Sparkle Dazzle Electric !

by .....Sivapriya Krishnan


What is the human emotion after witnessing and being through a torrential downpour for three hours at a stretch? What is the feeling when you watch a half hour cracker bursting session? What happens when you are on a zig zag roller coaster ride?

A sense of awe and bewilderment ! One is stupefied and also maybe a trifle shaken! Sense of sparkle and dazzle! High spirited adventure trip?

These are exactly what we could describe of Abhishek Raghuram's concert last evening at the Music Academy.

Unbridled imagination translated into torrential spells of raga and swara phrases. Unstoppable brikhas catching up with one another left one stupefied! To such an extent, that even the mangalam 'pavamaana suthudu pattu ' was not spared !

Abhishek is blessed with a voice that can traverse easily and an imagination that charters unchartered territories. The Vasantabhairavi followed by Needaya Ra dhaa and the Kalyani followed by RTP - un darisanam kidaikumo nataraja dayanidhe, set in chatusra triputa, atheetha eduppu, witnessed all of that which has been said above.

Its amazing to see this young lad being gifted with so much of the musical sense that can be translated much beyond an average thought process. However as in the Kalyani raga, there were more of flashes upon flashes, with little of Kalyani to soak into.At times when he used to land on a traditional phrase format, one heaved a sigh of relief as though one has landed from a roller coaster, only to be lifted into a zig zag again !

As time goes by , without getting too lost into the mechanics of the swaras , if Abhishek lost himself in the ruchi or the flavour of music along with his sparkling imagination, one would see a stupendous artiste non-pareil, blooming prettily for posterity.

Akkarai Subbhalakshmi, is one violinist who has by now demonstrated as to how to maintain fidelity to the main artiste. Her violin transforms into that style and the effect of the concert just multiplies. Kudos to her on her ability to match Abhishek phrase after phrase.

Neyveli Narayanan, needs no introduction. A thoroughbred professional he led the show with equal gusto, ably supported by Guruprasanna on the Khanjira.

Music and dance workshops in the park

Mylapore's Nageswara Rao park has become a hub for arts enthusiasts for the past few years.
T.V. Ramprasadh, Carnatic vocalist and his wife Indira Kadambi, a Bharatanatyam dancer have come up with ideas of learning and interactive workshops at this park, this season.
There are workshops and performances in music, dance, yoga and folk arts.
Experts from various styles of arts will conduct the workshops.
Srimushnam Raja Rao, a mridangist as well as a vocalist presented a workshop on Concert techniques for the beginners today.

The workshops at the park continue tomorrow (Dec. 18, 2011) also.
For more information go to www.ambalam.org

Mornings at the Academy

During the season, the Music Academy gets busy from 8 a.m.
The vehicles that bring in the musicians, students with accessories like the tambura, violin, mridangam are always more than the capacity of the car parks inside the campus.
They overflow to the by-lanes close to the Academy, since the vehicles are not directed to St. Ebba's school where, parking in the evening is arranged for by the Academy.
But what flows inside the big  and the small auditoriums is just music.
While the mini hall accommodates talks and demos, the main hall is for the music of the veterans. You can listen to the greats of today's Carnatic music world. It is the time to soak in the music with an authority of the age-old traditions.

The first of the morning sessions at the main hall began with the nadaswaram recital of the couple Sheik Mahaboob Subhani and Kalisha Bi Mahaboob on Dec. 16, 2011.
These concerts are open to all and are not ticketed.

Kalachara Marumalarchi at temple

Kalaachara Marumalarchi Trust focusses on reviving Temples as a cultural hub. They conduct their its  arts festival at the Sri Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane for the past few years.
This year the festival is to be held from the December 14 to18, 2011 in the evening.

Schedule:

Dec. 14, 2011

N. Vijay Siva – Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar – Violin, N. Manoj Siva - Mridangam

Dec. 15, 2011

Udayalur Kalyanaraman - Namasankeertanam

Dec. 16, 2011

Subbu Arumugam - Villu Pattu - Srinivasa Kalyanam

Dec. 17, 2011

Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Mysore Shrikanth – Violin, B. Sivaraman – Mridangam, Nergunam Shankar - Kanjira

Dec. 18, 2011

Kalyanapuarm Aravamudhachariar - Harikatha

Live webcast of Sudha Ragunathan's concert today

A couple of concerts this season are scheduled for live webcast.
Today's concert of  Sudha Ragunathan organised by Samudhayaa foundation at Image auditorium in RA Puram at 6 p.m. (IST) will be telecast on Kalakendra's website.

Here is a link to the webcast.

Visit Kalakendra's What's new section for more webcasts. These live webcasts are priced. at $10 each.

Catch up with Kartik Fine Arts!

Kartik Fine Arts, one of the leading sabhas in Chennai, is hosting 37th year of their art festival today. It was inaugurated on Dec. 1, 2011 and the festival runs till Jan. 15, 2012.

With more than 100 concerts and dance events in their list, the sabha has found a way to document their 'season'. A brief account of the day's main events are published on their website every day.

While many other sabhas are struggling to get an online presence, Kartik Fine Arts has started to use the technology to its advantage. This also gives the rasikas a feel of what happens at the concerts daily.

Read their daily news reports online here.

Click here for Kartik Fine Arts December Art Festival programme

Prapatti Margam - A preview

A thematic Bharatanatyam, Prapatti Margam by the established dancers Roja Kannan, Priya Murle, Srikanth and Ashwathy Srikanth is scheduled for performance at Bharat Kalachar today at 7.15 p.m.

Priya Murle speaks about the concept and the uniqueness of the production.

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News Bulletin - Dec. 10, 2011

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Live webcast of lec-dem mela

A three day lec-dem mela organised by Music Forum and Sruti magazine is on from today 9 a.m. at Aarkay convention Hall, Luz, Mylapore.
The theme for the lec-dem series is Manodharma in Carnatic music.
The sessions are live webcast by www.hooghli.com/musicfourm from the venue.

No fee, no registration required to view the webcast.

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha's festival begins

The fifty sixth art and dance festival began at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha today with a grand inaugural function today at 6 p.m.

The award Nritya Choodamani was conferred on Odissi exponents Supupa Sen and Bijayini Satpati and Acharya Choodamani was presented to Bharatanatyam dancer Roja Kannan.

It was an emotional moment for dancer Roja Kannan. While delivering her acceptance speech she remembered her gurus with a great respect.

Krishna Gana Sabha's festival is a long one, with the music festival running till Jan. 1, 2012, followed by a dance festival till Jan. 13, 2012 and a Nadaswara vizha from Jan 14, 2012 till end Jan.

Here are a few photos of the function held today.

Celebrations for the abhinaya exponent

................... By L. Baba Prasad

The 83rd birthday of guru Kalanidhi Narayanan was celebrated at another notable yesteryear dancer's place on Dec. 7, 2011. It was held at the Spaces on the Elliots Beach Road, the home of dancer Chandralekha which now has a space for performances.

Dancers Bragha Bessel and Sangeeta Isvaran organised a performance called ‘Unusual Padams and Javalis’ to celebrate their guru's birthday.

It was a packed morning where the students of dance from various schools including Kalakshetra were present to celebrate and honour the abhinaya exponent. Kalanidhi Mami, as she is called affectionately by the dancers community, is known for her abhinayas for padams. Dancers like Leela Samson, the director of Kalakshetra and scholars like Pappu Venugopala Rao, Gowri Ramnarayan, senior dancers Prof. C.V. Chandrasekhar, Adyar Lakshman and art patrons like Cleveland Sundaram were seen at this warm function.

Mami also enthralled the audience by demonstrating a few abhinayas for the padams sung by Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy and Geetha Raja, on the spot, sitting on the chair. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Kalanidhi mami is quite unassuming and teaches even today to interested students of dance.

Lifetime Achivement award to Radha Viswanathan on M.S' Remembrance day

Brahma Gana Sabha will be observing the seventh Remembrance Day of the Carnatic melody queen M.S.Subbulakshmi and celebrate the 77th Birthday of Radha Viswanathan on the 11th of December, 2011

The event will be held at 9.30 a.m. at Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium.

On this occasion Gopalakrishna Gandhi (former Governor of West Bengal) will present the Lifetime Achievement award to vocalist Radha Viswanathan, disciple of M.S. Subbulakshmi.

Nalli Kuppusami Chetti will preside over the function. senior mridangist T.K.Murthy, Cleveland V.V.Sundaram and A. Natarajan, former Doordarshar director will Felicitate.

The function will be followed by a grand music Concert by Radha Viswanathan and her Grand daughter Aiswarya accompanied by R.K.Shriramkumar on the violin, Parameswaran on the mridangam, Anirudh Athreya on the kanjira and N.Guruprasad on the ghatam.

Thyagaraja Aradhana on Jan. 13, 2012

If you are in Chennai for the 'season' this time, you may want to plan a short trip to Thiruvaiyaru for the Thyagaraja Aradhana. This year the aradhana comes just at the close of the season. Starts on Jan. 9 and the aradhana rendering of Pancha ratna kritis is on Jan. 13, 2012. G. Rangaswamy Moopanar, president, Sri Thyagabrahma Mahotsava Sabha has announced the dates yesterday at the pandalkal muhurtham held at Thiruvaiyaru.

This is the Pushya Bagula Panchami day when saint Thyagaraja attained samadhi 164 years ago. With the good monsoon that is still lingering over the coastal Tamil Nadu, listening to music sitting on the banks of River Cauvery at Thiruvaiyaru is itself an experience.

News Bulletin - Dec. 5, 2011

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A Recknoner for Chennai music season

The handy book listing all the concerts of the season complied by S. Kannan and sponsored by Nalli is brought out every year at the beginning of the season.

The handbook for this year is released on Dec. 3, 2011.

Copies are available at All the Nalli outlests - in Panagal Park and in 100, Usman Road stores in T. Nagar, at the Adyar Nalli and Nalli Boutique on TTK Road, Alwarpet.

Copies can also be had from Brahma Gana Sabha and Narada Gana Sabha for a limited period.

News Bulletin - Dec. 4, 2011

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The South India Heritage Lecture series

A series of lec-dems on weekends will be held at the TAG Centre, Chennai hosted by the South India Heritage Lecture Series

During the season this year 4 talks / lectures are held during the Sundays - Dec.4, 11, 18 and 25, 2011.

