The brain child of an ardent connoisier of music - Sri. S.V.Krishnan, Naada Inbam hosts the best performers in the senior, junior and the talented younger artsites every year.
The venue Raga Sudha Hall was built under the personal supervision of SVK and he was decided on fitting good audio equipments.
This year's festival will be held from Dec. 7, 10 to Jan. 5, 2011
At Raga Sudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue. Mylapore.Phone no. 2499 2672
Admission to the concerts is free except otherwise specified.
The schedule:
Dec. 7, 2010 - Tuesday
5.45 p.m. - Inauguration
6.30 p.m. Sundarakandam thematic Bharatanatyam by Pavithra Srinivasan
Dec. 8, 2010 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - T.S. Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam)
Dec. 9, 2010 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - Sathur Sisters - Vocal, V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Tanjore Ramadoss (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 10, 2010 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - Sharanya Krishnan - Vocal, Jayanthi Keshav (Violin)
6.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam)
Dec. 11, 2010 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Ganesh - Vocal, Ambika Prasad (Violin), Tanjore K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Sumitra Vasudev - Vocal, Padma Shankar (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
Dec. 12, 2010 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. - Kanaka Durga - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Uzhavoor K.Babu (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - T.K. Ramachandran - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec.13, 2010 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Lavanya - Vocal, Dineshkumar (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Chengelput Ranganathan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
Dec. 14, 2010 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - J.B. Srutisagar - Flute, Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Tanjore K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, V.L. Kumar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam)
Dec.15, 2010 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - K. Bharath Sundar - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), Guru Bharathwaj (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sarma (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
Dec.16, 2010 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - Ritha Rajan - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
Dec.17, 2010 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandini - Vocal, M. Rajeev (Violin), Vikram Vasudevan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Mavelikkara P. Subrahmanium - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (Violin), Madrimangalam S. Swaminathan (Mridangam), Udupi Balakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec.18, 2010 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Saptha Vadhya Sammelan - The Misra Swara Laya Lavanya
G.R.S. Murthi (Veena), J.B. Srutisagar (Flute), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), V. Rajasekar (Mridangam), Krishna Ramarathinam (Ghatam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira), N. Sundar (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Seetha Rajan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. - Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, Balu Raghuraman (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan & Viji Natarajan - Violin duet, T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Ranjani Hebbar - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, Vasumathi Vasudevan (Vocal support), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Bhavana - Vocal, K.P. Nandini (Violin), Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - B. Balasubramanian - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
Dec. 22, 2010 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), B.R. Srinivasan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Iyer Brothers - Veena, Sridhar Chari (Mridangam), E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
Dec.23, 2010 - Thursday
10.00 a.m. - Arthi Suresh - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Bhairavi & Malavi - Vocal, Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Rama Ravi - Vocal, Nanditha Ravi (Vocal support), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam)
Dec.24, 2010, Friday
10.00 a.m. - Subha Srinivasan - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), Shubha Chandramouli (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandkumar - Vocal, Balu Raghuraman (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - R. Vedavalli - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 25, 2010 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Vaikom Jayachandran - Vocal, Ambika Prasad (Violin), Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, M. Rajeev (Violin), Guru Bharathwaj (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkatraghavan - Vocal, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - C. S. Sajeev - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (Violin), Calcutta Aravind (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sowmya Sudarshan - Vocal, Bombay Anand (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - T.V. Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, V.V. Subramaniam (Violin), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - K. Dharini - Vocal, Anjna Swaminathan (Violin), Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - V.V. Subramaniam - Violin, T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Bombay Prashanth - Vocal, Bombay Anand (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Suguna Purushothaman - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam)
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - V. Subramanian - Vocal, Paalai C.K. Ramachandran (Vocal support), S. Varadarajan (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec.30, 2010 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Aiswarya Vidya Raghunath - Vocal, R. Raghul (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Kalpakam Swaminathan - Veena, Tanjore Kumar (Mridangam)
Dec.31, 2010 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Shyamala - Vocal, Padma Shankar (Violin), Parupalli Phalgun (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Amritha Murali (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sarma (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - Parasala Ponnammal - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)
Jan. 1, 2011 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Padma Sugavanam - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, K.P. Nandini (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sarma (Ghatam)
6.15 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Jan. 2, 2011 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Aamani - Vocal, Shradha (Violin), Nellai Srikrishnan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - B.N. Chinmayee - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
Jan. 3, 2011 - Monday
4.00 p.m. - Rahul Narayanan - Vocal, Kamalakiran (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Mangalam Sankar - Vocal, Amritha Murali (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
Jan. 4, 2011 - Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Ananya Ashok - Veena, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - K. Gayatri - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Jan. 5, 2011 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran - Vocal
6.15 p.m. - T.K. Govinda Rao - Vocal, V.V. Subramaniam (Violin), Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam)
November 08, 2010
Kalakshetra Art Festival 2010
Kalakshetra, an institution that has a history in teaching music and dance hosts an art festival annually during the last week of December.
The campus, the auditorium and ambiance at Kalakshetra attracts both the locals and the foreigners.
