Brahma Gana Sabha

The December Arts Festival of Brahma Gana Sabha will be held from Dec. 3, 2011 to Jan. 31, 2012

Dance Festival will be held from Jan.1, 2012 to Jan. 21, 2012 followed by Nadaswaram festival from Jan. 22 to 31, 2012.

Venue: Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium. Luz Church Road, Chennai - 4

The schedule:

Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday

4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Thiruvanmiyur M.Balasubramani - Nadaswaram, Thiruvallikeni T.S.Prabhu - Thavil, Adyar D.Senthil Kumar - Thavil

6.00 p.m. - Inauguration followed by Veena concert by Geetha Krishnamurthy

Dec. 4, 2011 - Sunday

1.00 p.m. - Karthik Narayanan - Vocal, Raghuram - Violin, Nellai Sri Krishnan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Palakad Harinarayanan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Nellai A.Balaji - Mridangam, K.S.Rangachary - Kanjira

6.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, K.Ramesh - Mridangam, A.S.Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 5, 2011 - Monday

2.15 p.m. - Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, Sandhya Srinath - Violin, Srinath Bala - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - G.Srikanth - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padhmanabha - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatchalam - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 6, 2011 - Tuesday

2.15 p.m. - K.Subhiksha - Vocal, Sudha R.S.Iyer - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - R. Surya Prakash - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

6.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran - Vocal, B.Ragavendra Rao - Violin, K.R.Ganesh - Mridangam

Dec. 7, 2011 - Wednesday

2.15 p.m. - Sowmya Kumar Arjun - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, Jayakumar - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Ganapathyraman - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - T.Sankaran & Jayanth - Flute, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Umayalpuram Shivaraman - Mridangam, Sree Sundarakumar - Kanjira

Dec. 8, 2011 - Thursday

2.15 p.m. - Vidya Subramanian - Vocal, H.B.Raguram - Violin, P.S.Sridhar - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - T.M.Krishna - Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar - Violin, Praveen Kumar - Mridangam, M.Guru Prasad - Ghatam

Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday

2.15 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Serthalai K.N.Ranganatha Sharma - Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Serthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raguram - Vocal, Avaneswaram Vinu - Violin, Anantha R.Krishnan - Mridangam

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday

1.00 p.m. - Ragini Sri - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Radha Parthasarathy - Vocal, R.Rahul - Violin, Guru Ragavendra - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, B. Ragavendra Rao - Violin, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday

1.00 p.m. - Raghava Krishna - Vocal, G.Suresh Kumar - Violin, V.S.Ragavan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - K. Dharini - Vocal, K.P.Nandhini - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vocal, Anayampatti Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday

2.15 p.m. - Nadamuni Gayathri - Vocal, Sudharshan - Violin, V.S.Raghavan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira

6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, R.K.Srikumar Kumar - Violin, Manoj Shiva - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan -Kanjira

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday

2.15 p.m. - Uma B. Money - Vocal, Anand Viswanath - Violin, Sudharshan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan - Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Ganapathraman - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

6.00 p.m. - Neela Ramgopal - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday

2.15 p.m. - Booma Kasthuri - Vocal, Ganesh - Violin, Guru Ragavendra - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - B. Muthu Kumar - Flute, S.P.Ananthapadmanabhan - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal, Sanjeev - Violin, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday

2.15 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal, M.Rajeev - Violin, B.Gururagavendra - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - M. Narmada - Violin, B.Ganapathy Raman - Mridangam, S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira

6.00 p.m. - K. J. Yesudas - Vocal, S.R.Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Trichy Harikumar - Mridangam, Thrupoonithura Radhakrishnan -Ghatam

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday

2.15 p.m. - Duddu Radhika - Vocal, R.Dinakar - Violin, Vurra Sriram -Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena, Anayampatti G.Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam, Pudukottai S.Ramachandran - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday

1.00 p.m. - Malladi Vasavi - Vocal, Aarthi Shankar - Violin, Arjun Raghavan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. Trichy Pradeep Kumar - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. Malladi Brothers - Vocal, Embar S.Kannan - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday

1.00 p.m. - Prachotan - Vocal, Shyam - Violin, Akshay Ram - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Nikhil Narayan - Flute, Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam -Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Dr. Narmada - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, T.K.V.Ramanujachariyalu - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mridangam, Kovai Mohanram - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday

1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan - Vocal, Nagarkoil Anand - Violin, K.H.Vineeth - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Shradda Mohan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran - Vocal, Pakkala Ramadoss - Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam, Trichy S.Krishna - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - Jeyaraj Krishnan and Jaysri Jeyaraaj - Veena, Anand Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Trichy S.Krishna - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday

1.00 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam - Vocal, Sriram - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. Shreya Devnath - Violin, Vikram Vasudevan - Mridangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

3.45 p.m. - Krishnapriya Anandarajan - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - Thirukovilur Babu & Kumar - Nadaswaram, Haridhwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel - Spl. Thavil, Thirunageswaram T.R.Subramanian - Spl. Thavil

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday

1.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram - Vocal, M.S.Anantha Krishnan - Violin, K.H.Vineeth - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Rohini Mahesh - Vocal, Aarthi Shankar - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam

3.45 p.m. - Padmini Ravi - Vocal, Srinivasa Murthy - Violin, Raghunath Rajaram - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Vocal, Kandadevi Vijayaragavan - Violin, AUS Ravichandra & Sai Nivaethan - Mridangam

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

1.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthi - Vocal, Shiva Rammurthy - Violin, Arjun Narayanan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Iyer Brothers - Veena, T.K.Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - V.Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, V.Rajeev - Violin, R.Shankaranarayanan - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Chitharanjan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday

1.00 p.m. - Rahul Krishna - Vocal, M.Vijay - Violin, Ragavan Sai - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Roopa Mahadevan - Vocal, Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin,

Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Sreyas Narayanan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, Trichur Narendran - Mridangam, Pudukottai Ramachandran - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday

9.00 a.m. - Damal Ramkumar - Discourse

10.15 a.m. - Gurukulam presents Kadavul Vandhirunthar by Sujatha - Drama

1.00 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Sudha R.S.Iyer - Violin, Tanjore Praveenkumar - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin, Hari Narayanan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Mysore Manjunath - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, Guru Prasanna - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Prof. Sudharani Raghupathi presents Mammudha - Dance Ballet

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

9.00 a.m. - Kausalya Sivakumar - Discourse

10.15 a.m. - Sudha Seshayyan - Discourse

1.00 p.m. - Rahul Narayan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Ramsubod Ramkumar - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Trivandrum N.Sampath - Violin, Palakat Hari Narayanan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - T.V. Ramprasadh - Vocal, T.V.Ramanujachariyalu - Violin, Calcutta Aravind - Mridangam, Takaakaikuno (Japan) - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Bharathanjali presents Parishvanga Pattabhishekam - Kishkintha Kaandam & Sundarakaandam - dance ballet by Anitha Guha

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday

10.15 a.m. - Arjuna Pasupathastram - Discourse by Suchithra

1.00 p.m. - Priyanka C. Prakash - Vocal, Anand Viswanathan - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Sudha Raghuraman - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, V.Sanjeev - Violin, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam, Sree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Vani Ganapathy - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday

9.00 a.m. - Kalpana Venkat - Bhakti Maargam - Bhajan

10.15 a.m. - Narayaneeyam - Jayarama Sharma - Discourse

1.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothri - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, B.Srivatsan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Sushruti S - Vocal, Ragul - Violin, Arjun Prakash -Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, Sree Sundara Kumar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Jayanthi subramanian presents Aranya Kaandam Dance Ballet

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

9.00 a.m. - Bhajans by Kunnakudy School of Music

1.00 p.m. - Anahitha - Vocal, Ragahavasimhan - Violin, Guru Bharadwaj - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Kishan Jeyendran - Mandolin, Bairav - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Sugandha Kalamegam - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin,

Arun Prakash - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - Sonal Mansingh and troupe - Odissi Ballet

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

9.00 a.m. - Aravind Sridhar - Vocal

10.15 a.m. - Kalyanapuram Aaravamudachariar - Sangeetha Upanyasam

1.00 p.m. - Vikram Raghavan - Vocal, Adithi Krishnaprakash - Violin, K.H.Vineeth - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Ajay Namboodhri - Vocal, Ambika Prasad - Violin, Chennai Tyagarajan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramanian - Vocal, Dr.Hemalatha - Violin, Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Dance

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

9.00 a.m. - Melattur Bhagavatha Mela

1.00 p.m. - D.K.J. Sukanya - Vocal, Sudharshan - Violin, Bairav -Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - N.R.Prashanth - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Trichur R.Mohan - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Jayant Kastuar - Kathak

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

9.00 a.m. - Garuda Panchashat by Nihamantha Mahadesikan in music form by Suba Sruti led by Dr. Mathangi Ramakrishnan

10.15 a.m. - Nama sankeerthanam by Dr. Ganesh & party

1.00 p.m. - Sudarshan Padmanabhan - Vocal, Shyam - Violin, Chidambaram Sai Shankar - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - Pibare Namarasam by Devi Neithiyar & party

3.45 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Shivaraman - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Mohan Veena, K. Sathyanarayana - Keyboard, Arjun Kumar - Mridangam