The 117th year music festival of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will be on from Dec. 16, 2017 to Jan. 4, 2018.
The morning sessions of lecture-demonstrations have interesting topics to check.
Lec-dem sessions and the concerts till 2 p.m. are open to all. The concerts at 4 p.m and 6.30 p.m. are ticketed.
Venue: Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004
The schedule:
Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Thirumeignanam Brothers T.K.R. Ayyappan and T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram), Thirukadaiyur T.G. Babu & Nellore S. Nagendran (Thavil)
5.30 p.m.- His Holiness Sri Sri Yathiraja Jeeyar Swamy, Sri Yathiraja Mutt, Melukote Inaugurates and confers the award 'Sangeetha Kalasarathy' on Dr. K.J. Yesudas
Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Visesha Vadyam to
Sri. A.K.C. Natarajan (Clarinet) (Instituted by Chennai Fine Arts)
Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award to Mannargudi Sri. A. Easwaran (Instituted by Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan)
Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Award to Sri R.K. Sriramkumar (Instituted by Sri. Mohan Parasaran)
Dr. M.L.V. Award to Sri. Vishnudev Namboothiri (Instituted by Smt. Sudha Raghunathan)
G. Ramanathan Award to Sri. V.K. Manimaran (Instituted by Sathanur Sri. V. Parthasarathy)
6.45 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Special Thavil), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect Demo. Laya Exercises, Structuring of Swara Korvai and Divitala Practices by Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar )Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Karthik Ganeshram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Nandita Ravi (Vocal), Arushi Ramesh (Violin), Nirmal Narayanan (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Sethalapathy Sivaraman (Mridangam), Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Trichi Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Intricacy of Pallavi with reference to the contribution of T.R.Subramaniam (TRS) By Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya
10.00 a.m. - Tiruvarur Girish (Vocal), H.K. Venkatraman (Violin), Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao (Mridangam), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Swetha Anantha Sivam (Violin), Trivandrum P.L. Harikrishnan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya & Saundarya (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam), Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), – Rajeev Mukundan (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)
Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Voice Aesthetics – A Study in both Carnatic and Hindustani Classical Music by Dr. Sriram Parasuram
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), N. Guru Prasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - V. Venkatanagarajan (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Patantharam and Baani - By Rama Ravi and Dr. Nandita Ravi
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), M.R.Gopinath (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Sandeep Bhjaradwaj (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Ashwat Narayanan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. Sandeep Narayanan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Trichy Sri Sankaran (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam)
Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Ghatam, Kanjira & Morsing in enhancing Concerts by Dr. S. Karthick, K.V. Gopalakrishnan & R. Raman
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), Trichy Harikumar (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Influence of Vainika Style in Shaping a Uttama Gayika By Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
10.00 a.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), R. Akshayram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S.Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Palladam R. Ravi (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sriramprasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Rare Varnams and Anubandham By Suguna Varadachari
10.00 a.m. - R. Surya Prakash (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), Mithuran Manogaran (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), Ram Siva (Kanjira)
2.00 p.m. Gayatri Satya - Sruti Sarathy - R. Ramkumar
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Kotipalli Ramesh (Mridangam), Papanpasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Bhargava Halambi (Kanjira)
Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Padams Javalis and influence in Veena Dhanammal Style By Smt. Alamelu Mani, Dr. S. Sowmya and Dr. Ritha Rajan
10.00 a.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), V.V. Ramanamoorthy (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), Sivagangai K. Vishvak (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Dr. Padma Sugavanam (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprasad (Violin), N C Bharadwaj (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Gridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Arjun Kumar (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Ghatam)
Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Purpose and Validity of the so-called Minor Ragas By Dr. Pantula Rama
10.00 a.m.- Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari on ‘Bharatanum Tyagarajarum’ Vittal Rangan (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vamsi Krishna (Vocal), Mantha Sriramya (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Udipi Srikanth (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Umayalpuram Dr. K.Sivaraman (Mridangam), Gridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Forms of Lord Vishnu in Muthuswamy Dikshitar Compositions By R.K. Shriramkumar
10.00 a.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal), S.P. Anantapadmanabha (Violin), Chidambaram Balashankar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Maya & Malavi Ravindran (Vocal), Rangapriya (Violin), Akshay Venkatesh (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Baby Sreeram (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Midangam), Trivandrum D.Rajagopal (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Mohanaraman (Mridangam), Chandrajit (Tabla), G.Ravi (Keyboard), Saihari (Ghatam), Subramanian ( Spl. Effects)
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - An interactive Session with Aruna Sairam on Practice Methods for Students and Performers with Nisha Rajagopalan, Sid Sriram and Students of Carnatic Music
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Saranya Krishnan (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (CViolin), V. Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena), Mellakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), R.Raman (Morsing)
Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Development of Raga Alapana using the compositional Structure by Hydreabad Brothers Raghavachari & Seshachari
10.00 a.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal), Udipi Sreejith (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Palghat Harinarayanan (Mridangam), S. Venkatramanan (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Delhi P. Sundararajan (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr.S. Karthick (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Musical Opera “Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam” of Sri Tyagaraja By Malladi Brothers Sriramprasad & Ravikumar