The tickets for this year's festival will be available at the office of Kalakshetra from Dec. 1,2010 onwards. Please contact phone numbers 24521169, 24521170.
The schedule:
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - Nagaswaram by S. Kasim & S. Babu
Dec.22, 2010 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - Krishnamari Kuravanji- a dance-drama by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. -Charishnu - a 60 member ensemble created for Ministry of Culture/Mininistry of Tourism
Dec. 24, 2010 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Ramayana by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 25, 2010 - Saturday
6.30 p.m. -Bharatanatyam by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashree - Vocal
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - Panchali Sapatham- a dance-drama by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - Gundecha Brothers - Hindustani Vocal
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - Nala Charitham – Kathakali
Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
The campus, the auditorium and ambiance at Kalakshetra attracts both the locals and the foreigners.
The tickets for this year's festival will be available at the office of Kalakshetra from Dec. 1,2010 onwards. Please contact phone numbers 24521169, 24521170.
The schedule:
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - Nagaswaram by S. Kasim & S. Babu
Dec.22, 2010 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - Krishnamari Kuravanji- a dance-drama by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. -Charishnu - a 60 member ensemble created for Ministry of Culture/Mininistry of Tourism
Dec. 24, 2010 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Ramayana by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 25, 2010 - Saturday
6.30 p.m. -Bharatanatyam by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashree - Vocal
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - Panchali Sapatham- a dance-drama by Kalakshetra Repertory
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - Gundecha Brothers - Hindustani Vocal
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - Nala Charitham – Kathakali
Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
November 07, 2010
Mudhra Fine Arts Festival 2010
For the 16th year, the musician couples Dr. Radha Bhaskar and 'Mudhra' Bhaskar host a fine arts festival this year through their organisation Mudhra.
The couples also publish a magazine on music & arts called Samudhra.
The festival has a music appreciation programme conducted by Radha Bhaskar, a vocalist and musicologist.
Another unique event is a day long talent promotion concerts by young artistes.
The festival is held at Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School Campus, 71, Bazullah Road, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017 . (Entrance via Krishna Street opp. to Joyalukkas and adjacent to Shah showroom)
The schedule of concerts and other events for 2010 - 11 is here:
Dec. 10. 2010 - Friday
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration
7.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy – Vocal, Mysore V.Srikanth (Violin), J.Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Sree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
Dec. 11, 2010 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan – Vocal, T.K.V.Ramanujacharyulu (Violin), Chennai S.Thiagarajan (Mridangam), Dr.S.Karthick (Ghatam)
Dec. 12, 2010 - Sunday
Talent Promotion Concerts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9.00 a.m. - Theme:Rare Kritis of Swathi Tirunal
Dr.N.S.Lakshmy- Vocal, Kovai Chandran (Violin), Nanganallur Ravishankar (Mridangam)
10.15 a.m. - Theme:Tamil Compositions
Anirudh Venkatesh - Vocal, M.Rajiv (Violin), Tirucheri Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Theme:RTP
Sruti Sagar – Flute, Ragul (Violin), N.C.Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
12.45 p.m. - Theme : Compositions of Lord Vishnu
Supraja – Vocal, Shyam(Violin), Nellai Srikrishnan(Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Theme:Muthuswami Dikshitar kritis on Goddess Lakshmi
Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B.Anathakrishan (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar(Mridangam)
3.15 p.m. - Theme:Compositions of Vasudevachar
Arundathi Krishnan- Vocal, R.S.Srividhya (Violin), J.Arvind (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Priya Sisters (Shanmughapriya & Haripirya) - Vocal, Raghavendra Rao (Vioin), Parupalli Palghun (Mridangam), B.S.Purushotham (Kanjira)
Dec. 13, 2010 - Monday
6.15 p.m. - Y.Gee. Mahendra Drama
Dec. 14, 2010 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - V.V.Subramaniam (a unique Violin solo), Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 15, 2010 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanaraman - Namasankeerthanam
Dec. 16, 2010 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - S.Sowmya – Vocal, R.K.Sriramkumar (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 17, 2010 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan – Vocal, M.Chandrasekaran (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 18, 2010 - Saturday
Talent Promotion Concerts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9.00 a.m. - Theme : Compositions on Lord Muruga
Krithika Natarajan – Vocal, K.J.Dilip (Violin), Harish Kumar (Mridangam)
10.15 a.m. - Theme : Compositions on Muthuswami Dikshitar
Vivek Sadasivam - Vocal, R.S.Sudha (Violin), Mannargudi Sreyas (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of Gopalakrishna Bharathi
J.B.Keerthana – Vocal, Arunachala Karthick (Violin), Srivatsan (Mridangam)
12.45 p.m. - Theme : Kanjeepuram kshetra kritis
