Big day at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

No doubt, it is a big day for the organisers as well as rasikas, whenever K.J. Yesudas presents his concerts during the 'season'. It was no different at Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha on Dec. 21, 2016.

As is the practice, after the morning concert, the sabha sets its venue aside for the full day exclusively for arranging this popular musician's concert at 6.30 p.m. The rasikas, most of them reserve their presence by getting the ticket at least a day earlier. They arrive well in advance and the venue is always houseful for K J Yesudas's concert.

Here is a picture of K.J. Yesudas presenting his performance.
Photo by Smita Joshi.

Kalakshetra postpones its festival

The 64th year Art Festival earlier announced by Kalakshetra is postponed, according to a report in The Hindu.

The report mentions that the director of Kalakshetra Foundation Priyadarshini Govind saying that the Rukmini Arangam is under repairing and re-roofing after cyclone Vardah.

The auditorium has suffered severe damages and the roofs were blown off in the cyclone.
The foundation is returning the money to those who have earlier booked tickets for the festival.

Melodious morning at Narada Gana Sabha

In the days one gets to listen to Nadaswaram concerts only during the inaugurations of the music festivals, the morning concert at Narada Gana Sabha was heartwarming.

The performers were Sheik Mahaboob Subhani and Kaleeshabi Subhani along with their son and disciple Ferose Babu. The couple took the audience to an enjoyable mood with their alternate playing of the instrument. The audio was set perfectly right for a morning concert. Kambhodhi raga alapana was much appreciated by the audience that they applauded at frequent intervals.

A few pictures from the concert.
Photo by Smita Joshi

Kalakshetra's December Festival is on from Dec. 20, 2016

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Cyclone Vardah takes away another day of the 'season'

After a couple of Sabha have inaugurated the annual music festivals in full swing, cyclone plays a spoilsport today.
Many of the Sabhas have officially cancelled the concerts and dance performances scheduled for today.
At Vani mahal, the organisers keep their fingers crossed for the 6.30 pm Sikkil Gurucharan 's concert, while they have announced that the other concerts from 1 pm are cancelled.
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha too has announced cancellation.

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha Inauguration

Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha inaugurated its December music festival yesterday.
The recipients of Vani Kala Sudhakara award were:

Vid. Suguna Varadachari, (Vocal)
Vid. Madras.A.Kannan (Mridangam)
Vid. Vittal Ramamoorthy (Violin)
Vid. Alarmelvalli (Bharatanatyam)
Sri. T.S.B.K. Mouli (Theatre)

Here are a few photos from the inaugural day.
Photos by Sripriya Ayyangar

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Isai Vizha 2016-17

The oldest sabha in Chennai hosts a  rather long festival during December.
The concerts are now held at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4

The festival will be inaugurated on Dec. 14, 2016. Morning lec-dems and concerts upto 2 p.m. are open to all. Evening concerts are ticketed.

Daily donor passes are priced at Rs. 500, Rs.200 and Rs. 100.

Schedule:

Dec. 14, 2016 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. -  Nama Sankeerthanam By Dr. R. Ganesh & Party
5.30 p.m. -  His Holiness  Sri Sri Yathiraja Jeeyar Swamy, Sri  Yathiraja Mutt, Melukote inaugurates and confers the Awards 'Sangeetha Kalasarathy' on Papanasam Sri. Ashok Ramani, ‘Acharya Kalasarathy’  on Smt. Suguna Varadachari.
Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award  to Srimushnam Sri. V. Rajarao (Instituted by Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan)
Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Award to Sri  S. Varadarajan (Instituted by Sri. Mohan Parasaran)
Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Visesha Vadyam to Sri Kasim and Sri. Babu (Nadaswaram) - ( Instituted by  Chennai Fine Arts)
G. Ramanathan Award to Sri. Sriram Parthasarathy (Instituted by Sathanur Sri. V. Parthasarathy)
GNB Award for Young Musician to Sri. Rithvik Raja (Instututed by Sri. Vedanth Ramanujam )
6.45 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan -  H.N. Bhaskar – Trichy B. Harikumar - Alathur T. Rajaganesh

