Music Education Trust - Festival 2018

The focus of this year's Music Education Trust festival in Chennai is Únique contribution of Muthuswamy Dikshitar in exploration of a single raga'.

The 10-day music festival organised by the trust is dedicated to musician and musicologist T.R. Subramanyam. The festival is on from Dec. 7 to 16, 2018.

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore.
Concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 7, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Ragas - Anandabhairavi & Bhagesri

Dec. 8, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Radha Venkatachalam - Vocal, S.R. Rajashree - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Ragas - Dhanyasi & Behag

Dec. 9, 2018
4.00 p.m. - S. Padmashree - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Pappu Jayadev - Mridangam
Ragas - Kalyani & Kapi
6.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, S.R. Jayashree - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Ragas - Shankarabharanam & Hamsanandi

Dec. 10, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin. Kumbakonam K Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Purvikalyani and Bridavavana Saranga

Dec. 11, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Nirmita Kartik - Vocal,  Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Kumbakonam K. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Surati & Multani

Dec. 12, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividya & Sudha - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Kambhoji & Hamirkalyani

Dec. 13, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Srividya Sridhar Kumar - Vocal, Meera Sivaramarishnan - Violin, Kumbakonam K. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
Ragas - Bhairavi & Hamirkalyani

Dec. 14, 2018
6.00 p.m. - Serugudi Sisters Rema & Geetha - Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Mohanam & Dvijavanti

Dec. 15, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Jayamathangi & Jayabhargavi - Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Todi & Desh
6.00 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Sriranjani & Sindhubhairavi

Dec. 16, 2018
4.00 p.m. - Rajeshwari - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, Nochur Nagaraj - Mridangam
Ragas - Bilahari & Malkauns
6.00 p.m. - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, P. Jayabhaskar - Mridangam
Ragas - Arabhi & Subhapantuvarali

Meditate and feel the music at Divine Melodies Music Festival

Heartfulness Institute Chennai is hosting a three-day music festival titled Divine Melodies – Where Music Meets the Heart', from December 7 to 9, 2018.

The concerts will be held at its sprawling 18 acres gree campus in Manappakkam.
"When Music, Meditation and the Soul reverberate together, you get a Divine Musical Experience, which will remain etched in your memories and hearts for a very long time. From this the idea came about - What if we combine these two great unifying force - music and meditation?" the organisers say.

Each day of the music festival will have a meditation session followed by music performances.
On Dec. 7, 2018, Shashank will perform a flute recital at 6 p.m. followed by a vocal concert of Mambalam Sisters.
On Dec. 8, 2018, at 6 p.m. the violin recital by R. Kumaresh is scheduled, followed by Deepika & Nandika’s vocal concert.
Jayanthi Kumaresh will present a veena concert on Dec. 9, 2018, at 6 p.m. followed by M.O. Parthasarathy's Hindustani vocal concert.

The concerts are open to all.

Venue: Heartfulness Institute, Babuji Memorial Ashram, Manapakkam, Chennai - 600125
Contact : +91-44 -4217 111

You can pre-register to attend the concerts at http://bit.ly/cmzmusicseries

Inviting music students to write for the season

If you learn or know to appreciate Carnatic music, here is an opportunity to listen to concerts and lec-dems and write about them.

A leading sabha in Chennai publishes its in-house newsletter during the December music season. The newsletter is published twice a week and features the concerts, artistes and lec-dems held at the sabha.

Students of music with good writing skills are invited to be part of the newsletter.
If interested, mail to chennaiseason@gmail.com with details about your learning music and interest in writing.

Charsur Arts Foundation December Seasson 2018

The December Music Season at Charsur Arts Foundation features Sanskrit compositions.
The music festival will be held from Dec. 18 to 27, 2018.

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet.

The concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed. Seating is on first come basis.

Schedule:

Dec. 16,. 2018
SAMBHASHANAM - A Music Forum.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Lec-Dem by R.K. Shriramkumar: An insight into Raga as visualised in the paramparas of Sri Tyagaraja and Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar.

Dec 17, 2018
SAMBHASHANAM - A Music Form
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Talk by V. Sriram: Sanskrit influences on Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar's lyrics.