Admission only by invitation. Please mail your request to southernheritage@tagcorporation.net

The schedule:

Dec. 4, 2011 - Tradition, transition and transformation in Kuchipudi dance: Lecture by Dr Papu Venugopala Rao. Dance demo by Vedantam Venkatachapathi from Kuchipudi village

Dec. 11, 2011 - Lecture by Kanniks Kannikeswaran - The Voice in Western Music.

Dec. 18, 2011 - Lecture on 'Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar' by V. Sriram

Dec. 25, 2011 - Lecture on Thiruvavaduthurai Rajarathnam Pillai by V. Sriram

TAG Centre is at 69, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai.

News Bulletin - Dec. 3, 2011

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Does Mother Know Best?

By Rani Ramaswamy

Chicago

I was all of five years old when my mother decided that it was time I got acquainted with our rich musical tradition. Even at that young age, I sensed her excitement. I also realized, with a sinking feeling that it didn't bode well for me. Seriously, our musical tradition, rich or otherwise, was but of passing interest to me, and besides, I had my own ideas about how I could spend my time - like playing cricket or flying kites with my brothers.

Too young to speak my mind, I trotted along obligingly for my lessons from a Bhagavathar whose credentials had been thoroughly investigated. Unfortunately a few months after I started taking lessons, the man died of a heart attack.

Although my wicked brothers darkly hinted that my singing might have had a hand in his sad demise, I didn't take his passing personally. But I must admit I was quite glad to get back to my friends - that might have tipped my brothers off, I suppose. But those were more innocent times, so no connection was made, and no criminal investigation was initiated.

Although a trifle disheartened at this setback, it was not long before my parents found another teacher. An excellent woman, well qualified, she had the reputation for enforcing the kind of discipline that would have been the envy of the commander-in-chief of the army in Nazi Germany.

The bad news was the lessons were in the morning, at 6:30, before school, and my mother would have to chaperone me. I was relieved - with a family to feed and a household to run, I thought gleefully, there was no way she was going to be able to spare the time. But my mother was a woman on a mission and was not about to let minor details stand between her and her vision of the future for her only daughter.

She organized the kitchen so she didn't miss a beat as far as her work was concerned. She would wake me up at 5:30 in the morning, so I would have time to shower and get ready. At this point in the game I was a little older and wiser and knew all about the squeaky wheel getting the grease, so I complained loudly at being roused at this ungodly hour, but sad to say, my complaints fell on deaf ears.

Of course, once I was out of bed and ready to go, I enjoyed the morning walk to my music teacher's home. The city was just beginning to come to life, with the stray milkman on his bicycle, his milk cans loudly clattering against each other, and a few crazy people who liked to take early morning walks - this was before fitness became fashionable.

The trees by the corner of my street would be bursting with red blooms. Further down, there was a tree with jasmine whose fragrance was so heady, I had to pause and smell them, before I happily skipped on and caught up with my mother. Actually by the time I reached my teacher's home I would be in a good mood, but I never let on - I didn't want either of them to think I was enjoying any of this.

My music teacher wholeheartedly shared my mother's philosophy. A perfectionist, she would demand that we memorize the entire Ganamritha Varna Malika, including the introduction, the glossary of ragas with their Arohanams and Avarohanams, and everything in between, or else. The 'or else' meant we had to stand in the corner for the entire duration of the one hour period.

We were a dozen girls of various ages subjected to this cruel and unusual punishment. At different stages of our musical evolution, some of us regrettably not as talented as the others, we would sing loudly and lustily at the highest pitch - thankfully, the room we were in was noise proofed; our teacher resorted to this desperate measure because the neighbors could not take it any more. I am convinced that Shelley, had he heard us, would have cringed and thought twice before he wrote his ode to the skylark.

Back in those days, in a lot of South Indian households, girls were routinely corralled and shipped out to music classes. Once safely there, the teacher had the daunting task of attempting to imbue them with some love of classical music. Knowing as I do now, how resistant I was to being thus imbued, the music teacher had one demoralizing job.

But my teacher, quite the original, delivered, and I fell in love with classical music in a big way. To my utter surprise, the music actually grew on me; pretty soon I was going for my lessons willingly, even going so far as to read and write in Tamil, much to my mother's astonishment, so I could gain a better feel for the music.

I delved deep into the world of Tyagaraja, Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Purandaradasa and others with a degree of enthusiasm I could never have anticipated that fateful day when I had my first lesson and was taught the Sa Pa Sa.

In retrospect, I think I may have been just a little uncharitable to my mother. Perhaps I should have told her how much I loved those early morning walks with her. Perhaps I should have even go so far as to admit how grateful I was, but then again perhaps not – after all why state the obvious?

Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy

A fine arts festival is hosted by the fine arts wing of Meenakshi College for the past few years.
Venue: Meenakshi College for Women, K.R.S. Auditorium, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam.
Contact Phone no: 24725466

Schedule:

Dec. 4, 2011 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2011 - Monday
11.30 a.m. - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - M.R. Subramaniam - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Rajini Hariharan - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2011 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - Janardhan Mitta - Sitar, Rimpa Siva - Tabla
2.00 p.m. - Radha Bhaskar - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Prashant Prasad - Vocal

Dec. 7, 2011 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Lakshmi Venkatesh - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2011 - Thursday
11.30 a.m. - Anugraha Sridhar - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - P. Rahul Narayanan - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Roja Kannan - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Priya Jayaraman - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday
11.30 a.m. - Ramjhi's Isaimazhalai Group - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Bhooma Kasturi - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Master Visweswar - Flute
6.30 p.m. - A.K.C. Natarajan - Clarinet

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday
11.30 a.m. - K.V. sathya Sangeetha & Purushothaman - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - Mumbai G. Shilpa - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Deepthi Ravi - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayana - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday
11.30 a.m. - Geetha Bennett - Veena
2.00 p.m. - M. Nandini - Violin
4.00 p.m. - Shobana Ramesh - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri & Balagurunathan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - Sudha Vijayakumar - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth - Flute
4.00 p.m. - Sukanya Kumar - Kathak
6.30 p.m. - Parvati Ravi Ghantasala - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Sumathi Narayanan - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Swetha Ravishankar - Bharathanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Salem Sriram - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday
11.30 a.m. - Archana Narayanamurthy - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - Shankar Mahadevan - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Deepta Seshadri - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday
11.30 a.m. - Nadamuni Gayathri - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Swetha Vijayaraghavan - Bharathanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Smitha Madhav - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Saradha Ilangovan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday
11.30 a.m. - Jayshma G B - Bharathanatyam
2.00 p.m. - C.R. Abhinaya & C.R. Akshaya - Bharathanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Madhavapeddi Murthy - Kuchipudi
6.30 p.m. - Sulakshana Jayaram - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday
11.30 a.m. - N. Harish - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Adithya Prakash - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Sneha - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Divya Kasturi - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - Lakshmi Sriram - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Sushma Somsekar - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Ajith Das - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Lalitha Mohan - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividhya & Sudha - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday
11.30 a.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal
2.00 p.m. - Chaitra Sairam - Vocal
4.00 p.m. - G.S. rajan - Flute
6.30 p.m. - Binny Krishnakumar & Krishnakumar - Vocal

Three day music festival by Laya Madhuraa

Laya Mdhuraa is hosting a three day festival at Arkat Convention Centre on Royapettah High Road from Dec. 1 to 3, 2011.

The schedule:

Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday

5.30 p.m. - Felication to N.Ramani By Cleveland Sundaram, T N Krishnan ,Kamakoti, Deccan Murthy & A.S.Ramakrishnan.Conferering Title 'Madhura Kala Bhushana' on Dr. N.Ramani

6.45 p.m. - K.Girish -Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan -Violin, T K Murthy - Mridangam, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam

Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday

10.00 a.m. - Manasi Prasad - Vocal , B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Mannagudi Subramaniam - Mridangam

11.00 a.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, K J Dileep - Violin , Krishna Raj - Mridangam

5.30 a.m. - Dr. Ganesh - Vocal, V V Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Kudanthai Saravanan - Mrithangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - T N Krishnan & Viji Krishnan - Violin Duet, T V Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday

9.15 a.m. - Ms.Vidya Bharathi - Vocal, S P Aanthapadmanabha - Violin, Delhi S.Raghunandan - Mridangam

10.00 a.m. - Sri Vighnaraja - Vocal , Akkarai Subbulakshmi - Violin, K.V.Prasad - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - Srikrishnan - Veena, Sriram - Mrudangam, B.Subba Rao - Ghatam.

5.15 p.m. - Invocation and Lighting of Kuthuvilakku.

Conferring th Title 'Madhura Kala Sevaka' on N A Ramachandran by R.Krishnaswamy Prez of Sabha Federation

5.30 p.m. - Geetha Rajasekar - Vocal, N.C .Madhav - Violin, Pongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, A S Krishnan - Morsing

7.15 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam

Lec-dems - Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

The morning lec-dem sessions hosted by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha figure in the diaries of many rasikas interested in the academics of Carnatic music.

They are hosted at 8.30 a.m. every day at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, Bheemasena Garden Street, Mylapore.

The schedule:

Dec. 16, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Raga Alapana & Abinaya By Dr. A. Sumathi Sundar, Principal, Tamil Isai Kalluri, ( Tamil Isai Sangam), Chennai.

Dec. 17, 2011

8.30 a.m. -Tradition & Development of Kavadi Chindu By Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi, Prof. Dept. of Music, Q.M.C. Chennai

Dec. 18, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Pallavi in 'Shanmukhapriya Tisra Triputa, Chaturasra Nadai by Trichy J. Venkatraman, Musician, Trichy Pradeepkumar - Vocal support, Pakkala Ramdas - Violin, Arunprakash - Mrudangam

This will be followed by a felicitation function to honour Trichy Sri. J. Venkatraman.

Dec. 19, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Music Rituals in Temples By Dr. B.M. Sundaram, Musicigolist

Dec. 20, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Rhythmic aspects of Carnatic Music made easy By Chitraveena N. Narasimhan and disciples

Dec. 21, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Allied ragas : Sriraga, Madyamavathi, Brindavani & Manirangu By Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi, Lecturer, The Music Academy, Chennai

Dec.22, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Contributions of Veena Kuppiyer By Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna, Asst. Prof., Dept., of Indian Music, University of Madras.

