November 30, 2016

Thamizh Isai Sangam - Music Festival 2016

For the past 73 years, the Thamizh Isai Sangam has been hosting a music festival in December, promoting exclusively the Thamizh compositions. Top artistes perform at this festival.

Venue: Raja Annamalai Manram, Esplanade Road, Chennai 108

Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
4.00 p.m. - Thiruvidaimarudur P.S.V. Raja - Nadaswaram
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
10.00 a.m. - Thamizharasan Theatres present 'Thirumoolar' - Drama
2.45 p.m. - Pazhani P. Shanmukasundara Desikar & Venkatesa Desikar - Thirumurai isai
5.00 p.m. - T.K.S. Kalaivanan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Mahathi - Vocal

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - P. Valli - Thirumurai isai
2.30 p.m. - T.R.S. Jagannathan - Divyaprabandha isai
3.45 p.m. - Thiruppanandal Muthukandasamy Desikar - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Seshampatti Sivalingam - Nadaswaram

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Dharmapuram Gnanaprakasam - Thirumurai Isai
2.45 p.m. - Mayilai Sargurunathan - Thirumurai Isai
5.00 p.m. - Revathy Krishna - Veena
7.00 p.m. - A.Kanyakumari -Violin Solo

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Karur Kumarasaminathan - Thirumurai Isai
2.45 p.m. - Chidambaram Sundar Odhuvar - Thirumurai Isai
6.00 p.m. - M.S.V. Troupe - Light Music

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Students of Thamizh Isai College - Bharathanatyam
2.30 p.m. - Gnanananda Namasankeerthana Mandali - Devotional Music
3.45 p.m. - Sushma Somasekar - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Padma Subrahmanyam - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 27, 2016- Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - Students of Thamizh Isai College - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Students of Thamizh Isai College - Nadaswaram
3.45 p.m. - Sahana samraj - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - London Yogeswaran - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
10.00 a.m. - SRGS Mohandas - Nadaswaram
3.45 p.m. - Ramnath Venkat Bhagavath - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - M. Narmadha - Violin Solo
7.00 p.m. - K.J. Yesudas - Vocal

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
10.00 a.m. - Students of Madurai Thamizh Isai Sangam - Vocal
3.45 p.m.- M.S.Martin - Keyboard
5.00 p.m. - Pushpavanam Kuppuswamy - Folk music
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Aishwarya - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidyanathan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam - Vocal

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Kausalya Sivakumar - Musical discourse
2.30 p.m. - T. Kalaimagan - Vocal
3.45 p.m. - Hyderabad Siva - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Lathangi Jayamohan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Jan. 1. 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Thirukkadaiyur Murali - Nadaswaram
5.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Krishnakumari Narendran - Bharathanatyam

Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj Music Festival 2016

For those in the neighbourhood beyond T. Nagar, this is a major festival to look forward to every year. This is the sabha's 20th year festival.

This year the festival is held with the support of V. Narayana Iyer Memorial Trust and Dinamalar, Tamil daily.

Venue: Avichi Higher Secondary School auditorium, Arcot Road, Virugambakkam, Chennai - 600092

Schedule:

18.12.2016 - Sunday
6.05 pm - Inauguration and presentation of Sangeetha MaamaniAward to Sikkil Gurucharan by Sri T S Krishnamurthy (Formerly Chief Election Commissioner)
7.00 pm - Inaugural Concert by
Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, Sanjeev-Violin, Thanjavur  Ramadas-Mridangam

19.12.2016 - Monday
7.00 pm - "Laya Raaga Samarpanam" by " Sthree Thaal Tharang"
Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghata Tharangi, Ghatam & Konnakol
J.Yogavandana-Veena, Soumya Ramachandran-Violin, Ranjini Venkatesh-Mridangam, Bhagyalakshmi, M.Krishna-Morsing

20.12.2016 - Tuesday
7.00 pm - O.S. Arun - Vocal
Karaikal Venkatasubramniyam-Violin,  M.S. Venkatasubramniyam-Mridangam, Kiran Kumar-Tabla, Srikrishnan-Harmonium, Selvam - Thalam

21.12.2016 - Wednesday
7.00 pm - Madurai  T.N. Seshagopalam- Vocal
Vittal Ramamurthy- Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam

22.12.2016 - Thursday
7.00 pm -  'Mahanadhi' Shobana Vignesh - Vocal
Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin,  Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, H.Sivramakrishnan-Ghatam

23.12.2016 - Friday
7.00 pm - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal
Apoorva Krishna -Violin, Sumesh Narayanan-Mridangam

24.12.2016 - Saturday
7.00 pm -  O.S. Thiyagarajan - Vocal
Mullaivasal G Chandramouli - Violin,  S Rhyagarajan - Mridangam

25.12.2016 - Sunday
7.00 pm -  Neyveli SANTHANAGOPALAN - Vocal
Vittal Ramamurthi - Violin, Mannarkoil  J Balaji - Mridangam, H Ramakrishnan - Kanjira

26.12.2016 - Monday
7.00 pm - Mambalam Sisters R, Vijayalakshmi & R Chithra - Vocal
Dr. Hemalatha-Violin, Ganapathiraman- Mridangam, K S Rengachari- Kanjira

27.12.2016 - Tuesday
7.00 pm - CHONG CHIU SEN - Vocal
Poorna Vaidyanathan - Violin, Aswin Ramasamy - Mridangam

28.12.2016 - Wednesday
7.00 pm - T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal
R. Raghul-Violin, N C Bharathwaj - Mridangam

29.12.2016 - Thursday
7.00 pm - Mahathi - Vocal
Vittal Rangan-Violin, Vijay Natesan-Mridangam, Trichy  Krishnaswami-Ghatam

30.12.2016 - Friday
7.00 pm - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal
R. Raghul-Violin, N C Bharathwaj - Mridangam

31.12.2016 - Saturday
7.00 pm - Kunnakkudi M Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
G Bharathi-Violin, Thiruvidaimarudhur Radhakrishnan-Mridangam

Nalinakanthi Music Festival 2016

A short one-week music festival by Nalinakanti this season.

Venue:
Dr M.G.R. Janaki College for Women, Durgabai Deshmukh Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai 28

Schedule:

Dec. 2, 2016 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Aditya Narayan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Mannarkoil J Balaji (Mridangam), Nerkunam S Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 3, 2016 - Saturday
6.30.pm.  - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S. Harihara Subramaniam (Ghjatam)

Dec. 4, 2016 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Dr. K. Ashok (Mridangam), Nanganallur S Swaminathan (Ghatam)

Dec. 5, 2016 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - N.S. Kamakshi (Vocal), R. Rahul (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam),  Nerkunam S Sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), Bombay C.N. Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - Vasuda Keshav (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan (Mridangam)

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), M. Vijay (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar(Ghatam)

Prabhata Sangeetham 2016 -17

An early morning chamber music is one many rasikas as well as performers love to be part of, during the December Season.

The Venkataramans host the series of concerts at their residence in Luz Avenue in Mylapore. You could just drop by and listen to the music in a traditional ambience.
The address is :
AS -2 Pallava heights, Luz Avenue 5th Street, Mylapore, Chennai -600 004
Timings :  5.30 Am to 6.30 Am

Scheudle:

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
J.A. Jayanth (flute), Gururaghavendra (Mridangam)

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
Ramana Balachandran (Veena), Chennai S Thyagarajan (Mridangam)

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
Delhi P Sunderrajan (Violin Solo), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
Lalitha Sahasranama Akhanda Parayanam

Jan. 3, 2017 - Tuesday
Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Thanjavur Murugaboopathy (Mridangam)

Jan. 6. 2017 - Friday
J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), J.B. Keerthana (Vocal)

Jan. 8, 2017 - Sunday
Usha Rajagopal (Violin Solo), Gururaghavendra (Mridangam)

Jan. 9, 2017 - Monday
Sriram Parasuram (Vocal)

Jan.10, 2017 -Tuesday
R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam)

Jan. 12, 2017 - Thursday
Vishaal Sapuram (Chitraveena), Chennai S Thyagarajan (Mridangam)

Jan. 13, 2017 - Friday
Delhi V Muthukumar (Vocal), R Raghul (Violin)

November 25, 2016

Chennai Fine Arts Music Festival 2016

This year, the annual music festival of Chennai Fine Arts is dedicated to the memory of Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna.

The organisation presents the Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Excellence to violinist T. Rukmini.

The festival is held from Dec. 21 to 28, 2016 at Srinivasa Sastri Hall (Ranade Library Upstairs), Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004.

The concerts are open to all.

Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), Tanjavur Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Shyamala Venkateswaran (Vocal), G. Bharathi (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam), S. Sunilkumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - 'Laya Chatura' - Special percussion ensemble by B.S. Purushotham, Sreesundarkumar, K.V. Gopalakrishnan & Anirudh Athreya
5.00 p.m. - Baradwaj Raman - Veena, Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam), S. Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - T.P. Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Dr. M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Nanda Masti (Kanjira)

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran - Vocal, V.V. Ravi (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Srivani Yella (Veena), Tanjavur Kumar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - G. Adithyaram - Flute, Thirucherai R. Karthik (Violin), Thirucherai R Kaushik (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Prof. K. Venkataramanan (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam). Udupi Balakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Mysore V Srikanth (Violin), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Spl Tavil), Thirupoonithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - D. Ravikanth (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - T.N. Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan (Violin Duet), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 26, 2016 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. -  Srividya & Sudha R.S. Iyer (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Harihara Sharma (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. T. Lokanadha Sarma - Vocal, Delhi R Sridhar (Violin), T.R. Sundaresan (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Kartik Fine Arts - Art Festival 2016

A music festival that starts on the 1st of December every year and spans across two different venues with more than 300 concerts in the schedule in that of Kartik Fine Arts.
The festival includes a seminar and performances in dance as part of it.
The concerts are well-attended and tickets sell out very fast.

Daily rates of Donor Passes Rs. 500, 300, 100, 50 ( May vary according to programmes)
Few donor passes will be available at Narada Gana Sabha Hall only (1-12-2016 to 13-12-2016) Contact: 9840358805.

