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December 19, 2013

Special thematic concerts at Madhuradhwani

A special thematic concerts are hosted by Madhuradhwani on Dec. 21 and 22 at Arkay Convention Centre, RH Road, Mylapore.

Here are the details:

Dec. 21, 2013 - Saturday
9.30 am - 11.00 am : Lalitha Ravi - dance music forms. H V Raghuram - Violin, Surya Subramaniam - Mridangam"

11.00 am - 12 30 pm : Savita Sriram - Music & Spirituality. Karaikal Venkata Subramnaiam - Violin, M S Venkarsubramanian - Mridangam

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm : Kruthi Bhatt (Lalgudi Jayaramn's Compostion). Kamalakiran - Violin, Sriram Natarajan - Mridangam, Balaji Chandran - Ghatam

3.30 pm - 5.00 pm : Tiruvarur Girish - Dhanammal bani. Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Poovalur Sriji - Mridangam

5.00 pm - 7.00pm : Kiranavali Vidyasankar - Traditional tukkadas. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm : Suguna Varadachari - Tribute to Saint Tyagaraja by other composers.

Dec. 22, 2013 - Sunday

9.30 am - 11.00 am : Uday Shankar - lec dem on slide-flute instrument - Chitravenu

11.00 am - 12 30 pm : Shankaran Mahadevan - T R S Bani. S P Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, Ram Sriram - Mirdangam

2.00 pm - 3.30 pm : Vishal Sapuram- Rakthi Ragas. Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin, Surya Ravi Ganesh - Mridangam

3.30 pm - 5.00 pm - Bhargavi Balasubramanian - OVK compositions. Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin, R Sankaranarayanan - Mirdangam

5.00 pm - 7.00pm: V K Manimaran - Gopalakrishna Bharathi. Shertalai Shivakumar - Violin, H S Sudeendra - Mridangam

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm : Neela Ramgopal - Shastris of Music. Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam

All concerts will be live on web link
http://www.arkayconventioncenter.in/videos.aspx

December 17, 2013

eAmbalam presents SaMaaGaMa 2013

eAmbalam presents, SaMaaGaMa 2013

Festival Starts on 20th Dec 2013 to 22nd Dec 2013

Three days of various Events taking place all at one place, packed with Fusion concerts, Bharatha Natyam, Jugalbandhi, Harikatha, Hindhusthani concerts and many more.

For full Program schedule please visit http://www.ambalam.org/samaagamaa/shows.php#evening

Venue: Nageshwara Park, Luz, Mylapore

Contact: 44 4301 6555


December 15, 2013

Pocket reference Guide for all Musicians & Dancers...

Photo by L. Baba Prasad

If you want to find the Raga for a particular Song, Name of the Composer for particular KRITI, this is a MUST HAVE RIG-3 (Raga Identification Guide-3) compiled by K. Balasubramaniam.  You can call 044- 24992474/ 9444525765

December 07, 2013

A compact guide to the 'season'

With Mylapore Fine Arts Club opening its December season today, the concerts have grown in number to two dozens a day. To guide you through the 'season', S. Kannan comes up with a pocket sized programme booklet, fully supported by the textile king Nalli.

Photo & content by L. Baba Prasad

Organised date-wise, this guide lists all the concerts that happen between Dec. 1 and mid-January.
You can pick up the booklet from all the Nalli outlets - Panagal Park - T. Nagar, Nageshwaran Road, T. Nagar, Kasturiba Nagar, Adyar, 2nd Avenue, Anna Nagar and Narada Gana Sabha Foyer Stall (Afternoon)

December 05, 2013

Brahma Gana Sabha opens its December festival

Dec. 3 is almost  a fixed date for Brahma Gana Sabha to begin their season's concerts every year. The inauguration also marks the presentation of awards as in many other sabhas. The 'Padmam' titles are given away to senior artistes in music, dance and drama.

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

This is also the day for release of the small programme guided for the rasikas.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam has published the video recording of his award acceptance speech in his YouTube channel. Watch it here.

