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December 14, 2017

Awards galore at Narada Gana Sabha

The annual Isai Natya Nataka Vizha of Narada Gana Sabha begins today. His Holiness Paramahamsetyadi Srirangam Srimad Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Mahadesikan swamigal inaugurates the festival.

There are loads of awards to be conferred today. Apart from senior musicians many young artists, dancers, musicologists and organisers are also receiving awards today.

Senior Musician Madurai T.N. Seshagopalan will receive the title Nadhabrahmam and vocalist K.R. Saranathan will receive Senior Musician Award.


Madurai T N Seshagopalan
K R Saranathan

The other awards are:

  • Triplicane K. Sekar - Tirunelveli P. Subramania Iyer Nadaswaram / Tavil award
  • Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika - MLV Endowment - CMANA Award
  • Rithvik Raja - MSS Talent Promotion Award
  • Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharatanatyam) - Binfield Trust (Ms. Gopika Varma) Endowment
  • Prof. Mysore V.Subramanya - Organiser of Fine Arts - NVS Endowment award
  • Ambujam Vedantham - Rajalakshmi Suri Endowment Musicologist / Music Teacher award
  • Srivani Yella - P Obul Reddy award for Veena (Senior)
  • S. Venkatramanan - P Obul Reddy award for Upa pakka Vadyam
  • Salai V Lakshana - Smt. Lalitha Padmanabhan Award for Veena (Junior)
  • Vasudha Ravi - Prof. Mahalingam Padmanabhan Award for Vocal (Junior)
  • Kumbakonam K Swaminathan - Prof. Mahalingam Padmanabhan award for Instrumental music
  • Vishnudev Namboothiri - Maharajapuram Santhanam Award
  • S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - K.S.Mahadevan Award for Carnatic Music in Foreign Instrument


Felicitation to artistes will be by Kalyanapuram R. Aaravamudhachariar

The inauguration will be at 6 p.m. at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall. This will be followed by Saxophone concert by Kadri Gopalnath with A. Kanyakumari on the violin, Aridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel on the tavil, Rajendra Nakod on the tabla and Bangalore N Rajasekar on the morsing. 

December 13, 2017

Trinity Arts Festival

Trinity Arts Festival of India is a festival of music and dance. Trinity Mirror and Makkal Kural Newspapers support the festival.
The festival is open to all.

Venue: Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts & Science, 4, Crescent Avenue Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600 020

The Schedule:

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
5.45 p.m. - Inauguration by Dr. Robert Morris, composer & professor of Composition, Eastern School of Music, USA.
Address by Dr. Robert Morris on 'Acceptance of Indian Music by Global Audience.
7.00 p.m. - Kshetrambujam - Bharatanatyam (Ambujam Krishna's compositions by Anitha Guha's Bharatanjali

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Inauguration of Natya Conference - Nava Disha. Convenor: Dr. Apoorva Jayaraman
Guets of Honour: Guests of Honor- N.Ravi, (Publisher, The Hindu), Malavika Sarukkai, Priyadarsini Govind
Presentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to Malavika Sarukkai
Keynote Talk-Renogitiating with purposes and Motivations of performance

Nava Dhisha-Natya Conference

Session 1: Repurposing the relevance of practice & performance
9.10 a.m. - Keynote-Renogitiating with the purposes and motivations of Performance-Malavika Sarukkai.
9.45 a.m. - Redefining the Spiritual in the pursuit - Mithili Prakash, K.P Rakesh
10.25 a.m. - Our Ideologies of Theory and Practice in Harmony - Vijna Vasudevan
10.45 a.m. - Contemporariness of content - Sweta Prachande
11.00 a.m. - Q & A - Lead - Malavika Sarukkai

12.00 noon - Sushmitha Anbuselvan
1.45 p.m. - Gopu Kiran and Aashin Kiran
3.30 p.m. - Sneha Ganeshan (Kuchipudi)
5.15 p.m. - Radhe Jaggi
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarsini Govind

Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
Session 2: Social relevance of the Indian dancer
8.35 a.m. - Social evolution of performance as a profession - S Jayachandran
8.55 a.m. - If we stopped dancing today, who should care? - Anjana Anand
9.15 a.m. - Why does Indian classic dance matter to international communities? - Guiditta de Concini (video talk)
9.25 a.m. - Keynote - Performance as a professional practice in the modern world - Priyadarsini Govind
9.45 a.m. - Q & A - Lead-Priyadarsini Govind

Session 3: Social relevance of dance
10.15 a.m. - Art in the time of calamity - Medha Hari
10.35 a.m. - Dance at the interface of two cultures - Sahasra Sambamoorthi (Video talk)
10.45 a.m. - Dance as a social facilitator - Arvinth Kumaraswamy
11.05 a.m. - Valedictory Address
11.25 a.m. - Credits and vote of thanks
11.30 a.m. - Interaction of audience
Bharatanatyam
12.00 noon - Diksha Krishna
1.45 p.m. - Renjith & Vijna
3.30 p.m. - Sukanya Kumar
5.15 p.m. - Medha Hari
7.00 p.m. - Shivogam Shivogam-Dr.Urmila Sathyanarayanan & students

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
Bharatanatyam
10.15 a.m. - Kavya Sridhar
12.00 noon - Sahana Selvaganesh
1.45 p.m. - Swathi Athmanathan
3.30 p.m. - Sudharma Vaidhyanathan
5.15 p.m. - Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy
7.00 p.m. - Dance Drama by students of Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam

Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
10.15 a.m. - Maithreyi Iyer - Bharatanatyam
Carnatic Music
12.15 p.m. - Anvita Hariharan (Houston) (Saxaphone)
2.30 p.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramnaian (St.Louis)(Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Injikudi Subramanian & party ( Nagaswaram)

Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
Carnatic Music
11.00 a.m. - Keshav (Houston) (Violin)
12.15 p.m. - Shruti Bhatt (Vocal)
2.30 p.m. - Divya Ramachandran (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Cuddalore S J Janany (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
Carnatic Music
11.00 a.m. - Viswas (Mandolin)
12.15 p.m. - Roopa Shastry (Hong Kong) ( Vocal)
2.30 p.m. - Vishal Sapuram (Chiraveena) & Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar (Violin)
4.45 p.m. - S. Aiswarya (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Saswathi Prabhu (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
Carnatic Music
11.00AM Aiswarya Srinivas (Vocal)
12.45PM Shreya Devnath (Violin)
2.30PM Nithya & Vidhya (Vocal)
4.45PM Dr.M. Narmadha (Violin)
7.00PM Dr. Sirkali Sivachidambaram (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
Carnatic Music
10.30 a.m. - J.Siddhartha (Vocal)
12.15 p.m - Nisha Suresh (Vocal)
2.30 p.m. - Mayuri Vasan (Los Angeles) (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - J Jayanth (Flute)
6.45 p.m. - Centenary Celebration of Music Composer Shri Sivasubramaniam
7.15 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters (Vocal)

Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2017

Bharat Kalachar's 31st Margazhi Mahotsav will be held from Dec. 12, 2017 to Jan. 15, 2017.

Admission to all morning and noon concerts isfree. Evening concerts are ticketed and tickets can be purchased at the venue.

