin, Guruvayur Dorai - Mridangam, Bangalore N.Amrit - Kanjira, Bangalore B.Rajashekar - Morsing

Dec. 31, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music Dr.Kamala Selvaraj & Party
9.00 a.m. - V.Deepika - Vocal, S.P.Anandapadmanabha - Violin, S.J.Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
10.30 a.m - Indian Choral Music and its relevance today - Lecture & Demonstration by Dr.SudhaRaja.
2.00 p.m. - Madhav Iyengar - Vocal, H.V.Raghuraman - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Adyar B.Muthukumar - Flute, Bombay V.Anand - Violin,  Guru Ragavendra - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, K.S.Rangachary - Kanjira

Jan. 1, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Subashruthi headed by Dr.Mathangi Ramakrishnan
9.00 a.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Thiruvarur N.Balam - Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekar - Mridangam, Ernakulam S.Ramakrishnan - Ghatam              
10.30 a.m.- Namasankeerthanam by Dr.R.Ganesh & Party (Dis. of Maharajapuram Santhanam).
6.15  p.m.- Bharathanatyam (solo) by Revathy Ramachandran
7.30 p.m. - Sahrdaya Foundation presents Gopala Ratnam. A group bharatanatyam presentation choreographed by Sheejith Krishna highlighting the colorful and varied forms of Krishna - the beloved jewel of the devotee.

Jan. 2, 2013
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by Sri Annamacharya Vamseekula Sankeerthana Seva Mandali-lead by Dr.T.V.Meenalochani
9.00 a.m. - Dr.Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, A G A Gnanasundaram - Violin, Ganapathy Raman - Mridangam
10.30 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Kumbakonam Ananda Narayana Bhagavathar & Group
6.15 p.m.- SrekalaBharath presents  Bhakta  Meera  a solo Bharatanatyam feature.
7.30 p.m. - Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy – dance Theatre productionAalaavathu Eppadiyo

Jan. 3, 2013
8.30 a.m. -  Devotional  Music by Ganapriya School of Music
9.00 a.m. -  M.V.Narasimhachari - Vocal, Jayanthi Keshav - Violin, Thiruvidaimarudur S. Radhakrishnan - Mridangam
10.30 a.m. - Lec.Dem. on Sri Swathi Thirunal contribution to Karnatic Music by Dr.S.A.K.Durga.
6.15 p.m. - Sushama Ranganathan (Dis. of Nandini Ramani ) Solo Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Om Namasivaya thematic Bharatanatyam by Padmalaksshme Suresh and disciples.

Jan. 4, 2013
Bhararathnatyam -Talent Promotion Programme

3.00 p.m. - Amirtharvarshini Murali  (Dis.of UrmilaSatyanarayanan)
4.00 p.m. - Shraddha Nagaraj (Dis.of B.Banumati)
5.00 p.m. - Preethi Ramaprasad (Dis.of Prof. SudharaniRaghupathy)
6.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Narthaki Nataraj
7.30 p.m. Jyotirgamaya (Dance production inspired by Jonathan Livingston Seagull, a novel by Richard Bach) presented by students of Kala Darsana. Music - Dr.Rajkumar Bharati, Choreography - Jayanthi Subramaniam

Jan. 5, 2013
Bhararathnatyam  -Talent Promotion Programme

9.30 a.m. - Hamsika.M.(Dis.of Amutha Dhandapani)
10.30 a.m. - SumanaSanthanam( Dis. of SrekalaBharath)
11.30 a.m. - Malavika Saji (Dis. of  Shobana)
2.00 p.m. -  S.Varsha (Dis. of Sujatha Mohan)
3.00 p.m. -  Sukanya Kumar (Dis. of PriyadarshiniGovind)
4.00 p.m. -  Shruthipriya( Dis of J.Suryanarayanamurthy)
5.00 p.m. - Manaswini (Dis.of Revathi Ramachandran)
6 .05 p.m. - Prize distribution
7.30 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaa presentsParam - the Ultimate: A thematic presentation. Choreography - Sheela Unnikrishnan.

November 19, 2013

Madhuradhwani Music Festival 2013

The December Music Festival of Madhuradhwani will be held at Arkay Convention Centre, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore from Nov. 23, 2013 to Nov. 28, 2013.

Some of the concerts will be webcast live on http://www.arkayconventioncenter.in/live.aspx

Contact 24661130, 9381007317

The schedule:

Nov. 23, 2013
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration. Mr. Vaidhyanathan, Editor, Dinamani presides. Guests Of Honour - H M V Raghu, V Narasimhan, Asthika Samaj, Thiruvanmiyur, K.N Sashikiran
6.15 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K N Sashikiran and P. Ganesh - Vocal duet.  V V S Murali - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam, B S Purushothaman - Kanjira (Live Webcast)

Nov. 24, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Madhumohan - Vocal, V L Sudharshan - Violin, Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam, E M Subramaniam - Ghatam
(Live Webcast)
6.15 p.m. - Pattabhiram Pandit - Vocal, V V S Murari - Violin, ThiruvarurBakthavatchalam - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam (Live Webcast)