Krithika Arvind – Vocal, Lavanya Raman (Violin), M.S.Varadan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Theme: Kambaram Kavirayaram
Nadamuni Gayathri – Vocal, C.K.Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam)
3.15 p.m. -Theme : Siva Sakthi
R.Rajiv -Vocal, Sreenivasamurthy (Violin), Ethirajan (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - S.Shashank – Flute, Balu Raghuram (Violin), M.L.N.Raju (Mridangam), S.V.Ramani (Ghatam)
Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday
Talent Promotion Concerts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
9 .00 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of Shyama Sastri
K.Lakshmi – Vocal, Sreenivasamurthy (Violin), Varun Ramaswami (Mridangam)
10.15 a.m. - Theme :Compositions of Koteeswara Iyer
Akshay Padmanabhan – Vocal, Dinesh (Violin), Palaymkottai Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Theme : Compositions on Lord Krishna
Swathi Srikrishna – Vocal, Nagarkoil Anand (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
12.45 p.m. -Theme: Sampoorna Raga Kritis of Papanasam Sivan
S.R.Maithreye – Vocal, Priyamvadaa (Violin), K.S.Ramana (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Theme : Compositions on Sapta Tala Malika
Aiswarya Shankar-Vocal, K.P.Nandini (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan (Mridangam)
3.15 p.m. - Theme : Devi Kritis by Trinity
Ramakrishna Murthy – Vocal, K.Gokul (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday
7.00 p.m. -Drama : PRIYAMUDAN APPA by Chandramohan
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. -Kadri Gopalnath - Saxaphone, A.Kanyakumari (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), Bangalore Rajasekar (Moharsing)
Dec. 22, 2010 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. -Drama : NERADI OLIPARAPPU by T.V.Varadharajan
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - Dr.Ganesh-Vocal, V.V.Ravi (Violin), Mudhra Bhaskar (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira), A.S.Krishnan (Moharsing)
Dec. 24, 2020 - Friday
7.00 p.m. - Drama : ETHIRPAARAADHADHU by Venkat
Dec. 25, 2010 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - O.S.Thiagarajan – Vocal, Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Kanjira)
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
9 to 4pm - MUSIC APPRECIATION PROGRAMME
6.15 p.m. - Malladi Brothers – Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam)
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
7.00 p.m. - M.S.Gopalakrishnan & Narmada – Violin Duet, Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - R.K.Srikantan – Vocal, Rudhrapatnam Ramakanth – Vocal Support, R.K.Sriram Kumar (Violin), Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - Thematic Concert by Dr.Radha Bhaskar
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - Lalgudi Krishnan –Carnatic Violin, Sriram Parasuram –Hindustani Violin, Bangalore Praveen (Mridangam)
Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan – Vocal, Mysore Nagaraj (Violin), Umayalpuram Sivaraman (Mridangam), Sri Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
Jan. 1, 2011 - Saturday
9 a.m. -Special New Year Day Lec Dem on ‘Raga Anubhavam’ by Nedanuri Krishnamurthy
Malladi Brothers(Vocal Support), Sriram Parasuram(Violin)
6.15 p.m. - Evergreen Melodies of PBS and A.M.Raja Hits by Ganapathy’s SANGEETH LAHARI Orchestra
Jan. 2, 2011 - Sunday
6.15 p.m. - Stree Thiagaraja Pancharathnam Sruti 5 – Rendering of Pancharatha Kritis by 60 Women Artists
For tickets and more details contact 9840072821 . 28264493
October 31, 2010
The Music Academy Madras - Season 2010
The major sabha which NRIs and the localites look up to during the December Season in Madras is The Music Academy.
The concert hop-ons between sabhas depend on the Music Academy schedule for many of the music season buffs.
Here is this year's schedule:
Dec. 15, 2010 - Wednesday
4.00 pm - Mangala Isai - A. Vijay Karthikeyan and Party
5.15 pm - Inauguration
7.00 pm - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (V), B. Harikumar (M), Coimbatore V. Mohan Ram (G)
Dec. 16, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Vyasarpadi G. Kothandaraman & Vada eluppai Anandhan - Nadaswaram, Tiruvalaputhur A. Kaliamurthy (T), Veliyambakkam V.M. Palanivel (T)
12.00 noon - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, V. Giridhari (V), Ranjani Venkatesh (M)
1.45 pm - K. Hariprasad - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R. Rajasree(V), Madurai B. Sundar (M)
4.15 pm - A. Kanyakumari and Embar S. Kannan - Violin duet, Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Bangalore N. Amrit (K), Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (M)
7.00 pm - Manda Sudharani - Vocal, Padma Shankar (V), Neyveli R. Narayanan (M), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (G)
Dec. 17, 2010 - Friday
9.15 am - B. Kannan - Veena, C. Chaluvaraju (M), Udipi Balakrishnan (G)
12.00 no0n - K. Dharini - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer (V), K.H. Vineeth (m),
1.45 pm - Savita Narasimhan - Vocal, Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (V), Nellai A. Balaji (M), Phanindra Bhaskara (G)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad (V), B. Ganapathiraman (M), V. Umashankar (G)
7.00 pm - Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Umayalpuram Sivaraman (M), B. Sreesundarkumar (K)
Dec. 18, 2010 - Saturday
9.15 am - Bombay Sisters C. Saroja and C. Lalitha - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (V), K.R. Ganesh (M), Madipakkam A. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (V), N.C. Bharadway (M)
1.45 pm - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), Kottayam G. Santosh Kumar (M)