Venue: YGP Auditorium, 17, Thirumalai Road, T.Nagar, Chennai 600017

The Schedule:

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Ghatam Karthick' s Heartbeat Ensemble.
Dr. S Karthick (Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal), Palakkad K L Sreeram (Flute, Keyboard & Vocal), Adyar D Balasubramani (Nadaswaram), Thiruvallikkeni K Sekar (Tavil), Sarvesh Karthick (Mridangam, Cajon & Handsonic), G. Hariharasharma (Kanjira), K Shrenivas (Rhythmn Pad)
6.30 p.m. - Inauguration

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), L Ramakrishnan (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - T V Shankaranarayanan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), Srimushnam Rajarao (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Alarmel Valli (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Sid Sriram (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin), Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin), Palladam Ravi (Mridangam), Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
7.15 p.m. - Meenakshi Srinivasan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - O S Arun (Vocal), Mullaivasal G Chandramouli (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Nirupama Vaidyanathan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin), Anil Srinivasan (Piano), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Ravi Balasubramaniam (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Srividhya Sailesh (Dis. of Shobhana) - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
6.30 p.m. - P Unnikrishnan (Vocal), Nagai Muralidharan (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), V Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Karukuruchi N Mohanaraman (Mridangam), Saihari (Ghatam), Karukuruchi N Subramanian
7.30 p.m. - Shobana (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - R P Shravan (Vocal), Gyandev Pappu (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
7.30 p.m. - Srekala Bharath (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin), H S Sudhindra (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Shobhana Vignesh (Vocal), Shertalai Sivakumar (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal), VV Ravi (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
1.00 p.m.- Aditya Madhavan (Vocal), Shyam (Violin), Ashwin Balachandran (Mridangam), Harihara Subramaniam (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Bhakthi Voyage - Sankeertana Kutcheri. Carnatica Brothers K N Sahikiran & P Ganesh (Vocal), Shengottai Hari Bhagavatar (Nama Sankeertanam), M A Sundaresan (Violin), Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Sri Krishna Vaibhavam - Dance Drama. Sheela Unnikrishnan - Choreography, Kuldeep M Pai - Music, Padmadevan - Lyrics

Dec. 25, 2017- Monday
10.30 a.m. - T Kalaimagan (Vocal), Bharathi Thirumurugan (Explanation), Prakash (Keyboard), M Sai Raghavan (Mridangam), Ganesh Rao (Tabla), Saravanan (Rhythmn Pad & Special effects)
1.00 p.m. - Krupalakshmi (Vocal), Subhashree (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam), Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), V V Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), Nitin Mitta (Tabla). Theme - Rasas in Ragas
7.00 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
10.30 a.m. - Pooja & Supraja (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), R Lavanya (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m.- Bhargav (Vocal), Mantha Sriramya (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), Sanyuktha (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m.- Priya Sisters Shanmugapria & Haripriya (Vocal), M A Krishnaswamy (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
10.30 a.m. - Kalyanapuram Arvind (Vocal), Raghul (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Shruthi Bhatt (Vocal), Ananthashree (Violin), Akshay Ananda Padmanabhan (Mridangam), K R Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), Rajeev Mukundan (Violin), Trichur R Mohan (Mridangam), D V Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Deepika Potrazu USA (Kuchipudi)

Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
10.30 a.m. - Vidhya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), M Rajeev (Violin),  Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Karaikal S Venkatasubramaniam (Violin), Manikkudi S. Chandrsekar (Mridangam), N Narasimhan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Nithyashri Mahadevan (Vocal), M A Krishnaswamy (Violin), Neyveli Skanda Subramaniyam (Mridangam), H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan & Natya Sankalpaa Ensemble present Sabhapathy (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
10.30 a.m. - Melbourne Brothers Raghuveer Rangan & Narayan Rangan (Vocal), Delhi Sridhar (Violin), Neyveli Ramachandran (Mridangam), Samyuktha (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan (Vocal),  Ananthasree (Violin), Neyveli Ramachandran (Mridangam), K R Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dushyanth Sridhar - Navagraha Nayakane Harikatha
7.15 p.m. - Perumale - Drama
Theatre of Maham presents with Madhuvanthi Arun & Sureshwar. G Radhakrishnan - Story/dialogues, Madhuvanthi Arun - Production, S Sureshwar - Dramatisation & Direction
10.00 p.m. - Disciples of Padmalakshme Suresh - Om Namo Narayana Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), R K Shriramkumar (Violin), K Arun Prakash (Mridangam), N Guruprasad (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Rishab (Violin),Sarvesh Karthick (Mridangam), Samyuktha (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K J Yesudas (Vocal), S R Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Thirupunitura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Cuddalore Jananiy (Vocal), S P Ananthapadmanabhan (Violin), Mannarkoil J Balaji (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
1.00 p.m. - Sanjay USA (Violin), Arjun Narasimhan USA (Mridangam), Harihara Subramaniyam (Ghatam)
4.30 p.m. -  Aruna Sairam (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin),  K V Prasad (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Krishnakumari Narendran & Disciples - Aadal Vallanum Arangathammanum Thematic presentation - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
10.30 a.m. - Bombay Sisters C Saroja & C Lalitha (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), K R Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Manasa Suresh (Vocal), Rishab Ranganathan USA (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur Sankaran (Mridangam), Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin Duet), Shankaranarayanan (Mridangam), B SreeSundarkumar (Kanjira), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Padmini Krishnamurthy & Troupe (Muscat) - "Narayanayeti Samarpayami" Thematic Bharathanatyam

Jan. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Shreya Iyer USA - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m.- Pashwanath Upadhyay (Bangalore) - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. - Chitra Lakshmanan USA (Dis. of Srekala Bharath) - Bharathanatyam
7.00 p.m. - Uma Muralikrishna & group - SaMPRADAYIKA
Kuchipudi Thematic presentation

Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
5,00 p.m. - Mohan Santanam (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Mannrgudi Easwaran (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Kripa's Centre for fine Arts presents Takita That Jam - Dance Drama. A joyous exploration of layam. Guru Bharadwaaj - Concept & rhythmical score, Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi - Musical score, Saikripa Prasanna - Choreography

Jan. 5, 2018 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Sukanya Kumar (Dis of Priyadarshini Govind) - Bhatathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Sivagamiyin Sabadam - Dance Drama by Madurai R Muralidharan

Jan. 6, 2018 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. - Rithwika Ghosh (Bharathanatyam)
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raguraman (Vocal), H N Bhaskar (Violin), N C Bharadwaaj (Mridangam), G Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Jan. 7, 2018 - Sunday
10.30 a.m. - Sunil R Gargyn (Vocal), M A Sundaresan (Violin), Thrissur Jayaraman (Mridangam), Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Renjith (Vocal), Gokulakrishnan (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur Sankaran (Mridangam), Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. -Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), R Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Krithika Subramaniam Bharatanatyam

Jan. 8, 2018 - Monday
5.00 p.m. - Niveditha Gopinath (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - Rahasyam Parama Rahasyam - Drama - YGEEM in UAA

Jan. 9, 2018 - Tuesday
5.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), B Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
7.30 p.m. - Vidya Ravindran - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 10, 2018 - Wednesday
5.00 p.m. Iyer Sisters - Srividhya & Sudha (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Raghavendra (Mridangam)
7.30 p.m. - Deepthi Ravi - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 11, 2018 - Thursday
5.00 p.m. - Archana Narayanamurthy - Bharathanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Pavithra Srinivasan - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 12, 2018 - Friday
5.00 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Melakaverii Balaji (Mridangam), Chandrsekara Sharma (Ghatam)
7.30 p.m. - Irshika - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 13, 2018 - Saturday
10.30 a.m. - Chitrambari & Radha Badri (Vocal), B Ananthakrishnan (Violin), E Devaraj (Flute), K R Venkatasubramanian (Tabla & Rhythm pad)
1.00 p.m. - Arjun Sambhasivan & Narayanan (Keyboard), Nagerkoil K Anand (Violin), Sarvesh Karthick (Mridangam), K R Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Suthikshna Veeravalli USA - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Bharathanjali & Cleveland Aradhana presents VIJAYATHE GOPALA CHOODAMANI - Dance Drama. Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Lyrics & Music. P R Venkatasubramanian - Lyrics, Anitha Guha Concept & Choreography

Jan. 14, 2018 - Sunday
5.15 p.m. - Arvind Bhargav (Carnatic Electric Mandolin), NS Prasad (Acoustic Hindustani Mandolin), Palghat Mahesh (Mridangam), Jagadish Kurtukoti (Tabla)
7.30 p.m. - Rama HarE Krishna HarE - Bharathanatyam
Margam by Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswamy & Students of Sri Mudhraalaya

Jan. 15, 2018 - Monday
4.30 p.m. - Tejashri Kannan (Dis. of Pramila Hariharan) - Bharathanatyam
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)


December 10, 2017

Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts

Sampoornam Foundation for Music and Arts presents its 4th annual Music Festival from 11th December to 14th December 2017.

Venue: Arkay Convention Centre, R.H. Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004

Free admission to concerts.

Dec. 11, 2017 - Monday
4.15.p.m. - Arvind Bhargav (Mandolin) Concert Dedicated to the memory of Mandolin U.Shrinivas
6.30 p.m. - Namasankirtanam by Sri Udayalur. Kalyanaraman & Party.

