Brahma Gana Sabha December 2015 concerts

The December music festival at Brahma Gana Sabha begins on Dec. 3, 2015.

Venue: Sivagami Pethachi Hall, M.CT.M School, Luz Church Road, Mylapore

For season tickets and other information, contact the sabha at
No. 50, Alamelu Manga Puram, Mylapore, Chennai - 600004
Phone: 044 - 24642767. Mobile: 94444 44767
Email: brahmaganasabha@gmail.com
Website: http://www.brahmaganasabha.com/

The schedule: (The details of accompanists will be updated as and when we get them)

Dec. 3, 2015
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai
6.00 p.m., - Inauguration and award function:
Vidvan O.S. Thyagarajan - Gaana Padhman
Natyacharyas V.P. Dhananjayan and Shanta Dhananjayan - Naatya Padhmam
Stage artist - director Kudanthai Mali - Naataka Padhmam
Vidvan M.S. Anantharaman - Vaadhya Padhmam
7.00 p.m. -  To be announced

Dec. 4, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 5, 2015
6.00 p.m. -  Music Ensemble by Krithika Meenakshi

Dec. 6, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), S.Varadarajan (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Ghatam)

Dec. 7, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 8. 2015
6.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran (Vocal)

Dec. 9, 2015
6.00 p.m. - To be announced

Dec. 10, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal)

Dec. 11, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal)

Dec. 12, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Swarna Rethas (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal)

Dec. 13, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - To be announced

Dec. 14, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal)

Dec. 15, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), K.J.Dileep (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Khanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Saketha Raman (Vocal), Akkarai Subbulakshmi (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Srisundarkumar (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2015
6.00 p.m. - K.J. Yesudas (Vocal) Nagai Murali (Violin), Trichy Harikumar (Mridangam), Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Vasudha Kesav (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - Seshachari and Raghavachari (Vocal), Delhi Sundarrajan (Violin), Jaya Bhaskar (Mridangam)

Dec. 18, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Calcutta Srividya (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - To be announced

Dec. 19, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Vishnu Namboothri (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal)

Dec. 20, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - Lalgudi Krishnan (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2015
3.45 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Nerkunam Sankar (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Ensemble by Haridwara Mangalam A.K. Palanivel

Dec. 23, 2015
1.00 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal), S.V. Sudharsan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin). Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 24, 2015
1.00 p.m. - D. Vamsi Krishna (Vocal)
2.15 p.m. - Gokulakrishnan (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), K.U. Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Thematic dance theatre directed by Gowri Ramnarayan

Dec. 25, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Anil Srinivasan (Classical Piano)
1.00 p.m. - S. Dharini (Vocal), Thirucherai Karthik (Violin), Mysore VAdiraj (Mridangam), Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
2.15 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), Dr. Narmada (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Srinidhi Chidambaram (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 26, 2015
2.15 p.m. - Pragathi Guruprasad (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), Akshay Venkatesan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Thematic Bharatanatyam choreographed by guru Anitha Guha

Dec. 27, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Religious discourse by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan
1.00 p.m. - Radhika Kannan (Vocal), Bargavi Raman (Violin), Sriram Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Revathi Kumar (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Ramkumar Mohan and Srikrishna Mohan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Bharatanatyam by Padma Subrahmanyam

Dec. 28, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Melattur Bhagavata Mela Natya Vidya Sangam Presents HarischandraTraditional Telugu Bhagavata Mela play
1.00 p.m. - Pragadeesh Shanmugaraja (Vocal), Vijay Balaji (Violin), Aravind Srikanth (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Bhooma Kasturi (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Sonal Mansingh (Odissi)

Dec. 29, 2015
10.00 a.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam
1.00 p.m. - Abishek (Vocal)
2.15 p.m. - Sumitra Nitin (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 30, 2015
1.00 p.m. - Shanthi Rao (Veena)
4.00 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 31, 2015
1.00 p.m. - Swathi Krishnamurthy (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Katha Kutcheri - Carnatica Brothers and Dushyanth Sridhar

Morning academic sessions at The Music Academy - Dec. 15, 2015 to Jan.1, 2016

Musicians, students and rasikas eagerly look forward to the lec-dem sessions at The Music Academy during the December season. The sessions are presided over by that year's Sangita Kalanidhi designate and interactions with the audience follows after each session.