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  How to Evolve a Bani   By Neyveli Vid. R. SANTHANAGOPALAN with Vid. Sriram Parthasarathy and Vid. Srividya Ramnath
10.00 a.m. - Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan – M.R. Gopinath – R. Ramesh – S.Venkataramanan
12.30 p.m. - V. Venkata Nagarajan – Sriram Sridhar – Kishore Ramesh
2.00 p.m. -  Nandita Ravi   -  Mysore Sangeetha Dileep  - David Nelson – Nanda Masti
4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna  - H.N. Bhaskar - Srimushnam V. Rajarao – S.V. Ramani
6.30 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan – M. Chandrasekaran –   K.V. Prasad – S. Sunilkumar

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Interpretations of Allied and Key Phrases to bring out the Raga Swaroopa By Vid.  Suguna Varadachari
10.00 a.m. -  Akkarai sisters    Akkarai Subhalakshmi & Akkarai Sornalatha  – B.U. Ganesh Prasad –  Patri Satish Kumar – Dr. S. Karthick
12.30 p.m. - Anirudh Venkatesh -  Bairavi Raman - Rohit Prasad
2.00 p.m.    Dr. Padma Sugavanam  - S.R. Rajashree – B.S. Prashanth – Nanda Masti
4.00 p.m. - Prince Rama Varma -  Avaneeswaram S.R. Vinu  - B. Harikumar – Dr. S. Karthick
6.30 p.m.    N. Vijay Siva -  Vittal Ramamurthy – Prof. Trichy  Sankaran-  Anirudh Athreya

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  The Introduction of "Glass Mridangam" to the World of Percussion  By Dr. Umayalpuram K Sivaraman
10.00 a.m.  Siddarth Sriram – H.N.  Bhaskar - Sai Girdhar -  Arun Kumar ( morsing )
 12.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - N. C. Bharadwaj
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar – Vittal Rangan – Sumesh Narayanan -  S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena) - Karukurichi  N.  Mohan Ram (Mrudangam) –  Sai Hari ( Ghatam ) - Vijayan – Key Board   Chandrajit - Tabla
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman   –  S. Varadarajan  – Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani – Guru Prasanna

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  8.30 a.m. Sangeetha Jayadeva - Musical aspects in Geetha Govindam  By Madurai Vid. T.N. Seshagopalan
10.00 a.m. - R. Suriya Prakash – H.N. Bhaskar – Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam – Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. -  Aishwarya  Shankar  – Apoorva Krishna- K.H. Vineeth
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya  -  Sandeep Ramachandran - B. Sivaraman – H. Sivaramakrishnan
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh – Nagai Muralidharan – Srimushnam Raja Rao – Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam – Vittal Ramamurthy – J. Vaidyanathan – S.V. Ramani

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Give and Take - the vital process of exchange of Ragas & other Musical Elements  between Carnatic & Hindustani Music  By Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM
10.00 a.m. - K. Bharat  Sundar  - Nagai Sriram – K.V. Prasad – Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar  Kumar – Swetha Anand Sivan – B.S. Prashanth
2.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan – Gyandev Pappu – Akshay  Ananthapadmanabhan
4.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran – M.A. Krishnaswamy – Patri Satish Kumar
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers  Sriramprasad and Ravikumar  - M.A. Sundareswaran – Neyveli Narayanan – Udipi Sridhar

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. How to Bridge the Gap between Learning and Performance -  Interactive  Session - Vid.  Sudha Ragunathan Interacts with Vid.  Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath, Vid. Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran,  Dr. Sudha Raja’s Sargam Choir Students.
10.00 a.m. - R.K. Ramakanth – Balu Raghuram – Jayachandra Rao
12.30 p.m. -  Ananya Ashok – Siva Ramamurthy -  Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m.  -  Jayashree Vaidyanathan  – Karaikal Venkatasubramanian   – Manikudi Chandrasekaran  - N. Narasimhan        
4.00 p.m.    Ramakrishnan Murthy – M. Rajeev – Thanjavur Murugaboopathy – N. Guruprasad
6.30 p.m. - Chitravina N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) – Akkarai Subhalakshmi – Aridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel -  Arun Kumar (Rythmpad)