4.15 pm - O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal, Mysore M. Nagaraj (V), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (M), N. Govindarajan (G)
7.00 pm - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy (V), V.V. Ramana Murthy (M), N. Somayajulu (G)
Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday
9.15 am - R.K. Srikantan - Vocal, Rudrapatnam S. Ramakant - Vocal support, Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan (V), H.S. Sudhindra (M), M.A. Krishnamurthy (G)
12.00 noon - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, H.M. Smitha (V), S. Arvind (M)
1.45 pm - Sumitra Nitin - Vocal, T.H. Vasantha (V), A.V. Manikandan (M)
4.15 pm - Malladi Brothers Sreerama Prasad and Ravikumar - Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao (B), M.L.N. Raju (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal, Delhi P. Sunderrajan (V), Vellore G. Ramabhadran (M), M. Guruprasad (G)
Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday
9.15 am - Neela Ramgopal - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas (V), Nanjil A.R. Arul (M), Sukkanya Ramgopal (G)
12.00 noon - B.Umashankar - Vocal, K.J. Dilip (V), S.R. Ethirajan (M)
1.45 pm - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, R. Ambika Prasad (V), Erode Nagarajan (M), Balaji Chandran (G)
4.15 pm - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (V), Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)
7.00 pm - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (V), Melakaveri K. Balaji (M), Adambakkam K. Shankar (G)
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
9.15 am - Trichur V. Ramachandran - Vocal, M.A. Sundaresan (V), Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathy (M), E.M. Subramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Kotapalli Vandana - Vocal, K.V. Krishna (V), K. Ramesh (M)
1.45 pm - Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma - Vocal, Idapally Ajith Kumar (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), V. Sai Subramanian (M)
4.15 pm - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada (V), J. Vaidyanathan (M), B. Sree Sundarkumar (K)
7.00 pm - N. Ravikiran - Chitraveena, Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath (V), K.V. Prasad (M), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (G), B.S. Purushothaman (K)
Dec. 22, 2010 - Wednesday
9.15 am - Dr. K. Omanakutty - Vocal, G. Bharathi (V), Trivandrum R. Vaidyanathan (M), G. Ravichandran (G)
12.00 noon - Kottakkal Ranjith Varier - Vocal, Aditi Krishnaprakash (V), TrivandrumN. Hariharan (M)
1.45 pm - Prapancham S. Balachandran - Flute, V. Suresh Babu (V), Konerirajapuram V. Varadarajan (M), T.A. Ramanujan (M)
4.15 pm - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (V), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Udipi S. Sridhar (G)
7.00 pm - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, H.K. Venkataraman (V), K.V. Prasad (M), V. Suresh (G), Tirukannapuram J. Sowrirajan (M)
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Kalyanapuram Aravamudha Chariar - Harikatha : Bhakta Prahalada), Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Thanjavur Ramadas (M)
12.00 noon - Ashwin Anand - Veena, S.J. Arjun Ganesh (M), G. Hari Hara Sarma (K)
1.45 pm - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, K.P. Nandini (V), Karukurichi Mohanram (M)
4.15 pm - Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Guruvayur Dorai (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
7.00 pm - U. Shrnivas - Mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao (V), BangaloreV. Praveen (M), V. Selvaganesh (K), Srirangam S. Kannan (M)
Dec. 24, 2010, Friday
9.15 am - Geetha Rajashekar - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (V), Thanjavur S. Subramanian (M), H. Sivaramakrishnan (G), Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (M)
12.00 noon - Swati Srikrishna - Vocal, K. Gokul (V), B. Guru Raghavendra (M)
1.45 pm - K. Gayathri - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanaba (V), R. Sankaranarayan (M), S. Krishna (G)
4.15 pm - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy (V), Neyveli S. Skanda Subramanian (M), A.S. Krishnan (M)
7.00 pm - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), V. Suresh (G)
Dec. 25, 2010, Saturday
9.15 am - T.N. Krishnan and Viji Krishnan - Violin Duet, Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (M), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (G)
12.00 noon - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, BombayV. Anand (V), B. Srivatsan (M)
1.45 pm - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Shertalai R. Sivakumar (V), M.S. Varadan (M), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (K)
4.15 pm - Ranjani and Gayathri - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman (V), N. Manoj Siva (M), N. Guruprasad (G)
7.00 pm - E. Gayathri - Veena, Trichur C. Narendran (M), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (G)
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
9.15 am - R. Vedavalli - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - D.B. Asvin - Vocal, R. Raghul (V), Palghat A.M. Hari Narayanan (M)
1.45 pm - Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), B. Sivaraman (M), H. Prasanna (G)
4.15 pm - Aruna Sairam - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar (V), J. Vaidhyanathan (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - B.V. Balasai - Flute, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (V), Palladam R. Ravi (M), A.S. Shankar (G)
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
9.15 am - T.S. Sankaran and J.A. Jayant - Flute Duet, M. Chandrasekaran (V), Madirimangalam S. Swaminathan (M), Trivandrum D. Rajagopal (K)
12.00 noon - S. Malavika - Vocal, M. Rajeev (V), Rajna Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, Amritha Murali (V), B. Sivaraman (M), Chandrasekhara Sarma (G)
