November 30, 2015

Narada Gana Sabha - Pre Music Festival 2015

A 11 day pre festival music concerts are held by Narada Gana Sabha from Dec. 1, 2015 to Dec. 11, 2015.
The concerts will be at the mini hall of Narada Gana Sabha.
The concerts are open to all.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2015
4.30 p.m. - G. Ramanathan (Saxophone), Madurai S. Balasubramaniam (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam), Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), K.R. GAnesh (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 2, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal), Dr. Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Trichy K Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 3, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Calcutta Sisters - Kala & Chitra (Vocal), Melakaveri Thiagarajan (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Vocal), Anayampatti Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), B. Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 4, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena), Thirunageswaram Manikandan (Mridangam), K.B. Hariharan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Srinivasan (Veena), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 5, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m - Raji Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Melakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), S. Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 6, 2015
4.30 p.m. - C. Sukanya (Vocal), Poorna Vaidyanathan (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Sai Subramanyam (Morsing)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), Madurai S. Balasubramanian (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 7, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Subha Ganesan (Vocal), Neyveli Radhakrishnan (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Mala Swamy (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)

Dec. 8, 2015
4.30 p.m. - C.R. Vaidyanathan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Raja (Vocal), Dr. Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Mannarkoil J BAlaji (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 9, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Aparna Balaji (Vocal), Durai Swaminathan 9Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam), P. Giridara Prasad (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), Padma Shankar (Violin), Kallidaikurichi (Mridangam), Madipakkm A
Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Shankar Mahadevan (Vocal), C.V. Krishna Subramaniam (Violin), M.S. Venkata subramaniam (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Savitha Sriram (Vocal), Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), m.s. Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam)

Dec. 11, 2015
4.30 p.m. - sumathi Krishnan (Vocal), Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Vocal), Melakaveri Thyagarajan (Violin), Erode S. Nagarajan (Mridangam)

The Mylapore Fine Arts Club Art Festival 2015

The 64th year art festival of The Mylapore Fine Arts Club will be held from Dec. 9, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2016 followed by dance festival running till Jan. 17, 2016. The concerts at 9.20 a.m., 12 noon and 1.30 p.m. are open to all and not ticketed.

Venue: The Mylapore Fine Arts Club, 45, Musiri Subramaniam Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004. Phone: 24997755

Dec. 9, 2015
4.00 p.m. -  Mangala Isai – Nadaswaram
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration and Conferment of Titles
'Sangeetha Kala Nipuna' on Trichy Dr. S. Sankaran
'Nrithya Kala Nipuna' on Jayanthi Subramaniam
Distribution of Prizes to Winners of Music Competition
7.00 p.m. - Nrithyopasana Trust & Shiva Kalalaya present Sri Thanthondri Perumal Vaibhavam - Dance production

Dec. 10, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), M.P. Aditya (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Sai Sundar Padmanabhan (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Rajiv Nagarajan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Ganeshkumar (Violin), - V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - S. Srinivasan (Veena), Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  Raji Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 11, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Madurai M. Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam), Valangaiman Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Ramnath Venkat Bhagavath (Vocal), Giridhari (Violin), Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. -  Aparna Thiagarajan (Vocal), G. Karthik (Violin), Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  Dr. Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Tiruvarur P, Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon -  Anahitha & Apoorva (Vocal), Chidambaram G. Badrinath (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. -  Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), R. Satishkumar (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sikkil Mala Chandrasekaran (Flute), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), B. Srisundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 13, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), N.C.Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Krithika Natarajan (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), Akshayram (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Chaitra Sairam (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - R. Prasanna (Guitar), Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2015
9.30 a.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - R. Arjun Sambasivan & R. Narayanan (Keyboard duet), Vittal Rangan (Violin), B.S. Prasanth (Mridangam), K.R. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
1.30 p.m. - K. Subhiksha (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sundar (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec.15, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Thanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Kalpalathika Ravishankar (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Ganeshkumar (Violin), Calcutta K. Arvind (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Iyer Sisters (Vocal), Raghavasimhan (Violin), Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Nagai R. Muralidharan (Violin Solo), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2015
9.30 a.m. - B. Vijayagopal (Flute), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Aarthi Ananthakrishnan (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Tanjore Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - S.P. Ramh (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - 'Panchali Sabatham' Dance Production based on Mahakavi Subramania Bharathiar Compositions – Music by Rajkumar Bharathi. Choreography and Direction by Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec.17, 2015
9.30 a.m. - D.B. Ashwin (Vocal), Nishant Chandran (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon - Keerthana Shankar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamori (Violin), Vishruth Sudhakar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Maalavika Sundar (Vocal), Priyamvadha Sastri (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Saralaya Sisters - Kavitha & Triveni (Vocal), Nalina Mohan (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Meridangam)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon -  Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Sruthi Sarathy (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - N.J. Nandini (Vocal), Thirucherai R. Karthik (Violin), Vinod Shyam Anoor (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  Sugandha Kalamegam (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - D. Seshachari & D. Raghavachari (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam). H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam),  K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Shruthi Sankarkumar (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - R. Aswath Narayanan (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Trichy S. Sankaran (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2015 
9.30 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Trivandrum N. Sampath (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), S. Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - V.R. Raghav Krishna (Vocal), Thirucherai R. Karthik (Violin), Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthy (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisyters Haripriya & Shanmughapriya (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Delhi V. Muthukumar (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon -  Swetha Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - K. Mahathi (Keyboard), Sanjay Sharma (Violin), Kiran R. Pai (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Raja (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 22, 2015
9.30 a.m. - V. Deepika (Vocal), S.V. Sudarshan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon -  Hariharan Ravi (Vocal), Srithi Sarathy (Violin), Abhinav Seetharaman (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - M. Raginisri (Vocal), Pakala Jayaprakash (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sri Purandaradasar Charithram – Sangeetha Upanyasam by U.Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar – Vocal Support by Melbourne Brothers (R. Raghuveer & R. Narayan) – Talam Support Ms. Sumithra Dushyanth. Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin), Rajiv Nagarajan (Mridangam)

Dec. 23, 2015
9.30 a.m. - N. Harish (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Abhinaya Shenbagaraj (Vocal), Thirumarugal S. Dineshkumar (Violin), Ramkumar (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Aditya Prakash (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Nirmal Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. a.m. -  Amritha Murali (Vocal), B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), H.K. Venkatram (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 24, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Anirudh Bharadwaj (Flute), Shiva Ramamurthi (Violin), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. -  Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), Sathyanarayana Sharma (Violin), Palakad A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashree (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B. Sreesundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 25, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  Akkarai Sisters - S. Subhalakshmi & S. Sornalatha (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - Ashwin Srikanth (Vocal), Shiva Ramamurthi (Violin), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), Nagerkoil Anand (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  Mambalam Sisters - Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam  (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachari (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin), Delhi P. Sunderarajan (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

Dec. 26, 2015 
9.30 a.m. -  Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12.00 Noon -  Madhav Iyengar (Vocal), Kamala Kiran Winjamori (Violin), L. Subramaniam (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute),  K.J. Dilip (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -  R. Suryaprakash (Vocal), Balu Raghuraman (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2015 
9.30 a.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - K.P. Nandini (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Guru Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. -  Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam), Trichy Krishna (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Sashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), B. Shreesundarkumar (KAnjira)
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Vocal), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec.28, 2015 
9.30 a.m. -  Sankar Ramani (Vocal), K.J. Dilip (Violin), Kalakkad Srinivasan (Mridangam), S. Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon - V. Rukmani (Vocal), M. Srikanth (Violin), P.V. Srivatsan (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Easwaran Bhattathri (Vocal), R. Ambikaprasad (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  Deepa - Divya Sisters (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon -  Rathipriya (Vocal), Chidambaram G. Badrinath (Violin), Karthik Ganeshram (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Nirmal Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Madurai R. Sundar (Vocal), Madurai S. Balasubramaniam (Violin), Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2015 
9.30 a.m. -  N. Bhairavi & N. Malavi (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur S. Sankaran (Mridangam)
12.00 Noon -  Akshay Sridhar (Vocal), G. Raghavendra Prasath (Violin), Thirucherai R. Kaushik (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. -  Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Tanjore Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), G. Bharathi (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. -  Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Sriram Bramhanandam (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2015
9.30 a.m. -  Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12.00 Noon -  Manasa Suresh (Vocal), G. Raghavendra Prasath (Violin), Thirucherai R. Kaushik (Mridangam)
1.30 p.m. - Shanthala Subramaniam (Flute), Akkarai S. Sornalatha (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. -  Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Jan. 01, 2016
9.30 a.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Trichy S. Sankaran (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam),
2.00 p.m. - S. Kasturi Rangan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. -  Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Nagai R. Muralidharan (Violin), Tiruvarur P. Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Jan. 02, 2016 
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. M Trisha & Kum.S Dhikshitha - Disciples of Smt. Sheela Unnikrishnan
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Krishnalaxmi - Disciple of Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Shrada Vinod - Disciple of Smt. Srekala Bharath .