Nov. 25, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Aruna and Padma - Vocal Duet, S P Anantha padmanaha - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam (Live Webcast)
6.15 p.m. - J A Jayanth - Flute, M R Gopinath - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam, S Venkataraman - Kanjira (Live Webcast)

Nov. 26, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Apoorva & Anahitha - Vocal, Sradha Ravindran - Violin, N C Baradhwaj - Mridangam (Live Webcast)
6.15 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M. Narmadha - Violin,  Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mridangam, Pudukottai N Ramachandran - Ghatam

Nov. 27, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Mudikondan R Ramesh - Veena, A S Ranganathan -    Mridangam, S Hariharasubramnaian - Ghatam (Live Webcast)
6.15 p.m. - Madurai T N Seshagopalan - Vocal, M Chandrasekaran - Violin, Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam, Shree Sunder Kumar - Kanjira

Nov. 28, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Vishnubhatla Sisters Saraswathi and Krishnaveni - Vocal Duet, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, B V S Prasad - Mridangam, D V Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam (Live Webcast)
6.15 p.m. - Carnatic Music on Western Strings By Madras String Quartet - V S Naraimhan - First Violin, Hemanthraj  Muliyil - Second Violin, B J Chandran - Viola, V R Sekar - Cello (Live Webcast)

Hamsavinodhini Music Festival 2013

West Mambalam based organisation Hamsavinodhini holds its December Music Festival at Arkay Convention Centre, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore.

The schedule:

Dec. 11, 2013
3.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Grand daughter of M.S. Subbulakshmi) - Vocal, Melakaveri Thiagarajan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Lavanya Sunderraman (Grand daughter of D.K. Pattammal) - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration & Award function
7.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Emmamuelle Martin (Keyboard), Meera Sundar (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopalan (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Chitra Poornima Satish (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), V.S. Sairaghavan (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (violin), Mannargudi V. Ramamurthy (Mridangam), Narasimhan (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2013
4.00 p.m. - N.Jayakrishnan (Vocal), Tirucherai Karthik (Violin), Gudalnagar Sriram (Mriangam)
5.15 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam (Vocal), AGA Gnanasundaram (Violin), Mannargudi V Ramaurthi (Mridangam), G Ravichandran (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena), Pakkala Ramadas (Violin), Melakaveri K Balaji (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Rohith Chandrasekar (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Kolkatha Karthik (Mridangam)
10.45 a.m. - Bangalore Balakrishnan (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Gururaghavendra (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aswath Narayanan (Vocal), Papanasam K Gokul (Violin), Papanasam K Kumar (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Pallavi Prasanna (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), B.Anathakrishnan (Violin), B.Guru Raghavendra (Mridnagam), S Venkataramana (Kanjira)

Dec. 15, 2013
9.30 a.m. - Vikas Ramdas (Mandolin), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Kolkata T K Karthik (Mridangam), B V Subba Rao (Mridangam)
10.45 a.m. - Jayshree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Manikudi S Chandrasekar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Madurai S Suchithra (Vocal), R.Kailasam (Violin), Gudalnagar Sriram (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Sangeetha Ramprasad (Vocal), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V R Jayakumar (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), SP Aanthapadmanabha (Violin), Nirmal Narayan (Mridnagam)

Dec. 16, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh Athreya (Flute), SP Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), K S Ramana (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Siddardth Srinivas (Vocal), SP Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), K S Ramana (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Gayatri Girish (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam)

Dec. 17, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Sanjana Ramkumar (Vocal), Srividya Saisubramaniam (Violin), Thipparajapuram Hari (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Mumbai Shilpa (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Vocal), V.Sanjeev (Violin), Trichur Mohan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Keerthana Sivaramankrishnan (Vocal), Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopalan (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Priyanka Prakash (Vocal), Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Mannargudi V Ramamurthy (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Bombay Krishnamurthy (Kritis,Abhangs&Bhajans), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), R. Suresh (Tabala)

Dec. 19, 2013
4.00 p.m. - N.Visveswar (Flute), MSG Suresh (Violin), Tanjore S Balakrishnan (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Bangalore Vaarijashree (Vocal), H M Smitha (Violin), S. Sridharan (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Palghat R Ramprasad (Vocal), R K Sriramkumar (Violin), C.Narendran (Mridangam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

Dec. 20, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Ramya Sarika (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Mysore M L Vadhiraj (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Lalitha Madav (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)

November 17, 2013

Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav - 2013

Bharat Kalachar in association with Kalpathi Investments P Ltd hosts its annual Margazhi Mahotsav from Dec. 1, 2013 to Jan. 14, 2014. This 45 day festival will be held at Sri YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai -17.

Admission is free for concerts from Dec. 1 to Dec. 10. For the music concerts and dance recitals from Dec. 13, admission is on reservation. Season tickets for all the 46 days cost Rs. 8000 per person. Daily tickets range between Rs. 100 and Rs. 500. Advance booking begins on Dec. 1, 2013 at the venue.

Contact: 044-28343045, 42024304.

The schedule:

Dec. 1, 2013
4.00 p.m. - K. Kumaraswamy (Sax), Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
5.00 p.m. - Bharatanatyam bu Ganna Smirnova (Ukraine) - Disciple of Guru Jayalakshmi Eswar
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration and award function. Dr. R. Seetharaman, CEO, Doha Bank Group inaugurates. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal presides.

