Ananthaswami Centre for Carnatic Music

One of the early series of concerts is hosted by Ananthaswami Centre for Carnatic Music. The concerts are free and open to all.
The series is held from Dec. 1 to 6, Dec. 13 to Dec. 24, 2011. Concerts are not held on some days between these dates. Hence, a careful look at the schedule is suggested
Venue: Dakshinamoorthy Hall, P.S. High School, Opp. Ramakrishna Mutt, Mylapore
Dec. 1, 2011 Thursday
4.15 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - B Srivatsan
6.40 p.m. - Ragam Sisters Sivaranjani and Nalina Kanthi - Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Hanumanthapuram J Bhuvarahan - Nerkunam S Sankar
Dec. 2, 2011 Friday
4.20 p.m. - J.B. Sruthisagar (Flute) - R. Raghul - N.C. Bharadwaj
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha - Poongulam Subramanyam - Dr. S. Karthick
Dec. 3, 2011 Saturday
4.20 p.m. - Lavanya Vaidhyanathan - Akkarai Sornalatha - N.C. Bharadwaj - Nerkunam S Sankar
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi and Chitra - Dr. R. Hemalatha - Nellai Balaji - K.S. Rangachari
Dec. 4, 2011 Sunday
4.20 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Ragunath - R. Raghul - Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan
6.30 p.m. - C.R. Vaidhyanathan - V. Sanjeev - Trichur C Narendran - Anirudh V
Dec. 5, 2011 Monday
4.20 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - K.P. Nandini - Akshay Anand
6.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal - M Rajeev - B Sivaraman
Dec. 6, 2011 Tuesday
4.20 p.m. - Siddarth Kumar - Sudha R.S. Iyer - Nellai V. Sreekrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Kumbakonam M.R. Gopinath - Nellai Balaji.
Raman Kendra Consecration Day
Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday
4.00 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Sudha R.S. Iyer - G. Ramshankar Babu
6.40 p.m. - Salem R Shriram - S. Varadarajan - Dr. Trichy Sankaran - B Shree Sundar Kumar
Dec. 16, 2011 Friday
4.20 p.m. - S. Maalavika - Akkarai Sornalatha - K.H.Vineeth
6.30 p.m. - B. Balasubramaniam - R.K. Shriram Kumar - K. Ashok
Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday
4.20 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - R. Raghul - L. Subramanian
6.30 p.m. - C.S. Sajeev - V. Sanjeev - K. Ashok
Dec. 19, 2011 Monday
4.20 p.m. - Roopa Mahadevan - M. Rajeev - Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan
6.30 p.m. - D.B. Ashwin - Akkarai Sornalatha - Aswin Sridharan
Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday
4.20 p.m. - Raagini Sri - Sudha R.S. Iyer - K.H. Vineeth
6.30 p.m. - Mala Mohan - Charulatha Ramanujam - B.Ganapathiraman
Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday
4.20 p.m. - Anirudh Venkatesh - M. Rajeev - Abhinav Seetharaman
6.30 p.m. - H.S. Prashanth - TKV Ramanujacharyalu - B. Srinivasan
Ramana Kendra is at 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore - Next lane to Shirdi Sai Baba temple.

Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2011

Yet another longer music and dance festival is held at Bharat Kalachar, T. Nagar, Chennai.
This one comes from the famed PSBB School campus and management.

This year the festival starts on Nov. 26 and goes on till Jan. 16, 2012.

View schedule on Bharat Kalachar Website.

The schedule is here:

Nov. 26, 2011 Saturday - At Vani Mahal, T. Nagar

4.00 p.m. - Nadaswaram

5.00 p.m. - Deepika Potarazu (USA) - Kuchipudi

6.15 p.m. - H.H. Swami Dayananda Saraswathi inaugurates the Silver Jubilee Margazhi Mahotsav

All the programmes from Nov. 27 will be held at Bharat Kalachar, 16, Tirumalai Road, T. Nagar, Chennai

Nov. 27, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

4.15 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

6.45 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Nov. 28, 2011 Monday

5.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman -

Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Nov. 29, 2011 Tuesday

5.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, K.S.Rangachari - Kanjira

Nov. 30, 2011 Wednesday

5.00 p.m. - Ghatam Karthick's SUMS(K)RYTHM - A Taal Order

Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal, Prapancham Ravindran - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira, R. Raman - Morsing, N. Sundar - Tabla,Dholak,Khol & Bols, V. Rajagopalan - Percussion Effects

7.00 p.m. - S.P. Ramh - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, A. S. Krishnan - Morsing

Dec. 01, 2011 Thursday

5.00 p.m. - K. Dharini - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Thanjavur Praveenkumar - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

7.10 p.m. - Anooradha Sriram and Sriram Parasuram - Hindustani and Carnatic Jugal bandhi.