Venue: Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, The Music Academy

This year's academic sessions begin on Dec. 16, 2015 and will go on till Jan, 1, 2016. Invocation is at 8 a.m. and lec-dems are from 8.05 a.m. to 10 a.m. The sessions will be presided over by Vidvan Sanjay Subrajmanyam and Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao is the convenor.

The sessions are not ticketed. However, the halls tends get filled very early and being on time or before time helps.

The schedule:

Dec. 16, 2015
8.00 to 8.20 a.m. - Devotional music by students of ASCM, Music Academy
8.20 to 9.05 a.m. - Rare pallavi-s of stalwarts by Vidvan D. Balakrishna
9.10 to 10.00 a.m. - Grahabhedam – a few perspectives by Vidushi Gayatri (Ranjani-Gayatri)

Dec. 17, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Bharat RatnaM.S.Subbulakshmi Centenary Lecture Demonstration by Vidushi Gowri Ramnarayan
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Music composed by Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar apart from Tiruppavai by Vidushi Suguna Varadachari

Dec. 18, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Choral music with Pamban Swamigal’s Shanmuga Kavacham by Vidvan Ganesh Kumar
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Music of Vijayanagara period by Vidushi Arati Rao

Dec. 19, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Maṇipuri Naṭa Sankirtana by Vidvan Upendro Sharma & troupe (Jawaharlal Manipur Academy)
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Varnam and Voice culture by Vidushi R. Vedavalli

Dec. 20, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - The Glory of the Alathur tradition by Vidvan Trichy Sankaran
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Insights into the music composed by T.K.GovindaRao by Vidushis Bombay Sisters - Saroja & Lalitha

Dec. 21, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Villupattu by Vidvan Subbu Arumugam
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Native music of Chattisgarh by Vidvan Ashok Tiwari & troupe

Dec. 22, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Tavil & Mridaṅgam – rhythmic explorations by Vidvans Thirupoongur Muthukumaraswamy and Neyveli Venkatesh
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Panel Discussion – Lakshya and Lakshana. Scholar B.M. Sundaram (chair), Vidvan O.S. Tyagarajan, Vidushi Rajshri Ramakrishnan, Vidushi Radha Bhaskar and Vidushi Sumithra Vasudev

Dec. 23, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Mandolin & Srinivas by Vidvan 'Mandolin' Rajesh
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Kathakali Mela-padam (a unique music ensemble) by Vidvans V.P. Dhananjayan, Sadanam Harikumar and troupe

Dec. 24, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Talas in Yakshagana by Vidvan Mahesha Padanya
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. -  Konnakol-most ancient, most modern by Vidban Somashekara Jois B.R

Dec. 25, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Vina Pitchumani Iyer by Vidushi R.S. Jayalakshmi
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Same ragas, different approaches - Thyagaraja and Dikshitar by Vidushi S. Sowmya

Dec. 26, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Sarangi by Vidvan Murad Ali Khan
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Ragatalapallavis by Vidvan T.V. Gopalakrishnan

Dec. 27, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Music of Parsi theatre by Vidvan Arimalam Padmanabhan
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Panel discussion – Merits & demerits of technology. Vidvans and vidishis Karaikudi Subramanian, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Sriram Parasuram, Rajkumar Bharati, Kiranavali Vidyasankar, Suresh

Dec. 28, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Percussion instruments of Kerala by Vidvan M.N. Moorthy & troupe
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Influence of Varna and Kriti on Raga alapana

Dec. 29, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Metre and Music by Vidvan R. Ganesh
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Lavaṇi music and Dance by Vidushi Savitri Medhatul & troupe

Dec. 30, 2015
8.05 to 8.50 a.m. - Dvadasanama kirtana by Mysore Vadudevachar by Vidushi Gowri Kuppuswamy
9.00 to 10.00 a.m. - Sivanin ragapravaham by Vidushi Rukmini Ramani