Dec. 2, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Palghat R Ramprasad (Vocal), B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Sudharma Vaithiyanathan (Dis. of A. Lakshmanaswamy) - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 3, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Niveditha Gopinath - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 4, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Smitha Madhav - Kavi Kunjara Bharathi's Azhagar' - thematic Bharatanatyam presentation
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath & disciple - Panchamurthy Natanam - thematic Bharatanatyam

Dec. 5, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), V. Srikanth (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Divya Sivasundar - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 6, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Mandolin Sisters Sreesha & Sree Usha (Mandolin duet), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam), B. Subba Rao (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Lasya Mavillapalli (Daughter & disciple of the Narasimhacharis) - Kuchipudi

Dec. 7, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Bhavya Hari (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Kadambari Sriram (Dis. of Revathi Ramachandran) - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 8, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Chandrsekara Sarma (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Rasika Kumar (USA) - Maya, the mystery of Krishna - Thematic Bharatanatyam presentation

Dec. 9, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Cuddalore S J Jananiy (Vocal), V. Suresh Babu (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00p.m. - Abbirami Sriram & Apparajitha Sriram - Sri Renganathar Vaibhavam - thematic Bharatanatyam presentation

Dec. 10, 2013
5.00 p.m. - B.V. Balasai (Flute) & U.P. Raju (Mandolin) - Jugalbandi, Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram (Dis. of Chitra Visveswaran) - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 13, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Sikkil C Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 14, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Bharath Sundar (Vocal), B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Coimbatore V Mohanram (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), R. Ragul (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S. Venkataraman (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Nithyashri Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 16, 2013
6.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), M. Lakshminarayana Raju (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2013
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thanjavur Ramdas (mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2013
6.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2013
6.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Tirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2013
6.p.m. - U. Srinivas (Mandolin), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), G. Guruprasanna (Kanjira), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2013
10.30 a.m. - T.M. Krishna (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - U.Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar - Rukku Kicchu Kalyanam! Ketkanuma Amarkalam! - Discourse, V. Raghuraman (Violin), Nagai Sriram (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - J. Suryanarayanamurthy & disciples - Navagraha Natyanjali - thematic Bharatanatyam

Dec. 22, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Tirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam), A. Rajasekar (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Mysore V Srikanth (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali - Sri Krishna Jananam (from Srimad Bhagavatham) - Solo thematic Bharatanatyam based on Ragam - Tanam - Pallavi

Dec. 23, 2013
10.30 a.m. - R. Balaji (Dis. of Mandolin Srinivas) - Mandolin, Shruthi Sarathy (USA) - Violin, Arjun Narasimhan (USA) - Mridangam
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 24, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Anil Bajpai - In celebration of Mohd. Rafi's Birtha Anniversary

Dec. 25, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Bharadwaj Raman (Veena), Rajiv Mukundan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet
7.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Chittaranjan & disciples - thematic Bharatanatyam

Dec. 26, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Lakshmi Abhishek (USA) - Vocal, Kovai S. Chandran (Violin), Srivanchiam Sriram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), B. sreesundar Kumar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Apurva Purva - thematic Bharatanatyam on the life of Lord Krishna

Dec. 27, 2013
10.30 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam (Vocal), V. Srikanth (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Karukurichi N. Mohanraman (Mridangam), Lalgudi R. Sriganesh (Mridangam), Tenkasi Paramasivam (Kanjira), Chandrajit (Tabla), Subramanian (Special Effects)
7.00 p.m. Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 28, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Saaswathi Prabhu (Vocal), B. Muthukumar (Flute), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), N. Sundar (Tabla)
4.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Srinidhi Chidambaram - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Musical discourse - Sri Vamana Avataram, Dr. Jyotsna Srikkanth (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Krithika Subramanian & group - Namargam - thematic presentation

Dec. 30, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K. J. Yesudas (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Tirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2013
10.30 a.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (violin), Nirmal Narayan (Mridangam), Chandrsekara Sharma (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramanian (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Pavithra Srinivasan (Dis of the Dhananjayans and Kalanidhi Narayana) - Bharatanatyam concluding with Prahlada Charithram

Jan. 1, 2014
10.30 a.m. - Bombay Sisters C. Saroja & C. Lalitha (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), K.R. Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin Duet), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Pramath Kiran (Electronic Percussion & Morsing)
7.00 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents Param - The Ultimate - thematic Bharatanatyam. Choreography - Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 2, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Sasikiran & P.Ganesh (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sandeepa (Odissi) & Uma Nambudripad (Bharatanatyam) - Jugalbandi

Jan. 3, 2014
5.00 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Thanjavur Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Deepika Potarazu (USA) - Kuchipudi

Jan. 4, 2014
10.30 a.m. - Anil Srinivasan  (Classical Piano)
4.00 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari, Embar Kannan & V. Sanjeev (Violin trio), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. UAA presents Irandaam Rahasyam by Venkat. Dramatised & directed by Y.Gee Mahendra

