As in the past, Bharat Sangeet Utsav, organised by Carnatica and Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha opens the music season in Chennai. This year the series of music concerts based on various interesting themes is hosted from Nov. 9 to 15, 2022.
Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18
Concerts are ticketed. For donor passes and season tickets, visit https://mdnd.in/seasontickets/28
The schedule:
Kartik Fine Arts announces the following titles and awards foe 22 to be presented at its 48th annual Art Festival 2022 in December:
'Isai Peroli' – K. Bharat Sundar, vocalist
'Nadanamamani' – Aishwarya Ananth Karthik
‘Nritya Peroli’ – Chitra Visweswaran
'Tamil Isai Vendhar' – R. K. Shriramkumar, violinist
'Isai Chudar’ – V. Deepika & V. Nandhika, vocalists
'Natya Chudar' – Bhavya Kumaran
Kartik Rajagopal Endowment Award for the best cultural organiser – N. Sekar, secretary, Rasika Ranjana Sabha, Tiruchirapalli.
‘Nadha Swaroopam’ award – Rajkumar Bharathi
D. K. Pattammal Award of Excellence – Abishek Ravishankar, vocalist
The Music Academy has announced Sangita Kalanidhi, Sangita Kala Acharya, TTK Award for Excellence for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. Since the physical festival could not be conducted in the last two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the awards for those years also have been announced.
The Sangita Kalanidhi awards will be presented to senior musician Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (2020), mridangam vidwan Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (2021) and the violinists duo Lalgudi G.J.R Krishnan and his sister Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (2022)
The Sangita Kala Acharya award will go to Nagaswaram vidwan Kizhvelur G. Ganesan (2020), vocalist and musicologist Ritha Rajan (2021) and musicologist Vainika R.S. Jayalakshmi (2022).
The TTK award recipients are vocalist Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri (2020), mridhangam and jalatarangam vidwan Nemani Somayajulu (2021) and kanjira artist A.V. Anand (2022). Musicologist award for 2022 goes to V. Premalatha.
The Nritya Kalanidhi awardees are Rama Vaidhyanathan (2020), Narthaki Nataraj (2021) and Bragha Bessell (2022).
Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha hosts its annual Isai Iyal Nataka Vizha and Bharatham Festival from Jan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
Venue: Vani Mahal, GN Chetty Road, T, Nagar
Venue: VIDYA BHARATHI, 55, Bheema Sena Garden Road,
Mylapore, Chennai-600 004. Phone: 24997269
With complete adherence to COVID Protocol
23-12-2021 to 29-12-2021 Lecture Demonstration Session
10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.
Programme Details
23-12-2021 (Thursday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Adaptation of Hindustani Ragas Into Carnatic Music... And Vice-Versa By Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM
3.30 p.m. Devotional Concert by SIVASRI SKANDAPRASAD
5.00 p.m. Vocal concert by SPOORTHI RAO (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Kishore Ramesh (Mrudangam)
6.30 p.m. Chitravina N. RAVIKIRAN (Chitravina), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mrudangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
24-12-2021 (Friday)
10.00 a.m. Learning from past masters by R.K. SRIRAMKUMAR with Disciples.
4.00 p.m. PRINCE RAMA VARMA (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), B. Harikumar (Mrudangam)
6.30 p.m. Nagai R. MURALIDHARAN & Nagai R. SRIRAM (Violin Duet), Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam (Mrudangam), Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
25-12-2021 (Saturday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Ideal approach of a Tunesmith or a Vaggeyakara by Dr. BABY SRIRAM, BHARAT SUNDAR and K.ARUNPRAKASH
4.00 p.m. JAYASHREE VAIDYANATHAN (Vocal), Karaikal S Venkatasubramaniand (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar, (Mrudangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. HYDERABAD BROTHERS D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari (Vocal), B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mrudangam)
26-12-2021 (Sunday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Life of Gopalakrishna Bharathi By V. SRIRAM
3.30 p.m. Dr. B. VIJAYAGOPAL (Flute), Sumanth Manjunath (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mrudangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m SID. SRIRAM (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mrudangam), S.Karthick (Ghatam)
27-12-2021 (Monday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Role and impact of Sampradaya Bhajanai on Carnatic Music - Udayalur KALYANARAMAN BAGAVATHAR
4.00 p.m. Tiruvarur S. GIRISH (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao ( Mrudangam) , B.S. Purushotham
6.30 p.m. Neyveli R. SANTHANAGOPALAN (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmada (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mrudangam), S.Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
28-12-2021 (Tuesday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Raganubhava - Raga aesthetics based on appropriate use of Gamakas , Anuswaras and more NAGAI MURALIDHARAN, R.S.JAYALAKSHMI and NEYVELI SANTHANAGOPALAN
4.00 p.m. SANKARI KRISHNAN (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Poongulam Subramanyam (Mrdangam) S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. M. BALAMURALIKRISHNA – Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mrudangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
29-12-2021 (Wednesday)
10.00 a.m. Lect. Demo. Structuring a Raga Alapana - Based on Bani or Composition or one's imagination- DELHI SUNDERRAJAN, Dr. R.HEMALATHA and R. SURIYA PRAKASH
4.00 p.m. Sant Pravaham By SAVITHA SRIRAM, B. SUCHITRA (Vocal), Karaikal S Venkatasubramanian ( Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mrudangam), H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. Prof. VV SUBRAMANYAM & VVS MURARI (Violin Duet), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mrudangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan
1-1-2022 (Saturday)
4.00 p.m. Papanasam ASHOK RAMANI (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mrudangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. Dr. NITHYASHREE MAHADEVAN (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mrudangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
2-1-2022 ( Sunday )
4.00 p.m. SRIRANJANI SANTHANAGOPALAN (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Praveen Sparsh (Mrudangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. Sikkil C. GURUCHARAN (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Valangaiman K. Thiagarajan(Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
3-1-2022 ( Monday )
4.00 p.m. AKKARAI SISTERS S.Subhalakshmi and S Sornalatha (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Patri Sathish Kumar (Mrudangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. TRICHUR BROTHERS Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Trichur R Mohan (Mrudangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
4-1-2022 ( Tuesday )
4.00 p.m. AMRITHA MURALI (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mrudangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. N. VIJAY SIVA (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Dr. Trichy Sankaran (Mrudangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
5-1-2022 ( Wednesday )
4.00 p.m. RAJHESH VAIDHYA (Veena), Malavika Rajhesh (Veena Support), Mohanaraman (Mrudangam), Praveen Narayan (Tabla), Saihari (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. S. SAKETHARAMAN (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Patri Sathish Kumar (Mrudangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Programmes Subject to change without Notice
4.00 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. programmes Admission by Tickets
COVID-19 Protocols strictly applicable
VVS Foundation and Raghavendra Swami Mutt, Mylapore host Ekaantha Sangeetha Seva, in traditional ambience - with oil lamps around and without any electrical lights or amplifications during Margazhi.
The musical offerings by artists happen between 6 am and 7 am daily.
Venue: Srikara Anjaneya Raghavendra Swami Sannidhanam, 8, Salai Street (near RR Sabha), Mylapore.
The schedule:
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