Dec. 31, 2015
8.00 to 8.20 a.m. - Devotional music by winner of competition - Sri Vidyavani Sangita Vidyalaya
8.25 to 9.10 a.m. - Music & Mathematics - Vidvan Manjul Bhargav
9.15 to 10.05 a.m. - Musical Contribution of Calcutta K.S. Krishnamurti by Vidvan Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Jan. 01, 2016
8.00 to 8.30 a.m. - Devotional music by runners up in competition - Nadananda Sangita Vidyalaya
8.35 to 9.30 a.m. -  Open house - Experts committee members & audience

Naadhabrahmam's December Art Festival 2015

Naadhabrahmam, a music journal hosts its 14th year art festival from Dec. 12 to 28, 2015

The award Naada Kovida for the year will be conferred on vidwan K.J. Yesudas. Dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant will receive the award Nrithya Kodiva, veena vidwan Rajhesh Vaidya will be awarded Naada Sevaka and dancer A. Lakshmanaswamy will be given the title Nrithya Sevaka on the inaugural day, Dec. 12, 2015.

Venue: Sri Ramakrishna Mission Higher Sec. School (South), TAG Auditorium, Dhandapani Street, T. Nagar, Chennai - 17

Concert Schedule:

Dec. 12, 2015
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration and award function
7.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya (Veena)

Dec. 13, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Sai Saran (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Namasankeerthanam)

Dec. 14 and Dec. 15, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Dr. M.V. Ananthapadmanabhachariyar - Prahlada Sthuthi (Upanyasam)

Dec. 14, 15 and 16, 2015
7.00 p.m. - Ganapathi Tukaram Maharaj - Varakari Sampradaya Harikeerthan

Dec. 16 and 17, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Malli Sathishkumar - Upanyasam

Dec. 17, 2015
7.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)

Dec. 18, 2015
5.00 p.m. - U.P. Raju and U.P. Nagamani (Mandolin)
7.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)

Dec. 19, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Thyagabrahmam - Drama by T.V. Varadharajan and troupe

Dec. 20, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Krupa Ravi (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 21, 2015
Vaikunda Ekadasi special programmes
5.00 p.m. - Parandhamanin Parimanangal - thematic Bharathanatyam by Sri Noopurlaya School of Performing Arts
7.00 p.m. - Dasavatharam - dance ballet by Zakir Hussain, Sripadam Academy of Dance

Dec. 22, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - D. Seshachari and D. Raghavachari (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Ushalakshmi (Vocal)
7.00 - R. Prasanna (Guitar)

Dec. 24, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. K. Krishnakumar (Vocal)

Dec. 25, 2015
5.00 p.m. Maegam Vidu Thoodhu, Nachiyar Thirumozhi - Upanyasam by Zakir Hussain
7.00 - A. Lakshmanaswamy (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 26, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Kuyil Vidu Thoodhi - Upanyasam by Zakir Hussain
6.45 p.m. - Aishwarya and Soundarya (Bharatanatyam)
8.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Neelakandan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 27, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Sriram Parasuram (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Bhavadharini Anantaraman (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Srisruthi (Vocal)
6.15 p.m. - P. Sneha (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - K. Thamizhselvi (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 30, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Kunnakudi School of Music
6.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by students of Dharshana Dance Academy
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by students of  Nrithyalakshana

Dec. 31, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Master Krishna Prasad (Veena)
6.15 p.m. - Dance performance by students of guru Lalitha Ganapathi
7.30 p.m. - Saptha Thandavam, thematic bharathanatyam by Natya Manjari

Jan. 1, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Master Raghavendra Prasad (Violin Solo)
6.15 p.m. - Reina Shannen (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - Valedictory function

For ticket details contact Naadhabrahmam at phone numbers 93810 43396, 98411 40855. Email: naadhabrahmam@yahoo.in

Thiruvaiyaru Thyagaraja Aradhana on Jan. 28, 2016

The 169th aradhana of sadguru Sri Thyagaraja at Thiruvaiyaru will begin on Jan 24, 2016.
The pancharatna keerthana singing is on Jan. 28, 2016 at 9 a.m. and will go on for an hour.