Jan. 5, 2014
10.30 a.m. - K. Ganesh Kumar - Abhang concert, A.L. Nath (Pakkawaj), Muthuswamy (Harmonium), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Mala Ramadorai (Hindustani Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Jan. 6, 2014
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Raghava Krishna (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Nirupama Vaidyanathan (USA) - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 7, 2014
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Raman (USA) - Flute, V. Srikanth (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Sutikshna Veeravalli (USA) - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 8, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), T.S. Krishnamoorthy (Violin), Korattur S. Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Ritwika Ghosh - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 9, 2014
5.00 p.m. - J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) - Jugalbandi, K.J. Dileep (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Gangai Kalalaya's Thirukachchi Nambi - Play dramatisation, Dialogue & direction - Nadagapani Arunagiri. Production - R.L. Narasimhan

Jan. 10, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Aparna Kumar (Vocal), T.S. Krishnamoorthy (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Navtej S Johar (Delhi) - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 11, 2014
10.30 a.m. - G. Abhilash (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopalan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Shijith Nambiar & parvathi Shijith present Bhoopala Bharatham - history & life of Marthanda Varma and Swati Tirunal

Jan. 12, 2014
10.30 a.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), M. Vijay (Violin), Vijay natesan (Mridangam), S. Venkatraman (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. 'Mahanadi' Shobana Vignesh (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam), N. Sundar (Morsing)
7.00 p.m. - Maham Enterprises' Shiva Shambo - comedy play

Jan. 13, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Raman Ethanai Ramanadi - thematic vocal recital by Saindhavi Prakash. Ravishankar (Keyboard), Krishna Kishore (Mridangam & Percussion), J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), Vasanth Jayaraman (Tabla)
7.00 p.m. - Revathi Ramachandran & disciples - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 14, 2014
3.00 p.m. - Devotional music by students of PSBB Schools
4.00 p.m. - Prize distribution for Thiruppavai, Vishnu Sahasranamam & Bhagawad Gita competitions
4.30 p.m. - Sathumurai discourse - Sri Karukarachariyar Swamigal
6.45 p.m. - Zakir Hussain's Madhuram - Vaishnava Bharatham - thematic solo Bharatanatyam

Jan. 15, 2014
6.30 p.m. - Priya Murle & disciples - Panchahturam, Breaking the Bonds, based on Navavidha Bhakthi as exponded by Prahalada - thematic Bharatanatyam

November 08, 2013

Brahma Gana Sabha Awards 2013

Brahma Gana Sabha will host its annual December Art Festival beginning Dec. 3, 2013 to Feb. 1, 2014.

This year the title Naadha Padhmam will be presented  to vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan. Naatya Padhmam will be conferred on Prof C. V. Chandrasekar and Naataka Padhmam will be conferred on Kovai Paddhu.
A new award Vaadhya Padhmam is instituted from this year and the award will be presented to Trichy R.Thayumanavan, a senior Mridangam, Kanjira and Konnakol exponent.

BGS will be conducting the music festival from Dec. 3  to  31, 2013; Dance Festival from Jan.1 to 22, 2014; Nadaswaram Festival from Jan. 23 to Feb.1, 2014.

Kartik Fine Arts Awards 2013

At the 39th year Art Festival, Kartik Fine Arts will confer the prestigious Isai Peroli and Nadanamamani awards on singer Nisha P Rajagopal and dancer Uma Nambudripad this year.

The award Tamil Isai Vendhar will be presented to senior vocalist K J Yesudoss. Young singer Subhiksha Rangarajan will receive the award Isai Chudar and another young dancer will receive V Soundarya.

Y Prabhu, secretary, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha will receive the Kartik Rajagopal Golden Jubilee Committee award for 'Best Cultural Organiser'.

D.K.Pattammal Award of Excellence instituted by  Nithyasri Mahadevan will be presented to vocalist Vasudha Ravi.

Nattarasankottai M.A.Krishnan, Natya Sangeetha artiste will recieve Dr. Seerkazhi Govindarajan Memorial Award instituted by Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram.

Guru Karaikudi Mani Award instituted by Guru Karaikudi R.Mani will go to mridangam vidwan V.Rajasekar.

The awards will be presented on the inaugural day of Kartik Fine Arts music festival, Dec. 1, 2013.

Nalinakanthi's Season 2013

Venue: Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science, R A Puram, Chennai - 28

Dec. 3, 2013
6.30 p.m. -  J B Srutisagar (Flute)

Dec. 4, 2013
6.30 p.m. - N Vijay Siva (Vocal), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam)

Dec. 5, 2013
6.30 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)

Dec. 6, 2013
6.30 p.m. -  Shankari Krishnan (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 7, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Priyanka C. Prakash (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Madurai R. Sundar (Vocal), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 8, 2013
6.30 p.m. -  Lakshmi Sreeram (Vocal), Jayanti Keshav (Violin), Tanjore Kumar (Mridangam)

November 06, 2013

Charsur Arts Foundation - December Music Festival from Dec 16 to 23

Charsur's season will be held at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai -18 from Dec. 16 to 23, 2013.