10.00 a.m. Musical and Lyrical Elegance found in 72 Melaragamalika By Dr.S.R. Janakiraman

Dec. 23, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Lecture demonstration By Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan

10.00 a.m. Aesthetics in the Compositions of Sri Thiyagaraja and Sri. Uthukadu Venkatakavi : Vocal Concert by Chitravina N. Ravikiran, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, B.S. Purusothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 24, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Aesthetic Beauties of Ragas through Padams & Javalis By Dr. B. Balasubramanian, Adjunct Asst. Prof., Wesleyan University, USA

Dec. 26, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Kalki Krishnamurthy & Carnatic Music By Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan, Musician and Art critic

Dec. 27, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Abhanaga Vaibhavam by Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy, Prof. & Head, Dept., of Indian Music, University of Madras

Dec. 28, 2011

8.30 a.m. - The Greatness of the Sangita and Sahitya in the Compositions of the Trinity by R.K. Sriramkumar, Violin vidwan

Dec. 29, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Vocal Expression in Indian Classical Music - Concepts & Techniques by Sriram Parasuram, Musician & Musicologist

Dec. 30, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Janya ragas of Mayamalavagaula of Muthuswami Dikshitar Kritis By Dr. Abiramasundari, Prof., Dept. of Music, Q.M.C., Chennai

Dec. 31, 2011

8.30 a.m. - Art of singing Niraval by S. Sowmya, Musician

Carnatica's Global Music Fest

Carnatica hosts a music festival this year at a different venue and titles as Global music fest.

The venue is Hare Krishna Movement, No. 63, First Sea Ward road, Valmiki Nagar, Near Marundeeswarar Temple, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600041.

Contact:94440 18269 / 044 4553 5576 /044 4302 4024

Dec. 11, 2011

4.30 p.m. - Inauguration followed by Bhajans - His Holiness. Chitrangini Chaitanya Dasa Swamiji, Hare Krishna Movement, Chennai.

5.45 p.m. - 'Bhaktha Prahaladha' - Thematic Dance presentation by Guru Mahalakshmi Ashwin and disciples

7.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Seshachari and D. Raghavachari - Vocal

Dec.12, 2011

5.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal

7.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal

Dec. 13, 2011

5.00 p.m. - N Ramani - Flute

7.00 p.m. - Srirram Parasuram & Anooradha Sriram - Vocal

Dec. 14, 2011

5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Sashikiran and P. Ganesh

7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkatraghavan - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2011

5.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramanian - Vocal

7.00 p.m. - T. V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal

Dec. 16, 2011

5.00 p.m. - S Sowmya - Vocal

7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal

Dec. 17, 2011

3.15 p.m. - Kishan Jeyandran - Mandolin

5.00 p.m. - V K Manimaran - Vocal

7.00 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanaraman (Namasankeerthanam)

Dec. 18, 2011

3.15 p.m. - B. Suchithra & Saindhavi (Katha Kutcheri)

5.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal

7.00 p.m. - R Suryaprakash - Vocal

Jaya TV Margazhi Maha Utsavam

Jaya TV & Maximum Media's Margazhi Maha Utsavam is a popular event during the 'season' in Chennai.
The series of concerts are thematic and the artistes interact with the audience through a brief Q & A session.
The series is held at the Kumara Raja Muthiah Hall in Chettinad Vidyashram school campus, R.A. Puram, Chennai - 28.
The concerts are open to all but seats are on first come first serve basis.

The schedule:

Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Vaduvur S.N.R. Krishnamurthy (Nadaswaram)
6.30 p.m. - Vadakkil Therku - T.M. Krishna (Vocal), R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Carnatic Music Idol Winner Concert - R. Raghavendra (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Naadhanum Naamamum - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), B. Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)

Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Jaya Maruthi - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam), Malaikottai R.M. Deenadayalu (Morsing)

Dec. 4, 2011 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Aadum Dheivam - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 5, 2011 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Annamayyarum Aanandhamum - Lakshmi Rangarajan & Subiksha Rangarajan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Super Seven - S. Sowmya (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 6, 2011 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - K. Bharath Sundar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Tridevi Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 7, 2011 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidyashankar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Namakke Urimaiyaam - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Amritha Murali (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 8, 2011 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Thiruppugazh - T.V. Sundaravalli & Bavya (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Kandhanum Kannanum - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ganga Kauvery - O.S. Arun (Vocal), Suresh Babu (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing)

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Shyamalanum Shaambanum - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), Pakkala Ramadas (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing)

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Harikesanalloor Muthiah Bagavathar - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam)

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena)
6.30 p.m. - Anuragam - Priya Sisters (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Vaageya Vilaasam Medha Vilaasam - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Avaneeswaram S.R. Vinu (Violin), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayatri (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Iga Vazhi Irai - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Giridhar Uduppa (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sabari Moksham - Visakha Hari (Harikatha)

Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru

A mega event at a big auditorium, Chennaiyil Thiruvaiyaru attracts both the serious Carnatic music rasikas as well as occasional listeners to pupolar musicians.
The concerts are held at Kamaraj Memorial Hall, Anna Salai.
The concerts are ticketed and requires advance booking.
Go to http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/chennaiyil-thiruvaiyaru/index.asp for online ticket booking

The schedule:

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday
2.45 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam (Nadaswaram)
4.45 p.m. - Pancharatna Kritis led by P.S. Narayanaswamy
7.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday
7.00 a.m. - Sindhuja Ekambaram (Harikatha)
9.00 a.m. - Ramjhi's Isai Mazhalai Group (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - Vipanchee Natyalaya (Dance)
1.00 p.m. - Saindavi and Vinaya (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - Haricharan Seshadri (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Shobana (Dance)
7.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone)

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday
7.00 a.m. - Cuddalore Gopi Bhagavatar (Namasankeerthanam)
9.00 a.m. - Hyderabad N. Subalakshmi (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - Geetham Madhuram - A Tribute to M.S. Subbulakshmi
1.00 p.m. - Anantha Padmanabha Rao (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Fusion - Tarun Bhattacharya (Santoor) and M. Nandhini (Violin) with Abhijith Bannerjee (Tabla)

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday
7.00 a.m. - O.S. Sundar (Namasankeerthanam)
9.00 a.m. - Fusion - Airtel Super Singers
10.30 a.m. - Ghatam Karthick's 'Heartbeat' Ensemble
1.00 p.m. - M. Raginisri (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - Srikala Bharath (Dance)
4.45 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin)

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday
7.00 a.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Namasankeerthanam)
9.00 a.m. - Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - Gaurav Mazumdar (Sitar) and Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena)
1.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal)
2.45 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Hindustani music - Hariprasad Chaurasia (Flute)

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday
7.00 a.m. - Desa Mangayarkarasi (Discourse)
9.00 a.m. - R. Kashyap Mahesh (Vocal)
10.30 a.m. - Jugalbandi - Sriram Parasuram and Anuradha Sriram (Vocal)
1.00 p.m. - Subathra Marimuthu (Dance)
2.45 p.m. - Harini Krishnan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Shubha Mudgal (Vocal)

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday
7.00 a.m. - B. Suchitra (Harikatha)
9.00 a.m. - Abhimithra (Dance)
10.30 a.m. - R. Prasanna (Guitar)
1.00 p.m. - Vinisha Kathiravan (Dance)
2.45 p.m. - Vibrations - Ensemble by Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan
4.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal)

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday
7.00 a.m. - Damal Ramakrishnan (Discourse)
9.00 a.m. - Manjula Ramasamy (Dance)
10.30 a.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)
1.00 p.m. - Meenakshi Raghavan (Dance)
2.45 p.m. - Shoba Chandrasekar (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal)
7.30 p.m. - Hindustani music - Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod)

T.M. Krishna webcasts his concerts

Popular vocalist T.M. Krishna has chosen to live-stream three of his concerts during the 'season'. The streaming, however is for the rasikas who are not in Chennai.

The concerts that will be live on the Net are:
Dec. 23, 2011 at 6.00 p.m. - at Mylapore Fine Arts with the accompaniments of Embar Kannan on the violin, B. Ganapathiraman on the mridangam and Vaikom Gopalakrishnan on the ghatam.

Dec. 27, 2011 at 4.30 p.m. - at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha with Mysore Srikanth on the violin, Guru Kaaraikudi Mani on the mridangam and V. Suresh on the ghatam

Jan. 8, 2012 at 5.00 p.m. - at Kalarasana. with R.K. Shriramkumar on the violin, Trichy Sankaran on the mridangam, B.S. Purushotham on the kanjira and N. Guruprasad on the ghatam. This is a four hour oncert.

You need to pay a fee, like buying a ticket for the concert, to listen to these concerts online. These concerts will also be available on-demand for 24 hours from p.m. IST on the following day to accommodate viewers around the world in different time zones.
For more details and advance booking, go to http://tmkrishna.com/

Nandi Fine Arts

Nandi Fine Arts will conduct its 26th annual music festival from Dec. 2 to 8, 2011.
The venue will be the Gokale Sastri Hall, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore. Chennai - 4 at 5.30 p.m. daily.
Contact Nandi Fine Arts at S-4, ` A’ Block, Vasanth Apts, 140 VM St, Royapettah, Chennai -14. Ph – (044) 28133034, Email – kaprigem@yahoo.com

The Schedule:

Dec. 2, 2011 - Mambalam Sisters Vijyalakshmi and Chitra – Vocal

Dec. 3, 2011 - Pallavi Prasanna –(Bangalore) - Vocal

Dec. 4, 2011 - Rajyashree Josyer Shrikanth - (Mysore) – Vocal

Dec. 5, 2011 - Srividya Ramnath – (Bangalore) - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2011 - Nandini Muthuswamy (UK) - Violin

Dec. 7, 2011 - Kundrakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal & Party

Dec. 8, 2011 - K. Baskaran - Flute

The Mylapore Fine Arts Society

The MFAC celebrates its diamond jubilee year in 2011. The arts festival will be held from Dec. 11, 2011 to Jan. 17, 2012 with an exclusive dance festival beginning from Jan. 2, 2012

The MFAC auditorium is on 45, Musiri Subramaniam Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
Phone no. 24997755

Membership Reservation starts on Dec. 4, 2011 (Sunday) at 4.00 p.m.