Samadhi of sadguru Thyagaraja, Thiruvaiyaru

Artistes from various places in India and abroad will pay musical tribute at Sri Thyagaraja's samadhi on the banks of River Cauvery on all the five days from Jan. 24.
List of short and main concerts will be published on the official website of Sri Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival in due course. Visit: http://thiruvaiyaruthyagarajaaradhana.org/ 

Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj, KK Nagar, December concert schedule

The 19th annual December festival of SRi Rama Bhakth Jana Samaj will be held from Dec. 20, 2015 to Jan. 6, 2016.

Venue: ANR Hall, Meenakshi Engineering College Complex, Behind Pudhuchery Guest House, Vembuliamman Koil Street, K K Nagar, Chennai-600078.

Concert Schedule:

Dec. 20, 2015
6.00 p.m. -  Inauguration and awarding Sangeetha Maamani on Haridwaramangalam  A. K. Palanivel, Thavil vidwan
7.00 p.m. -  A K Palanivel  presents Swaralayam - Ensemble with B SIvaramakrishna (Sitar), Kalpana Venkat (Violin), R P G Harisunthar (Mridangam), B Ganeshrao (Tabla)

Dec. 21, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2015
6.30 .pm. - Radha Baskar (Vocal)

Dec. 24, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Geetha (Vocal)

Dec. 25, 2015
6-.0 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 26, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Harith (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - M. Chandrasekaran (Violin Solo)

Dec. 27, 2015
5.00 p.m. - Ms. M. Aamani (Vocal)
6.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vijayalakshmi & Chithra (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2015
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Trichy  B. Sivakumar (Veena)

Dec. 31, 2015
6.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Jan. 1, 2016
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal)

Jan. 2, 2016
5.00 p.m. - Lavanya Sundarraman (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Thanjavur Praveenkumarn (Mridangam), Harihara Sarma (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - T.N. S Krishna (Vocal)

Jan. 3, 2016
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)

Jan. 4, 2016
6.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram Srinivasan (Vocal), Parur M A Sundaresan (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrisnan (Mridangam)

Jan. 5, 2016
6.30 p.m. - Dr.  R Ganesh (Vocal)

Jan. 6, 2016
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Contact Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Sabha at S-17/B, Ponnambalam Salai, K K Nagar, Chennai-600078. Ph. 23661529

The Music Academy December Season concert schedule

The Music Academy, Chennai hosts its 89th annual conference and concert series from 15th December 2015 to 1st January 2016 at its main hall T.T. Krishnamachari Auditorium.

On the inauguration day Honourable Chief Justice, Madras High Court, Sanjay Kishan Kaul will be the chief guest. After the inauguration at 5 p.m. on Dec. 15, 2015 concerts will follow.

Vidvan Sanjay Subrahmanian, Sangita Kalanidhi-Designate will presides over the morning Conference Sessions. He will be conferred the award at the Sadas to be held on Jan. 1, 2016, Prof. Manjul Bhargava, R.Brandon Fradd Professor of Mathematics, Princeton University, USA will preside over the Sadas.

Concert Schedule:

Dec. 15, 2015

4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Sitthukkadu T.G. Murugavel & Party (Nadaswaram) 

5.00 p.m. - Inauguration

7.00 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam), Bangalore B.Rajasekar (Moharsing)

Dec. 16, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Injikudi E.M. Subramaniam (Nadaswaram), Puduchery P.N. Saravanan (Tavil), Gangaikondacholapuram G.M. Sudharsan (Tavil)

11.45 a.m. - Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Nagercoil K.Anand (Violin), Tirucherai R.Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - A.S. Murali (Vocal), V.Giridhari (Violin), A.V.Manikandan (Mridangam), S.Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Sumitra Vasudev (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Nanganallur S.Swaminathan (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), S.Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Saraswathi Rajagopalan (Veena), C.Chaluvaraju (Mridangam), D.V.Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Sunil R Gargyan ( Vocal), Thirumarugal S.Dinesh Kumar (Violin), L.Subramanian (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), S.P.Anantha Padmanabha (Violin), Peravalli Jayabhaskar (Mridangam)