The schedule:

Dec. 16, 2013
4.30 p.m. -  Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2013

4.30 p.m. - R. Raghavendra (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)

Dec. 18, 2013
4.30 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2013
4.30 p.m. -  Akkarai Sisters (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2013
4.30 p.m. - D.B. Ashwin (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), C.S. Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Dec. 23, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Vocal), Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. -  K. Gayatri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Contact Charsur Arts Foundation at caf@charsur.com

November 05, 2013

Indian Fine Arts Society awards 2013

The Indian Fine Arts Society confers the Kalasikhamani awards on exponents in music & dance every year.

This year, saxophone vidwan Kadri Gopalnath will reciev the title Sangeetha Kalasikhamani. Senior Bharatanatyam dancer Alarmel Valli will be conferred the title Natya Kalasikhamani.

The awards will be presented on the inaugural day of the December music festival on Dec. 18, 2013.

Prof. T V Gopalakrishnan, Prof. Mysore Subramanya and Guruvayur Dorai, Aruna Sairam and M Varadarajan will participate in the function.

Chennai Fine Arts will present 'Divine Composers', from December 4 to 10, 2013.

Chennai Fine Arts hosts its annual music festival with a special theme every year. This year, the fest will feature the compositions of Veena Seshanna, Badrachala Ramadas, Mannagudi Sambasiva Bhagavathar, Annamacharya, Tadepalli Subramanya Sastri, Arunachala Kavi, Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayya presented by senior artistes. The evening begins with a session featuring young vocalists every day.

Venue: Arkay Convention Center, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

The Schedule:

Dec. 4, 2013
5 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), S P Anantapadmanabha (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)

6.30 p.m. - Compositions of Veena Seshanna. A presentation by Prof. Mysore Subramanya. Prof. Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan & Vidushi Rathnaprabha Krishnan - Veena duet, Vasudha Keshav - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam

Dec. 5, 2013
5 p.m. - Raghav Krishna (Vocal), Melakaveri Tyagarajan (Violin), M S Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam)

6.30 p.m. - Compositions of Badrachala Ramadas. Dr Premeela Gurumurthy - Vocal, Shertalai R Sivakumar - Violin, Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mridangam, S Venkatramanan - Kanjira

Dec. 6, 2013
5 p.m. - Jayakrishnan (Vocal), G Sureshkumar (Violin) Ashwin Sridharan (Mridangam)

6.30 p.m. - Compositions of Mannargudi Sambasiva Bhagavatar. M Chandrasekar - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Guruvayur Durai & Vazhuvoor Babu - Mridangam
Trichy Murali -  Ghatam

Dec. 7, 2013
5 p.m. - C K Pavandeep (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin),Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
6.30 pm - Compositions of Annamacharya. Dr S Sunder - Vocal, V L Kumar - Violin, Kudanthai Saravanan - Mridnagam, K B Hariharan - Ghatam

Dec. 8, 2013
5 p.m. - J B Keerthana (Vocal), C K Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam)
6.30 pm - Compositions of Tadepalli Subramanya Sastri. Dr Tadepalli Lokanadha Sarma - Vocal, V V Srinivasa Rao - Violin, A S Ranganathan - Mridangam, S Hariharasubramaniyam - Ghatam

Dec. 9, 2013
5 p.m. - S Girijashankar (Vocal), K J Dileep (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Compositions of Arunachala Kavi. R Surya Prakash - Vocal, V Sanjeev - Violin, Tanjore Kumar - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 10, 2013
5 p.m. - Sreesha & Sreeusha (Mandolin), K S Ramana (Mridangam), B Subbarao (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Compositions of Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayya. Dr Rajshri Ramakrishna - Vocal, S Nithyasree - Veena, Srividya Sriram - Violin, Guru Ragavendra - Mridangam

Contact Chennai Fine Arts at phone: +91 8939504030, Email: chitravina@gmail.com

November 04, 2013

Kalarasana's Season 2013

Kalarasana is hosting their season's concerts at Tapovan Hall, Chinmaya Heritage Centre, 2, 13th Avenue, Harrington Road, Chetpet, Chennai – 600 031 from last year.

The Schedule:

December 14, 2013
6.15 p.m. - N. Vijaysiva (Vocal)

December 15, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath (Vocal)

December 22, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Vocal)

December 25, 2013
6.15 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal)

December 28, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal)

December 29, 2013
6.15 p.m. - T.M. Krishna (Vocal)

January 1, 2014
6.15. p.m. – U. Shrinivas (Mandolin)

January 2, 2014
6.15 p.m. – S. Sowmya (Vocal)

For season tickets and daily tickets, contact Kalarasana at +91 44 24939539

Mudhra's Fine Arts Festival from Dec. 6

Mudhra's 19th Fine Arts Festival begins on Dec. 6 and will go on till Jan. 5, 2014.
On the inaugural day, mridangam exponent Umayalpuram K Sivaraman will be presented with Mudhra Award of Excellence.