Dec. 12, 2017 - Tuesday
4.15 p.m. - Shreya Kolathaya (Vocal), Shradha Raveendran (Violin), Sai Raghavan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - T.V.Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Embar Kannan (Violin), R.Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), Trichy Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 13, 2017 - Wednesday
4.15. p.m. - J.A.Jayanth (Flute), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J.Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Sai Subramanian (Morsing)
6.30 p.m. - T.V.Gopalkrishnan (Vocal)

Dec.14, 2017 - Thursday
4.15 p.m. - Trichy Pradeep Kumar (Vocal), Akkarai Sornalatha (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), R.Hemalatha (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)

December 08, 2017

Thrimoorthi Sangeetha Sabha Music Festival 2017

For the last 15 years, this neighbourhood around Chennai Airport is home to some good music during December through the Thrimoorthi Sangeetha Sabha.

The concerts are free to rasikas.

Venue: Thrimoorthi Sangeetha Sabha, Venkateswara Nagar Third Street, Pozhichalur.
If you need further help in reaching the place, contact phone number 044- 22632116.

The Schedule:

Dec. 8, 2017 - Friday
5.30 p.m. - Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), Padma Sankar (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 9, 2017 - Saturday
5.30 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash (Vocal), M. A. Sundareswaran, (Violin), T. R. Sundaresan (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2017 - Sunday
5.30 p.m. - Pattabhiram Pandit (Vocal), T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu (Violin), Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 11, 2017 - Monday
5.30 p.m. - Bagyalakshmi Suresh (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), Manikkudi Chandrasekaran (Mridangam)

Dec. 12, 2017 - Tuesday
5.30 p.m. - Sherthalai Ranganatha Sharma (Vocal), Sherthalai Shivakumar (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)

Dec. 13, 2017 - Wednesday
5.30 p.m. - V. Bharath Kumar (Vocal), S. P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Akshay
Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)

Dec. 14, 2017 - Thursday
5.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), B. Srivatsan (Mridangam) S. Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
5.30 p.m. - J. B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), R. Raghul (Violin), Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan (Mridangam)

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
5.30 p.m. - Abilash Giri Prasad (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
5.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran and P. Ganesh (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam), Nanda Masti (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
5.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram Srinivasan (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), Chennai Thyagarajan (Mridangam)

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
5.30 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), Ranjani Ramakrishna (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam)

Dec. 20, 2017- Wednesday
5.30 p.m. - Ramana Balachandran (Veena), Guru Ragavendra (Mridangam), Nerkunam S. Shankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
5.30 p.m. - Trivandrum N. J. Nandini (Vocal), M. Vijay Ganesh (Violin), V.S. Raghavan (Mridangam)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
5.30 p.m. - S. Aishwarya (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
 5.30 p.m. - D. B. Ashwin (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), B. Vijay Natesan (Mridangam)

Music Education Trust Post Trinity Composers Music Festival

On the occasion of the birth centenary of V. Venkatachalam, a connoisseur of music and remembering guru T.R. Subramaniam, Music Education Trust, New Delhi is hosting a series of concerts from Dec. 8 to 17, 2017. These concerts celebrate the post-trinity composers and each day is dedicated to a composer.

Concerts are free for rasikas.

Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz, Mylapore, Chennai 600004

The Schedule:

Dec. 8, 2017 - Friday
6.15 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam) - Papanasam Sivan Compositions

Dec. 9, 2017 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Nirmita Kartik (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam) - Ambujam Krishna compositions.
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Radha Venkatachalam (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar (Mridangam) - Mysore Mahaaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar compositions

Dec. 10, 2017 - Sunday
4.30 p.m. - Salem Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal), Srividhya R.S. Iyer (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam) - Ponniah Pillai compositions
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar (Mridangam) - Neelakanta Sivan compositions

Dec. 11, 2017 - Monday
6.00 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam (Vocal), M.R. Gopinath (Violin), Madipakkam uresh (Mridangam) - Koteeswara Iyer (Non-mela) compositions

Dec. 12, 2017 - Tuesday
6.00 p.m. - Jayanthi Kalyanasundaram (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam) - Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar compositions

Dec. 13, 2017 - Wednesday
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), R. raghul (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam) - Mayuram Viswanatha Sastri compositions

Dec. 14, 2017 - Thursday
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Ushalakshmi Krishnamoorthy (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam) - Subbaraya Sastri & Annaswamy compositions

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
6.00 p.m. - Sugantha Kalamegam (Vocal), Kalyani Shankar (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam) - G.N.B Compositions

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
4.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Vasudevan (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Shankar (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam) - Swati Tirunal compositions
6.30 p.m. - Vasumathy Nagaraj (Vocal), Vaikom Padma Krishnan (Violin), Manikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam) - Patnam Subramanya Iyer

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
4.30 p.m. - Serugudi Sisters Rema & Geetha (Vocal Duet), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mridangam) - Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavather compositions
6.30 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Melakaveri Balaji (Mridangam) - Mysore Vasudevacharya compositions

December 06, 2017

Nada Sudha Music Festival 2017

In the Velachery suburb of Chennai, it is Nada Sudha that provides the rasikas of the neighbourhood with monthly concerts and an annual festival. Up and coming as well as veteran musicians perform at the annual festival here.

The concerts are held at Sri Ganapathy Sachinandan Ashram, Baby Nagar, Velachery, Chennai 600 042.

The season donor passes are available with the organisers. Contact 94441 19226, 91763 09996 or 99406 56260

The Schedule:

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
5.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sivakumar & Party - Nadaswaram
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration & Conferment of the title Nada Vallabha on N. Ravikiran, Delhi Sunderrajan & K.V.Prasad.
6.30 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam)

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
3.15 p.m. - Pavan Mani (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - D. Vamsi Krishna (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal)

Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
3.15 p.m. - Karthick Suresh (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Karthik Raju (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sid Sriram (Vocal)

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. - Pranav Kikeri (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Vrinda Acharya (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - K. Bhaskaran (Flute)

Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m. - L. Archana (Vocal),
4.45 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D Seshachary & D Raghavachari (Vocal)

Dec.28, 2017 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - Rhea Rajesh (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Adithyanarayanan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. -Shankar Ramani (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
3.15 p.m. - Sruthi Natarajan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Bhargav Hariharan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Palghat Ramprasad (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
3.15 p.m. - Akshay Sridhar (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Nanditha Ravi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
3.15 p.m. - Aishwarya Chandrasekar (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - G. Abhilash (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Satarishi Hazra (Sitar)

Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
3.15 p.m. - Sia Iyer (Vocal
4.45 p.m. - Jagadish A.K. & Dilip Simha (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)

Jan. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. -Sriranjani (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. -Srivathsan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin)

Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Anirudh Subhramanian (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Bharat Sundar (Vocal)

Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - Preethi Narasimhan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Sandhya Ramasami (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)

Jan. 5, 2018 - Friday
3.15 p.m. - Harsha Nagarajan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Sankari Subramanian (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal)

Jan. 6, 2018 - Saturday
3.15 p.m. - Sidarth Prakash (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)

Jan. 7, 2018 - Sunday
3.15 p.m. - G. Charulath (Veena)
4.45 p.m. - Swathi Srikrishna (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Triuchur Brothers Sreekrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal)

Jan. 8, 2018 - Monday
3.15 p.m. - Anjani Srinivasan (Veena)
4.45 p.m. - Shriram Shastri (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal)

Jan. 9, 2018 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. - Abhinav Mukundan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - S. Dharini (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)

Jan. 10, 2018 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Ganapathy (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B. Sruthisagar (Flute)
6.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Jan. 11, 2018 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - Raghuveer & Narayanan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Shrisha & Shriusha (Mandolin)
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Jan. 12, 2018 - Friday
3.15 p.m. - Rathipriya (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Girijashankar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal)

Jan. 13, 2018 - Saturday
3.15 p.m. - Sahana Samraj (ocal)
4.45 p.m. - Rakshitha Ramesh (Veena)
6.30 p.m. - R Suryaprakash (Vocal)

Jan.14, 2018 - Sunday
4.45 p.m.- Sudarshan Padmanabhan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina)

Brahma Gana Sabha & BGS Trust

P.S. Institute ofMusic Arts and Culture associates with Brahma Gana Sabha and BGS Trust and hosts a fortnight-long music festival in December every year.

Venue: TAG Dakshinamurthy Hall, P.S. High School, R.K. Mutt Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Free admission to all the concerts.