4.00 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Udupi Balakrishna (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Delhi P.Sunderrajan (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), N.Amrit (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2015

9.00 a.m. - M.S.Sheela (Vocal), Nalina Mohan (Violin), Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam), Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Moharsing)

11.45 a.m. - K.P.Nandini (Vocal), Sindhu Suchethan (Violin), K.Sai Giridhar (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Vocal), B.K.Raghu (Violin), Mandapaka Nagalakshmi (Mridangam), Manjoor Unnikrishnan (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Papanasam S.Sethuraman (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - S.Saketharaman (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Sangita kalanidhi Umayalpuram Dr.K.Sivaraman (Mridangam), B.Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2015

9.00 a.m. -  Bombay Sisters C.Saroja & Sangita Kalanidhi C.Lalitha (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), K.R.Ganesh (Mridangam), Adambakkam K.Sankar (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Vignesh Iswar (Vocal), Chidambaram G.Badrinath (Violin), Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam), 

1.30 p.m. - SriRanjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), K.J.Dilip (Violin), Sumesh S.Narayanan (Mridangam), S.Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A.Krishnaswami (Violin), Shertallai R.Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Moharsing)

6.45 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam), U.N.Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Dr. R.Vedavalli (Vocal), R.K.Shriramkumar (Violin), K.Arun Prakash (Mridangam), V.Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

11.45 a.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), Ranjani Venkatesh (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar K (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), S.Arvind (Mridangam), S.Krishna (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - S.Sowmya (Vocal), Nagai R. Sriram (Violin), Poongulam Subramanyam (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam), Payyanur T.Govinda Prasad (Moharsing)

6.45 p.m. - N.Ravikiran (Chitraveena), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), S.V.Ramani (Ghatam), C.P.Vyasavittala (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Lalgudi Srimathi & Anuradha Sridhar (Violin Duet), Sriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)

11.45 a.m. - J.A.Jayanth (Flute), M.Vijay (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - D.B. Aswin (Vocal), Akkarai Sornalatha (Violin), Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam), Madipakkam A.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam (Vocal), V.V.S Murari (Violin), Thanjavur R.Ramadas (Mridangam), Trichy K.Murali (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D.Raghavachari & D.Seshachari (Vocal), H.K.Venkataram (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), Coimbatore V.Mohanram (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Geetha Rajashekar (Vocal), Dr.M.Narmadha (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), G.Ravichandran (Ghatam), Thirukkannapuram Sowrirajan (Moharsing)

11.45 a.m. - N.J.Nandini (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - S.P. Ramh & Pavithra Mahesh (Veena Duet), Aswin Shridaaran (Mridangam), Tumkur B.Sasishankar (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Shanmugapriya & Haripriya (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniyam (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Murali (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - (Vocal), Mysore M.Nagaraj (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), V.Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan (Vocal), V.V.Ravi (Violin), Madirimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Trivandrum D.Rajagopal (Kanjira), Malaikottai R.M. Deenadayalu (Moharsing)

11.45 a.m. - Brinda Manickavasagan (Vocal), Sudha R.S.Iyer (Violin), K.Partha Saarathy (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Sankar Ramani (Vocal), Adithi Krishnaprakash (Violin), Madurai B.Sundar (Mridangam)

4.00 p.m. - Dr.Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam), B.N.Chandramouli (kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Sangita Kalanidhi Dr.Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 24, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Maharajapuram S.Ramachandran (Vocal), Balu Raghuram (Violin), Tumkur Ravishankar (Mridangam), Phanindra Bhaskara (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal), Sandeep Ramachandran (Violin), Nellai V.Sreekrishnan (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin), B.Guru Raghavendran (Mridangam), T.A.Ramanujan (Moharsing)

4.00 p.m. - K.Gayatri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Viloin), Nanjil A.R.Arul (Mridangam), Vazhappally R.Krishnakumar (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravi Kumar (Vocal), Embar S.Kannan (Violin), Sangita Kalanidhi Dr.Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2015

9.00 a.m. - T.N.Krishnan, Vijikrishnan Natarajan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Subiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Srivanchiam R.Sriram (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Vidhya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Tanjore K.Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), V.Sai Subramaniam (Moharsing)