Dec. 02, 2011 Friday

5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam

7.10 p.m. - B.V. Balasai - Flute and U.P. Raju - Mandolin, K. V. Prasad - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Dec. 03, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - A.V.K. Rajasimhan - Vocal, V. V. Ravi - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam, E. M. Subramanian - Ghatam

5.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Guru Bharadwaj - Mridangam

7.10 p.m. - Vijayalakshmy Subramanyam - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, B. S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 04, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - Akshya Anandhakrishnan - Vocal, K.P. Nandhini - Violin, Agaramangudi

Anandhakrishnan - Mridangam

4.15 p.m. - G. Ramanathan - Saxophone and Bhavani Prasad - Veena - Instrumental fusion, S. Gajendran - Tavil, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira, Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam

6.45 p.m. - To be announced

Dec. 05, 2011 Monday

6.15 p.m. - Deepa Tharangini - a group presentation by Meenakshi Srinivasan (Hyderabad)

Dec. 06, 2011 Tuesday

5.00 p.m. - Saroja Vaidyanathan and Ganesha Natyalaya (Delhi) - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Lata Krishnaswamy - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 07, 2011 Wednesday

5.00 p.m. - Shilpa Darshankumar (Dis. of Revathi Ramachandran) - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Utsav Music presents 'Muthamizh Maalai' by Radhika Shurajith & group - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 08, 2011 Thursday

5.00 p.m. - Rithwika Ghosh - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Srilata Vinod, Sangeetha Vasudevan and Nartaki Nataraj present Bharathiyar's Vachana Kavithaikal - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 09, 2011 Friday

5.00 p.m. - Rasika Kumar (Dis. of Mythili Kumar) USA - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Srekala Bharath - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - Subbu Arumugam & party - Villupattu

5.00 p.m. - Krithika Rajagopalan (USA) - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Prapathi Marga - thematic Bharatanatyam by Roja Kannan, Priya Murle, Srikanth & Ashwathy Srikanth

Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - V.K. Raman - Flute, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam

5.00 p.m. - Disciples of Sheela Unnikrishnan - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala & group - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 12, 2011 Monday

5.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram (Dis. of Chitra Visweswaran) - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Meenakshi Chittaranjan & group - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday

5.00 p.m. - Uma Muralikrishna & group - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Theatre presentation by Saraswathy Krishnakumar

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday

10.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya & group - Ensemble

7.00 p.m. - Madhuvanthi Arun's Lec-dem on Navarasa in Ramayana. Anil Srinivasan - Piano

Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - Seattle Raman (USA) - Vocal

4.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam

6.45 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam, Rajasekar - Morsing

4.00 p.m. - S. Shashank - Flute

7.15 p.m. - Alarmel Valli - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 19, 2011 Monday

6.00 p.m. - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday

6.00 p.m. - U. Srinivas - Mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam, Sree Sundarkumar - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2011 Wednesday

6.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2011 Thursday

5.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth - Flute

7.00 p.m. - Y Gee Melody Makers present 'thirai Isaiyil Naatya Isai' - a musical show with popular playback singers

Dec. 23, 2011 Friday

4.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, M.L.N. Raju - Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa - Ghatam

7.15 p.m. - Dr. Vyjayantimala Bali - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - Revathy Krishna - Veena, M. manikandan, M. Karthikeyan - Keyboard, Kirankumar - Tabla, G. Suresh - Rhythm Pad, K.V. Sridharan - Special Effects

6.00 p.m. - Anil Bajpai & Neelima Gokhale - Ragas and Rafi - special programme to celebrate Mohd. Rafi's birthday. Madhuvanthi Arun - guest singer.

Dec. 25, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - B. Kannan - Veena

4.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi - Violin duet

7.15 p.m. - Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam presents 'Krishnaya Thubhyam Namaha'

Dec. 26, 2011 Monday

10.30 a.m. - Gopal Aravind - Vocal

4 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

7.15 p.m. - The Dhananjayan's Bharatha Kalanjali presents 'Poora-Thrayee' - thematic presentation in three segments. Swati's Dasavataram, Arunachalakavi's Manthara-Kaikeyi & Balamurali's Nritta tarangam

Dec. 27, 2011 Tuesday

4.00 p.m. Visaka Hari - Sangeetha Upanyasam

7.15 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 28, 2011 Wednesday

4.00 p.m. - 'Mahanadi' Shobana Vignesh - Vocal

7.15 p.m. - Srinidhi Chidambaram - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2011 Thurdsay

10.30 a.m. - Asha Ramesh (USA) - Vocal

4.00 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal

7.15 p.m. - Anitha Guha's disciples present Kushkinda Kandam and Sundara Kandam - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 30, 2011 Friday

10.30 a.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - (At Kamaraj Hall) K.J. Yesudas - Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mridanga,. Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - Bombay Sisters - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, K.R. Ganesh - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam

7.15 p.m. - Disciples of Chitra Visweswaran present Bharatanatyam performance

Jan. 01, 2012 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, Sheela Rajendra - vocal support, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam, A.S.