Schedule:

At Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall

Dec. 1, 2016 - Thursday
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.15 p.m. -  'Swappnam' by Krithika Subramaniam and Na Maargam Dance Company

Dec. 2, 2016 - Friday
4.30 p.m. - Shreya Devnath & Party - Jugalbandhi
6.45 p.m. - ‘Kshetrambhuja Maala’ - Based on Ambhujam Krishna’s Compositions by Students of Bharathanjali
Resource Person: Sujatha Vijayaraghavan. Concept and Choreography: Anitha Guha.Add on Music: P.R. Venkatasubramanian

Dec. 3, 2016 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R.K. Shriram Kumar (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents ‘Brahmasmi’ -
Dance Drama. Choreography - Sheela Unnikrishnan. Music - Embar Kannan. Lyrics- Padmadevan

Dec. 4, 2016 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. -  Ranjani-Gayatri (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar) – Vocal, S. Varadharajan (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 5, 2016 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Ajay Entertainers presents ‘Parthiban Kanavu’ by Kalki (Drama)

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
4.30 p.m. - Mysore M. Nagaraj & Mysore M. Manjunath (Violin Duet), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec.8, 2017 - Thursday
6.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - ‘Sarvam Brahmamayam – Sadhasiva Brahmendrar’ – Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari, B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. - S. Saketha Raman (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Dr. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing)

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan) – Vocal, M.A. Sundaresan (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Kala Pradarshini presents Dance Ballet ‘Krsna Madhuryam’ by Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and disciples, Music: L. Vaidyanathan

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
6.30. pm. - K.J. Yesudoss (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. -  Samyuktha Ranganathan (Vocal), Thirumarugal Dineshkumar (Violin), Uzhavur P.K. Babu (Mridangam), Nerkunam Manikantan (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. -  N.S. Kamakshi (Vocal), C.V. Krishna Subramaniam (Violin), Trivandrum Hariharan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Krithika Natrajan (Vocal), Sruthi Sarathy (Violin), Srivanchiam Sriram (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Shanthala Subramaniam (Flute), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Dr.S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal), Melakkaveri K. Thiagarajan (Mridangam), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers (K.N. Shashikaran & P. Ganesh) – Vocal), M.A. Sundaresan (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara
Sharma (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Arjun Sambasivam & Narayanan (Keyboard),  M. Srikanth (Violin), Gomathi Shankar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - K.P. Nandhini (Vocal), K. Sairakshith (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - Radha Parthasarathy (Vocal), M. Vijay Ganesh (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Vijaya Ganesh (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. -  T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sundararajan (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Calcutta Kala Chitra (Vocal), Radhika Srinivasan (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam), K. Sai Natarajan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Ranganayaki Satchidhanandam (Vocal), D. Satchidhanandam (Violin), D. Natarajan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - K. Dharini(Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)

At BVB Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
5.00 p.m. - Jayasri Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Kovai S. Chandran (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Srinivasan (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur Radhakrishnan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration of Natya Darshan
Dance Seminar Presentation of ‘Madura Kalamani Award’ (instituted in memory of Vidwan Madurai Sri N. Krishnan by
Mrs. G.V. Aparna) to Ms. Rathna Kumar, Lifetime Achivement Award to Shri Raja & Smt. Radha Reddy.
Nrithyajyothi Award Exellence in Bharathanatyam to Ms. Mathura Viswanathan Vijay.
Conferment of title Natya Chudar on Ms. Sudharma Vaithyanathan
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by ‘Nadanamamani’ Priya Murle
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by ‘Nadanamamani’ Dr. Srinidhi Chidambaram

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Srisainath (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Ramnath Venkat Bhagavath (Vocal), Rajesh Kundhakode (Violin), Nellai Srikrishnan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Anahitha & Apoorva (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam), Giridhar Prasath (Ghatam)

At BVB Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
5.00 p.m. - D.B. Ashwin (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), Sherthalay
R. Sivakumar (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal

At BVB Main Hall
NATYA DARSHAN DANCE SEMINAR
9.30 a,m. - to 12.30 pm Lecture Demonstrations
Evening Dance Performances

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
At BVB Mini Hall

9.00 a.m. - Swaranjali - Devotional Music – Group led by Lalitha Neelamani Iyer (Mumbai)
10.00 a.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - V. Deepika & V. Nandhika (Vocal), G. Sureshkumar (Violin), Madurai Sundar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Master Visweswar (Flute), M. Vijay (Violin), V. Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)

At BVB Mini Hall 2nd Floor
5.00 p.m. - Aruna Prabha Ranganathan (Vocal), Dr. Usha
Rajagopalan (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. -  Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam

At BVB Main Hall
NATYA DARSHAN DANCE SEMINAR
9.30 a.m. - to 12.30 pm Lecture Demonstrations
Evening Dance Performances

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), Monday L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m.- Kartik Raju (Vocal), Murali Pavithran (Violin), Sriram Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - G. Abhilash (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Rajini Hariharan (Vocal), Kovai S. Chandran (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Saralaya Sisters(Kavitha and Triveni) – Vocal, Melakkaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin), Kalakkadu Srinivasan (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh(Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Anantha R. Krishnan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
At BVB Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - G. Ramanathan (Saxaphone), V. Suresh Babu (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam), S. Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Mumbai Suresh (Vocal), Swetha Ananthasivam(Violin), Rohith Prasad (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Shruthi Bhat (Vocal), V. Deepika (Violin), Gomathi Shankar (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekar (Veena), B. Sivaraman (Violin), Pudukottai Ramachandran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sundar (Vocal), Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters (Uma & Radhika) – Vocal, Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - R. Prasanna (Guitar), Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - K. Subhiksha (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam), Nerkunam Manikantan (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. - Balu Masti (Veena) ,Guru Arvind (Mridangam), Srisainath (Ghatam)
2.00 p.m. -  Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), –
K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Siddharth Sriram (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - U.P. Raju & U. Nagamani (Mandolin), Sherthalay Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Navya Natarajan
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam - ‘Margam’ by ‘Nadanamamani’ Srekala Bharath
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by ‘Nadanamamani’ Rama Vaidyanathan

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Subasri Ramachandran (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), S. Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Priyadarshini Varadarajan (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Mannarkudi Sreyas (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Ranganathapuram R. Akshayram (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Duddu Radhika (Vocal), C.N. Srinivasa Murthy (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur Sankaran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr.M. Narmadha (Violin Solo), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), Pudukottai Ramachandran (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sumithra Subramaniam
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Narthaki Nataraj
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Dr. Ambika Kameshwar & Disciples

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
At BVB Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Akshay Sridhar (Vocal), Dr. Harini Srivatsa (Violin), Mysore L. Vadhiraj (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Kamala Deepthi (Vocal), Srividya R.S. Iyer (Violin), Bangalore Raghunath Rajaram (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Swathi Srikrishna (Vocal), Sri Lakshmi Venkataramani (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Samyuktha Hari and Isha Parupudi (Disps. of Rathna Kumar)
6.00 p.m. - ‘Nadanamamani’ Vyshnavie Sainath - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Roja Kannan & Disciples present ‘Endaro Mahaanubavulu’

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
At BVB Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - R. Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Roopa Sastry (Vocal), C.K. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Rohith Ashok (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Karthik Narayanan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), A.M. Harinarayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m - Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal), M. Rajiv (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
3.00 p.m. - V. Vaasanthi Ravi - Kuchipudi (Disciple of Vempatti
Ravishankar)
5.00 p.m. - ‘Sruthi Laya Pravaham’ by Mysore Manjunath (Violin) – U. Rajesh (Mandolin) – Karaikudi Mani (Mridangam) – Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Bharata Nrityam by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & Nrithyodaya Artistes

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
At BVB Main Hall
10.00 a.m. -  Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin),  B. Sai Shankar (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Vikram Raghavan (Vocal), Sandeep Ramachandran (Violin), L. Subramaniam (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), Bangalore H.K. Venkataraman (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), N. Sundar

At BVB Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Mathioli Book Release function
12.00 Noon - ‘’LAYA CHATHURA’’ – A unique Khanjira Quartet B.S. Purushotham – B. Shreesundar Kumar – K.V. Gopalakrishnan – V. Anirudh Athreya
4.30 p.m. - ‘Sundara Kandam’ presented by Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy & Sri Mudhraalaya
Lyrics : Dr Rukmani Ramani. Music : Dr. Rajkumar Bharati. Choreography : Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy. Recorded: Sai Shravanam,
‘Resound India’. Stage craft and artists: Sri Mudhraalaya
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sushama Ranganathan
7.30 p.m. - Meera - The Soul of Divine (An Aim for Seva Production) by Chitra Visweswaran & her Chidrambaram Dance Company

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), R. Raghul (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), S. Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), Pappu Gnandev (Violin), Kavi Selvam (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Malavikaa (Vocal), R. Vittal Rangan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Thematic Concert ‘Sri Krishna Leela’ by Dr. N. Bhairavi – Dr. Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Madurai R. Sundar (Vocal), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)

At BVB Main Hall
4.00 p.m. - J. Suryanarayana Murthy - Bharathanatyam
5.45 p.m. - 21st Tamil Isai Vizha Inauguration
7.15 p.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha and M. Nandini (Violin Duet), Bangalore Praveen (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Padma Sugavanam (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Surya Teja (Vocal),  M. Sriramya (Violin), Ammangudi Ramnarayanan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Arvind (Vocal), M. Srikanth (Violin), Ranganathapuram R. Akshayram (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m - Sathur Sisters (Bhuvana Rajagopalan & Lalitha Santhanam) – Vocal, Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar (Mridangam), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), G. Harihara Sarma (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Vazhapalli Krishnakumar (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Harikatha - ‘Tyagaraja Ramayanam’, Dushyanth Sridhar (Katha), Raghuveer. K and Narayan. K (Vocal), Rajiv Nagarajan (Mridangam), Arushi Ramesh (Violin)
7.15 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram & party