Jan. 03, 2016 
4.00 p.m. - Group Bharathanatyam by Students of Sri Lasya Priya School - Guru: Smt. Sridevi Priya Sriram
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by students of Nadanalaya (Australia) - Guru: Smt. Mahalakshmi Aswin
7.15 p.m. - Kuchipudi Dance by Dr. Madhavi Nambudri

Jan. 04, 2016
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. N. Lalitha - Disciple of Smt. Padmalakshmee Suresh
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Pallavi Sriram - Disciple of Smt. Chitra Visweswaran

Jan. 05, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. K.G. Abirami (Lucknow)
5.45 p.m. - Kuchipudi Dance by Smt. Vasanthi Ravi
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Kavitha - Disciple of Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan

Jan. 06, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sri. Arun Mathai (USA) - Disciple of Ms. K.P. Yashoda (Kalashetra Alumnus)
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Sunitta Menghanaani - Disciple of Sri. Sheejith Krishna
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Siri Rama (Singapore)

Jan. 07, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sri. V.N. Balakrishnan
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Anupama Parasuraman - Disciple of Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Anuradha Ramesh - Disciple of Smt. Roja Kannan

Jan. 08, 2016 
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by students of Suda Pradalaya dance School, Bangalore - Guru: Smt. Rama Prasad
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Manasa Sriram - Disciple of Smt. Mahalakshmi Aswin
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy - Disciple of Smt. Chitra Visweswaran

Jan. 09, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Abhinaya Thiagarajan - Disciple of Sri. Pandanallur Pandian
5.45 p.m. - Students of Abhyasa Academy, Coimbatore, presents Kundrakudi Kuravanji - Guru: Smt. Lavanya Shankar
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Amrutha Varshini Hariharan - Disciple of Ms. Kavitha Ramu

Jan. 10, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Pravarthira Balaji - Disciple of Smt. Malini Balaji
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Subhashini Rajagopal - Disciple of Smt. Shantha & Sri. V.P. Dhananjayan
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Students of Ramana Sunrityaalaya - Guru Smt. Ambica Kameshwar

Jan. 11, 2016 
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Soundarya - Disciple of Smt. Suma Mani
7.15 p.m. - Mohiniyattam by Smt. Rashmi Menon - Disciple of Padmashree Kalamandalam K. Shemavathy

Dec. 12, 2016
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Anura King (Singapore) - Disciple of Smt. Shobana Balachandra
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Pavithra Madhuram - Disciple of Smt. Mutharasi

Jan. 13, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Abhirami Srikanth - Disciple of Smt. Sathmiya Sai Prasanth
5.45 p.m. - Kuchipudi by Kum. Bhavana Reddy - Disciple of Sri. Raja Radha Reddy & Smt. Kaushalya Reddy
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. S. Subhashri (Periakulam) - Disciple of Smt. Divyasena

Jan. 14, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Shruthi Raghunathan - Disciple of Smt. Veena Ramakrishnan
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Sri Gayatri Sundarapadmanabhan - Disciple of Sri. Vijay Madhavan
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Jayanthi Srivatsan - Disciple of Smt. Roja Kannan

Jan. 15, 2016 
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Kavya Kasinatha (Bangalore) - Disciple of Sri. Mithun Sayam
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Students of Natya Nrith Academy Guru: Smt. Mrinalini Thyagarajan
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Sai Shruthi Krishnaswamy - Disciple of Smt. Mahalakshmi Aswin

Jan. 16, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kum. Preity Mukundan (Trichy) - Disciple of Smt. Vijaya Mukundan
5.45 p.m. - Kuchipudi by Sri Amarnath Ghosh - Disciple of Smt. Srimayi Vempati
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sri. Sairam Krishnaswamy - Disciple of Smt. Mahalakshmi Aswin

Jan. 17, 2016
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Sowmya Rajaram - Disciple of Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao, Sri. Sheejith Krishna & Bragha Bessel.
7.15 p.m. - Students of Sree Devi Nrithyalaya present Dance Ballet 'Leela Tharanga Margam' - Guru: Smt. Sheela Unnikrishnan

November 29, 2015

Maximum Media - Margazhi Maha Utsavam 2015

Since last year, Maximum media has been hosting Margazhi Maha Utsavam independent of Jaya TV as it used to be in the past. This year, the telecast of the concerts is supported by Sun TV.

The live concerts that start from Dec. 1, 2015 are free for public and the telecast on Sun TV will begin from Dec. 14, 2015. Seats on first-come-first-serve basis.

Venue: Hamsadhwani, Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 20

The schedule:

Dec. 1, 2015
4.25 p.m. - Vaduvur S.N.R. Krishnamoorthy & party - Mangala Isai
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Theme - Ambuja Krishna

Dec. 2, 2015
5.00 p.m. - S.Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal) Theme - Periyasamy Thooran

Dec. 3, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Theme: Nivedanam - Atma nivedanam

Dec. 4, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal) Theme: Rama Darshanam

Dec. 5, 2015
4.25 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan Theme: Ramaswamy Sivan

Dec. 6, 2015
4.25 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanaraman (Namasankeerthanam) Theme - Valli Thirumanam

Dec. 7, 2015
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal) Theme: Krishna leela

Dec. 8, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Vocal) Theme : Anantha koti Namaskaram

Dec. 9, 2015
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal) Theme : Eedal Isai pada vazhdal

Dec. 10, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin duet) Theme: Edipaarppu

Dec. 11, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal) Theme: Bharathiyam

Dec. 12, 2015
4.25 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters (Vocal) Theme: Senthamizh Thenmozhi

Dec. 13, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Vivridh Prasanna (Vocal) - Carnatic Music Idol USA 2014 winner
4.15 p.m. - Thamizh Thyagayyarin Thirai Isaikolam presented by Papanasam Ashok Ramani & Subhasree Thanikachalam. Singers - Haricharan, Saindhavi, Santosh
6.30 p.m. - Visaka Hari (Harikatha) Theme : Mathru devo bhava

Dec. 14, 2015
5.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Theme: Kurai ondumillai

Dec. 15, 2015
4.25 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal)

November 27, 2015

Sreevalsan Menon in the revised schedule of the Academy

In the original schedule released by The Music Academy earlier in September, Sudha Ragunathan's concert was scheduled for Dec. 30, 2015 at 4 p.m. Sudha Ragunathan was requesting the sabhas to cancel her concerts as she was advised rest by her doctors.

In the revised schedule of The Music Academy, Sreevalsan J Menon, a senior disciple of the veteran singer Neyyatinkara Vasudevan replaces Sudha Ragunathan's concert.

November 26, 2015

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Isai Vizha 2015

The 115th year music festival of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will be held from Dec. 13, 2015 to Jan. 1, 2016 followed by a Global Music Festival till Jan. 4, 2016.

Venue: Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4. Phone : 2499 7269 / 2499 1248.