The schedule:

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday

6.00 p.m. - Inauguration

7.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Mashantha Viswanathan (Dis. of Rajeswari Sainath)

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday

9.30 a.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vocal, Vittal ramamurthy - Violin, R. Ramesh - Mridangam, B. Sreesundar Kumar - Kanjira

12.00 noon - Rahul Narayanan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - S.R. Maitreyi - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, R. Hemalatha - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday

9.30 a.m. - Manasi Prasad - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, C. Cheluvaraju - Mridangam

12.00 noon - Arundhathi Krishnan - Vocal, Siva Ramamurthy - Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Bombay Anand - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan

4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mridangam

6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, M. Narmada - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday

9.30 a.m. - Suguna Varadhachari - Vocal, Akkarai Subbulakshmi - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

12.00 noon - Vikram Krishna - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Chaitra Sairam - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer, Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - S.P. Ramh - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Alarmel Valli

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday

9.30 a.m. - Dr. S. Sundar - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Trichur C. Narendran - Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam

12 noon - Shruthi S. Bhat - Vocal, V. Supraja - Violin, Delhi S. Raghunandan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Bhushani Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam, G. Harihara Sharma - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, Serthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday

9.30 a.m. - Gayathri Sankaran - Vocal, Pakala ramasad - Violin, P.V. Kamaraju - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, Lavanya Kothandaraman - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - N. Bhairavi & N. Malavi - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin,

- Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, M. Narmada - Violin, T.R. Sundaresan - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Haripriya & Shanmughapriya - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, B. Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday

9.30 a.m. - Allepey Venkatesan - Vocal, B.U. Ganeshprasad - Violin, Manoj Siva - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - K. Sriram - Vocal, K. Ganesan - Violin, T.R.S Manikandan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - V. Deepika - Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, A.V. Manikandan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi - Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, R. Raman - Morsing

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday

9.30 a.m. - T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Delhi Sundararajan - Violin, R. Ramesh - Mridangam, B.S. Purushothaman - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Gayathri Shreyas - Vocal, Parur M.S.Ananthashree - Violin, Karthik Narayanan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan - Violin, K.J. Dilip - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal, R.K. Sriram Kumar - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam - Vocal, B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday

9.30 a.m. - M. Nandini (Violin Solo), Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal, V. Suresh Babu - Violin, Paiyur C. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagam - Vocal, Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh -Veena, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, G. Guruprasanna - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, M. Narmada - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, S. Karthick - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday

9.30 a.m. - Sugantha Kalamegam - Vocal, R. Hemalatha - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - V. Venkatanagarajan - Vocal, T.S. Dineshkumar - Violin, K.J. Vineeth - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - K. Dharini - Vocal, M.S. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, K.J. Vineeth - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin, Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday

9.30 a.m.- Iyer Brothers - Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer - Veena Duet, Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam, Pudukottai N. Ramachandran - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - N.C.S. Ravali - Vocal, Anand - Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, Madurai S. Balasubramanian - Violin, Chidambaram S. Balashankar - Mridangam, Trichy K. Murali - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - D. Seshachari & D. Raghavachari - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Mannargudi A. Eswaran - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

9.30 a.m. - Sriram Gangadharan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - M. Raginisri - Vocal, V. Supraja - Violin, Arjun Raghavan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Nadhamuni Gayathri - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekaran - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Salem S.R. Sriram - Vocal, Nishant Chandran - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Mysore M. Nagaraj & M. Manjunath (Violin Duet), Thiruvarur P. Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam, K.V. Gopalakrishanan - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday

9.30 a.m. - U.P. Raju & P. Nagamani - Mandolin Duet, Serthalai Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Trichy K.Murali - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - Ramya Kannan - Vocal, Giridhari - Violin, Srivanchium Sriram - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Kovai chandran - Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekaran - Mridangam, Narasimhan - Ghatam

3.00 p.m. - Mandolin Sisters - Sreeusha & Sireesha - Mandolin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, B. Subba Rao - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Vaikam Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday

9.30 a.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Mannargudi A. Easwaran - Mridangam, Alathur T. Rajaganesh - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - K. Subhiksha - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, K.J. Vineeth - Mridangam

1.30 p.m.- Vidya G. Subramaniam - Vocal, H.V. Raghuram - Violin, Mayavaram Muralidharan - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - S. Girish - Vocal, R. Ambikaprasad - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashree - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridanga, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

9.30 a.m.- N. Ramani - Flute, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, A.S. Shankar - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - V. Dheekshitha - Vocal, T.S. Dineshkumar - Violin, Akshayram - Mridangam

1.30 p.m.- Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, Rajiv - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Subhasree Ramachandran - Vocal, M. Narmada - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - U. Shrinivas - Mandolin, S.D. Sridharan - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday

9.30 a.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnanasundaram - Violin, M. Ravichandra - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - K. Mahathi - Keyboard, Shradha Ravindran - Violin, Sathyanarayanan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - M. Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, M.S. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, B. Srivatsan - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, Anand Viswanathan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, - Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday

9.30 a.m.- Geetha Raja - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, N. Sundar - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Shraddha Mohan - Vocal, T.S. Dineshkumar - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Aparna Thiagarajan - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Amrutha Murali - Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Trichur V. Ramachandran - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Guruvayur Dorai - Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

9.30 a.m. - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam

12.00 Noon - Anirudh Venkatesh - Vocal, Siva Ramamurthy - Violin, K.S. Ramana - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, R. Rahul - Violin, A.M. Harinarayanan - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal, Dr. Jyotsna - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Trichy B. Harikumar - Mridangam

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

9.30 a.m. - Sreevalsan J Menon - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Tanjore Ramadas - Mridangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Pallavi Prasanna Madhyastha - Vocal, Anuthama Murali - Violin, K. Parthasarathy - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Palakad A.M. Harinarayanan

3.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Nandanar Charithram - Sangeetha Upanyasam by

Vishaka Hari, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

9.30 a.m. - T.V. Ramprasadh - Vocal, T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu - Violin, - H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Arvind Sridhar - Vocal, Sa. Raghavasimhan - Violin, G. Krithivasan - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - J.B. Sruthi Sagar - Flute, R. Rahul - Violin, B. Srivatsan - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Sankar Ramani - Vocal, A.G. Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, - R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

9.30 a.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, R. Hemalatha - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, K.S. Rangachari - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Sidharth Sriram - Vocal, Sriram Sridharan - Violin, Sanjay Subramaniam Mridangam - Mridangam

1.30 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividya & Sudha - Vocal, K.J. Dilip - Violin, Tanjore Praveenkumar - Mridangam

3.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Nirmal Narayanan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal, M. Chandrasekaran - Violin, T.K. Murthy - Mridangam, B. Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira

Jan. 1, 2012 - Sunday

9.30 a.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, T.V. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam, V. Suresh - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nirmal Narayanan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - K.J. Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai R. Muralidharan - Violin, Tiruvarur P. Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Jan. 2, 2012 - Monday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Abirami Aru. Balasingam (Dis.of Narthaki Natraj)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Pallavi Sriram (Dis. of Chitra Visweswaran)

Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Vani Nagarajan (Dis.of K.J. Sarasa)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Jayaraman (Dis.of Meenakshi Chitharanjan)

Jan. 4, 2012 - Wednesday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Malavika (Dis.of Sarayu Sai)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanrithyam by Smt. Varsha Suresh (Dis. of K.J. Sarasa)

Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aarabhi Perinbanathan (Dis. of Narthaki Nataraj)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Swetha Varadarajan (Dis. of Archana Mahesh)

Jan. 6, 2012 - Friday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Ramanan (Dis.of Divya Sena)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Radica Giri (Dis.of A. Lakshmanan)

Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ganesh Vasudeva (USA) (Dis.of Sreelatha Suresh)

7.15 p.m. - Sri Devi Nrithyalaya Students present Dance Ballet

Ravaneswaran. Choreography & Direction by Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday

5.45 p.m. - Kuchipudi Dance by Dr. Vasanthi Ravi (Dis.of Vempatti Ravishankar)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Deepti Ravichandran (Dis.of Sudharani Raghupathy)

Jan. 9, 2012 - Sunday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sagarika Mani (Dis.of Sarayu Sai)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Purnima Balasubramaniam (Dis.of Lakshmi Ramaswamy)

Jan. 10, 2012 - Monday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by S. Divya (Dis.of Sarayu Sai)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Deepa Mahadevan (Dis. of Madurai Muralidharan)

Jan. 11, 2012 - Tuesday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Vaishnavi Ravishanker (Dis.of Savithri Jagannatha Rao)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Chitra Ramaswami (Dis. of Jayanthi Subramaniam)

Jan. 12, 2012 - Wednesday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shobana Thiagarajan (Dis. of Archana Mahesh)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sridevi Suresh (Dis. of Jayanthi Subramaniam)

Jan. 13, 2012 - Thursday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by T.A. Vvirraja &T.A. Vasudha (Dis.of Ranganayaki Jayaraman)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Divya Devagupthapu (Dis. of Shantha & V.P. Dhananjayan)

Jan. 14, 2012 - Friday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by V.N. Supriya (Dis. of A. Lakshmanan)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aparna Chithranjan (Dis. of Meenakshi Chitharanjan)

Jan. 15, 2012 - Saturday

5.45 p.m. - Mithila Dance Group Presents a thematic presentation

Tree - Direction Smt. Mythili

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Chinnamanur A. Chitra (Chidambaram)

Jan. 16, 2012 - Sunday

5.45 p.m. - Mohini Attam by Sunanda Nair(USA) (Dis. of Kanaka Rele, Bombay)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Preethi, Shivapriya, Namrata Naidu, K. Padamsee (Dis.of Ranganayaki Jayaraman)

Jan. 17, 2012 - Monday

5.45 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sangita Vasudevan (Dis. of Radha)

7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Pooja Allepalle (Dis. of Adyar Lakshmanan)

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha

One of the oldest sabhas in Chennai, Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha is ideally located for people in T.Nagar, West Mambalam as well as north Chennai.