The Schedule:

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
4.45 p.m. - Mambalam S. Sivakumar (Nadaswaram)
6.15 p.m. - Inauguration
6.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
4.45 p.m. - Soundarya Chandrasekar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Trichy Pradeepkumar (Vocal)

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
4.45 p.m. - Anjana Thirumalai (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam (Vocal)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
4.45 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - N.J. Nandini (Vocal)

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
4.45 p.m. -  Jayakrishnan Unni (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal)

Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
4.45 p.m. - Hariharan Ravi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal)

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
4.45 p.m. - Sumitra Nitin (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Swarna Rethas (Vocal)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
4.45 p.m. - Chitra Poornima Satish (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashokramani (Vocal)

Dec, 23, 2017 - Saturday
3.15 p.m. - Krishna Ramarathnam (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Melattur Bhagavathamrla

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
3.15 p.m. - Pawan Rangachar (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal)

Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
3.15 p.m. - Thejas V (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Rachana Muralinarayanan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal)

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. - Anuvratha Narasimhan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal)

Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m. - Keerthana Vaidyanathan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - N.R. Prashanth (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Padma Sugavanam (Vocal)

Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - T. Kalaimagan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Snigdha Venkataramani (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - V.R. Dileep Kumar (Vocal)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
3.15 p.m. - Charanya Manikandan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Adithya Madhavan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal)

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
3.15 p.m - Sriranjani R (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Anahitha & Apoorva (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - G. Ravikiran (Vocal)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
3.15 p.m. - Manasa Suresh (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Harshitha S (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal) 

December 02, 2017

Kartik Fine Arts keeps its date with the December season

Rain or shine, Kartik Fine Arts inaugurates its annual arts festival on Dec. 1 every year. This year also, the auditorium in Narada Gana Sabha got decorated for the evening awards function well in time.

The 43rd year festival of Kartik Fine Arts was inaugurated by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal. K.N. Ramaswamy, director, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai was the chief guest om the occasion.

Vocalist S.Mahathi received  'Isai Peroli' award of the year. Bharatanatyam dancer Bhavya Ramachandran Balasubramanian was conferred with the 'Nadanamamani' award.

Kartik Rajagopal Golden Jubilee Committee Award for ‘Best Cultural Organiser’  was presented to S. Ravichandran, Secretary, Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai

Vignesh Ishwar, who received the D.K. Pattammal Award of Excellence (Instituted by Nithyasree Mahadevan) presented the invocation at the event.

K.M. Narasimhan, president Kartik Fine Arts welcomed the gathering. He remembered the contributions of L. Sabarathnam, patron of the sabha, and of A.V.S. Raja. And of R.P. Krishnamachari, managing director of Textan Chemicals who is also a philanthropist.

"There is no such thing as fake Kamboji, Kamboji is Kamboji,' Gopalkrishna Gandhi spoke of the originality and the nature of Carnatic music that cannot be copied.

Dancer, writer Lakshmi Viswanathan felicitated the artistes who received the awards on the evening.

The sabha's festival is on till Jan. 5, 2018
The schedule is here.

Photos by Smita Joshi
S. Mahathi receiving the Ísai Peroli award from Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former West Bengal Governor

Bhavya Ramachandran Balasubramaniam receiving the award Nadanamamani from Gopalkrishna Gandhi

S. Ravichandran, secretary, Brahma Gana Sabha receiving the award of Best Organiser from K.N. Ramaswamy, Direrctor, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai

Vignesh Ishwar being felicitated for the D.K. Pattammal award of Excellence by K.M. Narasimhan, President, Kartik Fine Arts 

Awardees with the guests of the evening

Gopalkrishna Gandhi delivering his address

K.N. Ramaswamy, director, BVB, Chennai addressing the audience

K.M.Narasimhan at the inaugural function of Kartik Fine Arts festival 2017

Dancer, writer Lakshmi Viswanathan felicitating the awardees

S. Mahathi presenting her award acceptance speech 

Bhavya Ramachandran Balasubramanian delivering her acceptance speech

December 01, 2017

Global Heritage Music Fest

Carnatica and Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha jointly present Global Heritage Music Fest from Dec. 12 to 26, 2017

Venue: Sri Sankara Vidhyashramam Mat. Hr. Sec. School auditorium, 3rd Main Road, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041

Concerts are open to rasikas.

The Schedule:
Dec. 12, 2017 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. - Carnatic Symphony by Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh with Sargam Choir trained by Dr. Sudha Raja and K. Sathyanarayana (Keyboard) and students of Radha Ramji's TKG Gurukulam
4.45 p.m. - Inauguration
5.15 p.m. - N. Ravikiran (Chitravina)
7.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)

Dec. 13, 2017 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m.- H. Rathna Prabha (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Sid Sriram (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 14, 2017 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - Ranjani Sivakumar (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Nagai Muralidharan & Nagai Sriram (Violin Duet)
7.00 p.m. - Shobana Bhalachandra's Tharanginee School of Bharatanatyam

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
3.15 p.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - V.V. Subramaniam (Violin) & V.V.S. Murari (Viola) & Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena)

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
2.00 p.m. - Ravi Sudarshan (Vocal)
3.15 p.m. - Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Saashwathi Prabhu (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - UAA presents YGEEM in Rahasyam Parama Rahasyam - Drama

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Sakthi Ravidharan (Vocal)
11.30 a.m. - Sarada Karthik (Vocal)
2.00 p.m. - Vaibhav Ramu (Keyboard)
3.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Balasubramanian (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
3.15 p.m. - Shruthi Raj (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Delhi Muthukumar (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Crazy Mohan & Maadhu Balaji in Return of Crazy Thieves by Crazy Mohan - Drama

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
3.15 p.m. - Nandhini Rao (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeramprsad & Ravikumar (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - TOM presents Madhuvanthi and Sureshwar in Thillalangadi Mohanambal, story dialogues - G. Radhakrishna - Drama

Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
3.15 p.m. - Prithi Narasimhan (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Nirmala Rajashekar (Veena0
7.00 p.m. - Sriram Parasuram & Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin Jugalbandhi

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
3.15 p.m. - Sharaddha Ganesh (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers - D Seshachari & D. Raghavachari (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
2.00 p.m. - Pavan Mani (Vocal)
3.15 p.m. - Maya Malavi (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - S. saketharaman (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal)

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival presents US Talents
2.00 p.m. - Rhea Rajesh (Vocal)
3.15 p.m. - Sai Sisters - Kiran & Nivi (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Sheela Unnikrishnan's Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents Shri Krishna Vaibhavam - Dance Drama

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Mayuri Vasan (Vocal)
11.30 p.m. - Sriranjani Darba (Vocal)
2.00 p.m. -Manasa Suresh (Vocal)
3.15 p.m. - Hrishikesh Balaji (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Stage Creations Kathadi Ramamurthy in Ninaipathellam Nadanthuvittal - Drama

Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
10.00 a.m.- Nayana Dutt - Bharatanatyam
11.30 a.m. - Purnima Sriraman's Sri Chandra Mudhra School of Bharatanatyam
2.00 p.m. - Shruthi Ramesh (Vocal)
3.15 p.m. - Pranav Kikkeri (Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - Mysoire Brothers M. Nagaraj & Dr. M. Manjunath (Violin Duet)
7.00 p.m. - Paattu Mandram - Bhakthiyum Ganamum Valara Kaaranam Carnataka Isaiye - Thirai Isaiye - Moderated by Subhashree Thanikachalam

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
2.00 p.m.- Shreyaa Srinivasan (Vocal)
3.15p.m. - Ida Balakrishna, Texas (Hindustani Vocal)
4.45 p.m. - V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
7.00 p.m. - Mayura Priya Craetion presentrs Vivahamalai.com by P. Muthukumaran - Drama


Chromepet Cultural Academy Music Festival

For the rasikas of Chromepet neighbourhood, the Margazhi music festival hosted by Chromepet Cultural Academy for the last 7 years has been a boon. This year the 7th edition of the music festival and the 5th edition of the dance festival will be on in Nov - Dec.