10.00 a.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Paramasamy Kirupakaran (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), M.S. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), Tanjavur Pravin Kumar (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Payyannur T. Govindaprasad (Morsing)
Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. 'Sangeetha Siksha' Comparative Analysis - Gurukulam Vs Institution Vs Technology – A panel discussion. Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Chair), Dr. Rajshri Sripathy, Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi and Palghat R. Ramprasad
10.00 a.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sai Vignesh (Vocal), V. Deepika (Violin), Sanjeev Bala (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Payyannur Govinda Prasad (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. The Role and Importance of Violin in Carnatic World by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Dr. M. Narmada and Dr. R. Hemalatha
10.00 a.m. - ‘Nandakumaranum Nangayargalum’ Sublime Observation Dr. Sudha Seshayan - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind (Vocal), M. Shrikanth (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sant Pravah by Savita Sreeram, Vasudha Ravi, Suchitra Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam), Vasanth Jayaraman (Tabla)
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjra)
6.30 p.m. - Bajan Sandya By O.S. Arun (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam), S. Karthick (Ghatam), Praveen (Tabla), Selvam (Talam)
Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & M. Nandini (Violin Duet), Ramesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Keerthana Shankar (Violin), Trichur Sreenath Viswanath (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - T.K. Ramachandran I.A.S. (Vocal), Raghavasimhan (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
Jan. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
9.00 a.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar (Kanjira)
11.00 a.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - S. Maalavika (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal (Flute), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
9.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
11.00 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), Achyutha Rao (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violi), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridanham)
5.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Madrimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Praveen Narayanan (Tabla)
Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
2.00 p.m. - Shantala Subramaniam (Flute) & Vishaal Sapuram (Chitravina), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S. Sunilkumar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), G.R.S. Murthy (Veena), Madurai S. Balasubramanian (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), N. Sundar (Morsing)
6.00 p.m. - Award Function
6.45 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam By Udayalur Kalyanarama Bagavathar
The morning sessions of lecture-demonstrations have interesting topics to check.
Lec-dem sessions and the concerts till 2 p.m. are open to all. The concerts at 4 p.m and 6.30 p.m. are ticketed.
Venue: Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004
The schedule:
Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai - Thirumeignanam Brothers T.K.R. Ayyappan and T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram), Thirukadaiyur T.G. Babu & Nellore S. Nagendran (Thavil)
5.30 p.m.- His Holiness Sri Sri Yathiraja Jeeyar Swamy, Sri Yathiraja Mutt, Melukote Inaugurates and confers the award 'Sangeetha Kalasarathy' on Dr. K.J. Yesudas
Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Visesha Vadyam to
Sri. A.K.C. Natarajan (Clarinet) (Instituted by Chennai Fine Arts)
Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award to Mannargudi Sri. A. Easwaran (Instituted by Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan)
Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Award to Sri R.K. Sriramkumar (Instituted by Sri. Mohan Parasaran)
Dr. M.L.V. Award to Sri. Vishnudev Namboothiri (Instituted by Smt. Sudha Raghunathan)
G. Ramanathan Award to Sri. V.K. Manimaran (Instituted by Sathanur Sri. V. Parthasarathy)
6.45 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Haridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel (Special Thavil), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect Demo. Laya Exercises, Structuring of Swara Korvai and Divitala Practices by Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar )Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Karthik Ganeshram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Nandita Ravi (Vocal), Arushi Ramesh (Violin), Nirmal Narayanan (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Sethalapathy Sivaraman (Mridangam), Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Trichi Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Intricacy of Pallavi with reference to the contribution of T.R.Subramaniam (TRS) By Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya
10.00 a.m. - Tiruvarur Girish (Vocal), H.K. Venkatraman (Violin), Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao (Mridangam), Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Swetha Anantha Sivam (Violin), Trivandrum P.L. Harikrishnan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya & Saundarya (Vocal), Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam), Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), – Rajeev Mukundan (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya (Vocal), R.K. Sriramkumar (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)
Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Voice Aesthetics – A Study in both Carnatic and Hindustani Classical Music by Dr. Sriram Parasuram
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), N. Guru Prasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - V. Venkatanagarajan (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), S. Varadarajan (Violin), Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal), Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin), Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Patantharam and Baani - By Rama Ravi and Dr. Nandita Ravi
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), M.R.Gopinath (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Sandeep Bhjaradwaj (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Ashwat Narayanan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. Sandeep Narayanan (Vocal), Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin), Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam), Shree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Trichy Sri Sankaran (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam)
Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Ghatam, Kanjira & Morsing in enhancing Concerts by Dr. S. Karthick, K.V. Gopalakrishnan & R. Raman
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), Trichy Harikumar (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Influence of Vainika Style in Shaping a Uttama Gayika By Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