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
At BVB Mini Hal

10.00 a.m. - Kruthi Bhat (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Master S. Krishna (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Hrishikesh Chary & Sharadha Krishnan (Veena-Violin duet), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Savitha Sriram (Vocal), Vijaya Ganesh (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayatri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m - Kanaka Durga Venkatesh (Vocal), Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m - Mysore V. Sangeetha – Sruthi Sarathy – Sai Shiv Lakshmi Keshav
2.00 p.m. -  Iyer Sisters (Srividya & Sudha) – Vocal, K.J. Dileep (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam), Jathiswaran Bhaskar (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - Kalakkad Brothers (R. Thiagarajan & R. Srinivasan) – Vocal, Badrinarayanan (Violin), Neyveli Ramkumar (Mridangam), K.V.R.S. Mani (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Alathur S. Venkataraman (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin),  Dr.K. Ashok (Mridangam),  Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), K.R. Ganesh (Mridangam), Srirangam Kannan (Morsing)
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam ‘Karna - Destiny’s Child’ by Bala Devi Chandrashekar

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Kaushik Hariharan (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha (Violin), Ajay Gopi (of CA)
2.00 p.m. - Shruthi Kumar (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), Keshav Nelavai (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Vasuda Keshav (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Lathangi Jayamohan (Vocal), AGA Gnanasundaram (Violin), R. Yogaraj (Violin), B. Subbarao (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), V.V.S. Murari (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Udupi Sridhar (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Sharanya Sriram (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Ashwin Srikanth (Vocal), Vignesh Rajagopalan (Violin), Athrey Nadhan (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - Thanmayi Krishnamurthy (Vocal), K. Sundararajan (Violin), J. Arvind (Mridangam)
2.30 p.m. - Shreyas Sridhar (Flute), Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin) – Srinivas Ponnappan (Mridangam) – Harihara Sharma (Kanjira) – A.S. Krishnan (Morsing) – Subbarao (Ghatam)
5.00 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)

At BVB Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ramya Ramnarayan
6.00 p.m. - Sattriya Natya by Dr. Menaka P.P. Bora, Kalabhumi, Guwahati
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam ‘NADI’ - The River by Leela Samson

Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
At BVB Mini Hall

10.00 a.m. - Pranav Narayanan (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), Pappu Satya Jayadev (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Amruth Narayanan & Party
1.00 p.m. - Guhan Venkataraman (Veena) – Sivagangai Vishvak (Mridangam)
2.30 p.m. - S. Dharini (Vocal), Swetha Anandasivan (Violin), Ramesh Kishore (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - R. Shrawan Kumar (Vocal), M.S. Ananthasri (Violin), Jayendra Kumar (Mridangam)

At BVB Mini Hall
4.00 p.m. - “Raghu Vamsa Thilagam” by Vaidehi Harish (Director, Nritya Samsrti) with Disciples
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nithyakalyani Vaidyanathan
7.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone)–A. Kanyakumari (Violin)– Triplicane K. Sekar (Thavil) – Rajendra Nakod (Tabla) – B. Rajasekar (Morsing)

Jan. 2, 2017 - Monday
At BVB Mini Hall

2.00 p.m. - Rishab Ranganathan & Party
3.30 p.m. - Sankari Subramanian & Party
5.00 p.m. - Januavi Murali & Party

At BVB Main Hall

4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Mathura Viswanathan Vijay
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Lavanya Ananth
7.30 p.m. -Bharatanatyam by Dr. Jyotsana Jagannathan

Jan. 3. 2017 - Tuesday
At BVB Main Hall

4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam
6.00 p.m. - "Mokshadayini Gange" by Lavanya Sankar & Disciples
7.30 p.m. - Kuchipudi Nadaswaram Ensemble by Sailaja and Idumbavanam Prakash Ilayaraja

Jan. 4, 2017 - Wednesday
At BVB Main Hall

4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ramya Rajesh Kumar
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ashwini Viswanathan
7.30 p.m. - Sampradhayika Kuchipudi Natyam by Uma Murali & Group



November 20, 2016

The Season begins with Bhavan

As in the past, the December music season begins early in November with Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's annual cultural festival today.

And as ever, the hall is packed and the rasikas sit tight through the award presentation and the performance that follows.

Today, Vishakha Hari, popular Harikatha exponent and Gayathri Venkataraghavan, one of the much-loved musician by the rasikas received the P. Obul Reddy and P. Gnanambal Memorial Life Time Achievement Awards.

What followed for was an emotional presentation of stories of Krishna with melodious songs by various composers by Vishakha Hari in her own inimitable style.

Here are a few photos from Day 1 of the 'season' from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan in Mylapore.





 Photos by Smita Joshi 


Seven years of music at Arkay!

When a new hall in the heart of Mylapore was opened for public on Nov. 26, 2010, many thought that it would be used more for meetings as the name suggested -Arkay Convention Centre.

But in reality, the hall turned out to be one of the best venues for classical music.

With its size suiting to passionate performances that connect with the audience so very well, the hall is now much sought after by the organisers.

Arkay or Ramakrishnan has founded the in-house sabha, Madhuradhwani soon after the hall began successfully hosting events by other organisers. Entering into its seventh year, Madhuradhwani joins the big band of December Season Concerts by organising a festival in two parts. One to celebrate the venue's anniversary and the other as the annual festival of the sabha.

Auspiciously beginning with the nadaswaram concerts of Thirumeignanam Brothers T K R Ayyappan and T K R Meenakshi Sundaram, the sabha launched into its next year of good music. Senior vidwan Neyveli Santhana Gopalan presented a melodious concert on Day One.

Here are a few pictures from Arkay Convention Centre today:




Photos by Sripriya Ayyangar

November 19, 2016

Margazhi Maha Utsavam 2016

Maximum Media, Vijay TV and Ragamalika TV host the 17th year of Margazhi Maha Utsavam from Dec. 1 to 15, 2016.

Venue: Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600 020
The series is supported by Hamsadhwani.

The concerts are not tickets. But seats are on first-come-first-served basis.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2016 - Thursday
4.45 p.m. - Mangala Isai
6.45 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram -Vocal

Dec. 2, 2016 - Friday
4.45 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Dec. 3, 2016 - Saturday
4.45 p.m. - Bharat Sundar
6.45p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 4, 2016 - Sunday
4.45 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Aruna Sairam - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2016 - Monday
4.45 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
4.45 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
4.45 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth - Flute
6.45 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
4.45 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
4.45 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
4.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
4.45 p.m. -  Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
6.45 p.m. -  Vishakha Hari - Harikatha

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
4.45 p.m. -  Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanaraman - Namasankeerthanam

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
4.45 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Seshayyan (Discourse) with Vasundhara Rajagopal and Nisha Rajagopal

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
4.45 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboodri - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin duet

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
4.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena
6.45 p.m. - Dushyath Sridhar with Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P.Ganesh - Katha kutcheri

Brahma Gana Sabha December Music Festival 2016

The December Music Festival of Brahma Gana Sabha will be held from Dec. 3, 2016 to Dec. 31, 2016

Venue: Smt. Sivagami Pethachi Auditorium, M.CT.M. School, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004

Dec. 3, 2016 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai and book release of 'Sarigama patha nee'
6.00 p.m. - Mysore Dr.Manjunath & M.Nagaraj - Violin Duet, Dr. Umayalpuram Sivaraman (Mridangam), Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 4, 2016 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers -  Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), Trichur R.Mohan (Mridangam), D.V.Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 5, 2016 - Monday
6.00 p.m. - Madurai G.S. Mani (Vocal), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam)

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
6.00 p.m. -  Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Neyveli R.Narayanan (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
6.00 p.m. - Tirupathi Haribabu & Party (Nadaswaram), Valayapatti A.R. Sybramaniam (Spl. Thavil)

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
M.N.SUBRAMANIAM DAY
6.00 p.m. - Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena), R.Shankaranarayanan (Mridangam), Tirchy Krishna (Ghatam), Pramath Kiran (Morsing)

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
6.00 p.m - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), B.U Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Ananta R Krishnan (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
6.00 p.m - K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), V.Sanjeev (Violin), J.Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
6.00 p.m- Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Kumbakonam M.R.Gopinath (Violin), Neyveli R.Narayanan (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday 
3.45 p.m. - Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal), Akkarai Swarnalatha (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - Thirukoilur Babu & Kumar (Nadaswaram), Haridhwaramangalam A.K.Palanivel (Spl. Thavil), Thirunageswaram T.R.Subramanian (Spl. Thavil)

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
3.45 p.m. - Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Parur AnAthakrishnan (Violin), J.Balaji (Mridangam), HariHara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Mannargudi A.Easwaran (Mridangam), K.V.Gopalakrishnan
(Kanjira)

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
3.45 p.m. - Thiruvarur Girish (Vocal), V.V Ravi (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Ravichandran (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - S. Shashank (Flute), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), Anantha R Krishnan (Mridangam), Dr S.Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
 3.45 p.m. - Surya Prakash (Vocal), Bala Raghuraman (Violin), T.R.Sundaresan (Mridangam), Madipakkam Goplakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Anil Srinivasan (Classical Piano) with Dev Dutt Patnaik
Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Krishna Kishore (Percussion)

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
3.45 p.m. - Jeyashree & Jeyaraj - Veena duet, Erode Nagraj (Mridangam), H Prasanna (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. -  Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal), H..N Bhaskar (Violin), N.Manoj Siva (Mridangam), K.V Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
3.45 p.m. - U.P. Raju & Nagamani (Mandolin Duet), Vaikom R.Goplakrishnan (Mridangam), B.S Purushothaman (Kanjira)
6.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), N.Manoj Siva (Mridangam), B.S.Purushothaman (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
3.45 p.m. - Sruthi Ravali (Vocal), Raghunath Rajaram (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama (Vocal), MSN Murthy (Violin), Kotipalli Ramesh (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
3.45 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Shiv Ramamurthi (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadhmanabhan (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - S Saketharaman (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Sathishkumar (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
3.45 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), Melakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
6.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers & Dushyath Sridhar (Katha Kutcheri), Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Tanjore Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam)