Dec. 18, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, OB. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, B. Ananthkrishnan - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2018
4:30 p.m. - G. Ravi Kiran -Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin,  Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, V. Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - A.S. Murali -Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2018
4:30 p.m. - J A Jayanth - Flute, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2018
4:30 p.m. - D.B. Ashvin - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna- Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, V.V. Ramanamurthy - Mridangam, G. Guruprasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 22, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha - Vocal Duet, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Ramana Balachandhran - Veena, Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, J. Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
6:45 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Payyanur Govinda Prasad - Morsing

Dec. 26, 2018
4:30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam
6:45 p.m. - R.K. Shriramkumar - Violin Solo, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2018
6:45 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan - Violin Solo, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Paddathi Music Festival 2018

Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam & Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha organise a music festival this season from Dec. 26 to 31, 2018.

Venue: Desika Vidya Bhavanam, 27, Venkatesa Agraharam Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

Concerts are open to rasikas and not ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 26, 2018
3.00 p.m. - Shrithi Santhanam - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - A. Aishwarya & S. Saundarya (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration
7.30 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam

Dec. 27, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Sruthi Ganesh - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Chirag Mani - Vocal
3.15 p.m. - Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena
6.30 p.m. - S. saindhavi & Vinaya Karthik Rajan - Sacred Chants

Dec. 28, 2018
1.00 p.m. - Vathsala Raghavan - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Vaibhav Ramu - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Sowmya Gurucharan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - R.S. Ramakanth - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - 'Sant Pravahan' by Savita Sreeram, Vasudha Ravi, B. Suchitra

Dec. 29, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Srivani Yalla -Veena
11.00 a.m. - TCA Sangeetha - Vocal
1.30 p.m. - Hari Kishan - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Mayuri Vasan - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Iyer Brothers Ramnath and Gopinath Iyer - Veena Duet
6.30 p.m. - Sri Vedantha Desika Charithram by Dushyant Sridhar with Archana & Aarthi - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2018
9.30 a.m. - Gokul - Guitar
11.00 a.m. - Akshara Samskriti Iyer - Voca;
1.30 p.m. - Ida Balakrishnan (Hindustani Vocal)
3.00 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - Thiruvarur Girish - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Shengottai Harihara subramania Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam

Dec. 31, 2018
1.30 p.m. - Rishabh Kaushik - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Pavan Mani - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Rhea Rajesh - Vocal
4.30 p.m. - C. Shankaranarayanan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - G. Ramanathan - Saxophone

Kartik Fine Arts Festival 2018

The 44th year of Art Festival of Kartik Fine Arts will be held from Dec. 1, 2018 to Jan. 1, 2019.

The festival will be held at Narada Gana Sabha auditorium in Alwarpet till Dec. 14, 2018 after which the venue will be Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan on East Mada Street, Mylapore.

All the evening concerts at 4.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. are ticketed.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.15 p.m. - Katyayani - Kuchipudi Dance recital

Dec. 2, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram – Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Trichy B. Harikumar - Mridangam
6.45 p.m. - Nandalala - Multi lingual dance presentation by Anitha Guha's Bharathanjali

Dec. 3, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva – Vocal, R.K. Shriram Kumar – Violin, Prof. Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - 'Srinivasa Kalyanam' - Dance Drama by Sheela Unnikrishnan's Sridevi Nrithyalaya

Dec. 4, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan – Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan – Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

Dec. 5, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya and Hari Priya – Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy – Violin, K. Sai Giridhar – Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna – Vocal, V. Sanjeev – Violin, Trichy B. Harikumar – Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam

Dec. 6, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish – Vocal, V. Sanjeev – Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam – Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin,
S.J. Arjun Ganesh – Mridangam, M. Bagyalakshmi - Morsing

Dec. 7, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman – Vocal, Nagai Sriram – Violin,
Prof. Trichy S. Sankaran – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar Vocal, Embar S. Kannan – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Alathur T. Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 8, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Musical discourse - Ashtasaram
B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh – Mridangam,
Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Sanjeev Abhyankar (Hindustani), Vyasmurti Katti
(Harmonium), Vishwanath Nakod (Tabla)

