Senior mridangam vidwan plays along with Western instrumentalists in Carnatic music

Madirimangalam Swaminathan played mridangam along with the young mandolin artiste U. Rajesh and the classical pianist Anil Srinivasan at the Global Music Festival organised by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha in memory of 'Mandolin' U. Srinivas. Here are a few photos by Smita Joshi.

Dance Festival at the Music Academy - Jan. 3 to 9, 2015

The annual dance festival at the Music Academy was started in 2006 and the festival begins on 3rd January every year and lasts for a week. Venue: TTK Auditorium, The Music Academy, Chennai -14

This year's schedule:

Jan. 3, 3015
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Srinidhi Chidambaram (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. - Paduka Pattabhishekam by Kalakshetra

Jan. 4, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - Divya Devaguptapu (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - Sandhya Raju (Kuchipudi)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Alarmel Valli (Bharatanatyam), Music: Bombay Jayashri Ramnath
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. - Sujata Mohapatra (Odissi)

Jan.5, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - Aishwarya Narayanaswamy Balasubramanian (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - Jyotsna Jagannathan (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. - Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy - Nrityagram (Odissi)

Jan. 6, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - R. Jai Quehaeni (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - P. Praveen Kumar (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Leela Samson (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. - Pallavi Krishnan and Troupe (Mohini Attam)

Jan. 7, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - Sonali Skandan (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - Janaki Rangarajan (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. - Jai Kishore Mosalikanti and Troupe (Kuchipudi)

Jan. 8, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - Apoorva Jayaraman (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - Vaibhav Arekar (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. -  Aditi Mangaldas (Kathak)

Jan. 9, 2015
10.00 a.m.– 11.15 a.m - Deepa Raghavan (Bharatanatyam)
11.30 a.m. -12.45 p.m. - Uma Nambudripad Sathyanarayanan (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Shridhar and Anuradha (Bharatanatyam)
7.45 p.m.- 9.15 p.m. -  Rudrakshya Foundation (Odissi)

Music Fest dedicated to Mandolin Srinivas at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

A two-day Global Music Festival dedicated to 'mandolin' U. Srinivas is held at Vidyabharathi, Mylapore organised by Sri Parthasarthy Swami Sabha

Jan. 3, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
11.00 a.m. - G. ravikiran (Vocal), M. rajeev (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
3.30 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal). Anuthama Murali (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal), Akkarai Swarnalatha (Violin), Arjun ganesh (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Karukurichi Mohanram (Mridangam), Lalgudi Sriganesh (Mridangam), Saihari - Tenkasi Paramasivam - Karukurichi Subramaniam

Jan. 4, 2015
9.30 a.m. - K. Sathyanarayana (Keyboard), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Kumar (Mridangam). G. harihara Sharma (Ghatam)
11.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), Nagercoil Anand (Violin), Trivandrum Hariharan (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), S.V. Sudarshan (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy (Vocal), V. Suresh babu (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. Pattabhirama Pandit (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Madirimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Voices from abroad on New Year's day

Charu Shree Musik Academy hosts a day long music event at Aarkay Convention Centre, Mylapore on Jan. 1, 2015

9.00 to 10.30 a.m. - Charumathi Ramachandran - New Javali Creations

10.30 a.m. to 12 noon : Arun Kaushik (Chocago) - Dis. of Charumathi Ramachandran - Vocal, Ravi Srinivasan (New York) - Violin

12 noon to 1.30 p.m. - Ashwin Srikant (San Jose) - Dis. of Charumathi Ramachandran - Vocal, Ravi Srinivasan (New York) - Violin, Arjun (Atlanta) - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. - Janani Ramachandran (Dallas) - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathy (San Jose) - Violin, Vivek (San Jose) - Mridangam

4.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. - Sangit Natak Akademi awardee Lakshmi Viswanathan - Bharatanatyam Lec-dem - Spl Screening of her film on dancer

6.00 p.m. - Awards and Certificated function

6.45 p.m. - Ceylon Karunakaran - Vocal, Shyam Ravi Shankar - Violin, Sainiveithan (Australia) - Mridangam 

Season's Special : Geetha Raja - Video

Vocalist Geetha Raja is performing a unique concert and a lecture on Brindamma bani and Javalis, Tamil Padams. She spoke to ChennaiDecemberSeason.com team during the first week of this month. Here is the video:

Bhavan’s Cultural Festival - Second edition

The December festival continues with 2nd editions and spills over to January. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore conducts Bhavan’s Cultural Festival 2014 (Music Series 2nd Edition) from 26th December 2014 to 12th January 2015.

Dec. 26, 2014
5.00 p.m. - Special Sitar Concert by Anjan Saha
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration
6.45 p.m. - p.m.: Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal)

Dec. 27, 2014
9.30 a.m. -  Apoorva Krishna (Violin)
11.00 a.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal).
4.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Sriram (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy (Vocal),
7.00 p.m. - P.V. Parameswaran (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2014
9.30 a.m. - Roopa Sastry (Vocal),
4.00 p.m. - R.P. Shravan (Vocal)
5.30 p.m. - Lalitha Mohan (Vocal),
7.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2014
4.00 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Brinda Manicjavasakam (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Mala Mohan (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2014
4.00 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana & Sruthi Sagar
5.20 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2014
4.00 p.m. - Rasika Viswanath (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sumathi Narayanan (Vocal)

Jan. 1, 2015
9.30 a.m. - T. Eswaran Battathri (Vocal)
11.00 a.m. - R. Arjun Sambasivan & R. Narayanan (Keyboard)
4.00 p.m. - K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard),
5.20 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - R. Abhiramasundari (Vocal)

Jan. 2. 2015
4.00 p.m. - Srivaralakshmi (Keyboard)
5.20 p.m. - Adityanatayanan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal)

Jan. 3, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Subiksha Rangarajan (Vocal)
11.00 a.m. - Chaitraa Sairam (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandini (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin)
7.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal)

Jan. 4, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Charumathy Raghuram (Vocal)
11.00 a.m. - Sushma Somasekharan (Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Sai Brinda (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - K. Subhiksha (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Rajini Hariharan (Vocal)

Jan. 5, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Padma Seshadri Sisters (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Karthika Vaidyanathan (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal)

Dec. 6, 2015 -
4.00 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidyanathan (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Calcutta K. Srividya (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - N.J. Nandini (Vocal)

Jan. 7, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Raginishri (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Iyer Sisters (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sunil R Gargeyan (Vocal)

Jan. 8, 2015
4.00 p.m. - N. Harish (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Kuldeep M. Pai (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Punya Srinivas (Veena)

Jan. 9, 2015
4.00 p.m. - K. Mahati (Keyboard)
5.20 p.m. - Calcutta Kala and Chitra (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal)

Jan. 10, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Palakkad C.S. Sajeev (Vocal)
11.00 a.m. - Swathi Sankar (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Manasa Suresh (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan(Vocal)
7.00 p.m. -  Saashwathi Prabhu (Vocal)

Jan. 11, 2015
9.30 a.m. - Gayathri Sankaran (Vocal)
11.00 a.m. - Kanti Swaroop Mallela (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Subha Ganesan (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - Hemmige Prashanth (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal)

Jan. 12, 2015
4.00 p.m. - Master Abhilash (Vocal)
5.20 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal)
7.00 p.m.: V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)