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
3.45 p.m. - Prashanth Hemmige (Vocal), T.K.V.Ramajujacharlu (Violin), K.V.Jayachandrarao (Mridangam)
6.00 p.m. -  Urmila Sathyanarayana (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
3.45 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram Jugalbandhi
6.00 p.m. - Bragha Bessel (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
1.00 p.m. - Shravan Kumar (Vocal), Vishwesh Swaminathan (Violin), P.V Srivathsa (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Anahitha & Apoorva (Vocal), Pappu Gyaandev (Violin), L.Subramaniam (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), Dr.M.Narmada (Violin), R.Ramesh (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Rama Vaidhyanathan Presents Mad & Divine (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
1.00  p.m. - Vishwesh (Vocal)
2.15 p.m. - Venkat Nagarajan (Vocal), V.Deepika (Violin), R.Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. -Jayashree Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mrindangam), N.Narasimhan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - 'Kshetrambuja Maala' dance ballet by Students of BHARATHANJALI. Choreograph by ANITHA GUHA

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
1.00 p.m. - Kedarnath K (Vocal), Jayendra Kumar (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat (Vocal), S.P.Ananthapadhmanabha (Violin), Gururaghavendra (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Priya Kanungo - Hindustani Vocal, Umakanth Puranik (Harmonium), Jagadeesh Kuruth Koti (Tabla)
7.00 p.m. - Smt. Rhadha - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
1.00 p.m. - Rupa Ramanathan (Vocal), Deepika Venkataraman (Violin), Master Shankar Prasad (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Sunil Gargeyan (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), M.S.Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), Vazhapally Krishnakumar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - OM SARAVANA BHAVA - Dance ballet by By Students of SRI GANESH NAATYALAYA, Delhi. Choreograph by SAROJA VAIDHYANATHAN

Dec. 28, 2016
1.00 p.m. - Bombay Karthik Suresh (Vocal), Bairavi Raman (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Shruthi Bhat (Vocal), Pappu Gyaandev (Violin), Akshayaram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Kalladaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - "EKAM" By MEENAKSHI CHITHARANJAN - Dance ballet

Dec. 29, 2016
1.00 p.m. - Abhishek Ravishankar (Vocal), Vishwak (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Shruthi Sankarkumar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Akshay Anandhapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal), R.Raghul (Violin), R.Shankara Narayan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Avathara Purushan Dance Ballet by  Madurai R.MURALIDHARAN

Dec. 30, 2016
1.00 p.m. -  Raveena Rajeevan (Vocal)
2.15 p.m. - Abilash (Vocal), Karaikkal S Venkatasubhramanian (Violin), N.C Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & Sruthi Sagar (Flute)
7.00 p.m. - Kala Darshana Presents PANCHALI SABADAM of Mahakavi Bharathi - Dance ballet. Music - By Dr.Rajkumar Bharati
Choreo - Smt Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec. 31, 2016
1.00 p.m. - Aarthi Ravichandran, Keshav (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Madhav Iyengar
3.45 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), R.Shankara Narayanan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Melatur Baghavatha Mela Natya Natak Trust Presents KRISHNA JANANA LEELA - Bhagavatha Mela

Bhavan's Cultural Festival 2016

It is Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai that sets the beginning of the 'December season' well ahead of other sabhas.
Top artistes perform here and the concerts are not ticketed. Also, the venue has very good acoustics and the listeners love the experience at the hall that is in the heart of the city, Mylapore!

This year the festival is held in two parts. The first edition will be on from Nov. 20, 2016 till Dec. 13, 2016. The second part of the festival will be held from Dec. 26, 2016 to Jan. 14, 2017 (The schedule will be updated in due course).
There will also be a dance festival that begins on Dec. 14, 2016 and goes on till Dec. 25. The dance recitals will be held at Bhavan's TAG Auditorium, Kilpauk.6.45 p.m. -

The schedule:

Dec. 20, 2016 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Seshampatti Sivalingam & party - Nadaswaram
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration. Presentation of P. Obul Reddy and P. Gnanambal Memorial Life Time Achievement Awards will be presented to harikatha exponent Vishakha Hari, Carnatic vocalist Gayathri Venkataraghavan; and Bharatanatyam
exponent Urmila Sathyanarayanan.
6.45 p.m. - Vishakha Hari presents 'Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum; - Harikatha

Nov. 21, 2016 - Monday
4.15 p.m.- Students of PSBB, K.K. Nagar - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Neyveli R Santhanagopalan - Vocal

Nov. 22, 2016 - Tuesday
4.15 p.m. - Students of National Public School - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - Nisha P Rajagopal - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal

Nov. 23, 2016 - Wednesday
9.00 a.m. -  Sathya Sai Baba birthday  celebrations - Bhajans
10.30 a.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas - Vocal
4.15 p.m. - Students of PSBB, Nungambakkam -  Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Uma & Radhika - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal

Nov. 24, 2016 - Thursday
4.15 p.m. - Students of Sri Sankara Senior Sec. School, Adyar - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Radha Bhaskar - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

Nov. 25, 2016 - Friday
4.15 p.m. - Students of PSBB, T. Nagar - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Priya Sisters -Haripriya & Shanmukhapriya - Vocal

Nov. 26, 2016 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - BVB Sargam choir led by Dr. Sudha Raja
5.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal

Nov. 27, 2016 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Ramjhi Issai Mazhalai group - Sastriyamum Cinemavum
3.30 p.m. - Sowmanasya Trust (Founder Lakshmi Mohan) - programme by autistic children
4.25 p.m. - B. Kannan - Veena
6.35 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Nov. 28, 2016 - Monday
4.15 p.m. - Students of Ari Viswa Vidyalaya, Vandalur - Bhajan
5.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin Solo
6.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva - Vocal

Nov. 29, 2016 - Tuesday
4.15 p.m. - Students of Sri Narayana Mission Sr.Sec. School, West Mambalam - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Nov. 30, 2016 - Wednesday
4.15 p.m. - Students of Vel's Vidyashram Sr. Sec. School - Bhajan
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal

Dec. 1, 2016 - Thursday
4.00 p.m. - Sampradaya Bhajan by Students of BVB, Chennai
5.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal)
6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeramprasad & Ravikumar) - Vocal

Dec. 2, 2016 - Friday
4.15 p.m. - Students of P.S. Senior Secondary School - Bhajans
5.00 p.m. - Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Divine Percussion Ensemble
6.45 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Bhajan Sandhya

Dec. 3, 2016 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal - Kothaiyum Kovil Annanum (Musical discourse)
4.00 p.m. - Bhava's choir - Tribute to M.S. Led by Dr. Sudha Raja
5.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidhyanathan -Vocal

Dec. 4, 2016 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Ghatam Karthick & troupe - HeartBeat Ensemble
4.15 p.m. - Students of The Hindu Sr. Sec. School, Adyar - Bhajan
5.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2016 - Monday
3.30 p.m.- S. Saindhavi - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Aruna Prabha Ranganathan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
3.30 p.m. - V. Deepika - Vocal
5.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
4.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy - Veena
6.45 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
5.00 p.m.  - R. Prasanna - Guitar
6.45 p.m. - U.Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar - Katha Kutcheri

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Samskrita Ranga's Kalidasa's Abhignana Sakuntala, Director: Nandini Ramani - Sanskrit Drama
3.30 p.m. - Madras Youth Choir
4.30 p.m. -  Sankari Krishnan - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - 'Prahaladha Charithramu' Melattur Bhagavatha Mela

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - 'Born to Sing' - Tribute to M.S. Subbulakshmi by Gowri Ramnarayan
4.25 p.m. - Geetha Raja - Vocal
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters  Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Prince Rama Varma - Vocal
6.45 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari - Violin Solo

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
4.30 p.m. -  Dr.Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam - Vocal
6.30 p.m. -  Rajesh Vaidhya - Veena

Madhuradhwani and Arkay Convention Centre December Music Festival 2016

Madhuradhwani conducts its December Music Festival in two parts.
The first of the series is held to celebrate Arkay Convention Center's Seventh Anniversary and the second is the annual music festival of Madhuradhwani.

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, 146/3 R.H.Road, OMS Lakshana, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004

The Schedule:

Nov. 20,  2016 - Sunday
4.00-6.00 p.m. - Thirumeignanam T K R Ayyappan and T K R Meenakshi Sundram - Nadaswaram, Thirukadayur D G Babu - Tavil.
6.00-6.30 p.m. - Inaugural Function. Shri. T S Krishnamurthy Presides. Shri. P S Narayanaswamy and Smt Nandini Ramani will be
Guests of Honour
6.30 p.m.-8.45 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V V Ravi - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Nov. 21, 2016 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - D B Ashwin - Vocal, M Vijay - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - T V Sankaranarayan - Vocal, M R Gopinath - Violin, R Ramesh - Mridangam, Sree Sundar Kumar - Kanjira

Nov. 22, 2016 - Tuesday
4.30 p.m. - V.Bharath Kumar - Vocal, M Vijay - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - TNS Krishna  - Vocal, Delhi Sunder Rajan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, B S Purushotham - Kanjra

Nov. 23, 2016 - Wednesday
4.30 p.m. - Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, SP Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, N C Bharadwaj - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna - Vocal, Akkarai Subbalakshmi - Violin, B Sivaraman - Mridangam, Sree Sunderkumar -  Kanjira

Nov. 24, 2016 - Thursday
4.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargeyan - Vocal, A G Venkatasubramaiam - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, TR Sundaresan - Mridangam, A S Krishnan - Morsing

Nov. 25, 2016 - Friday
4.30 p.m. - S.Adithyanarayanan - Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Saketha Raman - Vocal, S Varadharajan - Violin, Mannarkgudi Eswaran - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam

Madhuradhwani Annual music Festival

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
3.00 p.m. - K S Kamatchi - Vocal, R Raghul -Violin, PBV Krishnamachari - Mridnagam
4.30 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal and Party
6.30 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram - Vocal, K J Dileep - Violin, Umakant Puranik - Harmonium, Parupalli Palghun - Mridangam, Keshav Joshi -Tabla

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
3.00 p.m. - Lavanaya Balasubramnaiam - Vocal, Sweta Anandasivan - Violin, Srivanchiyam Sriram - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekar - Veena, S Balashankar - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sherthalai Rangantha Sharma - Vocal, B U Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam, V Suresh - Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2016- Wednesday
3.00 p.m. - Srinidhi Murali - Vocal, S Raghavasimhan - Violin, Akshay Anantha Padmanaban - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, H N Bhasker - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Lalgudi Kirshnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet, Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam, Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
3.00 p.m. - Aravind Sounderajan - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal, L Ramakrishnan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - N Ravikiran - Chitavina, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam, Sree Sunder Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
3.00 p.m. - Adhitya Praksah - Vocal, B Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Praveen Kumar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, R Rahul - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - T V Gopalkrishnan - Vocal, Akkarai Subbalakshmi - Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mridangam