For season tickets, contact the sabha at 100, T.P. Koil Street, Chennai-5. Phone: 044-28441837, 94447 01446

Programme Schedule

Dec. 13, 2015
3.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai
5.00 p.m. - Carnatic Music Choir presented by Students of Dr. Sudha Raja. Conceptualised by K.N. Shashikiran.
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration & Conferring the Awards by His Holiness 108 Sri Subudhendra Thirtha Swamiji of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, Mantralayam.
'Sangeetha Kalasarathy' - Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya.
‘Acharya Kalasarathy' - P.S. Narayanaswamy
‘Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Centenary Award’  - Dr. Radha Viswanathan
7.00 p.m. - T.V. Samkaranarayanan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Srimushnam V.Raja Rao (Mridangam), Bargav Halambi ( Kanjira )

Dec. 14, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo: Sacred Musical Forms : Understanding the concept of Chandam in Thiruppugazh by Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi
10.00 a.m. - Thyagaraja kritis in Namasankeerthanam format by Dr. R. Ganesh & Party
12.30 p.m. - Keerthana Shankar (Vocal), Viswesh Swaminathan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam),  B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - R. Vedavalli (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - V.V. Subramaniam & V.V.S. Murari (Violin duo), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 15, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo: Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam : Sri Papanasam Sivan - A Prolific Composer by Dr. Radha Bhaskar
10.00 a.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira )
12.30 p.m. - Samyukta Ranganathan (Vocal), Parur Harini Srivatsa (Violin),  K. Parthasarathy (Mridangam )
2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur V. Ramachandran (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Srimushnam V. Rajarao (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal),  M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo: Insight of a Composition through a Composers mind by Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Kallidakurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam )
12.30 p.m. - Sharanya Sriram (Vocal), Arjun Dinakar (Violin), Mysore Vadiraj (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Shretalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachadran (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Triplicane K. Sekar (Thavil), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), B. Rajasekar (Morsing)

Dec. 17, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.:  Manodharma Sangeetham : Structure and Development of Tanam by Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), Balu Raghuram (Violin), Udipi Balakrishnan (Mridangam), Trivandram Rajagopal (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Meghana Moorthy (Vocal), Sruti Sarathy (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Smitha Madhav (Vocal), Dorai Balasubramaniam (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - ‘Om Namo Narayanaya' - Thematic Concert by Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachary (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. -  Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Anirudh Atreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo:  'Gayaki Style of Veena’ by Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan. (Programme Dedicated to Veenai Sri. R. Pichumani Iyer)
10.00 a.m. - ‘Musical Tributes to Veenai Legend R. Pichumani Iyer’ by P. Vasantha Kumar (Veena) followed by Iyer Brothers Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer (Veena). Accompaniments : Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin). N.C. Bhardwaj (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sidharth Sriram (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sublime Journey.  Veena-Sitar Jugalbandhi - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Gaurav Mazumdar (Sitar), Tanjore Murugaboopathi (Mridangam),  Chandrajit (Tabla)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriramprasad and Ravikumar (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Tumkur Ravishankar (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. : Raganubhava - Grandeur of Raga Todi by Dr. Sriram Parasuram
10.00 a.m. - R. Suriya Prakash (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran (Vocal), Priyamvada Sastri (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Thiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal), Pudukottai Ambika Prasadh (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  Abishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 20, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.: Raga Lakshna – Understanding of Anuswaram as a basis for life line of Raga Swarupa by Suguna Varadachari
10.00 a.m. - Sandeep Narayanan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal), S.R. Rajashree (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.:  Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam : Mangalampally Dr. Balamuralikrishna Compositions by Prince Rama Varma
10.00 a.m. - Nisha P Rajagopal (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Atreya (Kanjira )
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2015
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. : Evalution of Flute Techniques unique to Carnatic Music by S. Shashank
10.00 a.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Dr. S Karthick (Ghatam )
12.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Savitha Sriram (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Sridhar Chari (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Prince Rama Varma (Vocal), S.R. Vinu (Violin), Harikumar ( (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2015
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Voice Culture Management and Cure – Panel discussion. Chairperson Aruna Sayeeram. Panel : Prof. T. Unnikrishnan, Dr. Prakash Boominathan and Ms. Mayuri Vasan
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Venkatesh (Vocal), M. Rajiv (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira )
12.30 p.m. - G. Abilash (Vocal), Keerthana Shankar (Violin), Trivandrum N. Hariharan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Vocal )
6.30 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Thavil), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 24, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. : Layanubhava : Kanjira and its significance in Concerts - Laya Vinyasam B.S. Purusothaman, Sree Sundar Kumar, K.V. Gopalakrishnan, Anirudh Athreya
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Thanjavur Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), Sriram Natarajan (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - K.P. Nandini (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Kirnavali Vidyasankar (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Manoj Siva ( Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira )
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), TKV Ramanujacharyalu (Violin), Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.: Rasanubhava - Emotion of Compositions with reference to Sangeetham and Sahityam by Dr. Pantula Rama & M.S.N. Murthy.
10.00 a.m. - ‘Sri Panduranga Leela’ by Visakha Hari with Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam) – Chandrajith (Tabla)
12.30 p.m. - Manasa Suresh (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), Ram Sriram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari (Vocal), V.V. S Murari (Violin), Trivandrum V Balaji (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman (Mridangam), B. Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 26, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. : Layanubhava : Innovative approach to Swarakalpanas and Pallavi Structure by Abhishek Raghuram and Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna. Concept : K.N. Shashikiran.
10.00 a.m. - ‘Sahasranamathil Archavataram’ Upanyasam by Dushyanth Sridhar
12.30 p.m. - Ashwat Narayayanan (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal). M. Rajeev (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. -  Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thanjavur Murugaboopathy (Mridangam), Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira )
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam (Mridangam), Sri Sundarkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 27, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. : Arohanam , Avarohanam - role in understanding Raga – A Panel discussion – Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi, Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Delhi Sundarrajan, Co-ordinator : Dr. Radha Bhaskar
10.00 a.m. - ‘Nava Vidha Ramayanam’ Sublime Observation Sri. Srinidhi Swami, Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal) with Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin) and Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Hariharan Ravi (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sai Gridhar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam )
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena), Tirupathy M. Sudakar (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)

Dec, 28, 2015 
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.: Sangeethanubhava : Insight into the contours of Raga as envisioned by the Trinity - by R.K. Shriramkumar
10.00 a.m. - Amrutha Murali (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), N. Guruprasadh (Ghatam).
12.30 p.m. - Malavika Sundar (Vocal), Sayee Rakshit (Violin), Akshay Ananthabadmanathan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari & Embar Kannan (Violin Duet), Thiruvallikeni Sekar (Thavil), B.S. Purusotham (Kanjira )
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam )

Dec. 29, 2015 
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. :Vageeyakara Vaibhavam : Badrachala Ramadasa’s Compositions and Narayana Thirtha Tharangams by Malladi Brothers & Disciples.
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), B. Ganapapthy Raman (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind (Vocal), B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), Palakkad Hari Narayanan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), Udipi Srikanth (Kanjira )
4.00 p.m. - Prof. T.N. Krishnan, Viji Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio), Bombay Balaji (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuram (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 30, 2015 
8.30 a.m. -  Lect. Demo. :Ragaanubhava : Raga families and relationship (Allied ragas) by Chitravina N. Ravikiran
10.00 a.m. - Nama Sankeertanam by Udayalur Kalyanarama bagavathar & Party
12.30 p.m. - Thanmayee Krishnamurthy (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Akshay Venkatesan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - V. Deepika (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), N.C. Bhardhwaj (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Jaya Prem (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), Perukavu P.L. Sudheer (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.: Sageethanubhava : Strength of Padantharam as a vechile to raga development by Dr. S. Sowmya
10.00 a.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira )
12.30 p.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), Ravi Srinivasan (Violin), Sathya Ramesh (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadnabha (Violin), Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna (Mridangam )
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatchalam ( Mridangam), Tirupunitura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - 'Bajan Sandhya’ yy O.S. Arun (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Krishna (Harmonium), Hari (Tabla), Karthick (Dholki), Kalaiselvam (Talam)

Jan. 1, 2016
10.00 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & M. Nandini (Violin Duet), Neyveli K.V. Ramkumar (Mridangam), Vadaparimangalam Sri Venkatramani (Kanjira, Konakol), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sai Vignesh (Vocal), Abishek Balakrishnan (Violin), Sivagangai K. Vishvak (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Shantala Subramanyam (Flute), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Shriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam )
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), B. Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

Global Music Fest at Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
This fest is in commemoration of Sri. Papanasam Sivan's 125 Jayanthi Festival and Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi Centenary Festival

Jan. 2, 2016
9.00 a.m. - K. Sathyanarayana (Carnatic Keyboard), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), London M. Balachandar (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
10.30 a.m. - Alamelu Mani (Vocal), Balu Raghuram (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Ishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), Kamalkiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal), Vijay (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
3.30 p.m. - Ashvin Bhogendra (Vocal), Nishant Chandran (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Nagai Muralidharan & Nagai Sriram (Violin duet), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), Tirupunitura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Jan. 3, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Nandita Ravi (Vocal), R. Rahul (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam)
11.00 a.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin),  B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), S. Venkatramanan (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), R. Sivasubramanian (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
2.00 p.m. - Calcutta Srividya (Vocal), Nagerkoil Anand (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
3.30 p.m. - Subhashree Ramachandran (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Madirimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam)