The concerts are held at Vani Mahal, 103, G.N. Road, T.Nagar, Chennai

Here is the official website of Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha
- http://vanimahal.com/

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday

10.00 a.m. - S.Srinivasan - Veena, Thanjavur Ramadas - Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam

1.00 p.m. - N.S. Aruna - Vocal, Ganesh - Violin, Karthick Narayanan - Mridangam

2.15 p.m. - A.Narayanan - Vocal, Vidya - Violin, Delhi Rajasubramaniam - Mridangam

4.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Karikal S.Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Thiruvidaimarudhur S.Sankaran- Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - T.M. Krishna - Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar - Violin, K.V.Prasad - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday

10.00 a.m. - N.C.Soundravalli - Vocal, V.L.Kumar - Violin, Thanjavur Subramaniam - Mrudangam

1.00 p.m. - Ragini Sri - Vocal, B.Sudha - Violin, Mannargudi Shreyas - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Parur M.S.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Jayamangala Krishnamani - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika - Vocal, Melakavery Thiyagarajan - Violin, Nellai A Balaji - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S Swaminathan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin, I.Siva kumar - Mrudangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday

1.00 p.m. - Sai Vignesh - Vocal, Sriram - Violin, Thirucherai Kaushik - Mrudangam, Shri Sainath - Ghatam

2.15 p.m. - Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal, K.P.Nandhini - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - S.M.Vilasini - Vocal, Ambika Prasad - Violin, P.V.Kamaraj - Mrudangam, Pudukkottai N.Ramachandran - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - P.Unnikrishnan - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, B.Harikumar - Mrudangam, Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday

1.00 p.m. - Hariharan Ravi - Vocal, Shradha Ravindran - Violin, Akshay Ram - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Sunanda - Vocal, K.J.Dileep - Violin, N.C.Bhardwaj - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, R.Satish Kumar - Violin, Sherthalai R.Ananthakrishnan - Mrudangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Sikil C.Gurucharan - Vocal, Delhi P.Sundarrajan - Violin, Neyveli R.Narayanan - Mrudangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday

1.00 p.m. - Swetharanyam Sisters Vidya & Nithya - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, H.Vijayaram - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Tanjore Praveen Kumar - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Serugudi Sisters Rema & Geetha - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam K Ramakrishnan - Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad& Ravi Kumar - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, K.R.Ganesh - Mrudangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday

1.00 p.m. - Iyer Sisters Srividya & Sudha - Vocal, Shreya Devnath - Violin, Nellai Srikrishnan - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - J.Sriram - Vocal, A.Kalpana - Violin, Ramkumar - Mrudangam

4.00p.m. - B.Vijyagopal - Flute, Bombay V Anand - Violin, Manakkal R Sriram - Mrudangam, Papanasam S Sethuraman - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - O.S.Arun - Vocal, Kumabkonam M.R.Gopinath - Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan - Mrudangam, Dr.S.Karthick - Ghatam

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday

1.00 p.m. - Poornima Krishnan - Vocal, Thiruvaiyaru Saradha - Violin, Sainivethan - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - V.Deekshita Venkatraman - Vocal, Srividhya R.S.Iyer - Violin, Thillaisthanam R Suryanarayanan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - U.P.Raju & Nagamani - Vocal, Chidambara S Balashankar - Violin, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, K.R.Ganesh - Mrudangam, B.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday

10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration

1.00 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy - Mrudangam, Papanasam S.Sethuraman - Kanjira

1.00 p.m. - S.R.Mytreyi - Vocal, Jayanthi Kesav - Violin, Madurai Kumaresh - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, Arunachala Karthick - Violin, Swamimalai Girish - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Ragam Sisters Sivaranjani & Nalinakanthi - Vocal, Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Violin, Hanumanthapuram J.Bhuvarahan - Mrudangam, G.Ravichandran - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, Palladam Ravi - Mrudangam, R.Raman - Morsing

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday

10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration

1.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy - Vocal, Shiva Ramamurthy - Violin, Aravind Shankar - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - V.Deepika - Vocal, M.Rajeev - Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Uzhavoor P.K.Babu - Mrudangam

6.30 p.m. - U.Shrinivas - Mandolin, S.D.Sridhar - Violin, Haridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel - Tavil, Guru Prasnna - Kanjira, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday

1.00 p.m. - Janani Hamsini - Vocal, Shyam - Violin, Aswini - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Nadhamuni Gayathri - Vocal, C.K.Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekaran - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Dr. Ganesh - Vocal, Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan - Violin, A.S.Ranganathan - Mrudangam, Papanasam S.Sethuraman - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D.Raghavachari & D.Seshachari - Vocal, Nagai R.Sriram - Violin, Trivandrum V.Balaji - Mrudangam, K.V.Gopalkrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday

1.00 p.m. - Aravind Sridhar - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathi - Violin, Kirann Vangipuram - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban - Vocal, Nagaraj Mandiya - Violin, Neyveli Ramkumar - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Sthree Thal Tharang presents Laya Raga Sangamam - Ensemble. Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghata Tharang, Ghatam & Konnakol, J. Yoha Vandana - Veena, Sowmya Ramachandran - Violin, Ranjani Venkatesh - Mrudangam, Bhagyalakshmi M.Krishna - Morsing

6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmuga Priya & Hari Priya - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mrudangam

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday

1.00 p.m. - Vignesh Easwar - Vocal, Smitha Krishnan - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Visalakshi Shankar - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R.Jayakumar - Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - K.R.Saranathan - Vocal, Anyampatti Venkatasubrmaniam - Violin, Tanjore Ramdas - Mridangam

6.30 p.m. - Kadri Goplanath - Saxophone, A.Kanyakumari - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mrudangam, Rajendra Nakot - Tabla, Bangalore Rajasekar - Morsing

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

1.00 p.m. - Shilpa (Mumbai) - Vocal, Y.Sivagamasundari - Violin, R.Vaibhav - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Jayanthi Kesav - Violin, Madurai Sundar - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Neyveli Radhakrishna - Double Violin, Thanjavur R.Govindarajan - Spl.Thavil, T.R.Sundaresan - Mrudangam

6.30 p.m. - Srekala Bharat Troupe Presents Madhura Lahari - Group Dance

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday

1.00 p.m. - B.K.Arunkumar - Vocal, T.V.Sukanya - Violin, Sai Shankar - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Cuddalore S.J.Janani - Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Calcutta T.K. Karthick - Mrudangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - B.Kannan - Veena, Chidambaram Balashankar - Mrudangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam, N.Sundar - Tabla & Morsing

6.30 p.m. - K.J.Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhathavatsalam - Mrudangam, Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday

10.00 a.m. - Krishnapriya Anantharaj - Vocal, Dorai Balasubramaniam - Violin, Palladam Ravi - Mrudangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

1.00 p.m. - K.S.Sathya Priya & K.S.VidyaLakshmi - Vocal, Kamlakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Jayadev Bhaskaran - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Jayasshree Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal, R.Kailasam - Violin, Trivandrum Hariharan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Mambala Sisters Vijyalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Kallidaikurchi S.Sivakumar - Mrudangam, K.S.Rangachary - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mrudangam, S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

10.00 a.m. - T.V.Ramparasadh - Vocal, T.V.K.Ramanujacharyalu - Violin, Calcutta Aravind - Mrudangam, B.Shree Sundarakumar - Kanjira

1.00 p.m. - Meena Vikram - Vocal, A.Kalpana - Violin, Sai Sarangan - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Amritha Ranjanai - Vocal, H.V.Raghuram - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, Anand Viswanthan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

4.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamoorthy - Veena, Kalakkad Srinivasan - Mrudangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N.Sashikiran & Ganesh - Nagai R.Sriram - Violin, Anantha R krishnan - Mrudangam, Udipi Balakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday

1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan - Vocal, Dinesh Kumar - Violin, L.Subramaniam - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Bhairavi &Malavi - Vocal, K.P.Nandini - Violin, Akshay Anandapadmanabhan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Subhasri Ramachandran - Vocal, R.Satish Kumar - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mrudangam, H.Prasanna - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - T.V.Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Violin, K.V.Prasad - Mrudangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday

1.00 p.m. - Shipa Sadagopan - Vocal, R.Shyam - Violin, Sanjay Subramananiam - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal, Sudha R.S.Iyer - Violin, Prasanna Karthikeyan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - G.Ramanathan - Saxophone, V.Suresh Babu - Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Poongulam Subrmaniam - Mrudangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

1.00 p.m. - N.Jayakrishnan - Vocal, Sriram Sridhar - Violin, Thiruvellur Shreyas - Mrudangam,

2.15 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Shankar Rajan - Violin, Thanjavur Praveen Kumar - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - S.Mahathi - Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam, S.Hariharsubramaniam - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

2.15 p.m. - A.Kanyakumari & Embar Kannan - Violin Duet, K.V.Prasad - Mrudangam, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira

1.00 p.m. - K.Mahathi - Key Board, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Akshay Ram - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Gayathri Satya - Vocal, Smitha Krishnan - Violin, Arjun Narayanan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal, R.Kailasam - Violin, Australia Ravichandra - Mrudangam, G.Ravichandran - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal, M.Chandrasekaran - Violin, Tricur C Narendran - Mrudangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

1.00 p.m. - Hariharan - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Gopal - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Violin, Ammangudi Ramanarayanan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Sathur Sisters Lalitha Santhanam & Bhuvana Rajagopal - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekar - Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Anitha Guha Dance Programme Bharathanjali Trust & Cleeveland Thyagaraja Trust Presents 'Parishvannaga Pattabishekam (Kiskinda Kandam & Sundarakandam)

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

9.00 a.m. - Namasankeertnam by A.V.Rajasimhan & Party,

10.00 a.m. - Charulatha Mani - Vocal, B.ananthakrishnan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh S.J. - Mrudangam, N. Sundar - Morsing

1.00 p.m. - Anirudh Venkatesh - Vocal, Shiva Ramamurthy - Violin, J.Aravind - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Solo Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mrudangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

4.00 p.m. - Dr. M.Narmada - Violin, Sherthlai Ananthakrishnan - Mrudangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal, Kumbakonam M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Manoj Siva - Mrudangam, Ravi Balasubramaniam - Ghatam

Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday

10.00 a.m. - Ghatam Karthick Heartbeat Ensemble S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konakol &Vocal, Embar S.Kannan - Violin, Bhavani Prasad - Digital Veena, Poongulam Subramnaiam - Mrudangam, K.V. Gopala Krishnan - Kanjira, R. Raman - Morsing

1.00 p.m. - Kousshikram - Vocal, Thirumarungal Dineshkumar - Violin, Vikram Vasudevan - Mrudangam

2.15 p.m. - Ajay Nmbudri - Vocal, Shertalai Sivakumar - Violin, Chennai Thyagarajan - Mrudangam

4.00 p.m. - Geetha Rajasekar - Vocal, M.A.Krishanaswami - Violin, Mannargudi Subramaniam - Mrudangam, H. Siva Ramakrishnan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Sri Devi Nrithyalaya Chennai Present Ravaneswaran Dance ballet by Smt Sheela Unnikrishnan

Jan. 2, 2012 - Monday

7.00 p.m. - Crazy Creations presents CHOCLET KRISHNA - Drama

Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday

6.30 p.m. - Natakapriya presents S.V.Shekher in AAYIRAM UDHAI VAANGIYA APOORVA SIKAMANI - Drama

Jan. 4, 2012 - Wednesday

6.30 p.m. - Stage Creations presents Kathadi Ramamurthy in NEENGALE SOLLUNGA - Drama

Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday

6.30 p.m. - UAA presents Y Gee Mahendra in NAADAGAM - Drama

Jan. 6, 2012 - Friday

6.30 p.m. - Thamizharasan Theatre's present RAGHU & KEDHU by D.Balasundaram - Drama

Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday

6.30 p.m. - Dummies presents SHYAMALAM - Drama

Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday

6.30 p.m. - United Visuals presents TV Varadarajan in Drama AASAIKKUM AASTHIKKUM

Jan. 9, 2012 - Monday

6.30 p.m. - Kadukambadi Brothers K.B. Balakrishnan, K.B. Srinivasan - Nadhaswaram, Thiru Rameswaram T.B. Radhakrishnan - Spl Thavil

Jan. 10, 2012 - Tuesday

6.30 p.m. - Mannargudi Brothers M.S.K. Sankara Narayanan, M.S.K. Venkatesan - Nadhaswaram, Idumbavanam K.S. Kannan - Spl Thavil

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Awards - 2011

The award Sangeetha Kala Sarathy will be conferred upon vocalist S. Sowmya this year.

Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award will be presented to violin Maestro T.N. Krishnan. This award is given from the endowment created by vocalist Nithyashree Mahadevan. ) and Dr. M.L.V. award will be presented to vocalist Prasanna Venkatraman, This award comes from the endowment created by vocalist Sudha Raghunathan.

Chennai Fine Arts

The 9th year music festival of Chennai Fine Arts will be held at K.N. Shanmugasundaram Hall, Karpagambal Nagar, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

The schedule:

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday

5.00 p.m. - Inauguration. Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Excellency Award to R.K. Srikantan

6.35 p.m. - R.K. Srikantan (Vocal), R.S. Ramakanth - Vocal support, N. Ravikiran - Chitravina, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

5.00 p.m. - Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, Melakkaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Compositions of Margadarsi Sesha Iyengar - lecture by Dr. SAK Durga

6.45 p.m. - Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday

5.00 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

6.15 p.m. - Compositions of Irayimman Thampi - lecture by Prameela Gurumurthy

6.45 p.m. - Madhavan Namboothri - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, T.K. Murthy - Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday

5.00 p.m. - B. Bhargavi - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Compositions of N. Ravikiran. Felicitations by Suguna Purushothaman

6.35 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, V.L. Kumar - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam

Visesha Vadyanubhava

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

5.00 p.m. - Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar - Flute - lecdem

6.30 p.m. - M.S. Gopalakrishnan, M. Narmada & G. Sureshkumar - Violin trio. Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday

5.00 p.m. - Mudikondan Ramesh - Veena, A.S. Ranganathan - Mrridangam, Udupi Balakrishnan - Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Injikudi E.M. Subramaniam & party - Nadaswaram

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday

5.00 p.m. - B. Kannan - Veena

6.30 p.m. - N. Ramani - Flute, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam

Yuvakala Vaibhavam

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

5.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Srinivasan - Veena, Thillai Sooryanarayanan - Mridangam, Tiruvarur Venkatesh - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. - Manasi Prasad - Vocal, R. Kailasam - Violin, Ashwin Sridharam - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - U.P. Raju & Nagamani - Mandolin duet, Australia Ravichandra - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam, Sai Nivedhan - Kanjira

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

5.00 p.m. - Akkarai Subhasree - Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Udupi Balakrishnan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - Kishan Jayendran - Mandolin. Srividhya R.S. Iyer - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, Tanjore K. Praveenkumar - Mridangam

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

5.00 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva - Vocal duet, Jayanthi Keshav - Violin,

6.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, Kalpana Prasad (USA) - Violin, Nellai V. Srikrishnan - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - Suchitra B - Vocal, C.K. Vijayaraghavan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

Dedicated to the birth centenary of Harikatha exponent Smt. Banni Bai

5.00 p.m. - Vallivalan Venkataraman - Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman - Violin, Thillai Sooryanarayanan - Mridangam

6.00 p.m. - R. Raghavendra - Vocal, R, Rahul - Violin, R. Parthasarathy - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. - Pushpa Anand & Party - Abhang Bhajan

Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday

5.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna merit scholarship to Kum. Vijayasree and Master Arvind

6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Bros. K.N. sasikiran and P. Ganesh - Vocal duet, M.A. Sundaresan - Violin, Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Ushering the 2011 Music Season

by ........ Sivapriya Krishnan


The Madras Music Academy, to repeat ad nauseam, is the "Mecca" of music in the cultural map of South Indian classical music. The Music season actually starts only when the Academy starts, however much other institutions may have started. The Academy being what it is, has a stiff twin objective to meet in providing for the entertainment value without shortchanging the content.

Artists are in queue to get a slot to sing and more so in queue to get onto the next senior slot, which actually tells the public about their elevated status. The Academy was one of the earliest,probably one of the first to announce the schedule of concerts for this December season of 2011.

The schedule of concerts did reveal the meaning of one old adage : " the old order changeth, yielding place to new" !

The seniors have given place to the juniors, the veterans have given place to the seniors, fathers have given place to sons/ daughters, senior disciples have given place to junior disciples while some have remained untouched .

Keeping with the tradition of an inaugural concert by a Sangita Kalanidhi,this time the series begins with Smt.R.Vedavalli. The morning slots, traditionally a veterans' bastion sees the inclusion for the first time of the maestro-veteran Sri.T.N.Seshagopalan. TNS Krishna sings in the evening for the first time this year. Young ladies doing Harikatha have always attracted huge crowds and this year the morning has been handed over to young Suchitra, grand-daughter of the veteran Harikatha artist Kamala Murthy. Neyveli Santhanagopalan sings in the morning and his daughter Sriranjani in the afternoon.

Artists like Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma and Manda Sudharani have proved over the years and plodded their way into the evening senior bastion. The shining stars among the young seniors like Gayatri Venkatraghavan, Sikkil Gurucharan, Abhishek Raghuram, Savita Narasimhan have got their due. The senior seniors like Sanjay Subramaniam, Vijay Siva, Unnikrishnan, TM Krishna have their places intact. The "senior ladies quartette", comprising Bombay Jayasree, Nityasree, Sudha Raghunathan andd Aruna Sairam, who continue to attract large crowds and good gate collections have their places intact and remain untouched. Some new juniors have been given a warm welcome to prove thier mettle.

Just as it is important for any musician to be slotted in the Academy, it is also a dauntingly important task for the programming committee at the Academy to balance the schedule , keeping in mind the need for

(a) attracting new talent,
(b) preserving veteran art,
(c) encouraging and promoting juniors to seniors and shaping them for posterity
(d) balancing entertainment and economic viability through gate collections

all with utmost impartial judgement and clear substantiation.

In this the Academy officials as organisers have proved that with ample thought and clear thinking, a well balanced schedule can be drawn which meets up with most requirement parameters on hand. Lets usher in the season of 2011!

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

The 56th year of art & dance festival of Sri Krishna Gana Sabha will be inaugurated on Dec. 9, 2011

This year's festival is dedicated to Madurai Mani Iyer whose birth centenary is celebrated this year.

Donor Pass: Rs.10,000/-,7,500/-,5,500/- ,3,000/-

Programme Donor Pass: Rs.1000/-,500/-,300/-,200/- & 100/-

Advance Booking: 9.00 a.m to 8.00 p.m

At Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Dr. Nalli Gana Vihar, No 20, Maharajapuram Santhanam Salai, T. Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Phone - 2814 0806. E-mail: krishnaganasabha@gmail.com

The schedule:

Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday

4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai

6.00 p.m. - Inauguration

7.30 p.m. - Sudharma Vaidyanathan (Dis. of A. Lakshman) - Bharathanatyam

Dec.10, 2011 - Saturday

Main hall

7.00 a.m. - Thodayamangalam, Guru Keerthanaigai, Ashtapathi by Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Suryanarayanamurthy

Kamakoti Hall

9.45 a.m. - Mala Chandrasekar – Flute, H.N.Bhaskar – Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan – Midangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - Shraddha Mohan – Vocal, Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramanian – Violin, Sumesh S.Narayanan – Mridangam, S.Sunil Kumar - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam – Vocal, M.Rajeev – Violin, Kumbakonam K.Swaminathan – Mridangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniyam - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Narayana Theerthar & Badrachala Ramadasar Kritis by Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shobana Balachander

4.30 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram – Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi – Violin, Anantha R.Krishnan – Mridangam, G.Guruprasanna - Ghatam

7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam by the Dhananjayans

Kamakoti hall

9.45 a.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Violin duet) – Neyveli R.Narayanan – Mridangam, Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam)

12.00 Noon - Vikram Raghavan – Vocal, Lavanya Raman – Violin, Tanjore K.Praveen Kumar – Mridangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - K.Hariprasad – Vocal, V.Sanjeev – Violin, K.R.Ganesh – Mridangam, Madipakkam A.Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Purandaradasar & Gopalakrishna Bharathi Kritis by Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Radhica Giri