Dec.17, 2016 - Saturday
9.30 a.m. - Madurai Siva Ganesh - Vocal, M Srikanth - Violin, Akshay Ram - Mridangam 10.45 a.m. - கோதாநுபவம் ஆரம்பம் by Madhusudhanan, Padma Sugavanam
3.00 p.m. - Srividya Ganesh - Vocal, S P Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, Thillaisthanam Suryanarayan
4.30 p.m. - Trichy Pradeep Kumar -Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridnagam, K V Gopalakirshnan - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - E.M.Subramanian & Pollachi M Chandhrasekar -  Nadaswaram, Mettupalayam M.S. Ravikumar, Puduchery M Saravanan - Thavil

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
9.30 a.m. - Vignaraja Sampagudu - Vocal, K J Dileep - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Hari  Kappiyoor - Vocal, V L Kumar - Violin, Sherthalai Anathakrishnan - Mridangam
3.00 p.m. - Vishal Sapuram - Chitravina, Shradda Ravindran - Violin, R Ramkumar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Amrutha Sankarnarayanan - Vocal, N C Madhav - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji -  Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Pantulu Rama - Vocal, MSN Murthy  - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam,
Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Nishanth Thyagarajan - Vocal, Kamalakaran Vinjimuri - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam.
11.30 a.m. - N Subbalakshmi (Hyd) - Vocal, Chidambaram Badrinath - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - Maya and Malavi - Vocal Duet, Raghavasimhan - Violin, Tippirajapuram Hari - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Venkata Nagarajan - Vocal, Akkarai Sornalatha - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
10.00 a.m. - Bhavya Hari - Vocal, Deepika - Violin, Gomathy Shankar - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Serugudi Sisters - Vocal Duet, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, Subbarao - Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
10.00 a.m.-  Sri Vidya Harikrishna - Vocal, L Ramakrishnan - Violin, Guru Ragahvendra -Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - K. Sathyanarayanan - Keyboard, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Madurai Venkatasubramanian - Mridangam, Hariharasharma - Kanjeera.

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Bhargavi and Srividya - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, B Sivaraman - Mridangam
11.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat -Vocal, Apporva Krishna - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Vaishnavi Anand & Shruti Jayaraman - Vocal, R Shyam - Violin, Rhoit Prasad - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Mysore Bros (Jr)  - Violin Duet

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
9.30 a.m. - Janani Pushkala Iyer - Vocal, Karthik Iyer - Violin, Srivathsa Pasumarthi -Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - New Light on Carnatic Music- Talk by Dr. Nagaswamy

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
9.30 a.m. - Mayuri Vasan - Vocal, Tirumarugal Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Srivanchiyam Sriram - Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - Tamil Composers-Lec Dem Madurai G S Mani

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
9.30 a.m. - Mysore Anantha and Party - Vocal
10.45 a.m. - A Sangeetham Talk - Neyveli Santhanagopalan & Others-Sangeetha Rasanai,
and Rasikathvam

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
9.30 a.m. - Pranav Kekkeri - Vocal, Apoorva Ravindran - Violin, Mysore Vadhiraj - Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - Lec Dem by Chitravina Ravikiran

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
9.30 a.m. - Saravanan - Flute, Ambica Prasad - Violin, S Balashankar - Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - Kanjira Quatret- Sree Sunder Kumar, K V Gopalakrishnan, B S Purushotham and Arinudh Athreya

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
9.30 a.m. - Kumari. Amrutha Senthil & Kumari Mahathi Athreya (Vocal), M A Anathalakshmi - Violin, Gomathy Sankar - Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - Sriram Parasuram - Lec Dem - 'Kharaharapriya and Family  and Friends'

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
9.30 a.m. - Nandini Sridhar - Vocal, Kishore - Violin, Akshayram - Mridangam
10.45 a.m. - Muththukuri-Araiayar Sevai By Madhusudhanan

November 16, 2016

Charsur Arts Foundation December Season 2016

Charsur, an organisation that aims to record and archive good music hosts a music festival during the December 'season'. The concerts are usually well-attended and most of them see a packed audience.

This year the festival starts on Dec. 16, 2016 and goes on till Dec. 26, 2016.

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 600 018

Get your Donor Pass of Rs. 500 for the Season and Rs. 100 as a daily pass up to the 20th and Rs, 50 thereafter at the venue on day one.

Schedule:

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
4.30 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin), Mannargudi A Easwaran (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr. S. Shankar (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), BU Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Poongulam Subarmaaniam (Mridangam), Chandrashekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - V Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Srimushnam V Raja Rao (Mridangam), Coimbatore Mohanram (Ghatam)

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
4.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin), R Shankaranarayanan (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - G Ravikiran (Vocal), HN Bhaskar  (Violin), K Arun Prakash (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), R K Shriram Kumar (Violin), K Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Anirudh Atreya ( Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Tiruvarur Girish  (Vocal), R K Shriram Kumar (Violin), K Arun Prakash (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), J Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), B S Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), Akkarai Subhalakshmi  (Violin), Shree Sundar Kumar (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), R K Shriram Kumar (Violin), Manoj Siva (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), HN Bhaskar (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - K Gayathri (Vocal), L Ramakrishnan (Violin), J Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), S Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
5.00 p.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin), S J Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Alathur Rajganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 26, 2016 Monday
5.00 p.m.- K Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Mudhra Fine Arts Festival 2016

Mudhra, an organisation run by passionate musician couple 'Mudhra' Bhaskar and Dr. Radha Bhaskar hosts a fine arts festival every season curating thematic concerts and performances by young artistes.
Mudhra awards the title 'Sangeetha Mudhra' by hosting a competition during the year and the winners get an opportunity to perform with senior artists during the December Arts Festival.

This year the festival will be held in two segments. Anubhav Festival (Demp programmes) in association with Paalam from Dec. 6 to Dec. 11, 2016 and the annual fine arts festival from Dec. 12. 2016 to Jan. 1, 2017
Venue: Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School Campus, 31, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai – 600 017 (opp. to Joyalukkas and adjacent to Shah showroom)

For season tickets, daily tickets, contact Mudhra at New No.26, Rama Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 600034. Ph:28264493 Mob: 9840072821 Email : mudhrasabha@gmail.com

Schedule:

Anubhav Festival - Vaadhya Anubhavam
Chairpersons: Dr.Sriram Parasuram & Dr.Radha Bhaskar Co-ordinator: Mudhra Bhaskar

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration by Dr.S.R.Janakiraman
6.30 p.m. - Dr.Sriram Parasuram on VIOLIN

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - B.S.Purushotham, Dr.S.Karthick & N.Sundar on KANJIRA, GHATAM & MOHARSING

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - Vyasarpadi Kothandaraman on NADASWARAM Tanjore T.R.Govindarajan on TAVIL

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Dr.Jayanthi Kumaresh on VEENA

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
6.30 p.m. - Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan on MRIDANGAM

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - B.V.Balasai on the FLUTE followed by VAADHYA SANGAMAM – Comparative presentation of all the instruments

Fine Arts Festival

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration. Presentation of Mudhra Excellence Award to Ghatam Exponent, composer & Guru Sri T.H. Vikku Vinayakram
Sangeetha Mudhra Award to Madurai N. Sivaganesh (Vocal), Thirucherai Kartik (Violin) and Sunadha Krishna Amal (Mridangam)

7.00 p.m. - Vikku’s SAPTHAAKSHARA – Grammy Award Winner Vikku Vinayakram (Chathur Ghatam), N.Ramakrishnan (Mridangam), V.Umashankar (Ghatam), A.Ganesan (Morsing), N.Rajaraman (Gethu), S.Swaminathan (Kanjeera & Konnakol)

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - Anahita Ravindran & Apoorva Ravindran – Vocal, Apoorva Krishna – Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj – Mridangam, Hariharasubramaniam-Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - Madurai N.Sivaganesh – Vocal, N.C.Madhav - Violin, Trichur Narendran - Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, B.V.Raghavendra Rao - Violin, B.Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Girish – Vocal, V.V.S.Murari – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam – Mridangam, Trivandrum Rajagopal - Kanjira

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - KEERTHANAM – SANKEERTHANAM
(Bhajans across the nation) by Senkottai Hariharasubramaniam & Party

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
4.30 p.m. - Srivani Yella (VEENA), Mudhra Bhaskar – Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Mother Creations presents ‘ EENDRA POZHUDIL’ by
C.V.Chandramohan - Tamil Drama

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - N.S.Kamatchi – Vocal, Anayampatti Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, P. B.V.Krishnamachary – Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar – Kanjira, Nerkunam Manikandan - Moharsing
7.00 p.m. - Railpriya presents PAATHU PESU PATTABHI by Ananthu - Tamil Drama

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
6.15 p.m. - S.Shashank - Flute, B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - O.S.Thiagarajan - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik - Violin
(Sangeetha Mudhra Awardee 2016), Sunada Krishna Amai - Mridangam
(Sangeetha Mudhra Awardee 2016), Dr.S.Karthick – Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
6.15 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A.Kanyakumari – Violin, B.Harikumar – Mridangam, Rajendra Nakod – Tabla, Bangalore Rajasekar - Moharsing

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, Dr.Mysore Manjunath - Violin, Dr.Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman - Mridangam, Sree Sundara Kumar – Kanjira

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - S.Mahathi - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Saigiridhar - Mridangam, Udupi Sreedhar – Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
6.15 p.m. - O.S.Arun – Bhajans, M.R.Gopinath- Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan -Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick – Ghatam, Kiran- Tabla, Srikrishnan - Harmonium, Selvam – Talam

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
6.15 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal. Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mridangam, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - BRAHMASMI- Thematic Dance Presentation by Sheela Unnikrishnan’s Sridevi Nrithyalaya. Music : Embar Kannan - Lyrics : Padmadevan

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
6.15 p.m. - Veena by Rajesh Vaidhya, Karakuruchi Mohanraman - Mridangam, D.Chandrajit – Tabla, Vijayan - Keyboard, Tenkasi H.Paramasivam – Kanjira, Sai Hari - Ghatam, Karakurichi Subramaniam – Spl Effects

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - Thematic Dance presentation by Dr.Lakshmi Ramaswami & Mudhralaya - ‘Aalavathu Eppadiyo’ (How will I attain Thee!) Bring together three stories of utmost commitment of three Saiva Saints Script : Dr.S.Raghuraman

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Sreeram Prasad & Ravi Kumar) – Vocal, H.K.Venkatram – Vioin, Mannargudi Easwaran – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
6.15 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan - Vocal, S.Varadarajan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam - Mridangam, V.Suresh – Ghatam

Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
9.45 a.m. - Sthree Thyagaraja Pancharathnam - Rendering of Pancharatha Kritis by all Women Artists
5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. - Special Four Hour Concert by
Sankaran Namboodri - Vocal, Avinasawaram Vinu - Violin, Mannargudi A.Easwaran - Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick - Ghatam

T.M. Krishna skips Chennai Sabhas this season too!