Jan. 4, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Lect. Demo.: Concept of Bakthi in Thygaraja Kritis by Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy
10.30 a.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Karukurichi N. Mohan Ram (Mridangam), Lalgudi Sriganesh (Mridangam), Sai Hari (Ghatam), Tenkasi H. Paramasivam (Kanjira), Karukuruchi N. Subramaniam (Spl. Effects).
12.30 p.m. - Mandolin Sisters Sreeusha & Sireesha (Mandolin), Thirucherai Kaushik (Mridangam), S. Venkatramanan (Kanjira)
2.00 p.m. - Harikatha by B. Suchitra. 'Ramakrishna Pattabhishekam'. H.V. Raghuram (Violin), M.S. Venkatsubramaniam (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
5.30 p.m. - Awards Presentation and Valedictory Function. Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu  Award to M.A. Sundareswaran (Instituted by Mohan Parasaran), Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Visesha Vadyam to Anayampatti S. Ganesan (Jalatarangam) (Instituted by Chennai Fine Arts), Dr. M.L.V. Award to K. Bharat Sundar (Instituted by Sudha Raghunathan), G. Ramanathan Award to S. Mahathi (Instituted by Sathanur V. Parthasarathy)
6.30 p.m - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam)

November 24, 2015

Sri Kapali Fine Arts Festival 2015

The 46th Art Festival of Sri Kapali Fine Arts will take place from Dec. 18 to 30, 2015.

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004

Contact the sabha at 28 (Old 46 A), Bheemasena Garden street, Mylapore, Chennai - 4. Phone: 98400 24639

The Schedule:

Dec. 18, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Veena Venkataramani (Veena), Vignesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - B. Gokul (Flute), M.S.G. Suresh (Violin), K.V. Ramesh (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Prarthana Sai Narasimhan (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Ragunath Rajaram (Mridangam)

Dec. 19, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Madurai N. Sivaganesh (Vocal), Shrikanth (Violin), P.V. Srivatsa (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Bhavadharini Anantharaman (Vocal), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal), Satishkumar (Violin), Bangalore R Praveen (Mridangam), Adambakkam Sankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2015
3.00 p.m. - K. Ameya (Vocal), Pappu Gnanadev (Violin), P.V. Srivatsa (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam (Vocal), H.V. Raguram (Violin), L. Subramaniam (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Ragam Sisters - Sivaranjani & Nalinakanti (Vocal)

Dec. 21, 2015
4.30 p.m. - R. Kalpalathika (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. -  Jayasree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Harini (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam)

Dec. 22, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Kanakadurga Venkatesh (Vocal), Jayanthi Kesav (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Lalitha and Nandini (Violin Duet), Neyveli R Ramkumar (Mridangam), Ravichandran (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Erode Anantharaman (Vocal), Thiruvarur Balam (Violin), Korattur Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Anahita and Apoorva Ravindran (Vocal), Kamalakiran (Violin), Akshayram (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. -  Dr. Subha Ganesan (Vocal), S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 24, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Swathi Ravichandran (Vocal), Sayee Rakshit (Violin), Aravind Venkataraman (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Rajee Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Melakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), Harihara Subramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Srivanchiam Murali Bhagavathar, Sri Guruji Krupa Mandali, West mambalam - Kids Bhajan
5.00 p.m. - Venkata Nagarajan (Vocal), M.S.G. Suresh (Violin), Akshay Venkatesh (Mridangam)

Dec. 26, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Raja (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam)

Dec. 27, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Aswin Srikanth (Vocal), Shruthi Sarathi (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Malavika Sriram (Vocal), Ravi Srinivasan (Violin), Akshay Venkatesan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Bombay Sisters - Saroja & Lalitha (Vocal), Vijaya Ganesh (Violin), Dr, K. Ashok (Mridangam)

Dec. 28, 2015
3.00 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Kalyani Margabandhu Gnandha Mandhar Mandali, Mandaveli
5.00 p.m. -  Vikram Raghavan (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Akshay Anantha Padmanabha (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Deekshitha Venkataraman (Vocal), Supraja Venkatraman (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)

Dec. 29, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), s.p. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - K. Baskaran (Flute), Ramakrishnan (Violin), Jayadev Baskaran (Mridangam)

Dec. 30, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Malavika Sundar (Vocal), Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Hemmige S Prashanth (Vocal), B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), B.R. Srinivas (Mridangam)

November 23, 2015

Chennai Cultural Academy Trust Music and Fine Arts Festival 2015

Formerly Nungambakkam Cultural Academy, and now Chennai Cultural Academy Trust is known for celebrating a longer music and fine arts festival every year. This year the festival starts from Dec.12, 2015 and is on till Jan. 5, 2016

Venue : Rama Rao Kala Mantap A/C Auditorium, 111, Habbibullah Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017.
Contact the sabha at phone nos. 044 24834823, 7200074538

The Schedule:

Dec. 12, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Alangudy AV Pakkiri Samy (Nadaswaram), A Manikandan (Special Thavil)
5.30 p.m. - Inaugration. 'Kala Siromani' Awards:
Carnatic Music - Smt Ranjani & Gayathri - Sangeetha Kalasiromani Award
Bharatanatyam - Dr Swarnamalaya Ganesh - Nrithya Kalasiromani Award
Tamil Theatre - Smt Anandhi - Nataka Kalasiromani Award
7.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - Dhanya Varshini Murali (Disiciples of Sikkil Vasantha Kumari)

Dec. 13, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Nama Sankeerthanam - Udayalur Kalayanaraman & Party
11.15 a.m. - Mali stage presents 'நிதர்சனம்' Drama by K S N Sunder. Director: Kudandhai Mali
7.00 p.m. - Dr.K J Jesudas (Vocal), Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam) Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Hindustani Music by Mala Ramadurai & Party
11.15 a.m. - Drama 'Pattabhishekam' by V Premsagar
1.30 p.m. - Adithe Shivaram (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - Srividya Sridharakumar (Vocal), S P Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Akshey Ram (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Chitra & Vijayalakshmi (Vocal), Dr R Hemalatha (Violin), Kallidaikurachi R Sivakumar (Mridangam), K S Rangachari (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Srimushnam RajaRao (Mridangam), S V Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2015
1.30 p.m. - Krithika (Vocal), Thirucheri Karthik (Violin), Deepika Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - N Visweshwar (Flute), Sahana Vasudevan (Violin), Thiruvaiyaru A Srivathsan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Moorthy (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Thanjavur Murgabhoopathi (Mridangam), BS Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), J Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), H Sivarama Krishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2015
2.45 p.m. - Varun Ganesan (Vocal), Siva Ramamurthi (Violin), Vadavalli R Sriram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Uma Money (Vocal), Kiran Athreya (Violin), Manakkal Sriram (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Ramanathan (Saxophone), V Suresh Babu (Violin), Mylai Gajendran (Tavil), V Subba Rao (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasri Mahadevan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Cherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Balaji Sairam (Morsing)

Dec. 17, 2015
1.30 p.m. - M Ragini Sri (Vocal), Thirucherai Karthik (Violin), M Ashwinkumar (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - M Roopa Shastry (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), P V Srivathsa (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - UP Raju & Nagamani (Mandolin), S A Raghava Simhan (Violin), R Sainivedhan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Dr Swarnamalaya Ganesh (Sadir Katcheri)

Dec. 18, 2015
1.30 p.m. - M Charanya (Vocal), Abhiskek Balakrishnan (Violin), A K Saravanan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Manasa Suresh (Vocal), Kiran Athreya (Violin), Thirukannapuram Vijay Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - R. Surya Prakash (Vocal), Durai Balasubramaniyam (Violin), Vijay Ganesh (Mridangam), R M Deenadayalu (Morsing)
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 19, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)
11.15 a.m. - Sowmya Theaters presents 'Nool Veli' by T V Radhakrishnan
1.30 p.m. - Ganabhakthi Vanaja Sundararajan & Party
2.45 p.m. - Bhooma Kasthuri (Violin), Mysore Vadhiraj (Violin)
4.30 p.m. - B Kannan (Veena)
7.00 p.m. - Tiruchur Brothers (Vocal), Kandadevi S Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Trichur R Mohan (Mridangam), S Venkataraman (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Shanthi Rao (Veena), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam), K.V.R.S Mani (Ghatam)
11.15 a.m. - Augusto Creation 'Jaitha Kuthirai' Drama
1.30 p.m. - Arjun Sambasivan & R. Narayanan (Keyboard), M Srikanth (Violin), Srikarsivakumar (Mridangam), K Ranganathan (Ghatam)
2.45 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Rajani Hariharan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Thanjavur Subramaniyam (Mridangam), Ravichandran (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Bhajan & Gazal O S Arun & Party