4.15 pm - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (M), S.V. Ramani (G)
7.00 pm - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), C.P. Vyasa Vittala (K)
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
9.15 am - Parassala Ponnammal - Vocal, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Poongulam S. Subramanian (M), D.V. Venkatasubramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan (V), Nirmal Narayan (M)
1.45 pm - Iyer Brothers Ramnath and Gopinath - Veena Duet, Madipakkam P. Suresh (M), G. Guruprasanna (K)
4.15 pm - Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath (V), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (M), R. Raman (M)
7.00 pm - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Nagai R. Sriram (V), Umalyapuram K. Sivaraman (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
9.15 am - Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan (V), R. Ramesh (M), E.M. Subramaniam (G)
12.00 noon - N. Bhairavi and N. Malavi - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthi (V), Karra Srinivas Rao (M)
1.45 pm - Amritha Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), Nerkunam Shankar (K)
4.15 pm - Bombay Jayashri - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan (V), Patri Satishkumar (M), V. Anirudh Athreya (K)
7.00 pm - Sreevalsan J. Menon - Vocal, V. Sanjeev (V), Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (M), N. Narasimhan (G)
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Suguna Purushothaman - Vocal, Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (V), Thanjavur Kumar (M), K.S. Rangachary (K)
12.00 noon - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Sivakumar Anatharaman (V), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Calcutta K. Vijayaraghavan - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (V), DelhiS. Sairam (M)
4.15 pm - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha (V), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (M), Payyanur Govindaprasad (M)
7.00 pm - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, MysoreV. Srikanth (V), Anantha R. Krishnan (M), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (K)
Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday
9.15 am - Palai C.K. Ramachandran - Vocal, T.H. Subramaniam (V), Umayalpuram Mali (M), Thrikakkara Y.N. Shantharam (K)
12.00 noon - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Akkarai S. Sornalatha (V), Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (M)
1.45 pm - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnanasundaram (V), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (M)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Anuradha Sridhar (V), A.S. Ranganathan (M), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (K)
7.00 pm - Ustad Alam Khan - Sarod, (Son & Disciple of Ustad Ali Akbhar Khan), Subhankar Banerjee (T)
Jan. 1, 2011, Saturday
9.15 am - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), B.S. Purushothaman (K)
3.45 pm - Mangala Isai - P.K.M. Ravi & C.K.Raghuram
5.00 pm - Sadas
7.00 pm - Special programme - S. Shashank - Flute, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), Patri Satishkumar (M)
The concert hop-ons between sabhas depend on the Music Academy schedule for many of the music season buffs.
Here is this year's schedule:
Dec. 15, 2010 - Wednesday
4.00 pm - Mangala Isai - A. Vijay Karthikeyan and Party
5.15 pm - Inauguration
7.00 pm - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (V), B. Harikumar (M), Coimbatore V. Mohan Ram (G)
Dec. 16, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Vyasarpadi G. Kothandaraman & Vada eluppai Anandhan - Nadaswaram, Tiruvalaputhur A. Kaliamurthy (T), Veliyambakkam V.M. Palanivel (T)
12.00 noon - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, V. Giridhari (V), Ranjani Venkatesh (M)
1.45 pm - K. Hariprasad - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R. Rajasree(V), Madurai B. Sundar (M)
4.15 pm - A. Kanyakumari and Embar S. Kannan - Violin duet, Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Bangalore N. Amrit (K), Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (M)
7.00 pm - Manda Sudharani - Vocal, Padma Shankar (V), Neyveli R. Narayanan (M), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (G)
Dec. 17, 2010 - Friday
9.15 am - B. Kannan - Veena, C. Chaluvaraju (M), Udipi Balakrishnan (G)
12.00 no0n - K. Dharini - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer (V), K.H. Vineeth (m),
1.45 pm - Savita Narasimhan - Vocal, Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (V), Nellai A. Balaji (M), Phanindra Bhaskara (G)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad (V), B. Ganapathiraman (M), V. Umashankar (G)
7.00 pm - Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Umayalpuram Sivaraman (M), B. Sreesundarkumar (K)
Dec. 18, 2010 - Saturday
9.15 am - Bombay Sisters C. Saroja and C. Lalitha - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (V), K.R. Ganesh (M), Madipakkam A. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (V), N.C. Bharadway (M)
1.45 pm - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), Kottayam G. Santosh Kumar (M)
4.15 pm - O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal, Mysore M. Nagaraj (V), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (M), N. Govindarajan (G)
7.00 pm - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy (V), V.V. Ramana Murthy (M), N. Somayajulu (G)
Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday
9.15 am - R.K. Srikantan - Vocal, Rudrapatnam S. Ramakant - Vocal support, Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan (V), H.S. Sudhindra (M), M.A. Krishnamurthy (G)