The evening concerts are ticketed. The concerts by young artistes during the afternoon are open to all.
Check out Brahma Gana Sabha's schedule here - http://www.chennaidecemberseason.com/2013/12/brahma-gana-sabha-december-art-festival.html


December 04, 2013

The TAPAS Sangeetha - Natya Festival 2013

Here is yet another sabha and venue to add to the December mega music season.
The Tapas Sangeetha-Natya Festival is hosted by the Tapas Academy. The concerts are open to all. But you need to obtain a Kutcheri / season pass to attend the concerts. Contact 89392 89798 for passes.

Venue: Tatvaloka Auditorium, Eldams Road, Chennai - 18

The schedule:

Dec. 16, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Balaganesan & Bageswari - nadaswaram
6.45 p.m. - S. R. Veeraraghavan - Vocal

Dec. 17, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Bhavadhaarini Anantharaman - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - B. Govindarajan - Vocal

Dec. 18, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Awards - Maha Tapasvi to T.N. Seshagopalam, Vidhya Tapasvi to Dr. R. ganesh and Dr. Ananda Sankar Jayant
6.45 p.m. - T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 19, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswananthan (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 20, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy (Lec-dem)
6.45 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Uma & Radhika

Dec. 21, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Sriram parthasarathy (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Sunil Gagryan (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi (Lec-dem)
6.45 p.m. - Sowmya Srinivasan (Vocal)

Dec. 24, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Saaswati Prabhu (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Tirumala brothers - Rangachari & Embar Kasturi

Dec. 25, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Pragathy Guruprasad (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal)

Dec. 26, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatesh (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Sashikiran & P. Ganesh

Dec. 27, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Kanchana Rajesh (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - S.P. Ramh (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Kalakad Brothers Thiagarajan & Srinivasan

Dec. 30, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Deekshitha Venkataraman (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2013
5.15 p.m. - Lavanya Sundaram (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - M. Nandini (Violin) & Sahana Banerjee (Sitar) - Jugalbandhi

The Tapas Natya Festival will be held at
T.N. Rajarathinam Pillai Muthamizh Peravai, Durgabai
Deshmukh Road, Chennai - 28

The schedule:

Jan. 2, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Sairam Krishnaswamy (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Dato' Ramli Ibrahim (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 3, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Shruthi Ram Mohan (Bharathanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Baladevi Chandrashekar (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 4, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Manasa Sriram (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Anuradha Sridhar & Sridhar (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 5, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Divya Haripadman (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Melattur Mali & troupe (Bhagavatha Mela)

Jan. 6, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Deepika Shanthakumar (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Narthaki Nataraj (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 7, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Murugashankari Leo Prabhu (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Sadanam Balakrishnan (Kathakali)

Jan. 8, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Ashwin Kumar Iyer (Lecture)
7.15 p.m. - V.P. Dhananjayan & Shantha Dhananjayan ( Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 9, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Uma Govind (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Swathy Somnath (Kuchipudi)

Jan. 10, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Jisha Sanil (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Jigyasa Giri (Kathak)

Jan. 11, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Lavanya Rathnaswamy (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Gopika Varma (Mohiniattam)

Jan. 12, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Dhanya Poduval (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Mahalakshmi Ashwin (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 13, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Vijay (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Kavitha Ramu (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 14, 2014
5.45 p.m. - Kruthika Jayakumar (Bharatanatyam)
7.15 p.m. - Priya Murle (Bharatanatyam)

Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy - 2013

As a part of the cultural activities of Meenakshi College for Women, this academy has been hosting music concerts during the December season for 12 years now.

The concerts are held at the KRS Auditorium. Meenakshi College for Women, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai - 24. Phone: 24725466

This year's festival will begin today (Dec. 4, 2013) and will be inaugurated by Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna.

The Schedule:

Dec. 4, 2013
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration
6.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal)

Dec. 5, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Janardhan Mitta (Sitar), Rimpa Siva (Tabla)
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal)

Dec. 6, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Rajini Hariharan (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Shyamala Venkateswaran (Vocal)

Dec. 7, 2013
11.30 a.m. - M.R. Subramaniam (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena)

Dec. 8, 2013
6.00 p.m. - Trichur V Ramachandran

Dec. 9, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - A.K.C. Natarajan (Clarinet)

Dec. 10, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Bhooma Kasturi (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal)

Dec. 11, 2013
11.30 a.m. - B. Sudha (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal)

