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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.

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