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday

8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Influence of Veena on Gayaka Styles  By Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi  Supported by Vid. Sumithra Vasudev
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran – Nagai Sriram – Poongulam Subramaniam – N. Guru Prasad
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas–  S.R. Mahadeva Sarma – Trichy Harikumar – Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Sahityam for Niraval Singing  By Malladi Brothers Vid. Sriramprasad & Vid. Ravikumar
10.00 a.m. -  Amritha Venkatesh –  M. Rajiv  – Vijay Natesan – Anirudh Athreya
12.30 p.m. - Maalavika Sundar  - Chidambaram Badrinath – Ram Sriram
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya  Raghunath – M. Vijay – Kumbakonam Swaminathan – S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vijay Ganesh – Palakad Harinarayanan – K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Mysore Srikanth -B. Ganapathyraman -B.S. Purushotham

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Relevance of Padams and Javalis in concerts to-day by Dr. Rama Ravi Supported by Vid. Nandita Ravi
10.00 a.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy – L. Ramakrishnan – J. Vaidyanathan – Trivandrum D. Rajagopal ( Kanjira )
12.30 p.m.-  Kalyanapuram Aravind -  Sruthi Sarathy - Arjun Raghavan
 2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothri - L. Ramakrishnan-B. Sivaraman - N. Guruprasad
4.00 p.m.  - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena) – Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar  – H. Sivaramakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya -  R.K. Sriramkumar – Poongalum Subramaniam

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m.     Lect. Demo.  Changing Trends in Carnatic Music – The two Key success is in Content packaging or Artistic Expression - An open House By  Vid. ARUNA SAIRAM (Moderator),  Featuring Vid. NEYVELI SANTHANA GOPALAN,  Sri. VEEYESVEE (V.S.V),  Dr. Radha Bhaskar, Vid. Palghat Ramprasad,  & Vid.  Ananya Ashok
10.00 a.m.  Nisha Rajagopalan - R. Hemalatha -  J. Vaidyanathan - S.V. Ramani
12.30 p.m.  Maya  & Malavi Ravindran – Meera Sundar – Sai Shiv
2.00 p.m.    Rithvik Raja – M. Rajeev – N.C. Bharadwaj - V. Anirudh Athreya
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama – M.S.N. Murthy  – V.V. Ramanamurthy – Somashekar Jois
6.30 p.m. - Sunada Shiromani Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin Duet) – Patri Satish Kumar – Trichy Krishna

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.   Validity of Concert as a Projection of an Artiste’s Creativity -  A Musical Dialogue  By Dr. Pantula Rama with Vid. Papanasam Ashok Ramani
10.00 a.m. -  Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari  on ‘Sri  Ramanujar 1000’  with  Charulatha Ramanujam on Violin, Ganapathy Raman on Mrudangam, Trichy Murali on Ghatam
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran  - Shradha Ravindran – P.V. Srivathsa
2.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan – Trivandrum Sampath – Sumesh Narayanan – S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari  - Nagai Sriram –Mannargudi Easwaran – B.S. Purushotham
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - V. Sanjeev – Prof. Trichy Sankaran – Gridhar Udupa

Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  An insight into the Guruguha Vibhakti Kritis of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar By  Vid. R.K. SHRIRAMKUMAR
10.00 a.m. -  K. Gayathri - M. Rajeev - Poongalam Subramaniam - Trivandrum Rajagopal
12.30 p.m. - Varun Ganesan –  Keerthana Shankar – Vikram Bharathi
2.00 p.m. - Gayatri Satya -  Kalyani Shankar  - Ravindra Bharathi
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish  - M.R. Gopinath – B. Sivaraman – Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram -  Mysore Nagaraj  - Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman – Shree Sundar Kumar

Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Sahitya Vaibhavam -What makes a Composition Great By Chitravina Vid. N. Ravikiran
10.00 a.m. - Amrutha Murali  - H.N. Baskar – K. Arun Prakash – K.V. Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. -  Tejas Mallela -  Durai Swaminathan -   Janahan Nimalan
2.00 p.m. -  J.A. Jayanth  (Flute) – Parur M.S. Anantha Krishnan – N.C. Bharadwaj – Dr. Nergunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers  Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan – Rajeev Mukundan – Trichur R. Mohan – Dr. Nergunam Shankar
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan – B.V. Raghavendra Rao -  Neyveli Skandasubramaniam   – R. Raman

Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Intricacies and Beauties of Laya Aspects - Panel Discussion  By Aridwaramangalam Vid. A. K. Palanivel, with  Vid. B.S. Purusotham,  Vid. Somashekar Jois  &  Vid. Rithvik Raja
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan  – Nagai Sriram – Thanjavur Murugaboopathy – Shree Sundarkumar
12.30 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh -    Sahana Vasudevan - Akshay Venkatesan
2.00 p.m. -  T.S. Pattabhirama  Pandit -   TKV Ramanujacharyulu – H.S. Sudheendra
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan – B.U. Ganesh Prasad- Patri Satish Kumar – K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters  Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya – Mysore Srikanth – Delhi Sairam – Madipakkam Murali

Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Thyagarajaya Namaste - Sri Thiyagaraja Swami 250th Jayanthi Special Lect. Demo By  Dr. Radha Bhaskar assisted by Mysore Vid. Sangeetha Dileep and   Vid. Prarthana Sai Narasimhan
10.00 a.m. -  ‘Vainava Abhimana Sthalangal ’ Sublime Observation  Dr. Sudha Seshayan -  Musical Presentation by  Vasundara Rajagopal  (Vocal) with B. Anantha Krishnan  (Violin)  and  Nellai Balaji (Mrudangam)
12.30 p.m. - Vani Rammurthy -   Shiva Ramamurthy  -  P. Kirupakaran
2.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi – Sayee Rakshith –  A.V. Manikandan – Nerkunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma – Mysore V. Sreekanth – K.V. Prasad- Trichy Murali
6.30 p.m. -  P. Unni Krishnan – Nagai Muralidharan - Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam – V. Suresh

Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Singing Made Easy - Voice Culture- an interactive Session With Vid. T.V. Gopalakrishnan
10.00 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam By Udayalur Kalyanaraman Bagavathar
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargeyan – M. Srikanth - R. Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m.    Ashwat Narayanan  -Vittal Rangan – Sumesh Narayanan – Harihara Subramaniam
4.00 p.m. -  Papanasam Ashok Ramani- Nagai Muralidharan – Srimushnam Raja Rao – Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan– S. Varadarajan - Arjun Ganesh - Alathur Rajaganeash

Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. -  Lect. Demo.  Interplay of Lakshaya and Lakshna and envisaged by Dr. S. Ramanathan  ( In commemoration of Dr.S. Ramanthan Birth Centenary ) Dr. S. Sowmyasupported by  Vid. K. Gayathri and Vid. Bharat Sundar
10.00 a.m. - Tiruvarur Girish  – H.K. Venkatraman – Kamalakara Rao – V. Suresh
12.30 p.m. -  V.  Subashri –  Raghavasimhan  - S. Sankaraprasad
2.00 p.m. - B. Suchitra  – Pakala Jayaprakash –  V. Sai Raghavan
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan – Vittal Ramamurthy – K.V. Prasad – Udipi Sridhar
6.30 p.m. - Bajan Sandya By O.S. Arun – M.R. Gopinath – J. Vaidyanathan – Chandrasekar - Dr. S. Karthick –- Kalaiselvam

Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
9.00 a.m. - “Srinivasa Kalyanam”  by 'Pravachana Thilakangal' Dhamal Sri Ramakrishnan and Dhamal Perundevi
10.30 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha  & M. Nandini ( Violin Deo ) –  Bangalore V. Praveen - G. Ravichandran –  Vadaparimangalam  Venkatramani
12.30 p.m. - Malvika Sriram   - Keerthana Shankar -  Ammangudi Ramanarayanan
2.00 p.m. -   Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan- S.P. Anantha Padmanabha- Kumbakonam Swaminathan- A.S. Krishnan
4.00 p.m. -  S.  Mahathi – H.N. Bhaskar – Patri Satish Kumar – K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. -  Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan – B.V. Raghavendra Rao – I. Sivakumar – Alathur Rajaganesh

Jan. 2, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Sangeetha Charcha - All about Carnatic Music ( Q.A. Session )  with Vid.  R. Vedavalli
10.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar ( Veena) –  V.V.S. Murari – Malakkaveri Balaji – Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam – M. Srikanth – R. Ramkumar
2.00 p.m. -  V. Deepika – Gnanadev Pappu  - Burra Sriram -  S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. -  Dr. Sriram Parasuram – Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal and Violin – N. Visweshwar ( Flute) Umakanth Puranik – Harmonium – Serthalai Ananthakrishnan – Mrudangam – Rajendra Nokod – Tabla
6.30 p.m. -  Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) -  A. Kanyakumari  – Triplicane Sekar - Rajendra Nokode -  Bangalore Rajasekar

Jan. 3, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. -  Lect. Demo.  Myriad forms of Bhairavi  By Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya sisters Uma & Radhika – M.R. Gopinath – Madipakkam Suresh – Madipakkam Murali
12.30 p.m. - Ashwin Srikanth – Sayee Rakshit  -  V. Parthasarathy
2.00 p.m. -  Abang Concert by Savitha Sriram – Sri Krishna ( Harmonium) –  B. Ganapathy Raman
 4.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters  – Dr. R. Hemalatha – Delhi Sairam – B.S. Purusotham
6.30 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) &  Anil Srinivasan (Piano)  - Madrimangalam Swaminathan – B.S. Purusotham

Jan. 4, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo.  Navagraha Kritis By Dr. M.S. Bhageerathi
10.00 a.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal ( Flute) – B. Anantha Krishnan – Sai Giridhar – Trichy Krishna
12.30 p.m. - Manasa Suresh  - Sruthi Sarathy – Trivandrum Hariharan
2.00 p.m. -Namasankeerthanam by Sengottai Hari Bagavathar & Party
4.00 p.m. -  Aruna Ranganathan -  V.V.Ravi – Manarkoil Balaji – Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. -  O.S. Thyagarajan – M. Chandrasekaran – Mannargudi Easwaran – B.S.Purushotham

Jan. 5, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. -  Marathi Abang AND Bajan by Abilasha Goutham
10.00 a.m.  Palghat Ramprasad –  Nagai Sriram  - Manoj Siva –  S. Sunil Kumar
12.30 p.m. - Raghavan Manian – Dr. M. Narmada  – Sai Raghavan
2.00 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidya Shankar –  V.V.S. Murari – Erode Nagaraj
4.00 p.m. - R.K. Sriramkumar ( Violin Solo ) – manoj siva -  n. guruprasad
6.30 p.m. -  T.V. Gopalakrishnan – S. Varadarajan – Ambur Padmanabhan – Anirudh Athreya 

Sabhas postpone concerts for a day or two

As a mark of tribute to the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, many sabhas have cancelled the concerts yesterday and today.

Some have rescheduled part of the festival to January 2017.
Brahma Gana Sabha and Narada Gana sabha's pre-music season concerts are cancelled till Dec. 8, 2016.

Kartik Fine Arts had cancelled its yesterday's concerts, but is going ahead with the concerts today. But, Gayathri Girish who was scheduled to sing yesterday will sing at 4.30 p.m. today followed by Sanjay Subrahmanyan at 6.45 p.m.