Dec. 12, 2013
11.30 a.m. - K. Varsha (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Gopalan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 13, 2013
11.30 a.m. - R. Umashree (Mandolin)
6.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters (Vocal)

Dec. 14, 2013
11.30 a.m. - R. Vaishnavee (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal (Vocal)

Dec. 15, 2013
6.00 p.m. - Shobana Ramesh (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 16, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Gayathri Chandrasekar (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Sharada Ilango (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 17, 2013
11.30 a.m. - N. Harish (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Balagurunathan (Vocal)

Dec. 18, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Geetha Bennett (Veena)
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal)

Dec. 19, 2013
11.30 a.m. - Radha Bhaskar (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 20, 2013
11.30 a.m. - T.V.K. Vikasa Ramadas (Mandolin)
6.00 p.m. - Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 21, 2013

11.30 a.m. - Salem R. Sriram (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Divya Kasturi (Kathak)

Season Tickets Sold out at The Music Academy and Narada Gana Sabha

In The HIndu's special supplement  - Curtain raiser to the Chennai Festival, that came out on Dec. 1, as usual,  it was mentioned that the Season Tickets sales at the Music Academy will commence at the venue on Dec. 2 at 9 a.m. It was an open call to all those who wish to be at one place and listen to the best of the 'season'.

The regular concert goers in Chennai city picked up this small print below the schedule of The Music Academy in the Hindu's last page lined up at the Academy from 6 a.m. onwards. They were given tokens and made to sit in the lobby and the season tickets were issued. Around 300 people were present early in the morning.

Now, another favourite venue for concerts, Narada Gana Sabha has put up a typewritten notice on one of its pillar in the lobby - 'Season Tickets are sold out and no enquiries please!'

Season is picking up in Chennai. After Bhavan's festival, Bharat Kalachar and Kartik Fine Arts opened on Dec. 1. Brahma Gana Sabha has kept its date for Dec. 3 and the concerts are on from today. Chennai Cultural Academy (earlier known as Nungambakkam Cultural Academy and Mudhra will begin on Dec. 6.

The rasikas have a lot in the plates before them for December.

December 02, 2013

Brahma Gana Sabha December Art Festival 2013

Venue: Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium (M.Ct.M School), Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004

Season tickets - Rs. 10000, Rs. 8000, Rs. 6000, Rs. 4000 and Rs. 2500. Also daily tickets are available at the counter.
Contact Brahma Gana Sabha at 9444 44767 or 98410 70390.

The Schedule:

Dec. 3, 2013
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Sembnarkoil SRGS Mohandoss & Party
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration gollowed by K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), Padma Shankar (Violin), J. Vidyanathan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 4, 2013
2.15 p.m. - Bhooma Kasthuri (Vocal), Amritharaj (Violin), M.L. Vadiraj (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 5, 2013
2.15 p.m. - Sattur Sisters - Bhuvana Rajagopal & Lalitha Santhanam(Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), R. Sriganesh (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Dr. S. Sundar (Vocal), Pakkala Ramadas (Violin), Tanjore Ramdoss (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 6, 2013
2.15 p.m. - Shraddha Mohan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - R. Prasanna (Guitar), J. Vaidhyanathan , (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 7, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Vishaal Sapuram (Chitravina), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), S. Karthick Narayanan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - K. Gayatri (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m.  - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 8, 2013
1.00 p.m. - N.S. Aruna (Vocal),S.R. Priyamvadaa (Violin), Krithivasan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Malavika Sundar (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. -  Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 9, 2013
2.15 p.m. - S.M. Vilasini (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. -  T.S. Sankaran & J.A. Jayanth (Flute), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam)

Dec. 10, 2013
2.15 p.m. - Pavan Rangachar (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Saashwathi Prabhu (Vocal), M. Vijayaganesh (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram (Violin)

Dec. 11, 2013
2.15 p.m. - Sowmya Sudarshan (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. -  Sushma Somasekharan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 12, 2 013
2.15 p.m. -  Dr. Sanjay Subramaniam (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthi (Violin), Arvind Venkataraman (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Radha Badri (Vocal), T.K. Padmanabhan (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam), G. Vijayaraghavan (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2013
1.00 p.m. - R. Madhu (Vocal), Villivakkam S. Raghuraman (Violin), G. Karthik (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Madurai R. Sundar (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthi (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Avaneeswaram S.R. Vinu (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam)