12.00 noon - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, H.M. Smitha (V), S. Arvind (M)
1.45 pm - Sumitra Nitin - Vocal, T.H. Vasantha (V), A.V. Manikandan (M)
4.15 pm - Malladi Brothers Sreerama Prasad and Ravikumar - Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao (B), M.L.N. Raju (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal, Delhi P. Sunderrajan (V), Vellore G. Ramabhadran (M), M. Guruprasad (G)
Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday
9.15 am - Neela Ramgopal - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas (V), Nanjil A.R. Arul (M), Sukkanya Ramgopal (G)
12.00 noon - B.Umashankar - Vocal, K.J. Dilip (V), S.R. Ethirajan (M)
1.45 pm - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, R. Ambika Prasad (V), Erode Nagarajan (M), Balaji Chandran (G)
4.15 pm - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (V), Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)
7.00 pm - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (V), Melakaveri K. Balaji (M), Adambakkam K. Shankar (G)
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
9.15 am - Trichur V. Ramachandran - Vocal, M.A. Sundaresan (V), Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathy (M), E.M. Subramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Kotapalli Vandana - Vocal, K.V. Krishna (V), K. Ramesh (M)
1.45 pm - Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma - Vocal, Idapally Ajith Kumar (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), V. Sai Subramanian (M)
4.15 pm - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada (V), J. Vaidyanathan (M), B. Sree Sundarkumar (K)
7.00 pm - N. Ravikiran - Chitraveena, Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath (V), K.V. Prasad (M), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (G), B.S. Purushothaman (K)
Dec. 22, 2010 - Wednesday
9.15 am - Dr. K. Omanakutty - Vocal, G. Bharathi (V), Trivandrum R. Vaidyanathan (M), G. Ravichandran (G)
12.00 noon - Kottakkal Ranjith Varier - Vocal, Aditi Krishnaprakash (V), TrivandrumN. Hariharan (M)
1.45 pm - Prapancham S. Balachandran - Flute, V. Suresh Babu (V), Konerirajapuram V. Varadarajan (M), T.A. Ramanujan (M)
4.15 pm - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (V), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Udipi S. Sridhar (G)
7.00 pm - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, H.K. Venkataraman (V), K.V. Prasad (M), V. Suresh (G), Tirukannapuram J. Sowrirajan (M)
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Kalyanapuram Aravamudha Chariar - Harikatha : Bhakta Prahalada), Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Thanjavur Ramadas (M)
12.00 noon - Ashwin Anand - Veena, S.J. Arjun Ganesh (M), G. Hari Hara Sarma (K)
1.45 pm - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, K.P. Nandini (V), Karukurichi Mohanram (M)
4.15 pm - Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Guruvayur Dorai (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
7.00 pm - U. Shrnivas - Mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao (V), BangaloreV. Praveen (M), V. Selvaganesh (K), Srirangam S. Kannan (M)
Dec. 24, 2010, Friday
9.15 am - Geetha Rajashekar - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (V), Thanjavur S. Subramanian (M), H. Sivaramakrishnan (G), Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (M)
12.00 noon - Swati Srikrishna - Vocal, K. Gokul (V), B. Guru Raghavendra (M)
1.45 pm - K. Gayathri - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanaba (V), R. Sankaranarayan (M), S. Krishna (G)
4.15 pm - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy (V), Neyveli S. Skanda Subramanian (M), A.S. Krishnan (M)
7.00 pm - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), V. Suresh (G)
Dec. 25, 2010, Saturday
9.15 am - T.N. Krishnan and Viji Krishnan - Violin Duet, Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (M), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (G)
12.00 noon - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, BombayV. Anand (V), B. Srivatsan (M)
1.45 pm - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Shertalai R. Sivakumar (V), M.S. Varadan (M), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (K)
4.15 pm - Ranjani and Gayathri - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman (V), N. Manoj Siva (M), N. Guruprasad (G)
7.00 pm - E. Gayathri - Veena, Trichur C. Narendran (M), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (G)
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
9.15 am - R. Vedavalli - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - D.B. Asvin - Vocal, R. Raghul (V), Palghat A.M. Hari Narayanan (M)
1.45 pm - Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), B. Sivaraman (M), H. Prasanna (G)
4.15 pm - Aruna Sairam - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar (V), J. Vaidhyanathan (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - B.V. Balasai - Flute, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (V), Palladam R. Ravi (M), A.S. Shankar (G)
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
9.15 am - T.S. Sankaran and J.A. Jayant - Flute Duet, M. Chandrasekaran (V), Madirimangalam S. Swaminathan (M), Trivandrum D. Rajagopal (K)
12.00 noon - S. Malavika - Vocal, M. Rajeev (V), Rajna Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, Amritha Murali (V), B. Sivaraman (M), Chandrasekhara Sarma (G)
4.15 pm - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (M), S.V. Ramani (G)
7.00 pm - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), C.P. Vyasa Vittala (K)
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
9.15 am - Parassala Ponnammal - Vocal, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Poongulam S. Subramanian (M), D.V. Venkatasubramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan (V), Nirmal Narayan (M)
