The Music Academy Madras - Season 2010

The major sabha which NRIs and the localites look up to during the December Season in Madras is The Music Academy.

The concert hop-ons between sabhas depend on the Music Academy schedule for many of the music season buffs.

Here is this year's schedule:

Dec. 15, 2010 - Wednesday

4.00 pm - Mangala Isai - A. Vijay Karthikeyan and Party
5.15 pm - Inauguration
7.00 pm - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharlu (V), B. Harikumar (M), Coimbatore V. Mohan Ram (G)

Dec. 16, 2010 - Thursday

9.15 am - Vyasarpadi G. Kothandaraman & Vada eluppai Anandhan - Nadaswaram, Tiruvalaputhur A. Kaliamurthy (T), Veliyambakkam V.M. Palanivel (T)
12.00 noon - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, V. Giridhari (V), Ranjani Venkatesh (M)
1.45 pm - K. Hariprasad - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R. Rajasree(V), Madurai B. Sundar (M)
4.15 pm - A. Kanyakumari and Embar S. Kannan - Violin duet, Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Bangalore N. Amrit (K), Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (M)
7.00 pm - Manda Sudharani - Vocal, Padma Shankar (V), Neyveli R. Narayanan (M), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (G)

Dec. 17, 2010 - Friday

9.15 am - B. Kannan - Veena, C. Chaluvaraju (M), Udipi Balakrishnan (G)
12.00 no0n - K. Dharini - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer (V), K.H. Vineeth (m),
1.45 pm - Savita Narasimhan - Vocal, Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth (V), Nellai A. Balaji (M), Phanindra Bhaskara (G)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad (V), B. Ganapathiraman (M), V. Umashankar (G)
7.00 pm - Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Umayalpuram Sivaraman (M), B. Sreesundarkumar (K)

Dec. 18, 2010 - Saturday

9.15 am - Bombay Sisters C. Saroja and C. Lalitha - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan (V), K.R. Ganesh (M), Madipakkam A. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (V), N.C. Bharadway (M)
1.45 pm - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), Kottayam G. Santosh Kumar (M)
4.15 pm - O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal, Mysore M. Nagaraj (V), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (M), N. Govindarajan (G)
7.00 pm - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy (V), V.V. Ramana Murthy (M), N. Somayajulu (G)

Dec. 19, 2010 - Sunday

9.15 am - R.K. Srikantan - Vocal, Rudrapatnam S. Ramakant - Vocal support, Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan (V), H.S. Sudhindra (M), M.A. Krishnamurthy (G)
12.00 noon - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, H.M. Smitha (V), S. Arvind (M)
1.45 pm - Sumitra Nitin - Vocal, T.H. Vasantha (V), A.V. Manikandan (M)
4.15 pm - Malladi Brothers Sreerama Prasad and Ravikumar - Vocal, B.V. Raghavendra Rao (B), M.L.N. Raju (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal, Delhi P. Sunderrajan (V), Vellore G. Ramabhadran (M), M. Guruprasad (G)

Dec. 20, 2010 - Monday

9.15 am - Neela Ramgopal - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas (V), Nanjil A.R. Arul (M), Sukkanya Ramgopal (G)
12.00 noon - B.Umashankar - Vocal, K.J. Dilip (V), S.R. Ethirajan (M)
1.45 pm - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, R. Ambika Prasad (V), Erode Nagarajan (M), Balaji Chandran (G)
4.15 pm - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (V), Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)
7.00 pm - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam (V), Melakaveri K. Balaji (M), Adambakkam K. Shankar (G)

Dec. 21, 2010 - Tuesday

9.15 am - Trichur V. Ramachandran - Vocal, M.A. Sundaresan (V), Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathy (M), E.M. Subramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Kotapalli Vandana - Vocal, K.V. Krishna (V), K. Ramesh (M)
1.45 pm - Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma - Vocal, Idapally Ajith Kumar (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), V. Sai Subramanian (M)
4.15 pm - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada (V), J. Vaidyanathan (M), B. Sree Sundarkumar (K)
7.00 pm - N. Ravikiran - Chitraveena, Mysore Dr. M. Manjunath (V), K.V. Prasad (M), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (G), B.S. Purushothaman (K)

Dec. 22, 2010 - Wednesday

9.15 am - Dr. K. Omanakutty - Vocal, G. Bharathi (V), Trivandrum R. Vaidyanathan (M), G. Ravichandran (G)
12.00 noon - Kottakkal Ranjith Varier - Vocal, Aditi Krishnaprakash (V), TrivandrumN. Hariharan (M)
1.45 pm - Prapancham S. Balachandran - Flute, V. Suresh Babu (V), Konerirajapuram V. Varadarajan (M), T.A. Ramanujan (M)
4.15 pm - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (V), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (M), Udipi S. Sridhar (G)
7.00 pm - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, H.K. Venkataraman (V), K.V. Prasad (M), V. Suresh (G), Tirukannapuram J. Sowrirajan (M)

Dec. 23, 2010 - Thursday

9.15 am - Kalyanapuram Aravamudha Chariar - Harikatha : Bhakta Prahalada), Vittal Ramamurthy (V), Thanjavur Ramadas (M)
12.00 noon - Ashwin Anand - Veena, S.J. Arjun Ganesh (M), G. Hari Hara Sarma (K)
1.45 pm - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, K.P. Nandini (V), Karukurichi Mohanram (M)
4.15 pm - Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Guruvayur Dorai (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
7.00 pm - U. Shrnivas - Mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao (V), BangaloreV. Praveen (M), V. Selvaganesh (K), Srirangam S. Kannan (M)

