Narada Gana Sabha December Concerts 2009

A mini festival is hosted in the mini hall from Dec.2,2009 to Dec.12,2009.

The annual music festival will be held from Dec.13,2009 to Jan.1,2010. The morning concerts will be held at the mini hall and the dance and evening concerts will be held at the main auditorium.
At Narada Gana sabha Mini and Sadguru Gnanananda Hall, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

A board displayed at the sabha's office says that the season tickets for the December Season concerts, both for members and non-members are sold out!

Now the option is to buy the daily tickets in advance if you want to make sure that you get a seat for your favourite artiste's concert.

Dec.2,2009 - Wednesday

• 4.30 p.m.- S.M.Vilasini -Vocal, Bombay V.Anand - Violin, A.V.Manikandan - Mridangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam

• 6.30 p.m.- Visalakshi Nithyanand - Vocal Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Violin, Valangaiman K.Thyagarajan - Mridangam, Payyanur T.Govindaprasad - Morsing

Dec.3,2009 - Thursday

• 4.30 p.m.- Shubha Ganesan - Vocal, Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi S.Sivakumar - Mridangam, G.Harihara Sarma - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.- Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Mannarkoil J.Balaji - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

Dec.4,2009 - Friday

• 4.30 p.m.- Saralaya Sisters Kavitha and Triveni - Vocal,Bangalore Sathishkumar - Violin, Hanumanthapuram R.J.Bhoovaragan - Mridangam, V.V.S.Manian - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.-Dr.Subashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, T.Hemamalini - Violin, Tirupathy Sudhakar - Mridangam, S.Venkataraman - Kanjira

Dec.5,2009 - Saturday

• 4.30 p.m.- Shreya Devnath - Violin, Thirunageswaram T.R.S.Manikandan - Mridangam, Master S.Krishna - Ghatam
• 6.30 p.m.- S.Srinivasan - Veena, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam, T. Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec.6,2009 - Sunday

• 4.25 p.m.- Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, Trivellore V.Parthasarathy - Violin, Neyveli K.V.Ramkumar - Mridangam, Guruprasanna - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.- Geetha Rajashekar - Vocal, R.Hemalatha - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam

Dec.7,2009 - Monday

• 4.30 p.m.- Hyderabad N.Subbulakshmi - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramanian - Mridangam, N.Rajaraman -Ghatam
• 6.30: p.m.- Dr.Premeela Gurumurthy - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswami - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, D.V.Venkasubramaniam - Ghatam

Dec.8,2009 - Tuesday

• 4.30 p.m.- Radha Bhaskar - Vocal, Kovai S.Chandran - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.- Vishnubhatla Sisters Saraswathi and Krishnaveni - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, B.V.S.Prasad - Mridangam, N.Sundar -Morsing

Dec.9,2009 - Wednesday

• 4.30 p.m.- Koviladi R.Madhwaprasad - Vocal, Anayampatti G.Venkatasubramanian - Violin, Kumbakonam Saravanan - Mridangam, Chidambaram Rajendran - Morsing
• 6.30 p.m. - Sushma Somasekharan - Vocal, Melakaveri Thiagarajan - Violin, Arthavan Selvaratnam - Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec.10,2009 - Thursday

• 4.30 p.m.- Sumitra Nitin - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Violin, Atlanta Sriram - Mridangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam
• 6.30 p.m.- V.K.Manimaran - Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran -Violin, Neyveli B.Venkatesh - Mridangam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

Dec.11,2009 - Friday

• 4.30 p.m.- Dr.Shankar Mahadevan - Vocal, R.Sathishkumar - Violin, Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam, Tiruvarur G.Saikrishnan - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.- Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal,Amritha Murali - Violin, A.S.Ranganathan - Mridangam, A.S.Kaishnan - Morsing

Dec.12,2009 - Saturday

• 4.30 p.m.- S.Mahati - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
• 6.30 p.m.- Geetha Raja - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam, N.Sundar - Morsing

The December Music Festival begins on Dec.13,2009
Dec.13,2009 - Sunday
At Main Hall

• 4.15 p.m.- Mangala Isai Nadaswaram by S.R.G.S.Mohan Doss and Party. Followed by inauguration of music and dance festival.
• 7.00 p.m.- Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A.Kanyakumari - Violin, Haridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel - Thavil, Bangalore N.Amrit - Kanjira, Bangalore Rajasekhar - Morsing

Dec.14,2009 - Monday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Shertalai Renganatha Sharma - Vocal, Neyveli S.Radhakrishna - Violin, P.Jayabhaskar - Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam
• 12.30 p.m.- Rajini Hariharan - Vocal, R.Raghul - Violin, Tanjore S.Hariharan - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, Rajeev - Violin, R.Lavanya - Mridangam, S.Venkataraman - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Meenakshi Srinivasan - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar - Vocal,Embar Kannan - Violin, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Srinidhi Chidambaram - Bharatanatyam