Dec. 9, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, K. Sai Giridhar – Mridangam,  K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman – Violin, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam

Dec. 10, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - S. Mahathi – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin,  R. Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam, Guru Prasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 11, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan – Vocal, M.R. Gopinath – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, Dr.S. Karthick - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan – Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran – Violin, Trichur R. Mohan – Mridangam, Dr. Nerkunam S. Sankar - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
6.00 p.m. - Dr.K.J. Yesudoss – Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sharma – Violin, K.V. Prasad – Mridangam, Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2018
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy – Vocal, S. Varadharajan – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Violin, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan – Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, Sree Sundarkumar - Kanjira

Dec. 14, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan – Vocal, Kovai S. Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan – Mridangam, . Narasimhan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Deepti Suresh – Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Shruti Sankar Kumar – Vocal, Chidambaram S. Badrinath - Violin, B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam – Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja – Vocal, R.K. Shriram Kumar – Violin, Mannargudi A. Easwaran – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar – Vocal, Nagai Sriram – Violin,
Trivandrum Balaji – Mridangam,  S. Krishna - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Sunil Gargyan – Vocal, Vittal Rangan – Violin, Trivandrum Balaji – Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Vivardhini Ramamurthy – Vocal, Thirucherai Kartik – Violin, Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - S. Adithya Narayanan – Vocal, Sayee Rakshith – Violin,
K.H. Vineeth - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Subhashree Ramachandran – Vocal, R. Raghul – Violin, T. Dixit - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), Nellai A. Balaji – Mridangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam dance recital by Ramaa (Adhithi) Venkat & Samyuktha Raman (Daughter and Disciple of Ramaa (Adhithi) Venkat
7.30 p.m. - 'Vintage' - Bharathanatyam Margam by Dr. Srinidhi Chidambaram

Dec. 16, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Shankar – Vocal, M. Smitha – Violin, N.C. Bharathwaj – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. -  Anjana Thirumalai – Vocal, C.V. Krishna Subramaniam – Violin, Gomathi Shankar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - V. Venkata Nagarajan – Vocal, K. Sayee Rakshith – Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas – Vocal, V.V. Ravi – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - R. Ashwath Narayanan – Vocal, R. Raghul – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
6.00 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Urmila Sathyanarayanan
7.30 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Krithika Subrahmanian

Dec. 17, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Vasudha Ravi – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Adamya Ramanand – Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. -  Aditya Prakash – Vocal, Thirumarugal Ganeshkumar – Violin, V. Shankararaman - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. -  Archana & Aarthi – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Sumesh Narayanan – Mridangam, Nerkunam Manikandan - Kanjira
4.30 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidhyanathan – Vocal, Parur Harini Srivatsa – Violin, Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan – Mridangam, S. Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran – Vocal, H.V. Raghuram – Violin, Thirucherai Koushik Rajagopal – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri – Vocal, Nishant Chandran – Violin, B. Sivaraman – Mridangam, Trivandrum Rajagopal - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Carnatic & Hindustani Flute jugalbandhi. Pandit Ronu Majumdar (Hindustani Flute) – J.A. Jayanth (Carnatic Flute), Neyveli Venkatesh (Mridangam), Chandrajith (Tabla)

Dec. 18, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Anahitha & Apoorva – Vocal, Priyamvada Sastri (USA) – Violin, N.C. Bharathwaj – Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. -  Swetha & Ramya – Vocal, M. Srikanth – Violin, T. Karthik - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan – Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, N.C. Bharathwaj - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Duddu Radhika – Vocal, Neela Jayakumar – Mridangam, V.R. Jayakumar – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. Saralaya Sisters (Kavitha and Triveni) – Vocal, Melakkaveri K. Thiagarajan – Violin, Kalakkadu Sreenivasan – Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram –Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, Dr.S. Karthick - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters (Uma & Radhika) – Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Calcutta Sisters(Kala & Chitra) – Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh – Mridangam, Nerkunam Manikandan - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. -  Deepika Janakiraman –Vocal, Mysore V. Sangeetha – Violin, Pappu Sathya Jayadev - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy – Vocal, Shiva Ramamurthy – Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan – Vocal, Melakkaveri K. Thiagarajan – Violin, T.R.S. Manikandan – Mridangam, Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Dr. Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Chidambaram S. Balashankar – Mridangam, Adambakkam K. Shankar - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, N. Manoj Siva – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Uma B. Money – Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik – Violin, B. Ganapathi Raman – Mridangam, Giridhar Prasad - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Swathi Krishnamurthy – Vocal, Nandika Venkatram – Violin, B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidynathan – Vocal, K.P. Nandini – Violin, Trivandrum D. Rajagopal - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - G. Ramanathan (Saxophone), Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan – Mridangam, S. Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. -  Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath – Vocal, H.M. Smitha – Violin, Melakkaveri K. Balaji – Mridangam, Adambakkam K. Sankar - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, K. Sai Giridhar – Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Dr. Narthaki Nataraj

