Parampara Ragasudha Series - II

The second set of concerts organised by Parampara will take place in Ragasudha Hall, Luz Avenue, Mylapore from Nov. 26 to 30, 2018.

Concerts are open to all rasikas. Not ticketed.

Schedule:

Nov. 26, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Abhinaya Shenbagaraj - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Akshaya Ram - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Lalitha & Nandini - Violin Duet, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Nov. 27, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Vishruthi Girish - Vocal, Deepika Venkatraman - Violin, Karthik Ganeshram - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Palghat Ramprasad - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Nov. 28, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasagan - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Nov. 29, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, Kallidaikuriuchi Sivakumar - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Amrita Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Nov. 30, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Madurai N. Sivaganesh - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

The Indian Fine Arts Society - Festival 2018

The 86th South Indian Music Conference and Festival of The Indian Fine Arts Society will be held from Dec. 16, 2018 to Jan. 4, 2019.

Venue: Ethiraja Kalyana Nilayam, 87,T.T.K.Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600018

Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Nadaswaram by E.Bakthavatsalam and Party
3.00 p.m. - Bhajan – Students of Rukamani Devi college of Fine Arts, Thiruvanmiyur
4.30 p.m. - Inauguration: Welcome Address by K.V.Ramachandran, Vice President; Inaugural Address by R A Sankara Narayanan MD, CEO, Vijaya Bank; Address by Dr.Nalli kuppuswamy Chetty.
- Conferment of the title 'Sangeetha Kalasikhamani'  on Vidwan N. Vijay Siva
- Conferment of the title 'Natya Kalasikhamani' on Thiruvidaimarudhur K. Kalyanasundaram
- Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman award to Mrudanga Vidwan Madirimangalam S.Swaminathan
- GNB Award Insituted by GNB Foundation to Vidushi Charumathi Ramachandran
- Nataka Kalasikhamani award to  Kathadi S.Ramamurthi
- IFAS Award of Excellence in Carnatic Music to Dr.Premeela Gurumurthy
- Felicitations by Vidwan T.N. Krishnan, Vidushi Dr. Ritha Rajan

7.15 p.m. - Uma B Money – Vocal, S.R.Rajasree – Violin, Thiruvidaimarudur S.Sankaran - Mridangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan - Ghatam

Dec. 17. 2018

2.00 p.m. - G. Pranathi - Vocal, Madhu Vadlamani - Violin, Pappu Jaidev - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramdas - Vocal, Durai Srinivasan - Violin, Uzhavoor P.K. Babu - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin,K. sai Giridhar - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Sai Kiran & Sai Nivedita - Vocal, Malini Chandrashkara Sharma - Violin, Thanjavur Aravind - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Neyveli Rajalakshmi Deepak - Vocal, Mysore C.N. Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Trivandrum N. Hariharan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sharma - Violin, Madurai M.S. Venkatasubramian - Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

Dec. 19, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Bhavan Sekar - Vocal, C. Visvesh _ Violin, S. Karthick - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - R. Vasudevan - Vocal, H.V. raghuram - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam. N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Music Programme by Raj Chandran's Bansuri Band

Dec. 20, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Venkatram - Vocal, Mantha Saranya - Violin, Yashesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Guhan Venkataraman - Veena, T. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, Poongulam Subramanyam - Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2018

2.00 p.m. - S.R. Bhargavi - Vocal, Tejas Srinivasan - Violin, Ajay Gopi - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Gayathri Ajay - Veena, Atlanta Sriram - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal, Sulekha Varma - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Sailesh Josyula - Vocal, N. Ramakrishnan - Tabla
3.00 p.m. - Venkata Nagarajan - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Neyveli K.V. Ramkymar - Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Vazhapally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan - Violin, Trichur R.Mohan - Mridangam, S. Venkatamanan - Kanjira

Dec. 23, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Sharanya Krishnan - Vocal, Meera Sundar - Violin, Sivagangai K. Vishwak - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Vikram K. Raghavan - Vocal, Sandeep Ramachandran - Violin, Sumesh S. Narayanan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, Poongulam Subramanyam - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Shashank Subramanyam - Flute, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, V.V. Ramanamurthy - Mridangam, Tripoonithura N. Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Subhadra Sridharan - Vocal, Malini Chandrasekara Sharma - Violin, Lakshmi Narasimhan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Bombay Sriram - Vocal, Anuthama Murali - Violin, Madurai B. Sundar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Shengottai Hariharasubramanian - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2018

8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music by Akshayam Group
9.00 a.m. -  'Madhurashtakam' - Upanyasam by Dushyanth Sridhar
10.30 p.m. - Lec-dem: Thayumanavar Padalgal by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Tripoonithura N. Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2018

D.K. Pattammal Centenary Year Celebration
2.00 p.m. - H. Vishwas - Mandolin, S. Sivaraman - Violin, Santhosh Ravindra Bharathy - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman - Vocal, Villivakkam S. Raghuraman - Violin, Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Nanditha Ravi - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam. Trichy K. Murali - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin Solo, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, N. Sundar - Tabla