Venue: Kamakshi Kalyana Mandapam Hall, 3, Indiragandhi Cross Street, Radha Nagar, Chromepet, Chennai 600 044

The Schedule:

Dec. 2, 2017 - Saturday
5.15 p.m. -  S. Subramanian (Nadaswaram)
6.20 p.m. - Inauguration
6.30 p.m. - Rudrapatnam Brothers R.N. Thyagarajan & R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Vijay B. Natesan (Mridangam), Madipakkam Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 3, 2017 - Sunday
5.15 p.m. - V. Rukmini (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M.A. Sundaresan (Violin), S. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 4, 2017 - Monday
5.15 p.m. - Bhavan Sekar (Vocal), C.S. Chinmayi (Violin), Indhalur Adarsh (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal),V. Sanjeev (Violin), R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam),Nerkunam S. sankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 5, 2017 - Tuesday
5.15 p.m. - M.A. Abhinaya (Vocal), Sreelakshmi Bhat (Violin), Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - HeArtBeat Ensemble by Ghatam S. Karthick
Palakkad Sriram (Vocal, Flute, Keyboard), H.N. Bhaskar (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira), R. Raman (Morsing), N. Sundar (Tabla)

Dec. 6, 2017 - Wednesday
5.15 p.m. - Raam Manikandan (Vocal), Supraja V (Violin), Sabaressh G Srinivas (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal), Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Poongulam Subramaniyam (Mridangam), Adambakkam Shankar (Ghatam)

Dec. 7, 2017 - Thursday
5.15 p.m. - R. Bala Narasimhan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin),Melakkaveri Balaji (Mridangam), Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 9, 2017 - Saturday
6.45 p.m. - Thillalangadi Mohanambal - Drama. Madhuvanthi Arun in Maham Enterprises Comedy

Dec. 11, 2017 - Monday
6.20 p.m. - M.S. Subbulakshmi Portrait unveiling
7.00 p.m. - Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar (Flute), Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)

Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - Sahana Vasudevan (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)

Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam 2017

The 18th year Margazhi Utsavam of Jaya TV will be held from Dec. 1 to 15, 2017.

Venue: Kumararaja Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram School Campus, R.A. Puram, Chennai 600 028

The concerts are open to all. Seating is first come first served.

The Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

Dec. 2, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Sid Sriram (Vocal)

Dec. 3, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Dec. 4, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Sheik Mahaboob Subhani & Kalishbi Subhani (Nadaswaram)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal)

Dec. 5, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnakumar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Arun (Vocal)

Dec. 6, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar (Nama sankeerthanam)

Dec. 7, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Dr. B. Vijayagopal (Flute)
6.30 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari (Violin)

Dec. 8, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - S.Mahathi (Vocal)

Dec. 9, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Vishaka Hari (Harikatha)

Dec. 10, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Guru Kaaraikudi Mani (Laya Vinyasam)
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal)

Dec. 11, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena)
6.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya (Vocal)

Dec. 12, 2017
4.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - Ananya Ashok (Vocal)

Dec. 13, 2017
4.30 p.m. - R Surya Prakash (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - P.Unnikrishnan (Vocal)

Dec. 14, 2017
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman (Vocal)
6.30 p.m. - S. Shashank & Anil Srinivasan (Flute & Piano)

Dec. 15, 2017
4.30 p.m. - V.V. Prasanna
6.30 p.m. - Shobana Vignesh (Vocal)

November 29, 2017

Kartik Fine Arts - Art Festival 2017

The 43rd year of Art Festival of Kartik Fine Arts will be held from Dec. 1, 2017 to Jan. 5, 2018.

Donor passes available for programmes at Narada Gana Sabha Hall only (1-12-2017 to 13-12-2017) Contact: 9840358805.

Venue: Please refer the respective dates below:

Dec. 1, 2017 - Friday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration
7.15 p.m. - Bharathanatyam Dance Recital by Ramaa Adhithi Venkat (Disciple of S.K.Kameswaran and Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam) and Samyuktha Raman (Daughter and disp. of Ramaa Adhithi Venkat)

Dec. 2, 2017 - Saturday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  S. Mahathi (Vocal), Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Trichy Krishnaswamy (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents ‘Sri Krishna Vaibhavam’ A dance drama, Choreographed by Sheela Unnikrishnan

Dec.3, 2017 - Sunday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal), Akkarai Subhalakshmi (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Bharathanjali & Cleveland Aradhana presents Vijayayathe Gopala Chudamani - Music: Neyveli Santhanagopalan. Lyrics: P.R. Venkatasubramanian. Concept & Choreography: Anitha Guha

Dec. 4, 2017 - Monday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  Akkarai Sisters- Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar(Mridangam), Dr.S. Karthick (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar (Vocal), Embar S. Kannan (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 5, 2017 - Tuesday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), K. Arunprakash (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), B.Ganapathiraman (Mridangam), N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 6, 2017 - Wednesday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketha Raman (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. -  A. Kanyakumari & Party (Violin Duet)

Dec. 7, 2017 - Thursday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin),Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 8, 2017 - Friday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Nauka Charitram' by Dushyanth Sridhar (Katha), with Anahita and Apoorva (Vocal), K. Sayee Rakshith (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva (Vocal), R.K. Shriram Kumar (Violin), Trichy S. Sankaran (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 9, 2017 - Saturday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
6.00 p.m. - Aruna Sairam (Vocal), R.K. Shriram Kumar (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)

Dec. 10, 2017 - Sunday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam), Guru Prasanna (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal), R. Raghul  (Violin), Nanjil Arul (Mridangam), Alathur T. Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Dec. 11, 2017 - Monday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
6.30 p.m. - Dr.K.J. Yesudas (Vocal), S.R. Mahadeva Sharma (Violin), K.V. Prasad (Mridangam), Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2017 - Tuesday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin), Trichur R. Mohan (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal), B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin), Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam), R. Raman (Morsing)

Dec. 13, 2017 - Wednesday
Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish (Vocal), V. Sanjeev (Violin), Poongulam S. Subramaniam (Mridangam), B. Sreesundar Kumar (Kanjira)
6.45 p.m -  'Muktha Ramana' – A Dance Production by Dr. Ambika Kameshwar with Artistes of RASA Chennai & RMCL Bengaluru

Dec. 14, 2017 - Thursday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. -  Mandolin Sisters Sreesha & Sreeusha (Mandolin), Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayan (Mridangam), Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Balsubramaniam (Vocal), T. Kishore (Violin), Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Shiva Ramamurthy (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - H. Rathnaprabha (Vocal), C. Srinivasamurthy (Violin), Thiruvidaimarudur S. Sankaran (Mridangam), Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Vasumathi Desikan (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), M.S. Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam),  B. Subbarao (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)
7.15 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), M. Chandrasekaran (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Ravi Balasubramanian (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - J.B. Keerthana (Vocal) & J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), R. Raghul (Violin), Uzhavur P.K. Babu (Mridangam), S. Harihara
Subramaniam (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Sri Varalakshmi (Keyboard), G. Sureshkumar (Violin), Pappu Satyadev (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Swetha Balasubramaniam (Vocal), Thirucherai Karthik (Violin), B. Saishankar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - N.J. Nandhini (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shuba Ganesan (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal), Dr.R. Hemalatha (Violin), Melakkaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), Madipakkam A. Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 am - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), Vittal Rangan (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam), D.V. Venkatasubramaniam (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. - Swetha & Ramya (Vocal), Swetha Anadasivan (Violin), Arvind Kaushik (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - S. Dharini (Vocal), V. Deepika (Violin), B. Saishankar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Subhasri Ramachandran (Vocal), H.V. Raghuram (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), H. Sivarama Krishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam), G. Ravichandran (ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  Archana Narayanamurthy (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala and disciples present  'Arthanari'. Music : Rajkumar Bharathi

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - R. Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal), Apoorva Krishnan (Violin),  Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. - Soundarya Chandrasekar (Vocal), Akilesh Chandrasekar (Violin), Aduthurai Guruprasad (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Sruthi Sarathy (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagam (Vocal), Sahana Vasudevan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam), P. Giridhar Prasad (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan (Vocal), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridanagam), . Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Bharathanatyam Group dance. Composers Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan
& Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi. Choreographer Sangeetha Isvaran.
7.30 p.m. - Rama Vaidyanathan (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridanagam), S. Venkataramanan (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. - Aditya Madhavan (Vocal), M. Sri ramya (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  M. Raginisri (Vocal), Mysore V. Sangeetha (Violin), R. Ramkumar (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Nama Mahima -  Thematic Concert by Dr. N. Bhairavi (Vocal), S.P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Kallidaikuruchi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Raja (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Dr. Subashini Parthasarathy (Vocal), Kalpana Kishore (Violin), J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Shashank (Flute) & U. Rajesh (Mandolin), Guru Kaaraikudi Mani (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Samyuktha Ranganathan (Vocal), Thirumarugal Dineshkumar (Violin), R. Akshay Ram (Mridangam), Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. -  Anirudh Venkatesh (Vocal), T.V. Sukanya (Violin), Srikar Chittari (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - K. Dharini (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Akshay Anantha padmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Delhi V. Muthukumar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), Srirangam S. Kannan (Morsing)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), R.K. Shriram Kumar (Violin), Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam), Giridhar Udupa (Kanjira)

Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - S.M.Vilasini (Vocal), Bombay V.Anand (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam), Manikandan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m - Madhu Iyer (Vocal), Kumbakodu Rajesh (Violin), Prasanna Venkatesh (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan (Vocal), Durai Srinivasan (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Kovai S. Chandran (Violin), Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan (Mridangam), N. Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - P.V. Parameswaran (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), K.R. Ganesh (Mridangam), K.V.R.S. Mani (Kanjira)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam) (ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam), G. Harihara Sharma (Kanjira)

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Kalyanapuram Arvind (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. - R. Kalpalathika (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), Trivandrum Hariharan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan (Vocal), Chidambaram G. Badrinath (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam), S. Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
4.30 p.m - Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), N.C. Bharatwaj (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal), H.M. Smitha (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama (Vocal), M.S.N. Murthy (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), S. Krishna (Ghatam)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Deepika Varadarajan (Vocal),  M. Vijay Ganesh (Violin),  J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam),  Nerkunam Shankar (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. -  N.S. Kamakshi –  Thirumarugal Ganeshkumar (Violin), Ashwin Ramaswamy (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  M. Roopa Shastri (Vocal),  Srividya R.S. Iyer (Violin), Umaiyalpuram V. Kalyanaraman (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. -  D.B. Ashwin  (Vocal), Nishant Chandran (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  Shankar Ramani (Vocal),  Charulatha Ramanujam  (Violin), Vijay Ganesh (Mridangam),  S. Venkataramanan (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
5.00 p.m. -  Inauguration of Natyadarshan – Dance Seminar – Presentation of Madura Kala Mani Award
Instituted in memory of Vidwan Madurai Sri N. Krishnan by Mrs G.V. Aparna to Sheela Unnikrishnan. Lifetime achievement award to Mr. Ramli Ibrahim
Nrityajyoti Award of Excellence in Bharatanatyam to Sulakshna Jayaram. Conferment of Natya Chudar title on Ms. K.R. Manasvini
6.00 p.m. -  Dance Performance
07.00 p.m. -  Dance Performance

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
8.00 a.m. - Harinama Sankeerthanam by Kumbakonam by Anantharama Bhagavathar
10.00 a.m. - Anahitha & Apoorva (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Manikandan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Bhavana Iyer (Vocal), Dr. Harini Srivatsa (Violin), Mannargudi V. Sreyas (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Lavanya Sundararaman (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Thanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mridangam),  K.R. Sivaramakrishna (Ghatam)
4.30 p.m. -  Calcutta K. Srividhya (Vocal),  V.V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Kallidaikurichi S. Shivakumar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. -  Thiruvidaimarudur Radhakrishnan (Vocal), V.L. Sudarsan (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam), Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - 01.00 p.m.  -  Natyadarshan Dance Seminar -  Lecture Demonstrations
Evening  Natyadarshan Dance Seminar Performances

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
8.00 a.m. - Harinama Sankeerthanam by Kumbakonam  Anantharama Bhagavathar
10.00 a.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), B. Sivaraman (Mridangam),  G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Sindhuja (Vocal),  T. Kishore (Violin), G. Prithvi Raj (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  V. Venkata Nagarajan (Vocal), K. Sai Rakshith (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. -  Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal), R. Raghul  (Violin), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -   Dr. R. Ganesh (Vocal), Bharathi Gopalakrishnan (Violin), K.R. Ganesh (Mridangam), Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
10.00 am 1.00 p.m.  - Natyadarshan Dance Seminar -  Lecture Demonstrations
Evening Natyadarshan Dance Seminar Performances

Dec.25, 2017 - Monday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - N. Harish (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramaniam (Violin),  Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), K. Sai Natarajan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  S.K. Mahathi (Vocal), C.K. Vijayaraghavan (Violin), Vignesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. -  V. Shankaranarayanan (Vocal),  V. Sanjeev (Violin), Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam),  D.V. Venkatasubramanian (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  R. Surya Prakash (Vocal), Durai Balasubramaniam (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Trivandrum Rajagopal (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Mathioli Book Release function
3.00 p.m. -  Sudha V. Lakxmi (Bharathanatyam)
4.30 p.m. -  Sangita Vasudevan (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. -  Sailaja (Kuchipudi)
7.30 p.m. -  Chitra Visweswaran presents her Chidambaram Dance Company in ‘Anubhuti The Ultimate Experience’. Dancers : Vidya Anand, Uma Nambudripad Sathyanarayanan, Jai Quehaeni, Sharmada Viswanath, Sneha Chakrapani & Sanatkumar.

Dec.26, 2017 - Tuesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (Vocal), R. Raghul (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. -  Archana & Aarathi (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Gomathi Shankar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Karthik Raju (Vocal), Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Sriram Srinivasan (Mridangam)
4.30 p.m. -  S.R. Mahadeva Sharma & S.R. Rajasree (Violin Duet), Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  Iyer Brothers Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer (Veena Duet),  Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Swetha Prachande (Bharathanatyam)
5.45 p.m. -  22nd Tamil Isai Vizha Inauguration
7.15 p.m. -   Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal), Kumbakonam M.R.Gopinath (Violin), N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam), S. Sunil Kumar

Dec. 27, 2017 - Wednesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Girija Shankar (Vocal),  B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin),  S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Veena Venkataramani (Veena), Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam), K. Ranganathan (Ghatam)
02.00 p.m. -  Shraddha Mohan (Vocal), Sudha R.S. Iyer (Violin), N.C. Bharathwaj (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  K. Sathyanarayana (Keyboard), K.Sai Rakshith (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam), Naveen Kumar (Tabla)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram & party (TAMIL ISAI)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
3.00 p.m. -  Shreya Iyer (Bharathanatyam)
4.30 p.m. -  Presentation of ‘TRISHAKTHI’ by Vanishree Ravishankar & Padmaja Suresh and group
6.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam and her disciples (Bharatanrityam)

Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m.  - Subhiksha Rangarajan (Vocal), Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Trivandrum Balaji (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)
12.15 p.m. -  Sreyas Sridhar (Flute), Mullaivasal  G. Chandramouli (Violin), G. Harihara Sharma (Mridangam), B. Subba Rao (Ghatam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)
2.00 p.m. -  Balu Masti (Veena), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), N. Rajaraman (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam),  H. Prasanna (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. -  Prema Rangarajan (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
3.00 p.m. -  Mahalakshmi Aswin of Tapas (Bharathanatyam)
4.30 p.m. -  Shamugasundram (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. -  "Beyond the Obvious" The Story of Warrior and Princess, an Unique dance presentation of Kalari and Gatka by Vyshanavie Sainath & Amrender Singh
7.30 p.m. -  Priyadarshini Govind (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall 
10.00 a.m. - Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Sruthi Sarathy (Violin), K.H. Vineeth (Mridangam),  K.R. Sivaramakrishna (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Guhan Venkataraman (Veena), Nagai Narayanan (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. -  Sahana Samraj (Vocal), Srividya R.S. Iyer (Violin), Srivanchiam Sriram (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), K. Sai Giridhar (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. -  Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin Solo), Neyveli Ramkumar (Mridangam), N. Sundar (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
3.00 p.m. -  Varsha (Bharathanatyam)
4.30 p.m. -  Hema Nandhini (Bharathanatyam)
5.45 p.m. -  Bala Devi Chandrashekar "Brihadeeswara - form to formless’ thru the eyes of a Devaradiyal" (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - A tribute to Dr. Balamuralikrishna (Compositions of Dr. Balamuralikrishna) by Shobana (Bharathanatyam)