4.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), Delhi S.Sairam (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), B. U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), G.Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

Dec. 26, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Trichur V.Ramachandran (Vocal), M.Chandrasekaran (Violin), R.Ramesh (Mridangam), Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal), Sivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), K.H.Vineeth (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), H.M.Smitha (Violin), Vijay B.Natesan (Mridangam), Perukavu P.L.Sudheer (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath (Vocal), Embar S.Kannan (Violin), Anantha R Krishnan (Mridangam), V.Anirudh Athreya ( Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), Bangalore Arjun Kumar (Mridangam), Trichy S.Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2015

9.00 a.m. -  T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Mysore M.Manjunath (Violin), Mannargudi A. Eswaran (Mridangam), G.Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

11.45 a.m. - Padma Sugavanam (Vocal), B.Vittala Rangan (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), M.Rajeev (Violin), N.C.Bharadwaj (Mridangam), N.Rajaraman (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Savita Narashimhan (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), Nerkunam S.Sankar (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subramanyan (Vocal), S.Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), K.V.Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 28, 2015

9.00 a.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), T.H. Subramaniam (Violin), K.V.Prasad (Mridangam), B.S.Purushotham (kanjira)

11.45 a.m. - R.Aswath Narayanan (Vocal), R.Shyam (Violin), R.Ramkumar (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), Parur M.S.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Kumbakonam K.Swaminathan (Mridangam), H.Paramasivam (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), B.V.Raghavendra Rao (Violin), J.Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Shertallai Dr. K.N.Renganatha Sharma (Vocal), Mullaivasal G.Chandramouli (Violin), Srimushnam V.Raja Rao (Mridangam), A.S.Sankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Veena), Trivandrum R Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Pudukottai N.Ramachandran (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Sushma Somasekharan (Vocal), Arun Ramamurthy (Violin), Sai Shiv Lakshmi Kesav (Mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Salem R Shriram (Vocal), R.Raghul (Violin), Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam), Andhanallur S.Ranganathan (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal), Edapally Ajith Kumar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), H.Sivaramakrishnan(Ghatam)

6.45 p.m. - Visaka Hari (Arudhara tharisanam - Sangeetha Upanyasam), Padma Shankar (Violin), S.J .Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)

Dec. 30, 2015

9.00 a.m. - V.K. Raman (Flute), Mysore V.Srikanth (Violin), Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam), H.Prasanna (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Sai Nivethan Ravichandra (mridangam)

1.30 p.m. - Trivandram Baby Sreeram (Vocal), Trivandrum N.Sampath (Violin), Palghat A.M.Harinarayanan (Mridangam), Udipi Srikanth (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), R.Raman (Moharsing)

6.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), M.A Sundareswaran (Violin), B.Sivaraman (Mridangam), K.S.Rangachari (Kanjira), Srirangam Kannan(Moharsing)

Dec. 31, 2015

9.00 a.m. - Manda Sudha Rani (Vocal), Dr. R.Hemalatha (Violin), K.U.Jayachandra Rao (Mrindangam), N.Somayajulu (Ghatam)

11.45 a.m. - Vishaal R.Sapuram (Chitraveena), R.Akshay Ram (Mridangam), K.R.Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira)

1.30 p.m. - G.Ravikiran (Vocal), Ambika Prasad (Violin), Trivandrum G.Babu (Mridangam)

4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Thanjavur K Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam), Alathur T.Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

6.45 p.m. - Hindustani Concert (Vocal) - Pt. M.Venkatesh Kumar and Party

Jan. 1, 2016

9.15 a.m. - S.Kasim and S. Babu (Nadaswaram), Mannargudi M.R. Vasudevan (Tavil), Kalyanapuram K.G. Rajan (Tavil)

3.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai Thirumylai P.Varamurthi and Selvam & Party ( Nadaswaram)

5.00 p.m. - Sadas

7.00 p.m. - Special Programme - Ragjhesh Vaidya (Veena), Karukurichi N.Mohanram - Mridangam, R.Sai Ganesh - Mridangam, H.Paramasivam - Kanjira, D.Chandrajit - Tabala, Sai Hari - Ghatam

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