Venue: Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School Campus,
31, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017

Dec. 6, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam (Nadaswaram)
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. - Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), Tirupunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam), Pramath Kiran

Dec. 7, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Palghat R. Ramprasad (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 8, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Drama - Nallathor Veenai by Sreevathson

Dec. 9, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal), H.K. Venkatram (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 11, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2013
6.15 p.m. -  Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), Mudhra Bhaskar (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2013
6.15 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin)
V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mrdangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2013
6.15 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2013
6.15 p.m. -  T.M. Krishna (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2013
6.15 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Priya Sisters (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2013

6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Vibrations - Ensemble led by Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam & Konnakol B.V.Ragavendra Rao - 5 String Violin Ravi Shankar - Keyboard & Vocal S.R.Janardhan - Double Guitar & Mandolin N.Guruprasad - Ghatam N.Sundar - Tabla & Morsing Drummer Sridhar - Western Drums

Dec. 20, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Jugalbandi: Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), Rakesh Chaurasia (Flute), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)

Dec. 21, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 22, 2013

Talent Promotion concerts:
9.00 a.m. -  Varnams over three centuries
Mysore Sangeetha (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), B. Srivatsan (Mridangam)

10.15 a.m. -  Compositions of Mayuram Vedanayakam Pillai
Kamakoti Sisters (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Sai Nivedhan (Mridangam)

11.30 a.m. - Kritis on Kamakshi by various composers
Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan (Mridangam)

12.45 p.m. - Popular songs of women trinity
Meghana Moorthy (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), S. Karthick Narayanan (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. - RTP - Trikala Trinadai Triraga Pallavi
M. Raginisri (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), P.V. Srivatsa (Mridangam)

3.15 p.m. - Rare kritis of Trinity
Thanmayi Krishnamurthy (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), Sai Sarangan (Mridangam)

6.15 p.m. - Vandadhu Singam : Dushyant Sridhar (Upanyasam), Villivakkam S. Raghuraman (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)

Dec. 23, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Raga Anubhavam : Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Vocal), Salem Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Vocal), Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), Deekshita Venkataraman (Vocal), Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 24, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Udupi Sridhar (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Bhakthi Sangeet by Komaragiri Madhu Mohan
6.15 p.m. -  O.S. Arun (Vocal), Chandrasekar (Harmonium), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Ganapathy (Tabla), Kalai Selvan (Thalam)

Dec. 26, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (Morsing)

Dec. 27, 2013

6.15 p.m. - "Prahlada Charitram" Upanyasam by Visakha Hari. Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, H.S.Sudhindra - Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2013

Talent Promotion concerts
9.00 a.m. - GNB Compositions R. Kalpalathika (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)

10.15 a.m. - Theme: Sri Rangam - Vikram K. Raghavan (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh S. Narayanan (Mridangam)

11.30 a.m. - Compositions of Muthuswami Dikshitar on Tiruvarur - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)

12.45 p.m. - Compositions of the Sastri family -
Gokul Chandramouli Iyer (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Palayamkottai B. Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. - Kritis on Lord Shiva - Ranjani Sivakumar (Vocal),
Pappu Gyandev (Violin), P.B.V. Krishnamachari (Mridangam)

4.30 p.m. -  P. Gnanavarathan (Flute), Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Erode Nagaraj (Mridangam)

7.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 29, 2013

Talent promotion concerts
9.00 a.m. - Compositions of Papanasam Sivan -
S.J. Jananiy (Vocal), Suresh Babu (Violin), K. Parthasarathy (Mridangam)

10.15 a.m. - One raga one kriti - Rathipriya (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), V. Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)

11.30 a.m. - Compositions of Marimutha Pillai - Aishwarya Madhavan (Vocal), Srividhya R.S. Iyer (Violin), Trichy G. Arvindh (Mridangam)

12.45 p.m. - Compositions of Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavathar - Madurai N. Sivaganesh (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Ganeshkumar (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. - Guruvandanam - Krishna Ramarathinam (Vocal), Kovai S. Chandran (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)

3.15 p.m. - Tamil compositions - Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), Calcutta Venkatram (Mridangam)

6.15 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Jyotsna Srikanth (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Tirupunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2013
6.15 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2013
6.15 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), Mysore M. Nagaraj (Violin), Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Jan. 1, 2014
9.45 a.m. - Sthree Thyagaraja Pancharathnam - by 60 women artists

6.45 p.m. - Drama by Venkat - Irandam Rahasyam - UAA’s Y.Gee.Mahendra

Jan. 2, 2014
6.30 p.m. - Acharya Devo Bhava - Thematic group presentation by Roja Kannan

Jan. 3, 2014
6.30 p.m. - Kaladiksha's Lahari – Flood of divine bliss – a thematic presentation by Smt.Meenakshi Chittranjan and disciples

Jan. 4, 2014
6.30 p.m. - Bharathakshetra's Sri Vijaya Gopala - Thematic group presentation by J.Suryanarayanamurthy

Jan. 5, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Four hour concert - Mahathi (Vocal) B.V.Raghavendra Rao (Violin) B.Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

For tickets contact Mudhra at New No.26, Rama Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600034.
Ph: 28264493 Mob: 9840072821 Email : mudhrasabha@gmail.com

Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru - 2013

Lakshman Sruthi conducts a music festival with rendition of Pancharatna Kritis in an ambiance like Thiruvaiyaru every year.
This year the festival will begin on Dec. 18 and go on till Dec. 25.