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall
10.00 a.m. - Kruthi Bhat (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Vocal), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Sahana Prasanna (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), T. Karthik (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. – Aishwarya and Soundarya (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Arjun Raghavan (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Dr. Krishnakumar (Vocal), V.L. Kumar (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam), S. Venkatramanan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Savitha Sriram (Abhang), Anaiampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
3.00 p.m. -  K.R. Manasvini (Bharathanatyam)
4.30 p.m. -  Archana Nagesh (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. -  Mythili Prakash (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Pallavi Krishnan (Mohiniattam)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - NRI Concerts
10.00 a.m. - Sharanya Sriram (Vocal), Thirucherai Kartik (Violin), Nikshith T. Puttur (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Akshay Sridhar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), Guru Arvind (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. -  Govinda Kakulapathi (Vocal), M. Sriramya (Violin), D.V. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
2.30 p.m. -  Sarada Karthik (Vocal),  C.V. Krishna Subramaniam (Violin), Sivagangai Vishwak (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Shreya Devnath (Violin), Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam), H. Sivaramakrishnan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. -  Sherthalai Dr. K.N. Ranganatha Sharma (Vocal), S. Varadharajan (Violin), Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Vellattanjoor Sreejith (Ghatam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
3.00 p.m. - Thematic presentation "Thyagaraja Vaibhavam" by Sudha Vijayakumar and students
4.30 p.m. -  Srichitra Madhavan (Bharathanatyam)
6.00 p.m. -  Sulakshana Jayaram (Bharathanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Leela Samson (Bharathanatyam)

Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - NRI Concerts
10.00 a.m. - Aparna Balaji (Vocal), Delhi R. Sridhar (Violin), Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan (Violin), R. Gokulakrishnan (Violin), Rohit Ashok (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. -  Jahnavi Murali (Vocal),  C.S. Chinmayi  (Violin), Jayendra Kumar (Mridangam)
2.30 p.m. -  R. Rathipriya (Vocal), Bhargav Vignesh (Violin), Sivagangai K. Vishvak (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall (2nd Floor)
Tamil Isai Vizha
4.30 p.m. -  Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal), Pakala Ramadas (Violin), A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam), A.S. Krishnan (Morsing)
6.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone),  A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Triplicane K. Sekar (Thavil), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), B. Rajasekar (Morsing)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  "Chidambara Kuravanji" dance by Padmalaksshme Suresh and disciples
6.00 p.m. -  Bhavya Ramachandran .T (Balasubramanian) (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Nithya Kalyani (Bharatanatyam)

Dec. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall 
10.00 a.m. - Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin Solo), Sannath Parameswaran (Mridangam)
11.30 a.m. – V. Kripaa Lakshmi (Vocal), Mithuran Manoharan (Violin), Akshay Venkatesh (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. -  S. Adithya Narayanan (Vocal),  Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam)
2.30 p.m. -  Manasa Suresh (Vocal), Meera Sundar (Violin), K.S. Ramakrishnan (Mridangam)

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Preethi Ramaprasad (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Jyotsna Jagannathan (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Navya Natarajan (Bharatanatyam)

Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - "Sri Krishna" dance drama by Balagurunathan and disciples
6.00 p.m. - Kavitha Ramu (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - Usha Suresh Balaje(Mohiniattam)

Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. -  Dakshayani Ramachandran's Nrithyaarpuna presents "Hari smaranam"
6.00 p.m. - Aswini Viswanathan (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. -  Thematic Production COLOURS by Padmini Krishnamurthy & Shivani Krishnamurthy

Jan. 5, 2018 - Friday
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - J. Surya Narayana Murthy (Bharatanatyam)
6.00 p.m. - Lavanya Ananth (Bharatanatyam)
7.30 p.m. - Krithika Subrahmanian (Bharatanatyam)


Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha Isai Iyal Nataka Vizha 2017

Another long 'season' of music, dance and drama, is hosted by Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha in T. Nagar.

The concerts other than the ones at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. are open to all. Tickets for the evening concerts and season tickets are available at the venue.

Venue: Vani Mahal, 103, G.N. Chetty Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017

The Schedule:

Dec. 10, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - S.M.Vilasini (Vocal), Villivakkam Raghuraman (Violin), R.Ramkumar (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - Sudarsan Ravi (Vocal), Chimayi (Violin), Malladi Sivanand (Mridangam),
2.15 p.m. - Vidhya Raghavan (Vocal), Sruti Sarathy (Violin), Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), M.Vijay (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr.S.Sankar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal), V.V.Srinivasa Rao (Violin), Thanjavur Muruga Bhoopathy (Mridangam), H.Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec.11, 2017 - Monday
1.00 p.m. - Hari Agnisarman Kappiyoor (Vocal), M.Shrikanth (Violin), Kiran R.Pai (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Rajeswary Shankar (Vocal), C.N.Srinivasamurthy (Violin), Uzhavoor P.K.Babu (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Brinda Manikavasakan (Vocal), Melakaveri K.Thyagarajan (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), i G.Harihara Sharma (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh (Vocal), Dr.M.Narmada (Violin), B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), Trichy K.Murali (Ghatam)

Dec.12, 2017 - Tuesday
1.00 p.m. - Sandhya Ramaswamy (Vocal), Poorna Prajna (Violin), R.Rajesh (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - T.Kalaimagan (Vocal), M.Shrikanth (Violin), Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal), R.Raghul (Violin), N.C.Bhardwaj (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sahrma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C.Gurucharan (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), K.V.Prasad (Mridangam), G.Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

Dec.13, 2017 - Wednesday
1.00 p.m. - Janani Iyer (Vocal), K.Ganesan (Violin), Mannargudi V.Shreyas (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - K.Ranga (Vocal), Thirucherai Karthick (Violin), Akshy Ram (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Ragam Sisters - V.Sivaranjani & V.Nalinakanthi (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Hanumanthapuram J.Bhuvarahan (Mridangam), Giridhara Prasad (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - N Vijay Siva (Vocal), Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin), N.C.Bhardwaj (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya(Kanjira)

Dec.14, 2017 - Thursday
1.00 p.m. - Krupaa Lakshmi (Vocal), C.Visvesh (Violin), Vignesh Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Uma Money (Vocal), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R.Jayakumar (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Jayashri Vaidhyanathan (Vocal), Karaikal S.Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Manikkudi S.Chandrasekaran (Mridangam), N.Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Ramakrishnan murthy (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), Anantha R.Krishnan (Mridangam), V.Suresh (Ghatam)

Dec. 15, 2017 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Dr.Padma Sugavanam (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), B.Ganapathyraman (Mridangam), H.Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Namagirpettai Gokulakrishnan (Vocal), Sharadha Krishnan (Violin), P. Balaji Sankaran (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - J.Sathya Sriram (Vocal), Thirumarugal Ganesh Kumar (Violin), Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Vani Ramamurthy (Vocal), Shiva Ramamurthy (Violin), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam), Harihara Subramanian (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna (Vocal), B.U.Ganesh Prasad (Violin), R.Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), B Shree Sundar Kumar (Ghatam)

Dec. 16, 2017 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. -  Anjana Thirumalai (Vocal), Thirumarugal S.Dinesh Kumar (Violin), Nellai V.Sreekrishnan (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - Arjun Sambasivam & R.Narayanan (Key Board), Nagarkoil  Anand (Violin), Gomathi Shankar (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Students of Vani Sangeetha Gurukulam (Vocal), Parur M.K.Ananthalakshmi (Violin), R.Aravind Srikanth (Mridangam), Hari Kishore (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. R.Ganesh (Vocal), Pudukottai R.Ambika Prasad (Violin), Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam), Nanganallur S.Swaminathan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), V.V.Ramanamurthy (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - 'Sthree Thall Tharang' present  'Laya Raga Samarpanam' by Ghata Tharang Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam & Konnakol), J.Yogavandana (Veena), Soumya Ramachandran (Violin), Ranjani Venkatesh (Mridangam), Bhagyalakshmi M.Krishna (Morsing)
1.00 p.m. - Adithya Madhavan (Vocal), Haritha Narayanan (Violin), Hari Iyer (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Anahitaha &.Apoorva (Vocal), Shreya Devnath (Violin), Burra Sriram (Mridangam), Harihara Sharma (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - UP Raju & Nagamani (Mandolin Duet), Ravichandhira OAM (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayathri (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), N Manoj Siva (Mridangam), Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Dec. 18, 2017 - Monday
1.00 p.m. - S.Ramkumar (Veena), Prasanna Venkatesh (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Sharnya Sriram (Vocal), Chaidambaram G.Badrinath (Violin), Srivanchiam R.Sriram (Mridangam), Chidambaram D.Srikanth (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran (Vocal), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Akshay Ananthapdmanabhan (Mridangam), G.Ravichandran (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Abishek Raghuram (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin), Anantha R.Krishnan (Mridangam), Shree Sundar Kumar B (Kanjira)