Margazhi Maha Utsavam at Youth Hostel Indira Nagar, Adyar will be held as per schedule. J.A. Jayanth's flute recital at 4.45 p.m. and Sikkil Gurucharan at 6.45 p.m.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has also cancelled its concerts for today.

Mudhra's Anubhav Festival which was scheduled to be inaugurated on Dec. 6, 2016 stands postponed to January. It will be held from Jan. 4 to 8, 2017. The sabha's annual Fine Arts festival will however held as per schedule from Dec. 12, 2016 to Jan. 1, 2017

Watch Parivadini's concerts live online!

Parivadini's music series 2016 begins today.
Two days ago, the organisers had mentioned a change in today's concert. Shailesh Ramamurthy plays the flute in place of the duo flutists Heramba and Hemanatha.

Other talented artistes featured in this series are senior veena vidwan R Parthasarathy and young veena artiste Ramana Balachandran. Another young vidwan Injikudy Subramaniam's nadaswaram recital will have some specials for the rasikas.  T.N.S. Krishna, son and disciple of vidwan Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan is featured as the finale.

Parivadini recognises experts who are not performers, but aid great performances.
This year the Parlandu award is presented to U.V.K. Ramesh, a Ghatam maker from Manamadurai. Following the presentation of the award, 'Ghatam' Karthick talks on 'Appreciating the role of Ghatam, Khanjira and morsing in a concert'

What's more? All these concerts are live webcast by Parivadini.

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Global Heritage Music Fest 2016

Supported by Sri Sankara Vidhyashramam School in Tiruvanmiyur, Carnatica and Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha host a music festival every year at the school campus.

Venue: Sri Shankara Vidhyashramam Matric Hr. Sec. School, 3rd Main Road, Tiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 41

The concerts are open to all. For details, contact 94440 18629

Schedule:

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Sudha Raja's Sargam Choir presents Mahakavi Subramanya Bharathi Symphony
5.00 p.m. - Baby Akshara Samskriti Iyer - Vocal
6.00 p.m. -  Prof. T.N. Krishnan - Violin

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
3.00 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasagan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Ramakrishnanmurthy - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - P.Unnikrishnan - Vocal

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
3.00 p.m. - Shanthi Suresh - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
3.00 p.m. - Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Sampradaya Bhajanai
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2016 - Thursday
3.00 p.m. - Master Adith Murthy
4.45 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Arun - Vocal

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
3.00 p.m. - V. Krupaa Lakshmi - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - R. Vedavalli - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - UAA presents 'Kasethan Kadavulada' Drama by Y.Gee. Mahendran

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
9.45 a.m. - Master Aditya Narayanan - Vocal
11.15 a.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal
1.30 p.m. - Bhargavi Balasubramaniam - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Boston Brothers - Thejas Manjunath & Pranav Manjunath - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - U.Ve. Dushyant Sridhar with Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran - Katha Kutcheri

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
9.45 p.m. - S. Girijashankar - Vocal
11.15 a.m. - Vittal Ramamurthy & VVS Murari - Violin, Viola Duet
1.30 p.m. - Swetaranyam Sisters - Nithya & Vidya - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Keerthana Shankar - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Koothabiran's Navbharath Theatre presents 'Kaleeswara Bhavanam' by N. Ratnam

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
3.00 p.m. - Sai Sisters - Kiran and Nivi - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh - Vocal

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
3.00 p.m. - Guha Krishnaswamy & Rahul Guha - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Nagai R Muralidharan & R. Sriram - Violin duet
7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
3.00 p.m. - Hariharan Ravi - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Ashok Ramani - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh - Mandolin

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
3.00 p.m.- Prithi Narasimhan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - V. Shankaranarayanan - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Crazy Creations Presents Crazy Mohan & Madhu Balaji in 'Chocolate Krishna' - Drama

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
3.00 p.m. - Master Pranav Kikkeri - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya (Veena)

Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
1.30 p.m. - Vijay Narayan - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena0
7.00 p.m. - United Visuals presents T.V. Varadharajan & team's 'Sri Thyagarajar' - Drama. Dialogue - VSV, Music- Bombay Jayashri, Direction - T.V. Varadharajan

Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
9.45 a.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar Siddareddy - Vocal
11.15 a.m. - T.K. Ramachandran IAS - Vocal
3.00 p.m. - Kolkata Padmavathi Saranathan - Vocal
4.45 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash -Vocal
7.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Harikatha 'Nadajyoti Muthuswami Dikshitar Charitram

Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy Fine Arts Festival 2016

As part of the cultural activities of Meenakshi College for Women, the Fine Arts Academy hosts a series of concerts during December every year since 2001.

The concerts are held at the KRS Auditorium at Meenakshi College for Women on Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai 24.

Schedule:

Dec. 5, 21016 - Monday
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration by N. Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner of India. Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti presides. Dr.K.S. Lakshmi, secretary, Meenakshi College for Women facilitates
6.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2016 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - Shreya Kolathaya - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan

Dec. 7, 2016 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Swetha Balasubramanian - Vocal
6.00 a.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2016 - Thursday
11.30 a.m.- N. Harish - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M Balamuralikrishna - Vocal

Dec. 9, 2016 - Friday
11.30 a.m. - Shyamala Venkateswaran - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal with Dr. Sudha Seshayyan - Isai Urai

Dec. 10, 2016 - Saturday
11.30 a.m. - Deepta Seshadri - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal

Dec. 11, 2016 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - Dushyanth Sridhar with Carnatica Brothers - K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh - Katha Kutcheri

Dec. 12, 2016 - Monday
11.30 a.m. - M.R. Subramaniam - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vijayalakshmi and Chithra - Vocal

Dec. 13, 2016 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - S. Gokulakrishnan - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Trichur V Ramachandran - Vocal

Dec. 14, 2016 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Rajini Hariharan - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2015 - Thursday
11.30 a.m. - Srividya Sridharakumar - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil C Gurucharan - Vocal

Dec. 16, 2016 - Friday
11.30 a.m. - Priya Krishnamurthy - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Gayathri Chandrasekhar - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy - Veena

Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
11.30 a.m. - Karthik Raju - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Dr. radha Bhaskar - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan

Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
6.00 p.m. - A.K.C. Natarajan - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
11.30 a.m. - Sruthi Bhat - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - S. Varsha - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal

Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
11.30 a.m. - R. Vaishnavee - Bharatanatyam
2.30 p.m. -Divya Kasturi - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya - Veena

Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
11.30 a.m. - Lalitha MOhan - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Bharathi Thirumagan - Isai Perurai
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
11.30 a.m. - S. Aishwarya -Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Ramjhi's Isai Mazhalai
6.00 p.m. - Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan - Vocal

Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
11.30 a.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas - Vocal

Music Academy Season Tickets sale on Dec. 2

It is the much awaited day for the music lovers when the Music Academy announces the issue of its season tickets.

In today's newspaper advertisement, The Music Academy has announced that the Season Ticket sale will begin at 9 a.m. on Dec. 2, 2106.

In the past years, rasikas started queueing up at the Academy as early as 4 a.m. The organisers issued tokens and provided seating arrangements too.

There are a few dos and don'ts though.
Rasikas either going in person or sending their representatives should bring their photo identity cards like Driving Licence, Voter ID or Aadhar Card or send these through the representatives along with a proper authorization letter, says the Academy's advert.

Rates for season tickets are Rs.15600, Rs.13300, Rs. 5200 and Rs. 1800.
All Credit / Debit cards would be accepted and only new currency notes of Rs. 1000 and Rs. 500 will be accepted. Also, the refund of change below Rs. 1000 will be issued in cheque, after Dec. 10, 2016!

But, isn't time all sabhas facilitate online ticket sale for other than their members?