Dec. 21, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - K Subhiksha – Vocal, Sruti Sarathy – Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, B. Subba Rao - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Dharini Veeraraghavan – Vocal, M.S. Ananthasri – Violin, K. Sriram - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Vivek Moozhikalam – Vocal, Deepika Venkataraman – Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - G. Ravi Kiran – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violi, Sumesh Narayanan – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - U.P. Raju & Nagamani (Mandolin Duet), B. Ganapathi Raman – Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m - Inauguration of Natyadarshan – Dance Seminar –
6.00 p.m. - Bhakthajana Vatsale -  A margam in praise of Sriman Narayanan by R. Sudhalakxmi
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by  Anwesha Das

Dec. 22, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m - K. Dharini – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. -  Arjun Sambasivan & Narayanan (Keyboard), Nagercoil K. Anand – Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - S. Dharini – Vocal, Swetha Anandasivan – Violin, Ranganathapuram R. Akshay Ram - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Palghat R. Ramaprasad – Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad – Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam –  Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan  - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Natya Darshan Dance Seminar. Kadamba – Events Schedule
8.30 a.m. -  Invocation by Preethi Ramaprasad, Christopher Gurusamy & Nrithya Pillai
9.00 a.m. -  Keynote Address | Prof. Lakshmi Subramanian - Social Change and Impact on performance, participation and pedagogy of Bharatanatyam
9.50 a.m. -  Jayanthi Subramanian & Anitha Guha - Change in pedagogical approach to training, a comparative perspective between generations
10.45 a.m. -  Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari and K.P.Chandrasekaran - Evolving Approaches to Laya from the Nattuvanaar to Choreographers
11.45 a.m. - Lakshmi Vishwanathan - The importance of Pada Varnam - then and now
12.20 p.m. -  In Conversation - Nalini Prakash & C.P.Satyajit with Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant Change in content, context and functionality of Bharatanatyam
5.00 p.m. -  Abha, Shruti Gopal, Adithya PV and Parshwanath S. Upadhye
6.15 p.m. - Sheejith Krishna and Group - Bharatanatyam
7.30 p.m. -   Rama Vaidhyanathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 23, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Kalyanapuram S. Aravind – Vocal, K.J. Dileep – Violin, Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam, Dr. Nerkunam S. Sankar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - V. Deepika & V. Nandika (Vocal Duet), Thirumarugal Dineshkumar – Violin, Trivandrum N. Hariharan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - G. Abhilash – Vocal, Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanianm – Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. -  Akshay Padmanabhan – Vocal, K.J. Dileep – Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboodiri – Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan – Violi, Tanjore Praveen Kumar – Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramanian - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Natya Darshan Dance Seminar
8.30 a.m. - Dr. Rama Kausalya - Use of sacred and secular Tamil literature in Bharatanatyam Performance
9.10 a.m. - Nandini Ramani - Use of Sanskrit and other language poetry and literature in Bharatanatyam performances
9.50 a.m. - V.A.K. Ranga Rao - Use of traditional and non-conventional Telugu Literature in Bharatanatyam performances
10.45 a.m. - Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam - Impact and Influences of Sculptural Tradition on Natyam
11.30 a.m. - S. Rajeswari & Swamimalai Suresh - Music for Bharatanatyam: from Sadir to Sabha
12.15 p.m. - Bragha Bessel & A. Lakshman - Changing context of Sringara in relation to gender
5.00 p.m. -   Mythili Prakash - Bharatanatyam
6.15 p.m. -  Shijith Nambiar and Parvathy - Bharatanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Thillana: Advisors: Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy & Prof. Chitra Visweswaran