Dec.15,2009 - Tuesday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Kirnavali Vidyasankar - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R. Jayakumar - Mridangam
• 12.30 p.m.- Shreelakshmi Das - Veena, Tanjore S.Balakrishnan - Mridangam, Harihara Subramanian - Ghatam
• 2.00 p.m.- Subhashri Ramachandran - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Trivandrum Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Aishwarya Narayanaswamy - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- O.S.Thyagarajan - Vocal, T.H.Subramaniam - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Dance Ballet by Kalakshetra Troupe

Dec.16,2009 - Wednesday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Shankar Ramani - Vocal, R.Sathish Kumar - Violin, Kottayam G.Santhosh Kumar - Mridangam, Pudukottai N. Ramachandran - Ghatam
• 12.30 p.m.- Duddu Radhika - Vocal, Thirumarugal T.S.Ganesh Kumar - Violin, Sriram Natarajen - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, S.P.Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, S.J.Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Navia Natarajan - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, Payyannur T.Govinda Prasad - Morsing
• 7.30 p.m.- Leela Samson (Dir. of Kalakshetra) - Bharatanatyam

Dec.17,2009 - Thursday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Dr.R. Ganesh - Vocal, Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Chidambaram S.Balasankar - Mridangam, R.M.Dheenadhayalu - Morsing
• 12.30 p.m.- Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal,Thirumarugal T.S.Dinesh Kumar - Violin, G.K.Ganesh - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Mysore A.Chandan Kumar - Flute, B.Vittalrangan - Violin, R.Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, S.Hariharasubramanian - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Divya Devagupta - Bharatanatyam 4.30 p.m.- Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, B.Raghavendra Rao - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Maharajapuram S.Ramachandran - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Mannargudi A.Eswaran - Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec.18,2009 - Friday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Devotional Music by Ananth Vaidyanathan 12.30 a.m.- Sriram Kannan - Vocal, K.J.Dileep - Violin, Vilangudi Sivakumar - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Rasika Viswanath - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Violin, Uzhavur P.K.Babu - Mridangam, V.V.S.Manian - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Mythili Prakash - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- T.M.Krishna - Vocal, T.V.Ramanujacharyulu - Violin, Kaaraikkudi Mani - Mridangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Alarmel Valli - Bharatanatyam

Dec.19,2009 - Saturday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, V.Sanjeev - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Adambakkam K.Sankar - Ghatam
• 12.30 p.m.- Iyer Sisters Sudha R.S. Iyer & Srividhya R.S.Iyer - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Palayamkottai Guru Raghavendran -Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Mahadevan Shankaranarayanan - Vocal, R.Ambika Prasad - Violin, Neyveli K.V.Ramkumar - Mridangam, T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Shijith Nambiar and Parvathi of Kalakshetra - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- K.J.Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan -Violin, K.V.Prasad - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Kalyanapuram Aaravamudhachariar - Harikatha : Ramayana Sahodarargal, R.Hemalatha - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam

Dec.20,2009 - Sunday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal, R.Hemalatha -Violin, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam, G.Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam
• 12.30 p.m.- R.Raghavendra - Vocal, Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Srivanchiam R.Sriram - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Mambalam Sisters R.Vijayalakshmi and R.Chitra - Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam, K.S.Rangachari - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Konjum Salangai - Dance Ballet choreographed by Radhika Shurajit
• 4.25 p.m.- Aruna Sairam - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, S.V.Ramani - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Bharatanatyam

Dec.21,2009 - Monday
At Mini Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Krishni Anantharajen - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, T.K.Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, R.M.Dheenadayalu - Morsing
• 12.30 p.m.- Arundhathi Krishnan - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthi -Violin, Madurai B.Sundar - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Chinmaya Sisters Uma and Radhika - Vocal, Melakaveri Thiagarajan - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 4.30 p.m.- Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Tanjore Murugabhooopathy - Mridangam, Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- A.Kanyakumari and Embar Kannan - Violin Duet, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, N.Amrit - Kanjira

Dec.22,2009 - Tuesday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, Kovai S.Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam K.Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- V.Shankaranarayanan - Vocal, H.V.Raghuram - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam S.Manikandan - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Anusha Subramaniam - Bharatanatyam4.30 p.m.- Hyderabad Brothers D.Seshachari and D.Raghavachari - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mridangam, T.V.Vasan - Kanjira
• 7.30 p.m.- Visakha Hari - Harikatha , Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

Dec.23,2009 - Wednesday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Karthika and Keerthana - Vocal, K.P.Nandini - Violin, Kumbakonam K.Swaminathan - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal, Dr.Jyotsna Srikanth - Violin, Trivandrum V.Balaji - Mridangam, N.Rajaraman - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Sukanya Kaur - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin,Trichur C.Narendran - Mridangam
• 7.30 p.m.- Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec.24,2009 - Thursday