2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya - Vocal, R.K.Shriram Kumar - Violin, T.K.Murthy - Mridangam, B.Sivaraman - Mridangam

4.30 p.m. - Trichur V.Ramachandran – Vocal, V.L.Kumar – Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam – Mridangam, A.S.Sankar - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kalakshethra reportire

Kamakoti Hall

2.00 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman – Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswami – Violin, I.Sivakumar – Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Nisha P.Rajagopal – Vocal, Padma Shanker – Violin, B.Sivaraman – Mridangam, N.Rajaraman - Ghatam

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harikatha on Baktha Meera by E. Sindhujha

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Lavanya Ananth

4.30 p.m. - O.S.Thyagarajan – Vocal, Embar S.Kannan – Violin, B.Harikumar – Mridangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Priyadarshini Govind

Kamakoti Hall

2.00 p.m. - R.Raghavendra – Vocal, S.P.Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, Kallidaikurichi R.Sivakumar – Mridangam, G.Harihara Sharma - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Dr.Radha Bhaskar – Vocal, Melakaveri R.Thyagarajan – Violin, Ramaiya Vittal – Mridangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan - Kanjira

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday

Main hall

7.00 a.m. - Harikatha on Sri Dharmasastha Vijayam by E. Sindhujha

10.00 a.m. - Kuchipudi by Kishore Mosali Kanti

4.30 p.m. - U.Shrinivas – Mandolin, S.D.Sridhar – Violin, Guruvayur Dorai – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad – Ghatam, B.Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam – Ramayanam – ‘Bala Kaandam’ by Savithri Jagannatha Rao’s Troupe

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Erode S. Anantharaman – Vocal, H.V.Raghuram – Violin, R.Akshay Ram – Mridangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - V.Sankaranarayanan – Vocal, Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, A.S.Krishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday

7.00 a.m. - Harikatha on Thiruneelakanda Nayanar by B.Suchithra - C.N. Srinivasamurthy - B.Ganapathiraman

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Dr.Jyotsna Jagannathan

4.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S.Krishna – Vocal, M.Chandrasekaran – Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao – Mridangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam-Ramayanam – ‘Ayodhya Kaandam’ – by Narthaki Nataraj

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan – Vocal, S.P.Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, R.Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra – Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam, K.S.Rangachari - Kanjira

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday

7.00 a.m. - Harikatha on “Vatsala Kalyanam” by B.Suchithra -

C.N. Srinivasamurthy - B.Ganapathiraman

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Manjari

4.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram S.Ramachandran – Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan – Violin, Mannargudi A.Easwaran – Mridangam, Srirangam Kannan - Morsing

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - Ramayanam – ‘Aaranya Kaandam’ – by Jayanthi Subramanian

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Sharanya Krishnan – Vocal, C.N.Srinivasamurthy – Violin, Manakkal Sriram – Mridangam, S.Sunil Kumar - Ghatam

7.00 P.M Geetha Raja – Vocal, K.P.Nandini – Violin, B.Ganapathiraman – Mridangam, Papanasam S.Sethuraman - Ghatam

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

9.30 a.m. - Visaka Hari presents Musical Discourse on “Sri Krishna Leela” accompanied by B.Ananthakrishnan – S.J.Arjun Ganesh – Trichy K.Murali - J.B.Sruthi Sagar

4.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmugapriya & Haripriya – Vocal, B.Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniyam – Mridangam, B.Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - Ramayanam – ‘Kishkindha Kaandam’ – by Anitha Guha

Kamakoti hall

9.45 a.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, Bombay V.Anand - Violin, Poongulam Subramanyam - Mridangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - Vignesh Ishwar – Vocal, Trivandrum N.Sampath – Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj – Mridangam, G.Harihara Sharma - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Savitha Sreeram – Vocal, K.J.Dileep – Violin, Kalakkad R.Srinivasan – Mridangam, Nerkunam S.Sankar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - R.Surya Prakash – Vocal, M.R.Gopinath – Violin, Trichur C.Narendran – Mridangam, A.S.Sankar - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

9.30 a.m. - Visaka Hari presents Musical Discourse on “Sri Krishna Leela” accompanied by B.Ananthakrishnan – S.J.Arjun Ganesh – Trichy K.Murali - J.B.Sruthi Sagar

4.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri – Vocal, B.U.Ganesh Prasad – Violin, Manoj Siva – Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - Ramayanam – ‘Sundara Kaandam’ – by Anitha Guha

Kamakoti hall

9.45 a.m. - Kanakadurga Venkatesh -Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Chidambaram Balashankar - Mridangam, S.Venkataramanan - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - Suchethan Rangaswamy – Vocal, H.V.Raghuram – Violin, Vikram Vasudevan – Mridangam, G.Harihara Sharma - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Vechoor C.Sankar – Vocal, Sherthalai R.Sivakumar – Violin, Thanjavur Kumar – Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - B.Kannan – Veena, Mannargudi A.Easwaran – Mridangam, E.M.Subramanyam - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sheejith Krishna

4.30 p.m. - N.Vijay Siva – Vocal, V.Sanjeev – Violin, Neyveli R.Narayanan – Mridangam, Adambakkam K.Shankar - Ghatam

7.30 P.M Bharathanatyam – Ramayanam ‘Yuddha Kaandam’ – by Radha

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman – Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Thanjavur Ramadas – Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

4.30 p.m. - In association with Sruthi Laya Kendra Presents M.L.A Concert : Geetha Bennet (USA) – Veena, Karra Srinivasa Rao – Mridangam, Trichy K.Murali - Ghatam

6.30 P.M In association with Sruthi Laya Kendra Presents M.L.A Concert Dr.R.Ganesh – Vocal, A.Gnanasundaram (UK) – Violin, S.Arvind - Mridangam

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Odissi by Sandeepa Oishanee Palit

4.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D.Raghavachari & D.Seshachari – Vocal, Nagai R.Sriram – Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, U.N.Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Rajeswari Sainath

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Cuddalore S.J.Jananiy – Vocal, V.Suresh Babu – Violin, K.Parthasarathy – Mridangam, N.Narasimhan - Ghatam

4.30 p.m. - In association with Sruthi Laya Kendra Presents M.L.A Concert Allepey Lakshmi Vinayak - Singapore (Vocal) – R.Rahul – Violin, Abhinav Seetharaman - USA - Mridangam

6.30 p.m. - In association with Sruthi Laya Kendra Presents M.L.A Concert Rithvik Raja (Vocal) – M.Rajeev – Violin, M.Ravichandira - Australia - Mridangam

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Revathi Ramachandran

4.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath – Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar – Violin, Manoj Siva – Mridangam, V.Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Chitra Visweswaran

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy – Vocal, Mullaivasal G.Chandramouli – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam, Trichy S.Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - K.Gayathri – Vocal, Nishanth Chandran – Violin, Mannarkoil J.Balaji – Mridangam, Adambakkam K.Shankar - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Briga Bessel

4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Padma Shanker – Violin, K.Arun Prakash – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Shobana

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani – Vocal, Ravi Srinivasan – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, G.Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan – Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran – Violin, Trichur R.Mohan – Mridangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniyam - Ghatam

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Manipuri Pung, Thang, Jagoigi Shathek (Sponsored by Kalskehthra Foundation) featuring Karuna Devi, Kannan Devi, SAndharani Devi, Durgeshwari Devi (Dancers), Ratan Singh, Sanjoy Singh (Drummer), Imoc-ha Singh, Robert Meitei, Shitaljit Singh, Susil Singh, Bomcha Singh (Martial Arts), Suraj Kumar (Vocal), Chinmoy Karmakar (Flute)

4.30 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R.Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin duet) – Dr.Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanrithyam – ‘Jaya Jaya Sankara’ - by Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Thrissur V.R.Dileep Kumar – Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Trivandrum R.Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, Madipakkam A.Murali - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Palakkad R.Ramprasad – Vocal, V.V.Ravi – Violin, Bangalore V.Praveen – Mridangam, N.Govindarajan - Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Manipuri Pung, Thang, Jagoigi Shathek (Sponsored by Kalskehthra Foundation) featuring Karuna Devi, Kannan Devi, SAndharani Devi, Durgeshwari Devi (Dancers), Ratan Singh, Sanjoy Singh (Drummer), Imoc-ha Singh, Robert Meitei, Shitaljit Singh, Susil Singh, Bomcha Singh (Martial Arts), Suraj Kumar (Vocal), Chinmoy Karmakar (Flute)

4.30 p.m. - T.V.Sankaranarayanan – Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran – Violin, K.V.Prasad – Mridangam, Madipakkam A.Murali - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Vani Ganapathi

Kamakoti hall

9.45 a.m. - Dr.M.Narmada & G.Suresh Kumar (Viiolin duet) — Thillaisthanam R.Suriyanarayanan - Mridangam. G.Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

12.00 Noon - J.B.Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B.Sruthi Sagar (Flute) – B.Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Thippirajapuram Hari – Mridangam, V.Sai Subramaniam - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidhyanathan – Vocal, Poorna Vaidhyanathan – Violin, Uzhavoor P.K.Babu (Mridangam)

4.25 p.m. - Haritha Sanil - Vocal, Anayampatti G.Venkatasubramanian - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, S.Hariharasubramanian - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Kolkatta Vijayaraghavan – Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, R.Ramesh – Mridangam, U.N.Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

9.30 a.m. - Sudha Raghunathan – Vocal, R.K.Shriram Kumar – Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, R.Raman - Morsing

4.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan – Vocal, M.R.Gopinath – Violin, Patri Satishkumar – Mridangam, Bangalore B.Rajasekar - Morsing

7.30 p.m. - Odissi by Surupa Sen & Bejoini Satpathi

Kamakoti hall

12.00 Noon - Uma Money – Vocal, Neela Jayakumar – Violin, V.R.Jayakumar – Mridangam, Madipakkam A.Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Padma Shanker & Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin duet) – K.Arun Prakash – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

4.25 p.m. - Literary Discourse on “Velum Villum” by Venkatachalam

7.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar – Vocal, Dr.R.Hemalatha – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