Venue: Kamarajar Arangam, Anna Salai, Chennai 18

The Schedule:

Dec. 18, 2013

11.45 a.m. - Mohandas (Nadaswaram)
4.00 p.m. - Pancha ratna kritis group singing led by Vidwan P S Narayanaswamy
5.30 p.m. - Birju Maharaj - Kathak
7.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Udayaluy Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Prathiksha - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - R. Prasanna - Guitar
1.00 p.m. - RaginiSri & Madhu Iyer - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Haricharan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena

Dec. 20, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Desa Mangayarkarasi - Devotional Discourse
9.00 a.m. - Colours of India - Dance. Curated by Churchill Pandian
10.30 a.m. - K V Prasad - Vocal
1.00 p.m. -
2.45 p.m -
4.45 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal

Dec. 21, 2013

7.00 a.m. - Cuddalore Gopi - Thyagaraja Vaibhavam - Sampradaya Bhajan
9.00 a.m. -  Shanthi Suresh - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
1.00 p.m.- Vithisha - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. -  Nirumala Rajasekar (Veena), Gaurav Majumdhar (Sitar), Rakeash Chaurasia (Flute)
4.45 p.m. -
7.30 p.m. - Karthick (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Thamal Ramakrishnan - Devotional Discourse
9.00 a.m. - Sudhar & Sheran (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - 'Mahanadhi' Shobana Vignesh - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Ragavan - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Sri Mahaganapathy - thematic dance by Krishnakumari Narendran & group
4.45 p.m. - P Unnikrishnan (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Vijay Prakash (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2013
7.00 a.m. -  Anantha Padmanabachariar - Upanyasam
9.00 a.m. - Mahalakshmi - Bharatanatyam
10.30 a.m. - Gayathri Venkatraghavan - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Saindhavi - Vocal
2.45 p.m. -
4.45 p.m. -
7.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone)

Dec. 24, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Kovai Jayaraman - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Vinaya & Suchitra - Vocal
10.30 a.m. - Lalitha & Nandini - Violin Duet
1.00 p.m. - Swarnamalya - Bharatanatyam
2.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 25, 2013
7.00 a.m. - Tukaram Ganapathy Maharaj - Namasankeerthanam
9.00 a.m. - Subadhra Marimuthu - Bharathanatyam-Jugalbandhi
10.30 a.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal
1.00 p.m. - Dr. R Ganesh - Vocal
2.45 p.m. - Shoba Chandrasekar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Parveen Sultana - Hindustani Vocal
7.30 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Daily and season tickets are available online at http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/chennaiyil-thiruvaiyaru/index2013.asp

November 03, 2013

The Music Academy - Season 2013


The 87th annual conference and concerts of the Music Academy begins on Dec. 15, 2013 and will go on till Jan. 1, 2014

Hon'ble Chief Justice of India P. Sathasivam will inaugurate the conference on Dec. 15 at 5 p.m.

The Schedule:

Dec. 15, 2013
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Kalyanapuram K.G. Srinivasan & Party (Nadaswaram)
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. - Bombay Sisters – Sangita Kalanidhi C. Saroja & Sangita Kalanidhi C. Lalitha (Vocal Duet), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), K.R.Ganesh (Mridangam), Madipakkam A.Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2013
9.15 a.m. - T.K.R. Ayyappan & T.K.R. Meeenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram), Thirunageswaram T.R. Subramaniam (Tavil), Thirukadaiyur T.G. Babu (Tavil)
12 Noon - Vishnudev Namboothri (Vocal), B. Vittala Rangan (Violin), Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Trivandrum Dr. Baby Sriram (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin).
Mandapakka Nagalakshmi (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - R. Surya Prakash (Vocal), Mullaivasal S. Chandramouli (Violin). Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Malaikkottai R.M. Deenadayalan (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m. - Emani Kalyani Lakshmi Narayanan (Veena), Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam), Pudukkottai Ramachandran (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Rama Ravi (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Trivandrum R Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Bangalore Rajasekhar (Moharsing)
12 Noon - Revathy Kumar (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Akshay Anantha Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - C.S.Sajeev (Vocal), Priya Hariharan (Violin), Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam), S.Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
4.15 p.m. - Sumitra Vasudev (Vocal), Nalina Mohan (Violin), Shertalai R. Anantha Krishnan (Mridangam), Payyanur T.Govinda Prasad (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m. - Manda Sudha Rani (Vocal), B.V.Raghavendra Rao (Violin), H.S.Sudhindra (Mridangam), Udipi Balakrishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Udaiyalur K.Kalyanaraman - Namasankeerthanam, Tiruvathirai day - Siva Mahimai
12 Noon - Ashwin Anand (Veena), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), S. Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
1.45 p.m. - Usha Padmanabhan (Vocal), Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Vallangaiman K.Thiagarajan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Chitra & Vijayalakshmi (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), B.Ganapathyram (Mridangam), K.S.Rangachary (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Mannarkoil J.Balaji (Mridangam), N.Somayajulu (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Neela Ramgopal (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam), Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Moharsing)
12 Noon - R.Karthik Narayanan (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), V.S.Raghavan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - G.Srikanth (Vocal), S.P.Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), A.V.Manikandan (Mridangam), Nerkunam S.Manikandan (Moharsing)
4.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal), Shertalai R.Sivakumar (Violin), M.T.Rajakesari (Mridangam), B.N.Chandramouli (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - A.Kanyakumari & Embar S.Kannan (Violin Duet), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), V.Anirudh Atreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 20, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi Sikkil Neela and Mala Chandrasekhar (Flute Duet), V.V.Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Madirimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam),
E.M.Subramanyam (Ghatam), Srirangam R.Kannan (Moharsing)
12 Noon - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), Bombay V.Anand (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), B.K.Raghu (Violin), Trivandrum G. Babu (Mridangam), Vazhappally Krishnakumar (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - K.Gayathri (Vocal), Dr. Nishanth Chandran (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Nanganallur S.Swaminathan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Suresh Vaidyanathan (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2013
9.15 a.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy T. Sankaran (Mridangam), Suresh Vaidyanathan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Vijay B. Natesan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal), Akkarai Sornalatha (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Nityasree Mahadevan (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - N. Ravi Kiran (Chitraveena), Mysore Manjunath (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam), A.S. Krishnan (Moharsing)