• 12.30 p.m.- Adithya Prakash - Vocal, M.S.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Rajna Swaminathan - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena, M.Rajeev - Violin, V.Srinivasan - Mridangam, Srirangam S.Ravikrishnan - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Sriram Gangadharan - Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar - Violin, Prapancham Ravindran - Mridangam, S.Karthick - Ghatam
• 4.30 p.m.- Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswami - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira
• 7.30p.m.- Priyadarshini Govind - Bharatanatyam

Dec.25,2009 - Friday
At Mini hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Kishan Jeyendran - Mandolin, V.Giridhari- Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramanian - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Kunnakudy Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, V.Sanjeev - Violin, H.S.Sudhindra - Mridangam, Trivandrum D.Rajagopal - Kanjira

At Main hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Vidhya Subramaniam - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- O.S.Arun - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira, Srirangam kannan - Morsing
• 7.30 p.m.- Rajeshwari Sainath - Bharatanatyam

Dec.26,2009 - Saturday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Akkarai Sornalatha - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Gayatri - Vocal, K L.Ramakrishnan - Violin, R.Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Bagyalakshmi M.Krishna - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- N. Ramani - Flute, R.K.Sriramkumar - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira
• 2.00 p.m.- Bhavya Balasubramaniam - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- Ranjani and Gayatri - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, K.Arun Prakash - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
• 7.30 p.m.- Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Dec.27,2009 - Sunday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- C.R.Vaidyanathan - Vocal, L.Ramakrishnan - Violin, Palayamkottai B.Gururagavendran - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- T.N.S.Krishna - Vocal, Sherthalai R.Sivakumar - Violin, Trivandrum R.Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, T.Raja Ganesh - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- R.Surya Prakash - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam, A.S.Krishnan - Morsing
• 2.00 p.m.- Narthaki Nataraj - Bharatanatyam
• 4.25 p.m.- P.Unnikrishnan - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
• 7.30 a.m.- Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam

Dec.28,2009 - Monday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- V.Sowmyasri - Vocal, S.V.Sudarsan - Violin, Arjun Narayanan - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- D.B.Ashvin - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira
  

Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, S.Karthick - Ghatam
• 2.00 p.m.- Ramya Ramnarayanan - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- U.Shrinivas and U.Rajesh - Mandolin Duet, V.V.Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Tanjore Murugabhoopathi - Mridangam, S.V.Ramani - Ghatam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing
• 7.30p.m.- Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Bangalore Arjun Kumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

Dec.29,2009 - Tuesday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Rithvik Raja - Vocal, M.S.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Tanjore K.Praveenkumar - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Madurai R.Sundar - Vocal, Trichy Govindarajan - Violin, Bangalore Rajakesari - Mridangam, Udupi Balakrishnan - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- A.Lakshman - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- T.V.Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
• 7.30 p.m.- M.S.Gopalakrishnan & Dr.Narmada - Violin Duet , B.Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

Dec.30,2009 - Wednesday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- V.Deepika - Vocal, Kamalakiran - Violin, Swamimalai Girish - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- N.R.Prasanth - Vocal, Mysore Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Nirmal Narayanan - Mridangam, Srirangam S.Ravikrishnan - Ghatam

At Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Seerkazhi G.Sivachidambaram - Vocal,Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Valangaiman K.Thiagarajan - Mridangam, Tiruvarur Sai Krishnan - Kanjira
• 2.00 p.m.- Roja Kannan - Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- Bombay Jayashri - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, S.Karthick - Ghatam
• 7.30 p.m.- Carnatica Brothers K.N.Sashikiran and P.Ganesh - Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin, Guruvayur Dorai - Mridangam, E.M.Subramaniam - Ghatam

Dec.31,2009 - Thursday
At Mini Hall

• 12.30 p.m.- Poornima Krishnan - Vocal, V.Raghul Srinivasan - Violin, Rishikesh Thirumalai - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Violin, Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam, G. Harihara Sharma - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 10.00 a.m.- Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal, B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Manoj Siva - Mridangam, Anirudh Atreya - Kanjira
• 2.00 p.m.- Sumitra Nitin -Bharatanatyam
• 4.30 p.m.- Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, R.Raman - Morsing
• 7.30 p.m.- Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Sriram Parasuram - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

Jan.1,2010 - Friday
At Mini Hall

• 10. 00 a.m.- B.Kannan - Veena, Tanjore Murugabhupathy - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira, N. Sundar Morsing
• 12.30 p.m.- Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal, Arunachala Karthick - Violin, Adambakkam J.Arvind - Mridangam
• 2.00 p.m.- M.R.Subramaniam - Vocal, Nalina Mohan - Violin, M.R.Srikrishnan - Mridangam, Sriram Natrajen - Kanjira

At Main Hall

• 2.00 p.m.- Gayathri Balagurunathan - Bharatanatyam
• 7.30 p.m.- Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam - Bharatanatyam

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