Many senior musicians as well as up and coming artistes have begun publishing the schedule of their concerts in December this year. The musicians are updating their website, blogs and are also sharing the details on the social media sites, Facebook and Twitter.

Image source: tmkrishna.com

T.M. Krishna who is among the popular musicians whose concerts are looked forward to eagerly by his fans has also updated his website with the upcoming concerts. But it reveals that he is skipping the Chennai Sabhas and season this year too.

Last year ahead of December music season, he announced that he was quitting from the 'season' from December 2015 onwards.

In an extraordinary decision, maverick Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna has declared that he will not sing in Chennai December music season henceforth. In a Facebook posting, he said: “I would like to inform all of you that henceforth (beginning December 2015), I will not be singing in Chennai’s December Music Season.”

The concert schedule page of Krishna's website reveals that he is not singing in any of the sabhas this season too. However, he is performing at Cholamandalam Artists Village and at Jeeva Park in Chennai in December. He is busy participating in many events outside Chennai city in December.

So, fans of T.M. Krishna have to get to ready to listen to him at a park or at the artists' campus during December in Chennai.

November 08, 2016

Parivadini Music Series 2016

Parivadini, a venture that aims at Digital Linkage between artists and rasikas, have been hosting concerts and archiving good music. It also runs a series during the December Music Festival every year.

This year the series will be held for three days from Dec. 1 to 3, 2016.

Venue: Ragasudha Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

Concert Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Heramba & Hemanatha (Flute), R, Raghul (Violin), L. Subramanian (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Khanjira)
6.15 p.m. - R. Parthasarathy (Veena), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 2, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Ramana Balachandran (Veena), Sai Raghavan (Mridangam), Sunad Anoor (Khanjira)
6.15 p.m. - Injikudi Subramaniam (Nadaswaram), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 3, 2016
10.00 a.m. - Parlandu award of Excellence to U.V.K. Ramesh (Ghatam Maker)
10.30 a.m. - Dr. 'Ghatam' Karthick on 'Appreciating the role of Ghatam, Khanjira and Morsing in a concert'
5.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal), Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin), R. Ramesh (Mridangam), G. Guru Prasanna (Khanjira)
- 4 hour concert 

November 07, 2016

Chennai Cultural Academy Trust - Fine Arts Festival 2016-17

The Chennai Cultural Academy Trust (previously Nungambakkam Cultural Academy Trust) holds its fine arts festival from Dec. 9, 2016 to Jan. 4, 2017.

Venue: Rama Rao Kalyana Mantapam (A/c) Auditorium, 111, Habibullah Road, T. Nagar, Chennai 60017.

Schedule of concerts:

Dec. 9, 2016
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai Nadaswaram  by  Mambalam Siva & Party
4.30 p.m. - Inauguration - Life time achievement award to Sudha Ragunathan. Conferring Kala Siromani award on O.S. Arun (Music), Jayanthi Subramanian (Bharatanatyam), Amirtham Gopal (Theatre)
7.00 p.m. - Dhanya Varshini Murali (Disciple of Sikkil Vasantha Kumari) - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 10, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Dr Amruta Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), S P Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), N C Bharathwaj
 (Mridangam)
11.15 a.m. - Endrum Anbudam - Drama
1.30 p.m. - Vanaja Sunderarajan & Party - Ganabhakthi
2.45 p.m. - K. Subhiksha (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), N C Bharathwaj
 (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - B Kannan & Party (Veena)
7.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan  (Vocal)

Dec. 11, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Namasankeertanam - Udayalur Kalayanaraman & Party
11.15 a.m. - 'Elumbu Koodu' - Drama by Augusto
7.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2016
1.30 p.m. - V. Deepika & V. Nandhika (Vocal), Parur Harini (Violin), M. Aswinkumar (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Ragini (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Gokul Krishnan (Vocal), Vignesh Theagarajan (Violin), Ramanathapuram Ramanathan (Mridangam)
5.30 p.m. - R. Lakshmi Ramesh (Bharathanatyam)
7.00 p.m. - Palghat K.S. Narayanaswamy (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Thanjavur Subramanian (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2016
1.30 p.m. -
2.45 p.m. - Swathi Ravichandran (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin) R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Sriram Parasuram (Violin Jugalbandhi), Neyveli Venkatesh (Mridangam), Koushik Joshi (Tabla)

Dec. 14, 2016
11.a.m. - Mala Ramadorai (Hindustani Vocal)
1.30 p.m. - Varun Ganesan (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Shravan Kumar Ramani (Vocal), Vishwesh Swaminathan (Violin), T. Karthik (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), A.G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Shethalai R Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr. R. Shankar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena) & Party

Dec. 15, 2016
1.30 p.m - Karthik Iyer (Vocal), Parur Harini (Violin), Vijay Sundar (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Karthik Raju (Vocal), Murali Pavithra (Violin), Ramanathapuram Ramanathan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m.- Jayashri Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), Narasimhan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), Parur M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skanda Subramanian (Mridangam), Rajaraman (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Uma Mani (Vocal), Abhishek Balakrishnan (Violin), Manakkal Sriram (Mridangam)
11.00 a.m. - Vishnu Priya (Bharatanatyam)
1.30 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Krishnan (Vocal), Smitha Krishnan (Violin), Vadavalli R Sriram (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - R. Kalpalathika (Vocal), Sahana Vasudevan (Violin), Aravind Kaushik (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), B. Vittal Rangam (Violin), B. Sree Sundarkumar (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2016
9.00 a.m. - S R Mahadeva Sarma & S R Rajasri (Violin Duet), Manakkal Sriram (Mridangam), K.V.R.S. Mani (Kanjira)
11.15 a.m. - Sammandham - Drama by Mali
1.30 p.m. - K. Giridharan (Vocal), C. Viswesh (Violin), S Shankar Prasad (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Jayakrishnan Unni (Vocal), Pappu Gnanadev (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Trichur Mohan (Mridangam). S. Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), N C Bharathwaj (Mridangam), Hariharasubramaniyam (Ghatam)
11.15 a.m. - Katchigal Maarum - Drama by Bharathi Vasan
1.30 p.m. - Aparna (Vocal), Durga Ganesh (Violin), Gomathishankar (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Uma Subramaniam (Vocal), Smitha Krishnan (Violin), Shreyas (mridangam)
4.30p.m. - Rajini Hariharan (Vocal), Meera Sivaraman (Violin), Manikudy Chandrasekaran (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam), Kirankumar (Tabla)

Dec. 19, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Ashwin Srikanth (Vocal), Shivaram Moorthy (Violin), R. Kiran Pain (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Ramanathapuram Akshay Ram (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash (Vocal), Durai Balasubramanian (Violin), Vijay Ganesh (Mridangam), Adambakkam Sankar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), S.D. Sridhar (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 20, 2016
1.30 p.m. - S. Harshitha (Vocal), Shyam Ravishankar (Violin), Aravind Abhay (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Yakshagana mandali
4.30 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), P. Kriubakaran (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam presents Laya Madhura's Divine Ensemble - Percussion ensemble

Dec. 21, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Guhan Venkataraman (Veena), Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Bhooma Kasturi (Vocal)
4.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (Mridangam), Kovai Mohan Ram (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Neyveli Rajalakshmi (Vocal), R. SwathiSri (Violin), R. Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramaniyam (Vocal), Pappu Gnanadev (Violin), L. Subramanian (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Sreesha & Sreeusha (Mandolin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Nrithya Kutcheri by Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal) with Divya Kasturi (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 23, 2016
11.30 a.m. - U. Jayavigneshwar (Mandolin), Rajesh Kumbakodu (Violin), Ashwin Kumar (Mridangam), Giridharprasad (Kanjira)
1.30 p.m. - Jahnavi (Vocal), Smitha Krishnan (Violin), Ajay Gopi (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. -  Swetha Chandrasekhar & Ramya Chandrasekhar (Vocal), R. sathishkumar (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik (Mridangam), Subba Rao (Ghatam)
4.30 p.m. - G. Ramanathan (Saxophone). Guru Raghavendra (Violin), V. Suresh Babu (Mridangam), S. SunilKumar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 24, 2016
9.00 a.m. - T.K. Ramachandran (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Thanjavur S Subramaniam (Mridangam)
11.15 a.m. - Oru Kodi Kanavugal - Drama by P. Muthukumar
1.30 p.m. - Rhea Rajesh (Vocal), Abhishek Balakrishnan (Violin), Kapilesh Ramanarayanan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Kaushik (Vocal), Surup Thathachar (Violin), Amit Renganathan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subbulakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), M. raju (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - 'Om Saravana Bhava' - bharatanatyam by students of Saroja Vaidhyanathan (Delhi)

Dec. 25, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Priya Kanungo & Party (Hindustani music)
11.15 a.m. - Gurukulam Boys presents 'Appavin Penn Nandini' - Drama by M.V.Murthy
1.30 p.m. - Swetha Sriram (Vocal), Sai Rakshith (Violin) S. Govindharajan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal), Anathalakshmi (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam), Hariharasharma (Kanjira)
4.30 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), K.J. Dileep (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam), Sreesundarkumar (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - 'Krishnaya thubhyam namaha' by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & artistes of Nrithyodaya