Dec. 14, 2013
1.00 p.m. - S. Gokulakrishnan (Vocal), S. Ganesh (Violin), A. Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Thiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal), R. Ambika Prasad (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), B. Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 15, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Apoorva & Anahita (Vocal), R. Shyam (Violin), S. Raghunandan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. -  L.V. Mukund, Trivandrum Padmesh, Ajith Ranganathan, Sathwa Srinath, Nikhil Narayan (Flute), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. -  Palghat R. Ramprasad (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - Priya Sisters (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B. Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 16, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. -  Rithvik Raja (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. -  Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2013
1.00 p.m. - K. Mahathi (Keyboard), K.G. Rajesh (Violin), Vaideeswarankoil V.Parthasarathy (Mridangam), Ammangudi S. Ramnarayanan (Ghatam)
2.15 p.m. - K. Vrinda Acharya (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), Sunil Subramanya (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. -  Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam)

Dec. 18, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Surya Murugesh (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan (Vocal), M.P. Adithya (Violin), B. Saishankar (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - R. Raghavendra (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2013
1.00 p.m. -  N. Jayakrishnan (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Guru Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. -  Gayathri Mahesh (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam (Mridangam)

Dec. 20, 2013
1.00 p.m. -  Abinaya Shenbagaraj (Vocal), S.V. Sudarsan (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - G. Abilash (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthi (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - Sarada Karthik (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. -  Rajesh Vaidya (Veena), Karaikurichi Mohanram (Mridangam), D. Chandrajit (Tabla), Karukurichi N. Subramanian (Ghatam), Tenkasi Paramasivam (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2013
1.00 p.m. -  Aravind Sridhar (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), T. Shyamsunder (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Aiswarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. -  Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachari (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Thirukkovilur Babu & Kumar (Nadaswaram), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Thavil), Tirunageswaram T.R. Subramanian (Thavil)

Dec. 22, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Sruthi S. Kumar (Vocal), B. Vittalrangan (Violin), M.L. Vadiraj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. -  Thoppur B. Sairam (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Valangaiman K. Thyagarajan (Mridangam)
3.45 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), Trivandrum N. Sampath (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 23, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthi (Violin), Srivanchiam R. Sriram (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. -  Lavanya Sundhararaman (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin), P.V. Srivatsa (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. -  Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 24, 2013
1.00 p.m. - Madhav Iyengar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Gayathri Satya (Vocal), Shiva Ramamurthi (Violin), Arjun Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Chittaranjan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 25, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Dr. Sudha Seshayan (Discourse)
1.00 p.m. -  Amrith Narayan (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Raghavasimhan (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), S.D. Sridhar (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Tripaada - thematic Bharathnatyam - Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy

Dec. 26, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Rukmini Kalyanam - Bhagavatha Mela by
Melattur Mali
1.00 p.m. - Roopa Sastri (Vocal), Sai Rakshit (Violin), V. Prashanth (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. -  Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Prof. C.V. Chandrashekhar (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 27, 2013
10.00 a.m. -  Padam & Javali by Hyderabad Brothers (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - J.K. Yoga Keertana (Vocal), Harini Rajasekar (Violin), L. Subramanian (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Radhika Rajesh (Vocal), Sandhya Srinath (Violin), Srinath Bala (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  H.H. Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma (Vocal), Avaneeswaram S.R. Vinu (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Manjoor Unnikrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Kuchipudi by Vasanthalakshmi and M.V. Narasimhachari

Dec. 28, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Kannanudan Oru Naal - Oothukkadu Kritis & Pasurams by Ambujam Vedantham
1.00 p.m. - Pragathi Guruprasad (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Sivagangai K. Vishvak (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Sidharth Sriram (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), K.S. Ramana (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Viswanathan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 29, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Parallel Strings by Anil Srinivasan (Piano) and
Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena)
1.00 a.m. - Janani Purna Pushkala Iyer (Vocal), Sahana Vasudevan (Violin), Gopal Ravindran (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Raghavasimhan (Violin), S. Pandurangaa (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Trivandrum N. Sampath (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Guruprasanna (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Nrithyalakshana by A. Lakshman