Dec. 21, 2015
1.30 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - R Rajalakshmi (Vocal), Smitha Krishnan (Violin), P V Srivathasa (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Kavya Abraham - Bharathanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Ranga Mandira presents Nupur Sisters Kumaris Anjali Ramesh & Ankita Ramesh, Disciple for Dr Swaranamalaya Ganesh in Sadir Katcheri
7.00 p.m. - T V Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Trichur Narendaran (Mridangam)

Dec. 22, 2015
1.30 p.m. - Arun Kousik (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - Devotional Music by Vasantha Rammohan & Party
4.30 p.m. - V Deepika (Vocal), S P Ananthapadmanabha (Vocal), Srivanchiam Sriram (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri (Vocal), H M Smitha (Violin), K Arun Prakesh (Mridangam)

Dec. 23, 2015
1.30 p.m. - Devotional Music by Amritha Vauhini  group led by Prema Prabhakaran
2.45 p.m. - Dr Nirajana Srinivas (Vocal)
4.30 p.m. - Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), V Sanjeev (Violin), Shertalai Anantha Krishnan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Mohini Attam by Gopika Varma

Dec. 24, 2015
1.30 p.m. - Adithya Narayanan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuram (Violin), Nikshit (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Sai Vignesh (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), Karuppambulam A Venkatesh (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Niyati Sriram (Vocal)
5.45 p.m. - Gokul Krishnan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Gopalan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 25, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Anayampatti S Ganeshan (Jalatharangam),  Anayampatti G Venkatasubramaniyam (Violin), Thanjavur Subramaniyam (Mridangam), Madippakam Murali (Ghatam)
11.15 a.m. - Gurukulam Original Boys Co.95 presents ' Yaro Ivar Yaro' - Drama by M B Moorthy
2.30 p.m. - Sangamithra Balaji & Kaviya Saravanan - Bharathanatyam
3.30 p.m. - Jayanthi Rangarajan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran and P. Ganesh (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Dr Padma Subrahmanyam (Bharathanrityam)

Dec. 26, 2015 
10.00 a.m. - Thanjavur Melattur Bagavatha mela (Krishna Janana Leelai)
11.15 a.m. - Saithya Sai Creation Mappalli Ganesh in 'Ellam Maya' Drama by Ezhichur Aravindan
2.45 p.m. - Harini Rajasekar (Violin Solo), D Sivaraman (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Delhi Sunderajan (Violin), Thanjavur Subramanyam (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidhya (Veena)

Dec. 27, 2015
9.00 a.m. - Gayathri Sathya (Vocal)
11.15 a.m. - Good Will Stage Kovai Paddu's 'Thai Ullam' drama by Sri Rangam Rangamani
1.30 p.m. - Kaushik Hariharan (Vocal), Surup Thathachar (Violin), Akshay Venkatesan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Karthik Raju (Vocal), Tirucherai Karthik (Violin)
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), B V Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Tamilarasan Theatre Sri Balasundram Presents Sri Krishna Dharsanam Drama by Arivanantham

Dec. 28, 2015
1.30 p.m. - K Mahathi (Keyboard)
2.45 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Kumbakonam Anantha Narayanan & Party
4.00 p.m. - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal),  Melakkaveri Theyagarajan - Nellai Balaji - Nanganallur Swaminathan
5.45 p.m. - Ranga Mandira presents Kumari Pritika Ruth, Disciple for Dr Swaranamalaya Ganesh in Sadir Katcheri
7.00 p.m. - Students of Saroja Vaidhayanathan from Delhi - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 29, 2015
2.45 p.m. - Sharanya Krishnan (Vocal), Ravi Srinivas (Violin), B Sivaraman (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), R Shankarnarayanan (Mridangam), Dr.S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Divya Kasturi - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2015
1.30 p.m. - U Jaya Vigneshwar (Mandolin), R Saisaragan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Deepa & Divya Sisters (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin),  Aswin Sridharan (Mridangam), H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Iswarya Srinivas (Vocal), Villiwakkam Raghuram (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan (Mridangam)
5.15 p.m. - Sreesha & Sreeusha (Mandolin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), N Ravichandran (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Seetha Narayanan (Vocal), Usha Rajagoplan (Violin), Thanjavur Subramaniyam (Mridangam), G Ravichandaran (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2015
2.45 p.m. - Rithu Rajanderan (Vocal), Tharun Ravikumar (Violin), Thirucherai Koushik
4.30 p.m. - R K Kriti ( disciples of Jayanthi Ramchandra) - Bharathanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Jayasri Jayarama Krishnan (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Narasimhan (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Madurai Muralidharan - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 1, 2016
8.00 a.m. - Girija Ramaswamy - Harikatha(Krishna leelai )
9.30 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam by H Ramakrishnan & Party
11.15 a.m. - Mayurapriya Bharathi Vilasam by Muthukumar
1.30 p.m. - To be announced
2.45 p.m. - Thiruvaiyaru Borthers (Vocal), G Raghavendra Prasad (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - R S Oviya (Disciple of Srekala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Sivagami (Disciple of Srekala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Crazy Mohan's Drama

Jan. 2, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Easwaran Bhattadri (Vocal), Melakavari Thiagarajan (Violin), Umesh Narayanan (Mridangam), M V Kothandaraman (Ghatam)
11.15 a.m. - Amirtham Gopal in 'Ponnuku Thanga Manasu' - Drama
1.30 p.m. - Bajans by Ms.Raagamalini and disciples from The Lil' Buddies
2.45 p.m. - K Subiksha (Vocal), K P Nandhini (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Bombay Saradha (Vocal)
5.45 p.m. - Ramya Venkateswaran - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Stage Creations Kathadi Ramamoorthy in 'Whatsapp Vasu' by S.L. Nanu

Jan. 3, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Sri Sathguru Thayagaraja Arathanai
3.00 p.m. - Aneesh Raghavan (Odissi)
4.15 p.m. - Kumari Riha Giri (Disiciples of Vijay Madhavan) - Bharathanatyam
5.15 p.m. - Dr. Kannan Pugalzhendi Demonstration
6.20 p.m. - Award function
7.00 p.m. - Madhu Enterproses presents Y G MAhendra's Soppana VAzhvil - Drama

Jan. 4, 2016
1.30 p.m. - G Aishwarya (Vocal), Tharun Ravikumar (Violin), Venkatesh (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Sahana Vasudevan (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Akshayram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - R Jaywanti (disciples Jayanthi Ramachadra) - Bharathanatyam
5.15 p.m. - Champa Kalkura (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Drama - Thyagaraja Charithram by T V Varadharajan

Jan. 5, 2016
2.45 p.m. - Arvindh Sridhar (Vocal), Chidambaram N Karthik (Violin), Keerthivasan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Shobana Ramesh - Bharathanatyam
5.00 p.m. - Saradha Elangovan - BHarathanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Dharsha Durai (disciple of Jayanthi Ramachandra) - Bharathanatyam
7.15 p.m. - Ramaa Venkataraman (Dance Director Shti Sri Dance Academy) - Bharathanatyam

An evening of Abhishek Raghuram, Devagandhari and Devamanohari

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's long inaugural function was followed by a relatively short concert by Abhishek Raghuram. Accompanying him were B.U. Ganesh Prasad on the violin and Sumesh Narayanan on the mridangam. Abhishek took sometime to fix his own mic and adjusting 'sharp' and 'gain' of the sound system.A senior couple in the balcony related this process to the AIR balancing before the National programme. They might have been among the invited audience at the All India Radio!


Who said Thevarams come after the main piece in concerts? They could begin the concert too. Abhishek began with 'Vaananai madhi soodiya mainthanai' in Keeravani, which set a steady tempo for the concert. The couple again remembered this theveram they heard in the 'Isai Payirchi' programme on the radio years ago. "Was the teacher T M Thyagarajan or S Kalyanaraman?" they wondered. Abhishek has been singing this theveram for a few years now in concerts.

After a free-flowing short outline of Devagandhari raga, Abhishek took up 'Vinarada na manavi,' one of the Sriranga Pancharatna kritis of Thyagaraja. After the swift presentation, a grand alapana of Pantuvarali followed. Sprinkled with unique phrases, the raga elaboration was a treat to a serious rasika. 'Saramegani,' another Thyagaraja's composition followed. As in practice, Abhishek took the last charanam among the three charanams the kriti has, with niraval at 'Sama gana loludau.' The violin session by Ganesh Prasad was equally commendable.