Dec. 26, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Swetha Mahesh (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), J.P. Surya Nambeesan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - G. Abilash (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - U.P. Raju & Nagamani (Mandolin), Sainivaeithan (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman Ghatam), Dr. S. Shankar (Kanjira)
5.45 p.m. - CCA Excellence Award function
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)

Dec. 27, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Hari Adarsh (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Mayavaram T Viswanathan (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Brindha Manickavachakam (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Sumedh Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m - Shankari Krishnan (Vocal), Ragul (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Venkat Subramaniyan (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Sadir Kutcheri by Dr. Swarnamalya Ganesh

Dec. 28, 2016
1.30 p.m. - J. Siddhartha (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), J.P.Surya (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Deepa & Divya Sisters (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), Akshay (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - J Soundaryalahari - Bharatanatyam
5.30 p.m. - Bhavna (Dis. of Srekala Bharath) - Bharatanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Divya Kasturi - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2016
1.30 p.m. - Arjun Sambasivan & Narayanan (Vocal), Abhishek Balakrishnan (Violin), Avinash Anand (Mridangam), Ranganathan (Ghatam)
2.45 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), L.Subramanian (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Chitra & Vijayalakshmi (Vocal), Dr. R, Hemalatha (Violin) Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), K.S. Rangachari (Kanjira)
7.00  p.m. -Kaladarshana presents Panchali Sabadam of Mahakavi Bharathiyar. Music by Rajkumar Bharathi. Choreography - Jayanthi Subramaniyam.

Dec. 30, 2016
10.00 a.m. - 'Markandeya' - Melattur Bhagavatha mela
1.30 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Kunnakudi School students
2.45 p.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal), Shraddha (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Adithi Ramaa Venkat - Bharatanatyam
5.45 p.m. - Guru Kaaraikkudi Mani's Sruthi Laya Ensemble
7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)

Dec. 31, 2016
9.00 a.m. - Champa Kalkura (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuram (Violin), H.L. Shivashankara Swamy (Mridangam)
11.15 a.m. - Antha Naal - drama by Amirtham Gopal
1.30 p.m. - Bhajan by disciples of Raagalaya
2.45 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Bhavadharini Anantaraman (Disciple of D.K. Pattammal)
4.30 p.m. - Jayasri Jayaramakrishnan (Vocal), Kovai Chandrasekhar (Violin), V R Jayakumar (Mridangam), Narasimhan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Seetha Narayanan (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), V R Jayakumar (Mridangam)

Jan. 1, 2017
9.00 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam by H Ramakrishnan & party
11.15 a.m. - Neeya Naana - Drama by Kathadi Ramamurthy
1.30 p.m. - Devotional music by Vasantha Mohan & Party
2.45 p.m. - Bharatanatyam by disciples of M Swaminathan
4.00 p.m. - Bharatanatyam by Sujatha Mohan & disciples
5.00 p.m. - Bharatanatyam by Sujatha Mohan & disciples
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Kannan Pugazhendi - demosntration
7.15 p.m. - Drama by Crazy Mohan

Jan. 2, 2017
10.00 a.m. - Amruthavahini - devotional music by Prema Prabhakaran
1.30 p.m. - Trichur Rithu Rajendran (Vocal), Pappu Gnanadev (Violin), Ravikumar (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Kishor Ravindran (Mridangam), H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.30 p.m. - Dhanusree Aparna (Disciple of Srekala Bharath) - Bharatanatyam
5.30 p.m. - Niveditha (Disciple of Srekala Bharath) - Bharatanatyam
7.00 p.m. - 'Kasedhan Kadavulada' drama by Y Gee Mahendra

Jan. 3, 2017
9.00 a.m. - Sri Sathguru Thyagarajar aradhanai
1.30 p.m. - L. Venkataraman (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam)
2.45 p.m. - Srividhya Sridharakumar (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Akshay Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m.- Kovai Kamala & Party - Semi classical music
7.00 p.m. - Washingtonil Thirumanam - Drama by Kovai Padhu

Jan. 4, 2017
1.30 p.m. - Bhajan by Velammal New Gen School, Medavakkam
2.45 p.m. - K.Mahathi (Keyboard), Abhishek Balakrishnan (Violin), K.P. Arjun (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Krishna Pawan Kumar (Flute), Keerthana Shankar (Violin), Manikudy Chandrasekaran (Mridangam)
5.30 p.m. - Kiruthika Saravanan, Tapas Foundation - Bharatanatyam
7.00 p.m. - 'Bodhendral' - drama by Bombay Gnanam

November 04, 2016

The Indian Fine Arts Society Music Festival 2016-17

The 84th annual music festival of the Indian Fine Arts Society will be held from Dec. 17, 2016 to Jan. 5, 2017

Venue: Ethiraja Kalyana Nilayam, 87, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai - 18

For season and daily tickets contact the organisers at 044- 24995563, on mobile at +91 7845755481, +91 8754437939

Concert Schedule:

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
3.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Nadaswaram by E. Bakthavatchalam
4.35 p.m.- Prayer: Kumari.R.Manaswini
4.40 p.m. - Inauguration and presentation of awards
7.30 p.m. Bharathanatyam by : Kum Sowjanya Suresh (Dis of Smt.Urmila Satyanarayanan)

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
8.00 a.m. -  Devotional Music by Kunnakkudy School of Music
9.00 a.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath – Vocal, R.Raghul- violin, Sumesh S.Narayanan- Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan
( Sri. P.K.Gopalan & Smt.Jayalakshmi Ammal endowment –Varahur Muthuswamy Iyer lecture.)
2.00 p.m .  - Ashwin Srikanth – Vocal, C.S.Chinmayee - Violin
D.Sivaraman-Mrudangam
3.00 p.m.-  Hemmige S.Prashanth, M.Vijay - Violin, Kumbakonam S.Swaminathan-Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. -  Ramakrishnan murthy -- Vocal, R.K. Shriramkumar - Violin, Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman- Mrudangam, Dr.S.Karthick - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Dr.Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
8.00a.m. - Devotional Music by – Lalitha N.Iyer
9.00 a.m.- Venu Ganam J.B.Keerthana – Vocal, J.B.Sruthi Sagar-Flute, H. V. Raghuram-Violin, Tanjore Praveenkumar – Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture demonstration – Musical excellence in Sri Thyagaraja Kritis (a tribute on his 250th birth anniversary) by Dr.Radha Bhaskar
2.00 p.m. - Hari Agni sarman Kappiyoor- Vocal, M.S. Ananthasree – Violin, T. R. Arvind Kaushik – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Cuddalore S J Jananiy – vocal, Mysore C.N.Srinivasamurthy – Violin, G.Sankara subramaniam – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna – Vocal, V.Sanjeev - violin, Thanajvur K.Murugaboopathy – Mrudangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali – Vocal, Ranjini Ramakrishnan- Violin, Sridhar chari – Mrudangam, N. Guruprasad- Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music – Shree Prakash Culural Heritage Research Centre
9.00 a.m. - Priyadarsini Varadarajan – vocal, R.Kailasam -Violin, Dr.Ram Sriram – Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – Neyveli R Santhanagopalan
2.00 p.m. - Abhishek Ravi Shankar - Vocal, S.Subhashree – violin, Lakshmi Narasimhan - Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Nambudri – Vocal, Shreya Devnath – Violin, H.S.Sudhindra - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan – Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthi – Veena, Kalakkad R.Srinivasan – Mrudangam, N.Rajaraman – Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subramaniam – vocal, M.Rajeev – Violin, Neyveli B. Venkatesh – Mrudangam, Anirudh Athreya - kanjira

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music – Dr.K.Jayashree
9.00 a.m. - V.Deepika – vocal, S.P.Anandapadmanabha – Violin, Trichur K M S Mani – Mrudangam, G.Ravichandran - Ghatam
10.30 - Lecture Demonstration on “Significance of 5 (Pancha) in Music” By Anusuya Kulkarni – Bangalore.
2.00 p.m. - Meghana Murthy – Vocal, B.Karthick-Violin, Sriram Srinivasan – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m . - Gayatri Govindarajan Ajay – Veena, Dr.Ramsriram – Mrudangam, Ernakulam S.Ramakrishnan – Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan – Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan-Violin, Delhi Sairam-Mrudangam, Madipakkam A. Murali- Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Sri Krishna Mohan& Ramkumar Mohan – vocal, Rajeev Mukundan – Violin, Trichur R.Mohan – Mrudangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniam-Ghatam

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music – Kanthimathi Santhanam & Group
9.00 a.m. - Rithivik Raja – Vocal, Parur M.S.Anandakrishnan-Violin, Sumesh S.Narayan – Mrudangam, Chandrasekara Sharma – Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Sampradaya Paddhathi of Namasankirtanam by Kumbakonam Ananthanarayana Bhagavathar
2.00 p.m. - V. Amrith Narayan – Vocal, Bhairavi Raman – Violin, A. Nandan Bhaskaran – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi- Vocal, Sayee Rakshith – Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - S.Saketharaman – Vocal, Mysore Manjunath - Violin, Srimushnam V.Rajarao – Mrudangam, U.N. Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan – Vocal, Dr.M.Narmadha Violin, Srimushnam V.Rajarao - Mrudangam

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music – Mrs.Sowdamani
9.00 .a.m. - Mumbai G.shilpa – Vocal, Chidambaram G.Badrinath – Violin, Chennai S.Thyagarajan – Mriudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration –Science of Music (Carnatic Music)and its Therapy by Thiruvidaimarudur S.Radhakrishnan-R.Raghul-violin,Uzhavoor P.K.Babu-Mrudangam
2.00 p.m. - N. Visweswar – Flute, S.V.Sudarshan – Violin, S. Gomathy Shankar – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Aswath Narayanan – Vocal, Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, M.S.Venkatasubramaniam – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr.Sirkali G.Siva Chidambaram – Vocal, Dr.D.Badrinarayan – Violin, Valangaiman K Thiagarajan – Mrudangam
7..00 p.m. - Dr.M.Narmadha – Violin, Akshay Anandapadmanabhan – Mrudangam,  ------Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music – Madhuradwani Music Group
9.00 a.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan – Vocal, Kovai S.Chandran – violin, Manikudi S.chandrasekaran-Mrudangam, N.Narasimhan- Ghatam
11.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – The great cultural heritage of Indian Music composers and performers by Kalaimamani Dr.M.Narmadha
2.00 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan – Vocal, C.S.Chinmayee – Violin, K. V. Shravan – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - R.Sreeranjanee – Vocal, Villiwakkam S.Raghuraman – Violin, R. P. G Harisundar – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - R.Suryaprakash – Vocal, M. R. Gopinath – Violin, Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi – Mrudangam, Trichy K. Murali – Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Mysore V.Srikanth – Violin, B.Sivaraman – Mrudangam, B.S.Purushothaman- Kanjira