Dec. 22, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi R. Vedavalli (Vocal), R.K. Shriram Kumar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Swarna Rethas (Vocal), Sivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), Nirmal Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - D.B. Aswin (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam), Balaji Chandran (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Amrita Murali (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)

Dec. 23, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Balu Raghuram (Violin), Thanjavur Subramaniam (Mridangam), D.V. Venkata Subramanyam (Ghatam)
12 Noon - S. Maalavika (Vocal), Uday Kiran (Violin), Aswin Sridhar (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Pattabhiram Pandit (Vocal), Adhiti Krishnaprakash (Violin), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (Mridangam), Phanindra Bhaskara (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - U. Srinivas (Mandolin), S.D. Sridar (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), E.M. Subramanyam (Ghatam), Selvaganesh (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), G.Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

Dec. 24, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam), Tirukkarakara Y.N. Shantaram (Kanjira)
12 Noon - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Nellai V. Srikrishnan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R. Ambika Prasad (Violin), K.U. Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam), Udupi Srikanth (Kanjira)
4.15 p.m. - Savita Narasimhan (Vocal), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subramanyam (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Dec. 25, 2013

9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi T.N. Krishnan, Viji Natarajan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthy (Violin), Srivanchiam R. Sriram (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha (Vocal Duet), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), Tumkur Sasishankar (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuram (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Atreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N.Renganatha Sarma (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), Coimbatore V. Mohanram (Ghatam), Tirukkannapuram J. Sowrirajan (Moharsing)

Dec. 26, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi R.K. Srikantan (Vocal), S. Rama Kanth (Vocal Support), Sriram Parasuram (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram Dr. K.Sivaraman (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal), K.V. Krishna (Violin), Ranjani Venkatesh (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekhar (Veena), Peravali Jayabhaskar (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
4.15 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravi Kumar (Vocal), Delhi Sundararajan (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam), Alathur T. Raja Ganesh (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 27, 2013

9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi Trichur V. Ramachandran (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Thanjavur K Murugaboopathi (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), V. Giridhari (Violin), M. Sridhar (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Salem R. Sriram (Vocal), Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Ramesh Srinivasan - USA (Mridangam), V. Sai Subramaniam (Moharsing)
4.15 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sreevalsan J. Menon (Vocal), Edapally Ajitkumar (Violin), Nanjil Arul (Mridangam), Kottayam Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 28, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Mysore M. Nagaraj (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), B. Sree sundarkumar (Kanjira)
12 Noon - Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), B.C. Manjunath (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan(Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira), R. Raman (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), Anoor Anantakrishna Sharma (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Sangita Kalanidhi Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Bangalore N. Amrit (Kanjira)
12 Noon - Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin),
Sumesh S. Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy T. Sankaran (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 30, 2013

9.15 a.m. - Prabhavathy Ganesan (Veena), Thanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Prarthana Sai Narasimhan (Vocal), Mathur R. Srinidhi (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - Nisha P Rajagopal (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Shankar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2013
9.15 a.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), A.S. Shankar (Ghatam)
12 Noon - Savita Sreeram (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Karra Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - V.K. Raman (Flute), C.N. Thyagaraju (Violin), P. Kirupakaran UK (Mridangam), T.A. Ramanujan (Moharsing)
4.15 p.m. - Kunnakkudi Balamurali Krishna (Vocal), H.K. Venkatram (Violin), Ananta R. Krishnan (Mridangam), Vyasa Vittala (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Hindustani Music - Manjusha Patil (Vocal), Shriram Hasabnis (Harmonium), Mayank Bedekar (Tabla)

Jan. 1, 2014
9.15 a.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), M.L.N. Raju (Mridangam), Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
3.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Kancheepuram Shanmugasundaram (Nadaswaram), Ayyampettai A.T. Haridas (Nadaswaram), Ammapettai M. Parthiban (Tavil), Tindivanam C.V. Saravanan (Tavil)
5.00 p.m. - Sadas
7.00 p.m. - Special Programme - mRttikA vaibhava - Percussion Ensemble
Led by Suresh Vaidyanathan

For season tickets and daily tickets, please contact The Music Academy, Madras, New No. 168 (Old No. 306), T.T.K. Road, Chennai - 600 014
Phone : +91-44-2811 2231 / +91-44-2811 5162
email : music@musicacademymadras.com
web site: www.musicacademymadras.in