Much to the surprise of many in the audience, Abhishek began another elaborate raga alapana in Devamanohari followed by a tanam and a pallavi. Yes, it was a lovely time with the lyrics 'idi manchi samayamu Devamanohari' as pallavi in Khanda Chapu in tisra nadai. He brought in Kamala Manohari raga too. Sumesh Narayanan kept up well with the nadai and kanakku that Abhishek is very good at.

The concert concluded with Swathi Thirunal's 'Bhaja bhaja manasa' in Sindhu Bhairavi.  A great beginning to a grand 'season.'
 - Revathi R

The season begins with Bhavan

The 'December season' in Chennai starts much in advance. Though the Navaratri concerts in October are held across the city, it is the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's cultural Festival in November that starts off the 'season' with popular musicians scheduled at the prime slots in the evenings. The concerts attract huge crowd as they are not ticketed and the venue is just at the heart of all happenings - Mylapore.

This year, the festival began on Nov. 20. The monsoon rains were on through the week. It drizzled outside the auditorium, but it didn't stop the music lovers. As you enter the premises, a handwritten scribble board with information on that day's event welcomes you.


The inaugurations are always boring for a music rasika as they have many people talking. Bhavan's was no exception. But, the organisers do have a reason to talk, to tell the public about all their activities, the support they get and changes they have done to the hall and facilities. Industrialist L. Sabaretnam, who is also chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan  spoke on Bhavan's achievements the past year and all the activities the organisation hosts.



The chief guest of the evening N. Murali of The Hindu and the president of The Music Academy was all in praise of Bhavan for its contribution to heritage and culture.

The invited speaker Jayanthasri Balakrishnan, professor of English in PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. She insisted on bringing children to music concerts.

Awardees for the Lifetime Achievement, violinist A Kanyakumari and vocalist Neyveli Santhanagopalan were felicitated and Kanyakumari presented the acceptance speech on behalf of both the awardees. She placed her demand for including instrumental concerts in schedules of the sabhas. "The sabhas say that they do not get audience for instrumental concerts. But, only if they offer, the audience would turn up," she said.




When the stage was cleared for the inaugural concert by Abhishek Raghuram, the ground floor and the balcony were almost full. And when Keeravani began flowing in the theveram 'Vaananai madhi soodiya maindanai,' the corridor where two CCTV screens were installed, was getting filled up.

November 19, 2015

Sampoornam Foundation Music Festival 2015

Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts, a Public Charitable Trust based in Salogramam is hosting its first anniversary celebrations this December.

The concerts are held at Aarkay Convention Centre, Luz, Mylapore from Dec. 7 to 10, 2015

The concerts are not ticketed, However, the Trust accepts donations that could support their activities.
Contact Sampoornam Foundation at 6B, Shanthi Colony, Thillayadi Valliammai st, Saligramam, Chennai 600093. Phone : 044 4354 4086, Mob;9840327689 Email: sampoornam.foundation@gmail.com

The schedule:

Dec. 7, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai -  Sri Durgaprasad & party-Saxophone.
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration Function. Presenting 'Viswa Nada Sagara' award, Sri.T.G.Viswanatha Bagavathar Memorial Award to violin vidwan S. Varadarajan.
6.30 p.m. - Dr.T.V.Gopalkrishnan (Vocal), S.Varadarajan (Violin), Pathri Sathish Kumar (Mridangam), Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 8, 2015 
4.00 p.m. - K.Bharath Sundar (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Heart Beat Ensemble by Dr. 'Ghatam' Karthick &Party

Dec. 9, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Manickam Yogeswaran (Berlin) (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - U.P.Raju & Nagamani - Mandolin, Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 10, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Meghana Murthy (Bangalore) - Vocal, Srividhya R.S.Iyer (Violin), Vadiraj Bhatt (Mridangam), Rvp.Balachandran (Morsing)
6.30 p.m. -  K.Ganesh Kumar (Mumbai) - Special Abhang Concert

Arkay Convention Centre anniversary series 2015

The fifth anniversary of Arkay Convention Centre in Luz, Mylaporeis celebrated with a series of concerts in two parts, one in November and the other in December .

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, 146/3 OMS Lakshana 3rd Floor, R H Road, Mylapore Chennai 600 004
Contact ACC at srk@arkay.co.in +91 9381007317 +91 44 24661130

Schedule:

Nov. 21, 2015
4.15 p.m. - G.Ramanathan - Saxophone, V.Suresh Babu (Violin) ,S Gajendran (Tavil)
5.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Fifth Anniversary Celeberations.Vidhushi Aruna Sairam - Chief Guest, 'Isai Kavi' Ramanan and Vedanth Ramanujam - Guests of Honour
6.45 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. - O S Thyagarajan (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Mannargudi Eswaran (Mridnagam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Nov. 22, 2015
4.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Akshy Padmanabhan (Vocal), G Badrinath (Violin), Guru Raghavedhra (Mridnagam)
6.30 p.m. -8.45 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), Nagai Siriam (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)

Nov. 23, 2015
4.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Vignesh Eswar (Vocal), R Raghul (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. - Injikudi E M Subramnaiam (Nadhaswaram), Embar Kannan (Violin), K V Prasad (Mridnagam), B S Purushothaman (Kanjira)

Nov. 24, 2015
4.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), K J Dileeep (Violin), S J Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - 9.00 p.m. - Bonala Sankara Prasad (Veena), S Varadharajan (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) ,Chanrashekara Sharma ghatam

Nov. 25, 2015
4.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Vishnu Dev Namboodri (Vocal), K J Dileep (Violin), Akshay Anatha Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. - O S Arun (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakathavatchalam (Mridangam)

Nov. 26, 2015
4.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), M Vijay (Violin), B Ganapthyraman (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), V Sanjeev (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam),Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2015
3.00 p.m. - 4.30p.m. - B. Anantha Raman (Hindustani Violin Solo)
4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Jaylakshmi Sekar - Veena
6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. - Madurai T N Seshagopalan (Harmonium), Delhi Sunder Rajan (Violin), Rajendra  Nakod (Tabla)

Dec. 15, 2015
10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon -  Pallava and Chola Dance Sclputures - Talk by Dr. R  Nagaswamy
3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. - Subhikha Raman (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), N C Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - T V Ramprasad (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Trichur Narendren (Mridangam), V Suresh (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. - Lalgudi Krishnan and Sriram Parasuram (Violin Jugulbhandi), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam)

Dec. 16, 2015
10.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. - Celebrating Mridanaga Vidwan Palghat Mani Iyer- Bombay Balaji with Applepy Venkatesan, Sriram Parasuram and Gayatri Girish
1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. - Layanya Balasubramnaiam (Vocal), H V Raghuram (Violin), Sivakumar Sethupathi (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. - Thanmayee  Krishnamurthy (Vocal), Achhutarao (Violin), Adamya Ramanand (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balmuralikrishna (Vocal), B U Ganesh Prasad (Violin),
Trichur Narendran (Mridangam), Sree Sunder Kumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - 8.45 p.m. - Pantula Rama (Vocal), MSN Murthy (Violin), V V Ramanmurthy (Mridnagam), Sree Sunder Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2015
10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon -  Muthuswamy Dhikitar- A Tantrik (A musical Essay), M Vijay (Violin), A S Ranganathan (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m. - Saisharan (Vocal), Pakkala Jayapraksh (Violin), Nanganallur Sriram (Mridnagam)
4.30 p.m. - 6.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), Sherthalai Anathakrishnan (Mridnagam)
6.30 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. - N Ravikiran (Chitravina), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Mannargudi Eswaran (Mridangam), K V Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Tamizh Isai Sangam - Isai Vizha 2015

One of the oldest organisations that host December music concerts is Tamizh Isai Sangam. Perhaps, this is one among the very few in north Madras. This year marks the 73rd year of annual music festival  of the Sangam.