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music by AKSHAYAM GROUP
9.00 a.m. - Dr.Niranjana Srinivasan – Vocal, Delhi Sridhar – Violin, Raghunath Rajaraman – Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration - - “Nava Vidha Bhakti” by Dr.S.Sundar
6.30 p.m. - Dr.K.J. Yesudas – Vocal, Nagai R.Muralidharan – Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam—Mrudangam, Tirupunithura S.Radhakrishnan – ghatam

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music by - Chennai Thiruvasaga Peravai
9.00 a.m. - Delhi V,Muthukumar – Vocal, Balu Raghuraman – Violin, Bangalore H. S. Sudhindra – Mrudangam
10.30 - Lecture Demonstration - Nagasvara and Tavilvidwans who were Vaggeyakaras By B M Sundaram.
2.00 p.m. - K P Nandini – Vocal, Thirumarugal Ganeshkumar – Violin, T. R. S Manikandan – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Subhiksha Rangarajan– Vocal, Pudukkottai Ambika Prasad –Violin, Bangalore Avinash – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Vadya Tharangani – Instrumental Music V.L. Kumar -- Electric Violin, Thiruvarur S.Swaminathan – Flute, Eman Lalitha – Veena, Prapancham S.Ravindran – Mrudangam, Pudukkottai N.Ramachandran – Ghatam, N.Sundar - Tabala
7.00 p.m. - Dr. S.Sowmya – Vocal, Embar S.Kannan – Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan – Mrudangam, Chandrasekarasharma - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
8.00 a.m.-  Devotional Music by – Jayasri Kannan
9.00.a.m. - Nanditha Ravi – Vocal, Delhi S.Sridhar – Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh – Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – Divyanama Keerthanams of Thyagaraja by Dr. M A Bagirathi& Dr.Parur Harini Srivatsa
2.00 a.m. - R. Sai Vignesh – Vocal, Shreyas – violin, S.Aswin Ramaswamy-Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - S.Aishwarya- Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Burra Sriram – Mrudangam, S.Krishna - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers – Vocal, S.Varadarajan- Violin, P.Jayabhaskar – Mrudangam
7.00 p.m. - N.Vijay Siva- Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi – Violin, J Vaidyanathan – Mrudangam, Dr.S.Karthick- Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music –Sri Annamacharya Vamseekula Sankeerthana Seva Mandali headed byDr.T.V. Meenalochani
9.00 a.m. - P.S. Aravamudhan – Veena, Kalakkadu R.Srinivasan – Mrudangam, Nanganallur S.Swaminathan – Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration - “Laya aspects in classical carnatic music”by Vidwan K.S.Kalidas-assisted by Brinda Manickavasakan,L.Subramanian & Rohit Ashok”
2.00 p.m. - Sruthi Shankar Kumar – Vocal, Vignesh Thyagarajan – Violin, Sivagangai K.Vishvak – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasakan – Vocal, Durai Srinivasan – Violin, Srivanchiyam R. Sriram – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Shanthala Subramaniam – Flute, Trivandrum N. Sampath – violin, Palghat P.S. Maheshkumar – Mrudangam, Govinda Prasad – Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers-Vocal, H.N.Bhaskar – Violin, Sai Giridhar – Mrudangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Dev.Music by – Vasantha Ramamohan Group
9.00 a.m. - Pallavi Prasanna Madyastha – Vocal, Anayampatti G.Venkatasubramaniam – Violin, B.Ganapathy Raman – Mrudangam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration –Musical Heoros of Yester Years in Drama (Part -3) T.K.S Kalaivanan
2.00 p.m. - C.Shwetha & C.Ramya– Vocal, Sahana Vasudevan – violin, K.Aravindh Davay – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Krishna Ramratnam - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar – Violin, Madurai B Sundar – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan – Vocal, Nagai R.Sriram – Violin, V.V.Ramanamurthy – Mrudangam, B.S.Purushothaman – Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram- Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi – violin, Patri Satishkumar – Mrudangam

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
.30 a.m. - Devotional Music Geetha Nivedhana Trust
9.00 a.m. - Guhan Venkataraman – Veena, Thillaisthanam R.Suryanarayanan – Mrudangam, Ernakulam S.Ramakrishnan – ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration” Kaalam Thorum Paadu Porul”- by Dr.Rama Kausalya
2.00 p.m. - T.Kalaimagan – Vocal, T.Shyam – Violin, Vignesh – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy – Vocal, K. J. Dileep – Violin, B.Gururaghavendra – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr.Premeela Gurumurthy – vocal, Pakala Ramadas – Violin, Nanjil A. R. Arul – Mrudangam, Nergunam S.Shankar – Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Ranjini & Gayathri – Vocal, M.Rajeev – Violin, Delhi S.Sairam – Mrudangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Devotional Music – Amritha Vahini Group
9.00 a.m. - Shreya Devnath – Violin, Neyveli K. V. Ramkumar – Mrudangam, D.V.Venkatasubramaniam – Ghatam
10.30 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – Srimushnam V.Raja Rao
2.00 a.m. - Janani – Vocal, K.Ganesh – Violin, Kavichelvan – Mrudangam
3.00 p.m. - Savita Sreeram – Vocal, B.Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Madurai Venkatasubramaniam – Mrudangam
4.30 p.m. - Chitraveena P.Ganesh – Chitraveena, M.A.Sundareswaran – Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao – Mrudangam, -------Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Charumathi Ramachandran-Vocal, Subashree Ramachandran - Vocal support, Pakala Ramadas – Violin, Trichur K. M. S. Mani – Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali – Ghatam

Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music- “Subhasruthi” by Dr.Mathangi Ramakrishnan
9.00 a.m. - Harikatha -” Seetha Kalyanam” by Embar R.Kasturi
11.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration – “The concept &Development of Abhinaya in the Traditional Margam in Bharathanatyam” by Natyakalasikhamani Smt Nandini Ramani-accompanied by Smt.Sarayu Srinivasan –
3.00 p.m. - “Katha Nrityam-Sita and Draupadi” - Katha by Sri U.Ve.Dushyanth Sridhar and Nrityam by students of Takshashila Dance Academy, Navi Mumbai.
4.30 p.m. - Kuchupudi Dance by Lasya Mavillapalli
6.00 p.m. - Mohini Attam by Kalaimamani Smt.Gopika Varma
7.30 p.m. - Kshetrambhuja Maala-Based on Abhujam Krishna’s compostions-Resource person-Smt.Sujatha Vijayaraghavan , concept and Choreography Smt.Anitha Guha . Add on music P. R .Venkatasubramanian by students of Bharathanjali.

Jan. 2, 2017 - Monday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional Music by V.B.Neeraja
10.00 a.m. - Kuchupudi Dance -- Roshni Raju
11.15 a.m. - Solo Bharathanatyam –Aishwarya Venkatesh
2.00 p.m. - Melattur Bhagavathamela Natya Natak Trust Presents “Markandeyar”
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam – Smt.Karuna Sagari,Director,Bhakti Natya Niketan,Coimbatore (Dis. Of Sheejith Krishna )
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Smt. Manjari
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam Dance ballet – Kala Pradarshini Presents Dance Ballet Utchi Thilagam Kalaimamani Smt.Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and disciples Music L.Vaidyanathan Selected verses by Dr K J Yesudas.

Jan. 3, 2017 - Tuesday
8.00 a.m. - Devotional music – Kokila Sundararajan (Priya Orthopaedic centre of Udumalpet)

TALENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME – BHARATHANATYAM
9.00 a.m. - Chitra Lakshumanan (Dis of .Srekala Bharath)
10.10 a.m. - R.Nivedita Raghavan (Dis of.Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy)
11.20 a.m. - Shyama Balachandran (Dis of Gayathri Subramanian)
12.30 a.m. - Aharika Baskar (Dis of Swamimalai K .Suresh)
2.00 p.m. - Vandhana Jagannathan (Dis of J.Suryanarayana Murthy)
3.10 a.m. - R.Mega (Dis of Archana Mahesh)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by .Suryanarayanamurthy
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sheejith Krishna
7.30 p.m. - Bharata Nrityam by Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam & Artistes of Nrithyodaya

Jan. 4, 2017 - Wednesday
8..00 a.m.- Devotional Music by Godha Priya Group

Talent Promotion Programme – Bharathanatyam
9.00 a.m. - L.R. Kamala Devi (Dis.of Sheela Unnikrishnan)
10.10 a.m. - Sharmili.N. (Dis of S. Divyasena)
11.20 a.m. - M.Akshayaa (Dis of Padmalakshme Suresh)
12.30 p.m. - Bhavya Kumaran (Dis of Jayalakshmi Arunachalam)
2.00 p.m. - Akshaya Venkataraghavan (Dis of Binesh Mahadevan)
3.10 p.m. - U.Bhavani (Urmila Satyanarayanan)
4.30 p.m. - Taraana Academy Of Kathak Dance will be performing to "Navarasa - a kathak presentation depicting the nine emotions" along with a recital of Shuddh Kathak.
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam – Srekala Bharath
7.30 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya Presents Bhahmasmi – Dance Drama Choreography Sheela Unnikrishnan Music Embar Sri Kannan Lyrics Sri Padmadevan

Jan. 5, 2017 - Thursday
8.00 a.m. Devotional Music by Saroja Balasubramaniam group.
6.30 p.m. Kasethan Kadavulada - Drama by Y.G.Mahendran