1.45 pm - Iyer Brothers Ramnath and Gopinath - Veena Duet, Madipakkam P. Suresh (M), G. Guruprasanna (K)
4.15 pm - Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath (V), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (M), R. Raman (M)
7.00 pm - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Nagai R. Sriram (V), Umalyapuram K. Sivaraman (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
9.15 am - Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan (V), R. Ramesh (M), E.M. Subramaniam (G)
12.00 noon - N. Bhairavi and N. Malavi - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthi (V), Karra Srinivas Rao (M)
1.45 pm - Amritha Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), Nerkunam Shankar (K)
4.15 pm - Bombay Jayashri - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan (V), Patri Satishkumar (M), V. Anirudh Athreya (K)
7.00 pm - Sreevalsan J. Menon - Vocal, V. Sanjeev (V), Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (M), N. Narasimhan (G)
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
9.15 am - Suguna Purushothaman - Vocal, Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (V), Thanjavur Kumar (M), K.S. Rangachary (K)
12.00 noon - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Sivakumar Anatharaman (V), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Calcutta K. Vijayaraghavan - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (V), DelhiS. Sairam (M)
4.15 pm - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha (V), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (M), Payyanur Govindaprasad (M)
7.00 pm - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, MysoreV. Srikanth (V), Anantha R. Krishnan (M), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (K)
Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday
9.15 am - Palai C.K. Ramachandran - Vocal, T.H. Subramaniam (V), Umayalpuram Mali (M), Thrikakkara Y.N. Shantharam (K)
12.00 noon - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Akkarai S. Sornalatha (V), Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (M)
1.45 pm - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnanasundaram (V), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (M)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Anuradha Sridhar (V), A.S. Ranganathan (M), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (K)
7.00 pm - Ustad Alam Khan - Sarod, (Son & Disciple of Ustad Ali Akbhar Khan), Subhankar Banerjee (T)
Jan. 1, 2011, Saturday
9.15 am - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), B.S. Purushothaman (K)
3.45 pm - Mangala Isai - P.K.M. Ravi & C.K.Raghuram
5.00 pm - Sadas
7.00 pm - Special programme - S. Shashank - Flute, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), Patri Satishkumar (M)
Morning Academic Sessions at the Music Academy
This year's lec dem sessions at the Academy begin on Dec. 16, 2010 and go on till Jan. 1, 2011
The venue is Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, The Music Academy campus.
Discussions open to audience after comments from the Experts Committee members.
The schedule:
Dec. 16, 2010 - Thursday
8.00 am - Jyothi Kamath Group - Devotional music
8.35 am - 9.10 am - Prof. Kannikeswaran : The kritis of Muthuswami Dikshitar and the Dhrupad compositional form - a comparitive study
9.15 am - 10.00 am Smt. Bhairavi : Pathantaras in the Sri Krisna-lila-tarangini of Narayana Tirtha
Dec. 17, 2010 - Friday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Sumathi Krishnan : Variety in Varnams
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Ms. Deepthi Bhalla : Dundubhi Natyam (compositions based on rare talas of Kerala)
Dec. 18, 2010 - Saturday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Prof. David Nelson : Structure of Tani Avartanam
9.00 am - 10.00 am - N. Vijay Siva : Raga-s: Devakriya, Devamrtavarsini, Manjari & Kharaharapriya – A comparative study
Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday
8.05 am - 9.05 am - Dr. B.M. Sundaram with Injikkudi Sri. E.M. Subramaniam : Mallari
9.10 am - 10.00 am - V. S. Narasimhan and the Madras string quartet : My way of taking Carnatic Music to globalization
Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy : A comparative analysis of Harikatha of the four southern states
9.00 am - 10.00 am - T.K. Govinda Rao : Varnam in Six Kala-s
Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Mala Chandrasekhar : Flute - the technique and the stalwarts
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Padma Subrahmanyam : Brhadisvara Temple: Its influence on Music and Dance
Dec.22, 2010 - Wednesday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Priyasri Rao : Textual Traditions in Indian Classical Dances.
9.00 am - 10.00 am - R.S. Jayalakshmi : Raga Begada
Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Gayathri Girish : Compositions of Margadarsi Sesayyangar
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Premalatha V : Music Manuscripts and Manavalli Ramakrsna Kavi
Dec. 24, 2010 - Friday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Madhu Mohan : Svara as an abstraction
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Somali Panda : Rabindra Sangita
Dec. 25, 2010 - Saturday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Suguna Varadachari : Niraval singing for Pallavi and Krti-s
9.00 am - 10.00 am - S. Sowmya : Ghanta and allied Raga-s
Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - M.S. Gopalakrishnan and Dr. Narmada : Gamaka-s in Hindusthani and Carnatic Music
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Bombay Sisters C. Lalitha and C. Saroja : Tyagaraja’s popular krti-s in rare raga-s and rare krti-s in popular raga-s.
Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Umamaheswari : Music in Divyaprabandham
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Sadanam Harikumar: Sopanam Music
Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Aneesh Pradhan with Sri. V. Sudheer Nayak : Tabla Gharana-s
9.00 am - 10.00 am - Subha Mudgal with Sri. Aneesh Pradhan & Sri. V. Sudheer Nayak : Khayala and Guru Pandita Ramasraya Jha's work as a composer
Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday
8.05 am - 8.50 am - Prof. Tim Hoffman : Authentic Indian music on traditional Japanese instruments - koto & shakuhachi
9.00 am - 10.15 am - Arvind Parikh : Gharana-s of Sitara with specific focus on the gharana of Ustad Vilayat Khan - his contribution and personality
Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday
8.05 am - 9.35 am - Nedunuri Krishnamurthy : Raga - Concept, Scope and Establishment
Dec.31, 2010 - Friday
8.00 am - 8.30 am - Kavita Devarajan Group : Devotional music
8.35 am - 9.20 am - Rajkumar Bharathi : Original tunes in the songs of Subrahmanya Bharati
9.30 am - 10.15 am - R. Satyanarayana : Sangita Samayasara
Jan. 1, 2011 - Saturday
8.00 am - 8.30 am - Advanced School of Carnatic Music, The Music Academy : Devotional music
8.35 am - 9.30 am - Open House
October 30, 2010
Ideas and presentations invited for the Naatya Kala Conference of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha's Naatya Kala Conference(NKC) is a very important event during the Chennai Art festival season in December.
The 30th annual NKC will be held between Dec. 26 and 31, 2010.
Senior dancer and guru Shanta Dhananjayan will be the convener for the 30th & 31st NKC.(for two years).
This year's conference will focus on the Abhyaasa-Sampradaaya (evolutionary developments in the last century ) culminating in today's repertoire and presentation of the five major system of traditional Naatya namely Bharatanaatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi-naatya, Odissi-naatya and Kathak-naatya. A living legendary Achaarya will lead each deliberation.
Each day is devoted to one style which will focus on educating and enlightening the commoner and connoisseur to appreciate these performing art forms in greater in-depth. Particularly the critics , reviewers and students could enhance their understanding and appreciation level.
On the concluding day (Dec 31st) whole session will focus on FUNDING CLASSICAL ARTS and how to go about getting funds. Representatives from Government Funding Bodies, Corporate Bodies, Sabhas, will talk and answer questions on the availability and procedure to get funds and opportunities to perform and foreign tours etc.
This is envisaged to help various Artistes, Art Institutions, schools, Cultural Organisations etc.
Individuals, organized groups, Institutions are required to register themselves as Conference delegates to facilitate designated seat allotments and participate in the discussions and get free refreshments.
The Sabha and the convenor of NKC also invite relevant articles /suggestions/fresh ideas/opinions concerning the performing arts , to publish in the souvenir to be released on 31st Dec.
Restrict the articles/suggestions etc to ONE page (a4 size page) and a passport size photo and four lines Bio-data must be accompanied. A special Editors, Jury will select the best journalistic written materials for publication. The jury will also select the best among them for a surprise award.
Contact: Smt: Shanta Dhananjayan (Phone: 044+24911125)
C/o Bharatakalanjali, 6, Jeevaratnam Nagar, Adyar, Chennai. 600020
Email: bkalanjali@gmail.com
with a copy to:
Sri. Y.R.Prabhu , Secretary, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Maharajapuram Santhanam Road ( Old Griffth Rd, T.Nagar, Chennai.600017.
Phone; 044+28140806
Email:krishnaganasabha@gmail.com
The 30th annual NKC will be held between Dec. 26 and 31, 2010.
Senior dancer and guru Shanta Dhananjayan will be the convener for the 30th & 31st NKC.(for two years).
This year's conference will focus on the Abhyaasa-Sampradaaya (evolutionary developments in the last century ) culminating in today's repertoire and presentation of the five major system of traditional Naatya namely Bharatanaatyam, Kathakali, Kuchipudi-naatya, Odissi-naatya and Kathak-naatya. A living legendary Achaarya will lead each deliberation.
Each day is devoted to one style which will focus on educating and enlightening the commoner and connoisseur to appreciate these performing art forms in greater in-depth. Particularly the critics , reviewers and students could enhance their understanding and appreciation level.
On the concluding day (Dec 31st) whole session will focus on FUNDING CLASSICAL ARTS and how to go about getting funds. Representatives from Government Funding Bodies, Corporate Bodies, Sabhas, will talk and answer questions on the availability and procedure to get funds and opportunities to perform and foreign tours etc.
This is envisaged to help various Artistes, Art Institutions, schools, Cultural Organisations etc.
Individuals, organized groups, Institutions are required to register themselves as Conference delegates to facilitate designated seat allotments and participate in the discussions and get free refreshments.
The Sabha and the convenor of NKC also invite relevant articles /suggestions/fresh ideas/opinions concerning the performing arts , to publish in the souvenir to be released on 31st Dec.
Restrict the articles/suggestions etc to ONE page (a4 size page) and a passport size photo and four lines Bio-data must be accompanied. A special Editors, Jury will select the best journalistic written materials for publication. The jury will also select the best among them for a surprise award.
Contact: Smt: Shanta Dhananjayan (Phone: 044+24911125)
C/o Bharatakalanjali, 6, Jeevaratnam Nagar, Adyar, Chennai. 600020
Email: bkalanjali@gmail.com
with a copy to:
Sri. Y.R.Prabhu , Secretary, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha
Maharajapuram Santhanam Road ( Old Griffth Rd, T.Nagar, Chennai.600017.
Phone; 044+28140806
Email:krishnaganasabha@gmail.com
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