Venue: Rajah Annamalai Manram, Chennai 108

The Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Thiruvidaimarudur P.S.V. Raja - Nadaswaram
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Subbu Arumugam - Villu pattu
2.30 p.m. - Thirugnana Balachandran - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Vedaranyam Muthukumarasamy Desikar - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam - Nadaswaram

Dec. 23, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Revathi Krishnamurthy - Thirumurai Isai
2.30 p.m. - Suresh Sivan - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Thiruttani Saminathan - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Divyasena's Divyanjali troupe - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 24, 2015
8.30 a.m. - To be announced
2.30 p.m. - P. Sargurunathan - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Thiruppananthal S. Muthu Kandasamy Desikar - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Mahathi Kannan - Bharatanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Madhuvathi Arun's Makam Enterprises presents 'Perumale Perumale' Drama

Dec. 25, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Shanmukha Thiruvaranga Yayathi - Thirumurai Isai
2.30 p.m. - S. Sivakumar Oduvar - Thirumurai Isai
3.45 p.m. - Dharmapuram Gnanaprakasam - Thirumurai Isai
7.00 p.m. - Isai Perargnar MSV yin Isai Payanam - Music programme

Dec. 26, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal)
2.30 p.m. - Vasantha Rammohan (Vocal)
3.45 p.m. - Sushma Somasekhar (Vocal)
5.00 p.m. - Swarnamalya Ganesh (Isai Thamizh Sadir)
7.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)

Dec. 27, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Kausalya Sivakumar - Discourse
2.30 p.m. - Gnananda Namasankeerthana Mandali led by Muthulakshmi - Devotional music
3.45 p.m. - M.S. Martin - Keyboard
5.00 p.m. - T.K.S. Kalaivanan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal)
2.30 p.m. - Sai Brinda (Vocal)
3.45 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal)
5.00 p.m. - Shaswati Prabhu (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Music by students of Thamizh Isai Kalluri
2.30 p.m,. - Bharathanatyam by students of Thamizh Isai Kalluri
3.45 p.m. - Sahana (Vocal)
5.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Students of Kanagasabai School of Bharathanatyam
2.30 p.m. - Nadaswaram by Thamizh Isai Kalluri
3.45 p.m. - Apoorva Krishna (Violin Solo)
5.00 p.m. - London Yogeswaran (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2015
10.00 a.m. - To be announced
2.30 p.m. - Sahana Kumar - Bharathanatyam
3.45 p.m. - Sruthi Umayal - Bharathanatyam
5.00 p.m. - Pushpavanam Kuppusamy (Folk music)
7.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal)

Jan. 1, 2016
10.00 a.m. - Thirukadayur Murali - Nadaswaram
2.30 p.m. - Andankovil Sivakumar (Vocal)
3.45 p.m. - Lathangi Jayamohan (Vocal)
5.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Students of Krishnakumari Narendran - Bharathanatyam 

Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2015

Bharat Kalachar in association with Kalpathi Investments hosts its 29th Margazhi Mahotsav this December and January. The concert series also marks the 90th birthday celebrations of Dr. Mrs. Y.G. Parthasarathy, founder of this organisation.

The series of cultural programmes begins on Dec. 6, 2015 and will be on till Jan. 16, 2016

Venue: Sri YGP Auditorium, No 16 Thirumalai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 60017

Concerts from Dec. 6 to 10, 2015 are open to all.
Programmes from Dec. 12, 2015 are tricketed.
Season Reservation for 48 days - Rs.8000/- (Limited seats). Daily Reservation - Rs.500, Rs.300, Rs.200 & Rs.100.
Thiruppavai Upanyasam by Dushyanth Sridhar from Dec. 16, 2015 (for 30 days). From 7 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Devotinal Music daily from 6.30 a.m. to 7 a.m. by PSBB students
Special Reservation Rs.500 for all 30 days for Thiruppavai Upanyasam
Advance Booking from Dec. 1, 2015. At Bharat Kalachar, 16, Thirumalai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 17
Timings: 10 am to 12 noon & 2 pm to 5 pm

Contact  Bharat Kalachar at 16, Thirumalai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 17; Ph: 28343045/42024304
Email: bkygp@rediffmail.com

The schedule:

Dec. 6, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Shobhana Vignesh (Vocal), Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Arulanandam (Tavil), Jaichaa (Ethnic Percussion), M S Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration & Award function
Smt. Vanathi Srinivasan
Deputy president, Bharatiya Janatha Party (Tamilnadu) will light the Kuthuvilakku & inaugurate the festival
Chief Guest, Guest of Honour - Dr. Nalli Kuppuswamy releases the Bharat Kalachar’s Annual Souvenir
Conferment of 'Gnana Kala Bharathi' (M.N.Subramanian Memorial Award) title on T. V. Gopalakrishnan.
'Viswa Kala Bharathi' title on P. Unnikrishnan, 'Natya Kaladhar' title on K. R. Vijaya, 'Acharya Kala Bharathi' title on Jayalakshmi Eshwar and M. Subramania Sharma. 'Kala Seva Bharathi' title on Mr. Ramaswamy, 'Nadaga Kala Bharathi' title on Mr. Venkat. 'Natya Sangeetha Kala Bharathi' title on G. Srikanth (Vocal), Dr. Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan (Violin), K. Shakthivel (Mridangam)
Special Commendation Award on Zakir Hussain and Kala Ravi (Technician)

'Yuva Kala Bharathi' Awardees 2015
Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), R. P. Shravan (Vocal), J. B. Keerthana (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Arjun Narasimhan (USA) (Mridangam), Sumitra Subramanian (Bharatanatyam), Nideesh & Indu (Bharathanatyam), Raghav Balaji (Theatre), Preethi Ramprasad (All-rounder in Bharathanatyam, vocal and nattuvangam)

Dec. 7, 2015
5.00 p.m. -  Adithya Prakash (USA) - Vocal, K J Dileep (Violin), Thirucheri Koushik (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Narayanaswami (Dis. of Smt. Anitha Guha) - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 8, 2015
5.00 p.m. -  Subhiksha (USA) - Vocal, M. Vijay (Violin), N C Bharadwaaj (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. -  Kalaskshetra – Group Presentation - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 9, 2015
5.00 p.m. Sudha V Lakshmi ((Dis. of Smt. Sudharani Ragupathy and Grand daughter of Madirai N Krishanan) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 - p.m. - Lavanya Ananth - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 10, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Mala Ramadorai & party Hindustani Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram (USA) - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 12, 2015
7.00 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 13, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Kalaimagan (Vocal), Durai Srinivasan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), SunilKumar (kanjira) (Admission Free)
4.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 14, 2015
6.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 15, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), K V Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec.16, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai R Sriram (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam (Vocal), Nagai R Sriram (Violin), Tanjaore Muraga Bhoopathy (Mridangam), Tirupunitura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), M A Krishnaswamy (Violin), K V Prasad (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2015
Mandolin Srinivas Day
10.30 a.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), R K Shriram Kumar (Violin), K.Arunprakash (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - T. V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), Mannarkudi Eswaran (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Mandolin U Rajesh & Anil Srinivasan - Fusion, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Kanjira), Balaji Sairam (Morsing)

Dec. 20, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Smitha Krishna (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), Karthik Narayanan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnann (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Kalpana Raghavender presents  Raga Desam
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Vaijayanthimala Bali presents Kaisika Puranam - a Solo thematic offering in Abhinaya

Dec. 21, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Sumitra Nitin (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidakurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Meenakshhi Srinivasan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 22, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Sai Subramaniam (Morsing)
7.00 p.m. - Shobhana - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 23, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Shashwathi Prabhu (Vocal), M. Vijay Ganesh (Violin), N. C. Bharadwaaj (Mridangam), N. Sundar (Tabla)
7 00 pm Yuva Kala Bharathi Srekala Bharath Bharathanatyam

Dec. 24, 2015
10.30 a.m. - HeARTbeat Ensemble Dr. S. Ghatam Karthick (Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal), U. P. Raju (Mandolin), M. R. Gopinath (Violin), Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing), N. Sundar (Tabla), Sarvesh Karthick (Handsonic)
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Ravi Subramanyan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sri Saraswathy Gana Nilayam presents Hari Hara Sangamam - thematic presentation. Choreography – Smt. Ranganayakai Jayaraman

Dec. 25, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), R K Shriram Kumar (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), V. V. Ravi (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. -  Anitha Guha’s Bharathanjali presents Sarvam Saike Samarpanam - Excerpets from Bharathanjali Nritya Natakams

Dec. 26, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), Parur M. S, Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidhya (Veena), Karukurichi N. Mohanaraman (Mridangam), D. Chandrajith (Tabla), Tenkasi H. Paramasivam (Tabla), K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), Karukurichi N. Subramanian (Special effects), Sai Hari (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Crazy Mohan presents 'Google Gadothgajan'  Drama