Krishnan - Morsing, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

4.00 p.m. - Ganesh and Kumaresh - Violin Duet

7.15 p.m. - Urmila Satyanarayanan - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 02, 2012 Monday

4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal

7.15 p.m. - J. Suryanarayanamurthy & disciples present 'Gokula Thilaka Srikrishna' - thematic Bharatanatyam performance

Jan. 03, 2012 Tuesday

4.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha - Violin with Suman Bhattacharya - Sitar, Rishab Dhar - Pakhawaj

7.15 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam (USA) - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 04, 2012 Wednesday

5.00 p.m. - Shantarati - Bharatanatyam

6.45 p.m. - U.A.A. presents 'Naadagam' - play in Tamil

Jan. 05, 2012 Thursday

4.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

7.15 p.m. - Gopika Varma - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 06, 2012 Friday

5.00 p.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

7.15 p.m. - Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 07, 2012 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal

4.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin,

7.15 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 08, 2012 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - Trichur Brothers - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Trichur R. Mohan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

4.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal,

7.15 p.m. - Anil Srinivasan - Piano with Navin Iyer - Flute and Y.Gee. Mahendra - percussion

Jan. 09, 2012 Monday

6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam - Vocal

Jan. 10, 2012 Tuesday

6.30 p.m. - Nithyashri Mahadevan - Vocal

Jan. 14, 2012 Saturday

7.10 p.m. - Rathna Kumar (USA) - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 15, 2012 Sunday

4.30 p.m. - Sathumurai - discourse by Dr. Sudha Seshaiyyan

6.30 p.m. - Zakir Hussain presents 'Vanamaalai - a garland of love' thematic Bharatanatyam

Jan. 16, 2012 Monday

6.30 p.m. - A programme of music and dance by the Yuva Kala Bharathis dedicated to the silver jubilee of Bharat Kalachar

Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2011

Carnatica organises one of the earliest series of concerts of the season. Titled 'Bharat Sangeet Utsav', the concerts have a variety - classical Carnatic, Hindustani and a couple of fusion music performances.

The series will be held from Oct. 29 to Nov. 7 this year.

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha, TTK Road.

Oct. 29, 2011 Saturday

5.00 pm: Inauguration

5.30 pm: Sudha Ragunathan, R. K. Shriramkumar, K. V. Prasad, S. Ganapathy

7.15 pm: Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan (Sons & disciples of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan)

Oct. 30, 2011 Sunday

2.45 pm: Jugalbandi - V. Shankaranarayanan & Shaunak Abhisheki with V. V. S. Murari, Vyasmurthi Katti, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Ravindra Yavagal

5.00 pm: S. Sowmya, Dr. M. Narmada, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan

7.00 pm: S. Shashank & Sanjeev Abhyankar, Ravindra Yavagal

Oct. 31, 2011 Monday (Palghat Mani Iyer Remembrance)

3.00 pm: V. R. Dileepkumar & G. Ravikiran with M. A. Sundaresan, Trichur Narendran

5.00 pm: Nithyasree Mahadevan, M. A. Krishnaswamy, I. Sivakumar, Trichy Murali

7.00 pm: Malladi Brothers, S. Varadarajan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, S. V. Ramani

Nov. 1, 2011 Tuesday (Madurai Mani Iyer Remembrance)

3.00 pm: K. Gayatri & Sriranjani Santhanagopalan with V. V. S. Murari, B. Sivaraman, Madipakkam Murali

5.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan with Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

7.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan, S. Varadarajan, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Nov. 2, 2011 Wednesday

3.00 pm: "Seetha Kalyanam" a Katha-Kacheri by B. Suchitra & Bharathi Ramasubban with R. Rahul, B. Ganapathyraman

5.00 pm: Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, E. M. Subramaniam

7.00 pm: Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Nagai R. Muralidharan, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, N. Govindarajan

Nov. 3, 2011 Thursday

3.00 pm: K. Bharat Sundar & R. Raghavendra with B. U. Ganesh Prasad, Trichur Narendran, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma

5.00 pm: Chitravina N. Ravikiran & Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel, Anantha R. Krishnan

7.00 pm: The Manganiyars from Rajasthan

Nov. 4, 2011 Friday

3.00 pm: Vidya Kalyanaraman & Amrita Murali with Padma Shankar, B. Ganapathyraman, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma

5.00 pm: N. Vijay Siva, Lalgudi J. Vijayalakshmi, Neyveli R. Narayanan, B. S. Purushotham

7.00 pm: 'Uttar-Dakshin' by Subhasree Thanikachalam & the Hariyudan Naan Team

Nov. 5, 2011 Saturday

3.00 pm: Shertalai K. N. Ranganatha Sarma & Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna with M. A. Sundaresan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, E. M. Subramaniam

5.00 pm: Priya Sisters, M. A. Krishnaswamy, Delhi Sairam, B. S. Purushotham

7.00 pm: Subha Mudgal, Sudheer Naik, Aneesh Pradhan

Nov. 6, 2011 Sunday

10.00 am: Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Dr. S. Karthick

3.00 pm: Nisha P. Rajagopalan & S. Saketharaman, Padma Shankar, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan

5.00 pm: Ranjani & Gayatri, H. N. Bhaskar, K. V. Prasad, K. V. Gopalakrishnan

7.00 pm: O. S. Arun & Party

Nov. 7, 2011 Monday

3.00 pm: Manasi Prasad & Savitha Sreeram with Krishnan, M. S. Venkatasubramanian, Thyagarajan

5.00 pm: P. Unnikrishnan, Embar S. Kannan, K. V. Prasad, B. S. Purushotham

7.00 pm: Fusion Dreams - Jyotsna Srikanth & Party

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All the 3.00 pm concerts and the 10.00 am concert on Nov. 6th are FREE!

For the evening programs (5.00 pm and later), 50% seats will be free. Seating will be strictly on a first-come first-served basis and cannot be reserved beforehand.

The remaining 50% will be for donor pass holders who wish to reserve a confirmed seat beforehand.

Donor passes will be available at the following denominations:

Season Pass - Rs. 3000 (couple), Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000, Rs. 500

Daily Pass - Rs. 300, Rs. 200, Rs. 100, Rs. 25

Passes will be available from Oct. 20th onwards at Narada Gana Sabha lobby and through the Carnatica

Online shopping for tickets - http://www.carnatica.com

Mylapore Fine Arts Club awards 2011

The Mylapore Fine Arts Club will honour musician Aruna Sairam with the title ‘Sangeetha Kala Nipuna' and dancer, guru and choreographer Adyar K. Lakshman with ‘Nrithya Kala Nipuna' title for the year 2011.

These awards will be presented on the inaugural day of the sabha's art festival on December 11, 2011.

Kartik Fine Arts Awards 2011

Kartik Fine Arts hosts the longest annual festival in Chennai every year.

The sabha honours artistes from various fields with titles and awards.

For 2011, the title Isai Peroli will be presented on vocalist Pantula Rama.

The other awards are :

Nadanamamani : Janaki Rangarajan (Bharatanatyam)

Tamil Isai Vendhar : Sudha Ragunathan (vocal)

Isai Chudar : Deepika. V (vocal)

Natya Chudar : M.R. Sruthipriya (Bharatanatyam)

D.K. Pattammal Award of Excellence : S.M. Vilasini (vocal)

Kartik Rajagopal Award for Best Organiser : V. Narasimhan, secretary, Asthika Samajam, Tiruvanmiyur

Dr. Seerkazhi Govindarajan Memorial Award : Tiruttani Swaminathan Oduvar

Guru Karaikudi Mani Award : Nellai A. Balaji (mridangam).

The Music Academy Awards 2011

Professor Trichy Sankaran, mridangam exponent will receive the prestigious Sangita Kalanidi Award for the year 2011.

The award Sangita Kala Acharya goes to vocalists Neela Ramgopal and Rama Ravi.

The TTK Awards will be presented to senior vidwans Mayavaram Somasundaram (kanjira) and T.R. Navaneetham (flute).

The Papa Venkataramaiah Award for violin will be given to Trivandrum Subramanya Sarma

The awardees will be conferred with the tiltes on January 1, 2012 at the annual Sadas of the Academy.

Trichy Sankaran will preside over the 85th annual conference of the Academy to be held from December 15, 2011 to January 1, 2012.

An award for dance has also been instituted this year. The newly instituted Natya Kala Acharya Award for dance will be given to Bharatanatyam exponent Padma Subrahmanyam at the inauguration of the dance festival on January 3, 2012.