Dec. 24, 2010, Friday

9.15 am - Geetha Rajashekar - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari (V), Thanjavur S. Subramanian (M), H. Sivaramakrishnan (G), Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (M)
12.00 noon - Swati Srikrishna - Vocal, K. Gokul (V), B. Guru Raghavendra (M)
1.45 pm - K. Gayathri - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanaba (V), R. Sankaranarayan (M), S. Krishna (G)
4.15 pm - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy (V), Neyveli S. Skanda Subramanian (M), A.S. Krishnan (M)
7.00 pm - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, Prof. Trichy Sankaran (M), V. Suresh (G)

Dec. 25, 2010, Saturday

9.15 am - T.N. Krishnan and Viji Krishnan - Violin Duet, Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (M), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (G)
12.00 noon - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, BombayV. Anand (V), B. Srivatsan (M)
1.45 pm - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Shertalai R. Sivakumar (V), M.S. Varadan (M), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (K)
4.15 pm - Ranjani and Gayathri - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman (V), N. Manoj Siva (M), N. Guruprasad (G)
7.00 pm - E. Gayathri - Veena, Trichur C. Narendran (M), Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (G)

Dec. 26, 2010 - Sunday

9.15 am - R. Vedavalli - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), Trichy K. Murali (G)
12.00 noon - D.B. Asvin - Vocal, R. Raghul (V), Palghat A.M. Hari Narayanan (M)
1.45 pm - Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal, Nishant Chandran (V), B. Sivaraman (M), H. Prasanna (G)
4.15 pm - Aruna Sairam - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar (V), J. Vaidhyanathan (M), Dr. S. Karthick (G)
7.00 pm - B.V. Balasai - Flute, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (V), Palladam R. Ravi (M), A.S. Shankar (G)

Dec. 27, 2010 - Monday

9.15 am - T.S. Sankaran and J.A. Jayant - Flute Duet, M. Chandrasekaran (V), Madirimangalam S. Swaminathan (M), Trivandrum D. Rajagopal (K)
12.00 noon - S. Malavika - Vocal, M. Rajeev (V), Rajna Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, Amritha Murali (V), B. Sivaraman (M), Chandrasekhara Sarma (G)
4.15 pm - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S. Varadarajan (V), Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (M), S.V. Ramani (G)
7.00 pm - Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), C.P. Vyasa Vittala (K)

Dec. 28, 2010 - Tuesday

9.15 am - Parassala Ponnammal - Vocal, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Poongulam S. Subramanian (M), D.V. Venkatasubramanian (G)
12.00 noon - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan (V), Nirmal Narayan (M)
1.45 pm - Iyer Brothers Ramnath and Gopinath - Veena Duet, Madipakkam P. Suresh (M), G. Guruprasanna (K)
4.15 pm - Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath (V), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (M), R. Raman (M)
7.00 pm - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Nagai R. Sriram (V), Umalyapuram K. Sivaraman (M), Giridhar Udupa (G)

Dec. 29, 2010 - Wednesday

9.15 am - Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan (V), R. Ramesh (M), E.M. Subramaniam (G)
12.00 noon - N. Bhairavi and N. Malavi - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthi (V), Karra Srinivas Rao (M)
1.45 pm - Amritha Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan (V), Trivandrum V. Balaji (M), Nerkunam Shankar (K)
4.15 pm - Bombay Jayashri - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan (V), Patri Satishkumar (M), V. Anirudh Athreya (K)
7.00 pm - Sreevalsan J. Menon - Vocal, V. Sanjeev (V), Anoor Anantha Krishna Sharma (M), N. Narasimhan (G)

Dec. 30, 2010 - Thursday

9.15 am - Suguna Purushothaman - Vocal, Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (V), Thanjavur Kumar (M), K.S. Rangachary (K)
12.00 noon - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Sivakumar Anatharaman (V), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (M)
1.45 pm - Calcutta K. Vijayaraghavan - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (V), DelhiS. Sairam (M)
4.15 pm - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha (V), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (M), Payyanur Govindaprasad (M)
7.00 pm - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, MysoreV. Srikanth (V), Anantha R. Krishnan (M), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (K)

Dec. 31, 2010 - Friday

9.15 am - Palai C.K. Ramachandran - Vocal, T.H. Subramaniam (V), Umayalpuram Mali (M), Thrikakkara Y.N. Shantharam (K)
12.00 noon - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Akkarai S. Sornalatha (V), Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (M)
1.45 pm - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnanasundaram (V), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (M)
4.15 pm - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Anuradha Sridhar (V), A.S. Ranganathan (M), Papanasam S. Sethuraman (K)
7.00 pm - Ustad Alam Khan - Sarod, (Son & Disciple of Ustad Ali Akbhar Khan), Subhankar Banerjee (T)

Jan. 1, 2011, Saturday

9.15 am - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar (V), K. Arun Prakash (M), B.S. Purushothaman (K)
3.45 pm - Mangala Isai - P.K.M. Ravi & C.K.Raghuram
5.00 pm - Sadas
7.00 pm - Special programme - S. Shashank - Flute, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (V), Bangalore Arjun Kumar (M), Patri Satishkumar (M)

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