Dec. 24, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - M. Roopa Shastry – Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer – Violin, Thirucherai Koushik Rajagopal – Mridangam, K. Sai Natarajan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Pooja & Supraja – Vocal, Meera Sundar – Violin, Guru Aravind - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - R.P. Shravan – Vocal, K.J. Dileep – Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Balu Masti -Veena, Anirudh Bhat – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Radha Bhaskar – Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian – Violin, Burra Sriram – Mridangam, Dr. Nerkunam S. Sankar - Kanjira

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m - Bharathanatyam by Rajeswari Sainath
7.00 p.m. - Dance Drama "Karna" produced and presented by Madurai Muralidharan

Dec. 25, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. -  Hyderabad Subbalakshmi – Vocal,  M.A. Krishnaswamy – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, Trivandrum Rajagopal - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. -  Madhumitha Doraiswamy – Vocal, Delhi R. Sridhar – Violin, A. Rohit - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Sahana Samraj – Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, Chidambaram B. Saishankar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. -  Sangeetha Swaminathan – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr.R. Ganesh – Vocal, Kalyani Shankar – Violin, Chidambaram S. Balashankar – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
9.00 a.m. - Play and Audio Visual on Her Holiness Pujyasri Mathioli Saraswathy and release of unpublished writings "Amirtha Kudam"
10.30 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Maanasa.S
11.30 a.m. - Bharathanatyam
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Varsha
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kavitha Ramu
7.30 p.m. - Chitra Visweswaran along with Chidambaram Dance Company present Skaandam concept and
choreography Chitra Visweswaran

Dec. 26, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy – Vical, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Samyuktha Sreeram - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Neyveli R. Rajalakshmi – Vocal, C. Vishwesh – Violin, Vignesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Madurai N. Sivaganesh – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Ranganathapuram Akshay Ram - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Poornima Krishnan – Vocal, C.N. Srinivasamurthy – Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Hrishikesh Chary & Priyanka Chary (Veena Duet), Mannarkoil J. Balaji – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Vibhalakshmi Sivaraman
5.45 p.m.  23rd Tamil Isai Vizha Inauguration
7.15 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone),  A Kanyakumari (Violin), Triplicane K. Sekar (Thavil), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), B. Rajasekar (Morsing)

Dec. 27, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Dr. R. Kashyapmahesh – Vocal, Shreya Devnath – Violin, Ranganathapuram Akshay Ram – Mridangam, K.R. Sivaramakrishna - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - N.S. Kamatchi – Vocal, T.V. Sukanya – Violin,  Aswini Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Kamala Deepti – Vocal, M. Sriramya – Violin, Madurai B. Sundar - Mridangam

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Naanjil Arul - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram - Vocal and party

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Ananth Karthik
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Srekala Bharath (Varnam & Thillana compositions of Vidwan Madurai N. Krishnan).
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by A. Lakshmanaswamy

Dec. 28, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - T. Atul Kumar (Flute), Neyveli S. Radhakrishnan - Violin, Uzhavur P.K. Babu – Mridangam, K. Ranganathan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Rajeswari Shankar – Vocal, B. Archana – Violin, Rohit Ashok - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya & S. Soundarya – Vocal, Dr.M. Narmadha – Violin, Arjun Raghavan – Mridangam,  H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - C.R. Vaidyanathan – Vocal, V.V. Srinivasa Rao – Violin, T.R. Sundaresan – Mridangam, K.R. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & Nandhini (Violin Duet), Vijay Natesan – Violin, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Mridangam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Kalavaahini Festival of Dance
6.00 p.m. -  Arushi Mudgal - Odissi
7.30 p.m. - Dr. Jyotsna Jagannathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - G. Kartik – Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman – Violin, Chidambaram B. Saishankar – Mridangam, V. Sai Subramaniam - Morsing
12.15 p.m. -  R. Shravan Kumar – Vocal, G. Sureshkumar – Violin, K.S. Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Balasubramaniam – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, L. Subramanian - Mridangam