Dec. 27, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Kuldeep M Pai (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - 'Radha Sametha Krishna' - Ashtapati. Harikatha by Sri U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar. R. P. Shravan (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin), Sumitra Dushyanth (Talam Support), Rajiv Nagarajan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Krithika Subramaniam - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 28, 2015 
10.30 a.m. - Subhashri Ramachandran (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - O S Arun (Vocal), M R Gopinath (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - 'Panchali Sabadam' of Mahakavi Subramania Bharati. (Dance production premiered in Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, 2014). Music – Dr. Rajkumar Bharati. Choreography – Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec. 29, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Krishnaramarathinam (Sydney) - Vocal, Sruthi Shastri (USA) - Violin, Mudra Bhaskar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D. V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Nirupama Vaidyanathan (USA) - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2015
10.30 a.m. - Crossroad - Ensemble Embar Kannan (Silent Violin), K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), Bangalore Arunkumar (Drum Pads), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Shalu Varun (Bass Guitar)
6.00 p.m. - K. J. Yesudas (Vocal), Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Tirupoonithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2015
8.30 a.m. - Sathumurai
10.30 a.m. - Kumbakonam Ananthanarayana Bhagavathar – Nama Sankeerthanam
4.00 p.m. - Vishaka Hari presents Narada Bhakthi Sutram - Harikatha, B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S J Arujun Ganesh (Mridangam), Mudikondan S. N. Ramesh (Veena), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Jyotsna Jaganath - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 1, 2016
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), Trichy B Harikumar (Mridangam), Dr. S Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents 'Leela Taranga Margam' - A Thematic Presentation on the compositions of
Sri Narayana Theertha - Choreography – Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 2, 2016 
10.30 a.m. - Shylu Raveendran & Sruthi Sagar presents Guitar & Flute fusion, Jayanthi Kesav (Violin), Srivanchiam Sriram (Mridangam), Nerkundram Shankar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. K.Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnakumar (Vocal), B V Raghavendra Rao (Violin), K V Prasad (Mridangam), S V Ramani (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Krishnakumari Narendran presents Akilanda Nayaki - Dance Drama (Thematic presentation of Thiruvanaikaval )

Jan. 3, 2016
10.30 a.m. - Bombay Sharadha - Devotional music. Lokhasri (Vocal Support), Dushyandan (Tabla), Sriram (Percussion), Rajni (Keyboard)
4.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), Parur M A Krishnaswamy (Violin), Tanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Balaji Sairam (Morsing)
7.00 p.m. - Divyasena presents Sri Andal Vaibhavam - Dance Drama

Jan. 4,  2016
5.00 p.m. - Vikram Krishnamachari (USA) - Keyboard, Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Gomathy Shankar (Mridangam), S Krishna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Nivedita Gopinath - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 5, 2016 
5.00 p.m. - Vignesh Eswar (Vocal), M. S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Deepika Potrazu - Kuchipudi

Jan. 6, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Aadith Moorthy (USA) - Vocal, Rakshit (Violin), Kesav (USA) - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Priya Murle & Group presents Swathi Thirunal Kritis - Thematic presentation in Bharathanatyam

Jan. 7, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Bhavya Kumaran - Bharathanatyam
7. 00 p.m. - 'Flute' Athulkumar presents 'Samyojana', Ashtanayikas - A musical dance presentation. Choreography - Archana Kanthan

Jan. 8, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Chaitra Sairam (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Vijna & Renjith Babu - Bharathanatyam Duet

Jan. 9, 2016
10.30 a.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Srimushanam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), S V Ramani (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - UAA & Y Gee Mahendra presents 'Soppana Vazhvil' Drama

Jan. 10, 2016 
10.30 a.m. - Janani Rajan (Vocal), Raghava Simhan (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), B. U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), B. S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan presents 'Sauram - An ode to Surya, The Sun God

Jan. 11, 2016 
5.00 p.m. - Cuddalore Jananiy (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Mannarjukoil J Balaji (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
7.30 p.m. - Uma B Ramesh - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 12, 2016
5,00 p.m. - Swamimalai K. Suresh & Durgadevi Suresh - Bharathanatyam Duet
7.30 p.m. - Padmalakshmee Suresh presents Kuravanji - thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 13, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin),  Melakkarai Balaji (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghtaam)
7.30 p.m. - Srilatha Vinod presents 'Thiruvachakam' - Dance Drama

Jan. 14, 2016
4.00 p.m. - J A Jayanth (Carnatic Flute), Ronu Mozumdar (Hindustani Flute) - Jugalbandhi. Neyveli Venkatesh (Mridangam), Ramdas Palsule (Tabla)
6.00 p.m. - Haripadman & Divya - Bharathanatyam Duet
7.30 p.m. - Lakshmi Ramaswami group - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 15, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Baby Soorya Gayathri - Devotional Music, Kuldeep M Pai (Harmonium), Ganapathy Subramaniam (Tabla), P V Anilkumar (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - M V S Nisha (Vocal), Priyamvada Shastri (Violin), Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)
7.30 p.m. - Vinisha Kathiravan - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 16, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Abhilash (Vocal), M R Gopinath (Violin), B Sivaraman (Mridangam), B. Sree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Madhuvanti - Drama

November 18, 2015

Parivadini Series 2015

Parivadini, an initiative by Lalitharam, a connoiseur of classical music aims to archive good music. It also organised concerts and webcasts music programme through the website http://parivadini.in

The annual music series organised by Parivadini takes place in November. This year, the series begings on Nov. 23 and goes on till Nov. 29, 2015

Venue: Ragasudha Hall, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004
Concerts are open to all and not ticketed.
Schedule:

Nov. 23, 2015
4.15 p.m. - Ramana Balachandran (Veena), L. Subramanian (Mridangam), Anil Parashara (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - 'Ghatam' Dr. S. Karthick on appreciating the role of bhatam, khanjira, morsing in a concert

Nov. 24, 2015
4.15 p.m. - K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam). Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Neela Ramgopal on Swarajatis - a historical recount

Nov. 25, 2015
4.15 p.m. - Shailesh Ramamurthy (Flute), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Vijayakrishnan on The Technique and Style of Veena Dhanam Bani with Thiruvaiyaru Balasubramanian

Nov. 26, 2015
4.15 p.m. - Thirumeignanam Ramanathan - Nagaswaram
7.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Vedavalli on The Art of Neraval Singing

Nov. 27, 2015
4.15 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena. R. Raghul (Violin), Dr. K. Ashok (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Sriram Parasuram on Gaayaka and Vaadya aspects in Classical Violin playing with Guru Raghavendra and Harihara Sharma

Nov. 28, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Gayathri Girish on Pre-trinity Carnatic Music with Dr. R. Hemalatha, B. Sivaraman
4.15 p.m. - S. Varadarajan (Violin Solo), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. B.M. Sundaram with Thanjavur Govindarajan on Yazhpanam Dakshinamurthy

Nov. 29, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Pallandu Award presentation to veena maker Raju of Bangalore followed by Injikudi E.M. Subramaniam - Nagaswaram, Nagai Sriram (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - R. Parthasarathy (Veena), B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Meenakshi Navaratnamalika kritis of Shyama Sastri

November 16, 2015

Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam 2015

The popular TV show during December is recorded earlier through live concerts and the concerts will be telecast on Jaya TV from Dec. 16 onwards.

Venue: Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram, R.A. Puram, Chennai - 600 029

Schedule:
The themes for the concerts will be updated as and when received from the organisers)

Dec. 1, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sheik Mehboob Shubhani & Khalisha-Bi-Mehaboob, Feroz Babu (Nadaswaram)

Dec. 2, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 3, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Tiruvarur Girish (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C Gurucharan (Vocal)

Dec. 4, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal)

Dec. 5, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal)

Dec. 6, 2015
4.30 p.m. - R. Thyagarajan & Athul Kumar (Flute)
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal)

Dec. 7, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Namasankeerthanam)
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute)

Dec. 8, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya (Vocal)

Dec. 9, 2015
4.30 p.m. -  Archana & Aarathi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal)

Dec. 10, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)

Dec. 11, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Rajesh Vaidya (Veena)

Dec. 12, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnakumar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Musical discourse

Dec. 13, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Guru Karaikudi Mani (Ensemble)
6.30 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)

Dec. 14, 2015 
4.30 p.m. - Viji Krishnan Natarajan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin duet)
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal)

Dec. 15, 2015 
4.30 p.m. - Dushyant Sridhar - Discourse
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers -  Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar (Vocal)