9.00 a.m. - Inauguration of 31st Natya Kala Conference : Theme:”Abhyaasa Sampradaaya”- Dedicated to the memories of Bi-Centenarian Aacharya Thanjavur Vadivelu & Centenarian Natyacharya Vazhuvoor Ramaiah Pillai. Inauguration by Vidwan B.M.Sundaram & talk onAacharya Thanjavur Vadivelu followed by Navasandhi Kauthuvam by Nritya Choodamani Nartaki Nataraj: Vazhuvur legacy Co-ordinated & presented by Smt.Sujatha Vijayaraghavan . Participants: Smt.Kamala Lakshminarayanan – Smt.Radha – Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam – Smt.Chitra Visweswaran ,Sri Vazhuvoor Manicka vinayakam –Smt.Kanaka Srinivasan and several other direct disciples of the legendary Natyacharya

4.30 p.m. - Mysore Brothers M.Manjunath & M.Nagaraj (Violin duet) – Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam – Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Yakshagaana: Programme by Idagunji Mahaganapati Yakshagana Mandali led by Director Keremane Guru Sri Shivananda Hegde (Karnataka Sangha)

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - G.Aditya Prakash – Vocal, M.Vijayaganesh – Violin, R.Sankaranarayanan – Mridangam, G.Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

4.25 p.m. - Dancer Zakir Hussain’s Upanyasam on ‘Naachiyar Thirumozhi’ - Kannan Enum Karundeivam

7.00 p.m. - Saashwathi Prabhu – Vocal, Akkarai Sornalatha – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, N.Sundar - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Natya Kala Conference: Yakshagana Lecdem – Idagunji Mhaganapati Yakshagana Mandali/Keremane Shivananda Hegde

4.30 p.m. - T.M.Krishna – Vocal, Mysore V.Srikanth – Violin, Karaikkudi R.Mani – Mridangam, V.Suresh - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Manipuri Nartanam Programme by SNA Centre (Delhi)

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath ( Solo Violin) – B.Sivaraman – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

4.25 p.m. - Dancer Zakir Hussain’s Upanyasam on ‘Naachiyar Thirumozhi’ - Megam Vidu Thoothu

7.00 p.m. - Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan – Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam, S.Swaminathan - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

Main Hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Natya Kala Conference: Lecdem – Manipuri group (SNA)

4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan – Vocal, Mysore M.Nagaraj – Violin, Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman – Mridangam, B.Shree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Kerala Kalamandalam Mohiniattam

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - G.Ravikiran – Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Melakaveri K.Balaji – Mridangam, V.Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

4.25 p.m. - Dancer Zakir Hussain’s Upanyasam on ‘Naachiyar Thirumozhi’ - Vrinda Vanathey Kandomae

7.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna – Vocal, Anayampatti G.Venkatasubramanian – Violin, Madirimangalam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

Main hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Natya Kala Conference: Lec dem: Mohiniattam by Sri Kaladharan , Kerala Kalamandalam

university guided by Guru Leelamma.

4.30 p.m. - S.P.Ramh – Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, B.Sivaraman – Mridangam, S.V.Ramani - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Kutiattam Programme under the aegis of the Kutiyattam Kendra 9 Centre for Kutiyattam Thiruvananthapuram, of the Central Sangeeth Natak Akademy, Delhi)

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas – Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan – Violin, B.Ganapathiraman – Mridangam, Nerkunam S.Sankar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - Hindusthani Music by Mala Ramadorai - Abhay Datar (Tabla) - Sriram Hasabnis (Harmonium)

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

Main hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

10.00 a.m. - Natya Kala Conference : Lecdem – Kudiattam led by Sri K.K.Gopalakrishnan ,Director,

(Centre for Kutiyattam , of the Central Sangeet Natak Akademi, Delhi)

4.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar – Vocal, Mysore M.Manjunath – Violin, Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman – Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Satria Nartanam of Assam by SNA Center & Chhau Nartana

8.30 p.m. - Chhau Natanam : Programme by Guru Shashadhar Aacharya

Kamakoti hall

2.00 p.m. - Salem Sisters Priyadarshini & Sriranjani – Vocal, M.Vijayaganesh – Violin, S.J.Arjun Ganesh – Mridangam, Trichy S.Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

7.00 p.m. - Dr.Sadanam K.Harikumar – Vocal, V.V.S.Murari – Violin, Trichur C.Narendran – Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

Main hall

7.00 a.m. - Harinamasankeerthanam by Sengalipuram Brahmasri Vittaldas Jayakrishna Dikshithar Maharaj

9.45 a.m. - Lecdem - Satria Nartanam of Assam by SNA center & Chhau nartana followed by :Concluding day - Valedictory Function

4.30 p.m. - L.Subramaniam & Ambi Subramaniam (Violin duet) –V.V.Ramanamurthy – Mridangam, Thripunithura Radhakrishnan – Ghatam, Sathya Sai - Kanjira

7.30 p.m. - Kuchipudi Art Academy

Kamakoti hall

9.45 a.m. - A.G.Gnanasundaram & M.Vijayaganesh (Violin duet) – R.Ramesh – Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

12.00 Noon - Sushma Somasekar – Vocal, K.P.Nandini – Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj – Mridangam, V.Sai Subramaniam - Ghatam

2.00 p.m. - Vishal Sapooram (Chitravina), Arunachala Karthick – Violin, M.S.Varadan – Mridangam, Nerkunam S.Sankar - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - S.Saketharaman – Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, K.V.Prasad – Mridangam, Alathur T.Rajaganesh - Ghatam

Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday

Main hall

9.45 a.m. - N.Ramani (Flute) - M.Chandrasekaran - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Mridangam, N. Amrit - Kanjira This concert will follow the felicitation function to Dr. N.Ramani

4.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena) - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Adambakkam K.Sankar - Ghatam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Roja Kannan

Kamakoti hall

12.00 Noon - Anirudh Venkatesh - Vocal, Apoorva Krishna - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mridangam

2.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram S.Ganesh Viswanathan – Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran – Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. - B.Vijayagopal (Flute) – Meera Sivaramakrishnan – Violin, Umayalpuram Mali – Mridangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran - Ghatam

Dance Festival:

Jan. 02, 2012 - Monday

Main Hall

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Tanvi Bhaskar

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatayam by Aparna Pillai

Jan. 03, 2012 - Tuesday

Main hall

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Srisha Sashank

7.30 p.m. - Kuchipudi by Lakshmi Mani

Jan. 04, 2012 - Wednesday

Main Hall

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Chandrika Srinivas

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatayam by Gayathri Sriram

Jan. 05, 2012 - Thursday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Harinie Jeevitha

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Bala Chandrasekar

Jan. 06, 2012 - Friday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kiran Rajagopal

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Lakshmi Ramaswamy

Jan. 07, 2012 - Saturday

10.00 a.m. - Bharathanatyam by Bhavajan Kumar

4.25 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Sridhar

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Bavya Balasubramaniam

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Swarnamalya Ganesh

Kamakoti hall

4.25 p.m. - Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal, M.Rajeev - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, Nerkunam S.Sankar - Kanjira

6.15 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal) - Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, J.Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, G.Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Jan, 08, 2012 - Sunday

4.25 p.m. - Kuchipudi by Lasya Mavillapalli

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Janaki Rangarajan

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kavitha Ramu

Kamakoti hall

4.25 p.m. - Malladi Vasavi - Vocal, V.L.V.Sudharsan - Violin, Madurai B.Sundar - Mridangam

6.15 p.m. - Duddu Radhika - Vocal, Padma Shanker - Violin, Ramaiah Vittal - Mridangam

Jan. 09, 2012 - Monday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Madhavi Chandran

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam on ‘Vanamalai’ – The garland of love by Zakir Hussain

Jan. 10, 2012 - Tuesday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Krithika Shurajit

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Pavithra Srinivasan

Jan. 11, 2012 - Wednesday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sathvika Shankar

7.30 p.m. - Mohiniattam by Pallavi Krishnan

Jan. 12, 2012 - Thursday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Lakshmi Venkatesh

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Priya Murle

Jan. 13, 2012 - Friday

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Christopher Guruswamy

7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smitha Madhav

Pongal Nagaswara Isai Vizha (14.01.2012 - 17.01.2012)

Jan. 14, 2012 - Saturday

4.25 p.m. - Mangala Isai by G.Ramesh & V.Suresh - Agoor Murugan - Vadapalani .S.Vadivelu.(Spl. Thavil)

6.00 p.m. - Inauguration of 24th Pongal Nagaswara Isai Vizha

Sri Aridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Thavil Maestro) will be presented with “Sangeetha Choodamani“ award

7.00 p.m. - Mannargudi M.S.K.Sankaranarayanan & M.S.K.Venkatesan - Aridwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Spl. Thavil) - Thirunageswaram T.R.Subramaniam (Spl. Thavil)

Dec. 15, 2012 - Sunday

4.00 p.m. - Thirumailai P.Varamoorthy - Thiruvallikeni K.Sekar (Spl. Thavil) - H.Dakshinamurthy (Spl. Thavil)

6.30 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam - Mannargudi M.R.Vasudevan (Spl. Thavil) - Kovilur K.G.Kalyanasundaram (Spl. Thavil)

Kamakoti hall

3.00 p.m. - Pandanainallur PGD Manivannan & S.Vinothkumar & Party

Jan. 16, 2012 - Monday

4.00 p.m. - Mambalam M.K.S.Natarajan & M.K.S.Manikandan - Vellore P.R.M.Vengatesan (Spl. Thavil) - S.P.Arulanadam (Spl. Thavil)

6.30 p.m. - Thiruppambaram Brothers T.K.S.Meenakshisundaram & T.S.H.Swaminathan - Thanjavur T.R.Govindarajan (Spl. Thavil) - Thirukarugavur T.D.Sivagurunathan (Spl. Thavil)

Kamakoti hall

3.00 p.m. - Thirurameswaram T.R.K.Karthikeyan & Party

Jan. 17, 2012 - Tuesday

4.00 p.m. - Kalahasthi N.K.Subramaniyan & N.Venkatesan – Thirukadaiyur T.G.Babu(Spl. Thavil) & Malaikottai M.S.Senthilkumar

6.30 p.m. - Injikkudi E.M.Subramaniam - Thalachengadu T.M.Ramanathan (Spl. Thavil) - Sembanarkoil Babu (Spl. Thavil)

Kamakoti hall

3.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sivakumar & Party