Dec. 27, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Ashwin Srikant - Vocal, C. Vishvesh - Violin, S. Anirudh - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Hemmige S. Prashanth - Vocal, Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Mridangam, G. Guruprasanna - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - N. Vijaysiva - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam, Anirudh Threya - Kanjira

Dec. 28, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Arjun Subramaniam - Vocal, S.A. Nandhini - Violin, Prasanna Raghunathan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Poornima Arvind - Vocal, M.S.G. Sureshkumar - Violin, Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, V.V. Ramamurthy - Mridangam

Dec. 29, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Mridula Aswin - Vocal, S. Sivaraman - Violin, H. Jayadev - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Varadharajan - Vocal, N. Madhan Mohan - Violin, Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Villivakkam S. Raghuraman - Violin, Manikudi S. Chandrasekar - Mridangam, S. Hariharasubramanian - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan - Violin, Sumesh S. Narayanan - Mridandangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2018

2.00 p.m. - K. Giridharan - Vocal, C.S. Chinmayee - Violin, S. Kavichelvan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandhini - Vocal, Shreya Devnath - Violin, Thanjavur Praveen Kumar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, Parur M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Thanjavur R. Kumar - Mridangam, Srirangam Ravikrishnan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Charumathi Ramachandran - Vocal, Subhashree Ramachandran - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathy - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2018

2.00 p.m. - Anvita Hariharan - Vocal, Thiruvidaimarudur K. Ganesh - Violin, S. Guru Aravind - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. -Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Aduthurai G. Guruprasad - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasagan - Vocal, Delhi R. Sridhar - Violin, H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam
7.15 p.m. - Stage Creations present Kathadi Ramamurthy in Neeya Naana - Drama by S.L.Nanu

Jan. 1, 2019

8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music - Subhasruthi by Dr. K. Mathangi Ramakrishnan, Shyamala Venkatesan, Leela Rani Seshachalam, Hemavathi Sethuraman, Kalyani Nithyanandam, Subbulakshmi Krishnan, R.S. Jayalakshmi - Veena, Umayalpuram Kalyanaraman - Mridangam, K.V. Raman - Flute
9.00 a.m. - Shengottai Hari Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam
11.00 a.m. - Dance Ballet 'Aranganum Azhwargalum' by Sasirekha Raammohan and Kanagasabai School of Bharathanatyam
3.00 p.m. - K. Samhitha (Dis. of P. Saikripa Prasanna)
4.30 p.m. - Ramaa (Adithi) Venkat & Samyuktha Raman - Bharathanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Sreelatha Vinod - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - 'Deepam Yetruvom' - Group Presentation by Students of Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy's Sri Mudraalaya

Jan. 2, 2019

8.00 a.m. - Devotional Songs by Dr. Jayashree Music Group
10.00 a.m. - Talent Promotion Programme: Ananya Ravindran (Dis. of Gopikiran) - Bharathanatyam
11.10 a.m. - Raja Dharshini Saravanan (Dis. of Sheela Unnikrishnan)
1.00 p.m. - Seetha Kalyanam - Melattur Bhagavatha Mela Natya Nataka Trust
3.15 p.m. - Rashmi Menon - Mohiniattam
4.30 p.m. - Sruthi (Dis. & grand daughter of Thiruvidaimarudur K. Kalyanasundaram) - Bharathanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Padmini Krishnamurthy - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Namami Shankaram - Thematic Mohiniattam by Gopika Varma

Jan. 3, 2019

8.00 a.m. - Devotional music by Godhapriya Music Group
9.00 a.m.  Talent Promotion Programme
Padma Srirangan (Dis. of Vijay Madhavan) - Bharathanatyam
10.10 a.m. - Samyuktha R (Dis. of Priya Karthikeyan) - Bharathanatyam
11.20 p.m. - Kavya Kasinathan (Dis. of Mithun Shyam) - Bharathanatyam
12.30 p.m. - Srimathi S (Dis. of Srekala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - Subhashree M (Dis. of Archana Mahesh) - Bharathanatyam
3.10 p.m. - Sai Vridhula M (Dis. of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) - Bharathanatyam
4.30 p.m. - Nidheesh Kumar & Indu Nidheesh - Bharathanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Sheejith Krishna - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Scenes from Othello - Sadanam Balakrishnan, Margi Vijayakumar - Kathakali