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran – Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam – Vocal, Dr. Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Madipakkam Suresh – Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Kalavaahini Festival of Dance
6.00 p.m. -  Kapila Venu - Kuttiyattam
7.30 p.m. - Rama Vaidyanathan & Ensemble – ’ Vivartana”

Dec. 30, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
NRI Concerts
10.00 a.m. - Adesh Sundaresan – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Nikshith Puttur - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Jahnavi Murali – Vocal, K. Sundarrajan – Violin, Satheepan Elankumaran - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Varun Ganesan – Vocal, Delhi R. Sridhar – Violin, Santhosh Ravindrabharathy - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. -  Amrith Narayanan – Vocal, Vignesh Thyagarajan – Violin, Guru Arvind - Mridangam

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - Dr.N. Bhairavi – Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramanian – Violin, Kallaidaikurichi S. Sivakumar – Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters – Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha – Violin, Kallaidaikurichi S. Sivakumar – Mridangam, G. Harihara Sharma - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Kalavaahini Festival of Dance
6.00 p.m. - Sreelakshmy Govardhanan - Kuchipudi
7.30 p.m. - Shijith Nambiar & Parvathy & Ensemble - “Samyoga” - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 31, 2018
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
NRI Concerts
10.00 a.m. -  Ashwin Srikant – Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Gopal Ravindhran - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Shrihari Bhaskaramurthi – Vocal, C.S. Chinmayi – Violin, Sivagangai Vishvak - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Akshay Sridhar – Vocal, Sahana Vasudevan – Violin, Mysore L. Vadhiraj - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Sreyes Sridhar (Flute), Mulaivasal Chandramouli – Violin, Ponnappan Srinivas - Mridangam, Harihara Sharma - Kanjira, A. S. Krishnan - Morsing

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan – Vocal, Vijayaganesh - Violin, Vijayaganesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. -  Madurai T.N.S. Krishna – Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad – Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji – Mridangam,  R. Raman - Morsing

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam : "Brihadeeswara" - Form to Formless thru the eyes of Devaradiyal by Bala Devi Chandrashekar
7.30 p.m. - Mohinyattam by Neena Prasad

Jan. 1, 2019
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
NRI Concerts
10.00 a.m. - Shankari Subramaniam – Vocal, T. Kishore – Violin,Aduthurai Guruprasad - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Pranav Narayanan – Vocal, M.K. Ananthalakshmi – Violin, Sai Nivedhan Ravichandra - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Tejas Srinivasan – Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik – Violin, Yashes Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - S. Srivatsan – Vocal, Swetha Anandasivan – Violin, Nagai Narayanan - Mridangam

Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. - Savita Sriram – Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, M.S. Varadhan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & Dr.P. Ganesh – Vocal, V.V.S. Murari – Violin,  K.V. Prasad – Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Bhavya Kumaran
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Bhavya Ramachandran T. (Balasubramanian)
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nithyakalyani Vaidyanathan

Jan. 2, 2019
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
NRI Concerts
10.00 am Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin Solo), A. Rohith - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Ranjani Ravindrabharathy – Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthasri - Violin, Gomathi Shankar - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Vidya Kanthan – Vocal, Karthick P. Iyer – Violin, Sai Sarangan Ravichandra - - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Sai Sisters - SaiKiran & SaiNivedita – Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Sivagangai Vishvak - Mridangam

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Srinidhi Raghavan
6.00 p.m. - "Sivanubava" a thematic Bharathanatyam performance based on Thirumandirams of
Thirumoolar by Uma B Ramesh
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by ‘Nadanamamani’ Ashwini Viswanathan

Jan. 3, 2019
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shweta Prachande
6.00 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Dr. Ambika Kameshwar & troupe
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Dr. Padma Subrahmaniam

Jan. 4, 2019
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Niveditha Gopinath
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Padmini Krishnamurthy (Disp. of Ranganayaki Jayaraman), Director, Sri Saraswathi Natyalaya, Muscat.
7.30 p.m. - Solo Dance - Theatre Work "Still I Rise" by Vidya Subramanian

Jan. 5, 2019
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Jagyaseni
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Srividya
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sangeetha Kabilan & Kayalvizhi Kabilan