10.00 a.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Udipi Sridhar (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), R. Akshayram (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S.Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Palladam R. Ravi (Mridangam), Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sriramprasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Rare Varnams and Anubandham By Suguna Varadachari
10.00 a.m. - R. Surya Prakash (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), V. Suresh (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vidya Raghavan (Vocal), Mithuran Manogaran (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), Ram Siva (Kanjira)
2.00 p.m. Gayatri Satya - Sruti Sarathy - R. Ramkumar
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), Kotipalli Ramesh (Mridangam), Papanpasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Bhargava Halambi (Kanjira)
Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Padams Javalis and influence in Veena Dhanammal Style By Smt. Alamelu Mani, Dr. S. Sowmya and Dr. Ritha Rajan
10.00 a.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), V.V. Ramanamoorthy (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), Sivagangai K. Vishvak (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Dr. Padma Sugavanam (Vocal), Aditi Krishnaprasad (Violin), N C Bharadwaj (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Trichy B. Harikumar (Mridangam), Gridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Arjun Kumar (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Ghatam)
Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Purpose and Validity of the so-called Minor Ragas By Dr. Pantula Rama
10.00 a.m.- Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari on ‘Bharatanum Tyagarajarum’ Vittal Rangan (Violin), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vamsi Krishna (Vocal), Mantha Sriramya (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Udipi Srikanth (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Umayalpuram Dr. K.Sivaraman (Mridangam), Gridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Forms of Lord Vishnu in Muthuswamy Dikshitar Compositions By R.K. Shriramkumar
10.00 a.m. - Shankar Ramani (Vocal), S.P. Anantapadmanabha (Violin), Chidambaram Balashankar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Maya & Malavi Ravindran (Vocal), Rangapriya (Violin), Akshay Venkatesh (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Baby Sreeram (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Midangam), Trivandrum D.Rajagopal (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Mohanaraman (Mridangam), Chandrajit (Tabla), G.Ravi (Keyboard), Saihari (Ghatam), Subramanian ( Spl. Effects)
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - An interactive Session with Aruna Sairam on Practice Methods for Students and Performers with Nisha Rajagopalan, Sid Sriram and Students of Carnatic Music
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Saranya Krishnan (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (CViolin), V. Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena), Mellakaveri Balaji (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), R.Raman (Morsing)
Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Development of Raga Alapana using the compositional Structure by Hydreabad Brothers Raghavachari & Seshachari
10.00 a.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal), Udipi Sreejith (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Palghat Harinarayanan (Mridangam), S. Venkatramanan (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal), Delhi P. Sundararajan (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr.S. Karthick (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Musical Opera “Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam” of Sri Tyagaraja By Malladi Brothers Sriramprasad & Ravikumar
10.00 a.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
12.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Paramasamy Kirupakaran (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), M.S. Anantha Krishnan (Violin), Tanjavur Pravin Kumar (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Payyannur T. Govindaprasad (Morsing)
Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. 'Sangeetha Siksha' Comparative Analysis - Gurukulam Vs Institution Vs Technology – A panel discussion. Dr. Radha Bhaskar (Chair), Dr. Rajshri Sripathy, Dr. M.A. Bhageerathi and Palghat R. Ramprasad
10.00 a.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12.30 p.m. - Sai Vignesh (Vocal), V. Deepika (Violin), Sanjeev Bala (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal), Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Payyannur Govinda Prasad (Morsing)
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. The Role and Importance of Violin in Carnatic World by Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Dr. M. Narmada and Dr. R. Hemalatha
10.00 a.m. - ‘Nandakumaranum Nangayargalum’ Sublime Observation Dr. Sudha Seshayan - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind (Vocal), M. Shrikanth (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sant Pravah by Savita Sreeram, Vasudha Ravi, Suchitra Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Shivakumar Anantharaman (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramaniam (Mridangam), Vasanth Jayaraman (Tabla)
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjra)
6.30 p.m. - Bajan Sandya By O.S. Arun (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam), S. Karthick (Ghatam), Praveen (Tabla), Selvam (Talam)
Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & M. Nandini (Violin Duet), Ramesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
12.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Keerthana Shankar (Violin), Trichur Sreenath Viswanath (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - T.K. Ramachandran I.A.S. (Vocal), Raghavasimhan (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi (Vocal), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), I. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
Jan. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
9.00 a.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopal (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar (Kanjira)
11.00 a.m. - Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - S. Maalavika (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal (Flute), Delhi Sunderrajan (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)
5.00 p.m. - Suguna Varadachari (Vocal), Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin), K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
9.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
11.00 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), Achyutha Rao (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
3.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violi), B. Ganapathy Raman (Mridanham)
5.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Madrimangalam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Praveen Narayanan (Tabla)
Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
2.00 p.m. - Shantala Subramaniam (Flute) & Vishaal Sapuram (Chitravina), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), S. Sunilkumar (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), G.R.S. Murthy (Veena), Madurai S. Balasubramanian (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), N. Sundar (Morsing)
6.00 p.m. - Award Function
6.45 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam By Udayalur Kalyanarama Bagavathar
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