Jan. 4, 2019

8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music by Kokila Sundararajan
Talent Promotion Programme
9.00 a.m. - Shravnitha S (Dis. of Divyasena) - Bharathanatyam
10.10 a.m. - Madhav Hayagreev K (Dis. of the Dhanajayans) - Bharathanatyam
11.20 a.m. - Sahana Selvaganesh (Dis. of Roja Kannan) - Bharathanatyam
12.30 p.m. - Anvitha M (Dis. of Archana Narayanamurthy) - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - V. Sriranjani (Dis. of Saikripa Prasanna) - Bharathanatyam
3.10 p.m. - Madhumitha Sriram (Dis. of A. Lakshmana Swamy) - Bharathanatyam
4.30 p.m. - Rajamally - Bharathanatyam
6.00 p.m. -  Srekala Bharath - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents 'Srinivasa Kalyanam' Dance-Drama choreographed by Sheela Unnikrishnan

Arkay Convention Centre celebrates 8th anniversary

Eight years ago, Arkay Convention Centre came into being as a multipurpose hall. But the hall has seen more classical music concerts. Mr. Ramakrishnan who is an ardent connoisseur of classical music has also founded Madhuradhwani, an organisation that promotes music.

Arkay Centre celebrates its eighth anniversary with a nine-day music festival from Nov. 18 to Dec. 1, 2018. Many young and senior artistes are on the list of performers. Today's inaugural concert was veteran A.K.C. Natarajan's clarinet recital. He was accompanied by M. Chandrasekaran on the violin, Mannargudi Easwaran on the mridangam and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan on the ghatam.

The concerts here are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

If you have missed being at the concert, you could still listen to the performance here - https://youtu.be/c9WUwH5tIOw

The schedule of the series is here - http://www.chennaidecemberseason.com/2018/11/madhuradhwani-arkay-convention-centre.html

Pic courtesy: Arkay Convention Centre

Bhavan's festival begins

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan is one of the organisations that begin their music festival in November. The concerts at Bhavan are not ticketed. And the weather does not get very cold that helps the seniors in the neighbourhood attend the concerts in large numbers. Almost all the popular artistes perform here. The auditorium gets full-house for the evening concerts.

Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu Banwarilal Purohit inaugurated the festival and presented the Bhavan's Legendary Awards to Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Vyjayantimala Bali and T.N. Krishnan. This is Bhavan's diamond jubilee year music festival. Sudha Ragunathan, a guest of honour at the festival mentioned three Ps - passion, perfection and perseverance of the artistes who were honoured on that day.

Then followed a short violin concert by Prof. T.N. Krishnan with his daughter Viji Krishnan accompanied by Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam on the mridangam and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan on the ghatam.

Parampara - Ragasudha Series - I

A two-part concert series is hosted by Parampara this year in two different venues.
The first part is held between Nov. 18 and 22, 2018.

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore

The concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Nov. 18, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath - Vocal, Kalpana Kishore - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam. Ravichandran - Ghatam

Nov. 19, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Vasudha Keshav - Vocal, Akkarai Sornalatha - Violin, Melakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam

Nov. 20, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Swathi Srikrishna - Vocal, Vijay Ganesh - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira

Nov. 21, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Savitha Sriram - Vocal, R.Rahul - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

Nov. 22, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Padmavathi Saranathan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan, Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Madhuradhwani - Arkay Convention Centre 8th anniversary music series 2018

Music season in Arkay Convention Hall, Mylapore is all through the year! Many organisers host their concerts in this cosy hall and Mr. Ramakrishnan, a connoisseur of music, hosts an exclusive festival on the anniversary of the venue and also under his own banner Madhuradhwani.

This year marks 8 years of commencement of the hall and the anniversary music series is held from Nov. 23 to Dec. 1, 2018.

All the concerts here are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

Schedule:

Nov. 23, 2018
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration of ACC's Eighth Anniversary. Guests: T K Ramachandran IAS, V Narasimhan, Asthiga Samaj and Sudha Seshayyan
6. 30 p.m. - A K C Natarajan - Clarinet, Mohan Chandrashekaran - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Nov. 24, 2018
4.30 p.m. - BrindaManikavachagam -  Vocal, Dr. Narmadha - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, Shree Sundarkumar - Mridangam, Dr S Karthick - Ghatam

Nov. 25, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, M Vijay - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - P Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S Varadharajan - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Nov. 26, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Girija Shankar - Vocal, Chidambaram Badrinath - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - J A Jayanth - Flute, Delhi Sunderajan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan -Mridangam, B S Purushotham - Kanjira

Nov. 27, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Prarthana Sai Narasimhan - Vocal, S P Anathapamanabha - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, B U Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mridangam, K V Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Nov. 28, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Vishal Sapuram - Chitravina, Shreya Devnath - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam, Rajaraman - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - S Saketharaman - Vocal, S Varadharajan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, V Suresh - Ghatam

Nov. 29, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, K J Dileep - Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Vocal, H N Bhaskar - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, N Guruprasad - Ghatam

Nov. 30, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Ananya Ashok - Vocal, Sruti Sarathy - Violin, R Akshay Ram -  Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - K Bharath Sundar - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya Kanjira

Dec. 1, 2018
4.30 p.m. - Madurai Siva Ganesh - Vocal, A G Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Sriranjanai Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Krishna - Ghatam