Dec. 30, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Sivamayam - Musical discourse by Suguna Purushothaman
1.00 p.m. -  Kamya Sankar and Keerthana Sankar (Vocal), S.V. Sudarsan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam)
2.15 a.m. - Savita Sreeram (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Bragha Bessel (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 31, 2013
10.00 a.m. - Nachiar Thirumozhi - Upanyasam by Zakir Hussain
1.00 p.m. - Praveena Arjun Thodge (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Pushpa Kannan (Vocal), Sivakami Narayanan (Violin), R. Rajesh (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. -  Maruthi TN 5221- Dushyant Sridhar (Harikatha)

Documentary Film Festival - Dec. 1 to 8, 2013

Panuval Book Stores in Tiruvanmiyur has come up with a different idea to celebrate the 'season'. Screening of documentary films on musicians & dancers.
There are a couple of films on artistes produced and are available on sale. They are rarely screened for the public. The book store has gathered these films and screening them for a week. Daily at 5.30 p.m.

Venue: Panuval Book Store, 112, Tiruvalluvar Salai (Upstairs:Viswadhara Silks), Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 41. Phone: 4310 0442, 9382853646

Dec. 1, 2013
Hamsa Geete (film)

Dec. 2, 2013
Ayaradha Saadhanai on A.K.C. Natarajan

Dec. 3, 2013
Carnatic Musician of the Era on Manakkal S. Rangarajan

Dec. 4, 2013
Bala on Balasaraswati

Dec. 5, 2013
Siddheswari on Siddheswari Devi

Dec. 6, 2013
Isai Vaseekaran on G.N. Balasubramaniam

Dec. 7, 2013
Arar Asaippadar on Sanjay Subramaniam

Dec. 8, 2013
Sakala Kala Acharyar S Rajam

December 01, 2013

Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam 2013 schedule

Venue: Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School campus, RA Puram, Chennai - 28

Dec. 2, 2013
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam) - Theme: Sangeethamum Arogyamum

Dec. 3, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - T.M. Krishna (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 4, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira) - Theme: Thamizhukkum Amudhenru Per

Dec. 5, 2013
5.00 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. -  S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) - Theme: Swati Tirunal Vaibhavam

Dec. 6, 2013
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. -  Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli Venkatesh (Mridangam) - Theme: Divya Prabandham

Dec. 7, 2013
5.00 p.m. -  Tukaram Ganapathy Maharaj (Namasankeerthanam)
6.30 p.m. -  Priya Sisters (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira) - Theme: Atma Gnanam, Brahma Gnanam

Dec. 8, 2013
4.15 p.m. -  Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira) - Theme: Arulvay Guhane
6.30 p.m. -  Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Namasankeerthanam)

Dec. 9, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira) - Theme: Amma

Dec. 10, 2013
5.00 p.m. -  R. Suryaprakash (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. -  N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R. Hemalatha (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira) - Theme: Endaro Mahanubhavulu

Dec. 11, 2013
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Narmada (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mrdangam) - Theme: Sa Pa Sa

Dec. 12, 2013
5.00 p.m. -  K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam) - Lalgudi Samarpanam

Dec. 13, 2013
5.00 p.m. -  Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. -  T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam) - Theme: Enrum Iniyavai

Dec. 14, 2013
4.15 p.m. -  O.S. Arun (Vocal), Chandrasekar (Harmonium), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Ganapathy (Tabla), Sai Shravanam (Tabla) - Theme: Abhang Malai
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), Pakkala Ramadas (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing) - Irai Ragam

Dec. 15, 2013
4.15 p.m. -  Kalyanapuram Aravamudhachariar (Harikatha) - Thuyya Kulasekaran
6.30 p.m. - Vishakha Hari (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam) - Guruvayurappan Leelai

Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam opens today!

The popular on stage - on air show Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam is celebrating its 15th year this year.
The concerts are open to all on first-come-first-serve basis in seating.

Venue: Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School campus, RA Puram, Chennai - 28

The series starts today with Mangala Isai by Thirumeignanam Brothers at 3 p.m.
4.15 p.m. - E. Gayathri (Veena), Tirunageswaram R.S. Manikandan (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

The concerts are on at the venue till Dec. 16, 2013. They will be aired on Jaya TV from Dec. 16 to 31, 2013.

The schedule will be put up soon here.