Dec. 19, 2017 - Tuesday
1.00 p.m. - Ameya Karthikeyan (Vocal), Aparna Thyagarajan (Violin), Jeyndra Kumar (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Shruti S.Bhat (Vocal), V.Deepika (Violin), Gomathi Sankar (Mridangam), Vasisht (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Chitra Poornima Satish (Vocal), Sharaddha Ravindran (Violin), Sumesh Narayanan (Mridangam), H.Prasanna (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal), H.N.Bhaskar (Violin),Trichur R.Mohan (Mridangam), S.Venkataramanan (Kanjira)

Dec. 20, 2017 - Wednesday
1.00 p.m. - Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin Solo), Aditya Srinivasan (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Ramnath Venkat Bhagavath (Vocal), T.V. Sukanya (Violin), Madurai B.Sundar (Mridangam), Trivandrum N.Hariharan (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violin Solo), Melakkaveri K.Balaji (Mridangam), N.Rajaraman (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - O.S.Arun (Vocal), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Sherthalai R.Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam)

Dec. 21, 2017 - Thursday
1.00 p.m. - Ms. Veena Venkataramani (Veena), B.S.Prashanth (Mridangam), K.R.Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira)
2.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguruparan (Vocal), Pappu Gyandev (Violin), Sai Nivaeithan Ravichandhira(Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas (Vocal), Nishanth Chandran (Violin), Arjun Ganesh S.J. (Mridangam), A.S.Krishnan (Morsing)
6.30 p.m. - S.Mahathi (Vocal), K.J.Dileep (Violin), Delhi Sairam (Mridangam), K.V.Gopalakrishnana (Kanjira)

Dec. 22, 2017 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - S.Srivatson (Vocal), G.Raghavendra Prasad (Violin), L.Subramanian (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - Karthick Raju (Vocal), Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), Sriram Srinivasan(Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal), Anuthama Murali (Violin), Sreenath Vishwanath (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja (Vocal), M.Rajeev (Violin), Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Mridangam), Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subramanian (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin),Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Perkavu P.L.Sudheer (Ghatam)

Dec. 23, 2017 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - Bargav S.Hariharan (Vocal), Kovai Chandran (Violin), M.S.Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam),  D.V.Venkatasubramanian (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Rangan Brothers- Raghuver & Narayan (Vocal), Tejas Srinivasan (Violin), Srikar Chittari (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Nishanth Thiagarajan (Vocal), Tumkur Bhargav (Violin), Arjun Narayanan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J..Yesudas (Vocal), S.R.Mahadeva Sarma (Violin), Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam), Vaikom  Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

Dec. 24, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Neyveli Radhakrishnan (Double Violin)
1.00 p.m. - Master U. Jaya Vignesh (Mandolin), Sai Sarangan Ravichandira (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramdas (Vocal), Delhi R.Sridhar (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - V.Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), V.V.Ravi (Violin), Sherthalai R.Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam), Papanasam S.Sethuraman (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - S.Saketharaman (Vocal), Chrumathi Raghuraman (Violin), Neyveli R.Narayanan (Mridangam), V.Suresh(Ghatam)

Dec. 25, 2017 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonnstration on composition of Thyagaraja by Gayathri Girish
1.00 p.m. - Sai Sisters - Saikiran & Sai Nivedita (Vocal), Pavani Anupindi (Violin), Mysore L.Vadiraj (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Amrutha Ranjani (Vocal)
4.00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram S.Aravind (Vocal), Anayampatti S.Venkatasubramanian (Violin), K.H.Vineeth (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr.S.Sankar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya (Vocal), M.A.Krishnaswamy (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

Dec. 26, 2017 - Tuesday
10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on Namasankeerthan by Srimushna SriV.Raja Rao, S.Janakirama Bhagavathar, Sengottai Hariharasubramanian
1.00 p.m. - Hrishikesh Chari &Priyanka Chari (Veena Duet), Vikram Bharathi (Mridangam), Bharat Namboodri (Ghatam)
2.15 p.m. - Charnya Man Aditya (Vocal), Sahana Vasudevan (Violin), Sai Sarangan Ravichandhira (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Jayashri Jayaramakrishnan (Vocal), R.Kailasam (Violin),Thillaisthanam R.Suryanarayanan (Mridangam), N.Narasimhan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan (Vocal), B.U.Ganesh Prasad (Violin), Thiruvarur Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam), N.Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Dec. 27,  2017 - Wednesday
10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on composition of Muthuswamy Dikishitar by R.K.Shriramkumar
1.00 p.m. - Soundarya Chandrasekar (Vocal), Akilesh Chandrasekar (Violin), Sreyas Ramaswamy (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Sahana Samraj (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha Dileep (Violin), Sreeduth S.Pillai (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Satya (Vocal), Dr. M.Narmada (Violin), Arjun Ganesh S.J (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Upanyasam on Sri Raghavendra Vaibhavam by Visaka Hari, Trivandrum Sampath (Violin), Mudikondan S Ramesh (Veena), Vijay Natesan (Mridangam), Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)

Dec. 28, 2017 - Thursday
10.00 a.m. - Lecture Demonstration on A Comparative study between the kritis of Thyagaraj, Dikshitar and Shyama Sastri by  Sriram Parasuram
1.00 p.m. - K N Purushotham & Unnapakkam D Ayyapan (Nadasvaram), Sivanvayil S M Rajarattinam (Tavil), Tirunindravur S Vel (Tavil)
2.15 p.m. - Gayathri Govindarajan  & Ajay (Veena), Rohit Prasad (Mridangam), Ganapathy (Ghatam)
4.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal), R.Raghul (Violin), R.Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr. Sankar (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal), M.A.Sundareswaran (Violin), Tumkur B.Ravishankar (Mridangam), Trichy K.Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 29, 2017 - Friday
10.00 a.m. - Life History of Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar by Sri V.Sreeram
1.00 p.m. - Sakthi Ravitharan (Vocal), Srinath Kidambi (Violin), Santhosh Ravibharathy (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Aravind Sridhar (Vocal), Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin), B.S.Prashanth (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - A.Narayanan (Vocal), Sriram Sridhar (Violin), N.S.Kalyanaramn (Mridangam), Nanganallur Swamianthan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - U.Rajesh (Mandolin), Aridwaramangalam Dr. A.K.Palanivel (Spl. Thavil), V.V.Srinivasa Rao (Violin), B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira), Praveen Narayanan (Tabla)

Dec. 30, 2017 - Saturday
10.00 a.m. - S.J.Jananiy (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), A.V.Manikandan (Mridangam), N.Rajaraman (Ghatam)
1.00 p.m. - Shwetha & Ramya (Vocal), Supraja Venkataraman (Violin), Pappu Satya Jeyadev (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Mathangi Rudhrakumar (Vocal), Malani Chandrasekara Sharma (Violin), Prasanaramapuram R.Raghunathan (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Sruthi Sagar & J.B. Keerthana (Flute & Vocal), Karaikkal S.Venkatasubramanian (Violin), Kumbakonam Swaminathan (Mridangam)
6.30 p.m. - Gayathriri ri Venkataraghavan (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth (Violin), Neyveli Skanda Subramanian (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Dec. 31, 2017 - Sunday
10.00 a.m. - Venkata Nagarajan (Vocal), V.S.Gokul (Violin), B.SaiSankar (Mridangam)
1.00 p.m. - Chinmayi (Vocal), Virroshi Sriganesh (Violin), B.Raj Nivas (Mridangam),
2.15 p.m. - Maya & Malavi (Vocal), Mysore Sangeetha Dileep (Violin), Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Vishwanthan (Vocal), Chidambaram Badrinath (Violin), Tanjore Kumar (Mridangam), S.Venkataramanan (Kanjira)
6.30 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone), A. Kanyakumari (Violin), Triplicane K.Sekar (Spl.Thavil), Rajendra Nakod (Tabla), B.Rajasekar (Morsing)

Jan. 1, 2018 - Monday
10.00 a.m. - 'Ghatam' Karthick's Heartbeat Ensemble. Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam, Konnakol and Vocal), U.P.Raju (Mandolin), Kumbakonam M.R.Gopinath (Violin), Palakkad K.L.Sreeram (Flute, Keyboard and Vocal),Triplicane K.Sekar (Thavil), R.Yogaraja (DinoCajon and Ganjira Drum), Sarvesh Karthick (Mrudangam, Cajon and Handsonic)
1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Priya (Vocal), Abhishek Balakrishnan (Violin), Sivagangai K.Viswak (Mridangam)
2.15 p.m. - Nithyasri (Veena), Pappu Satya Jeyadev (Mridangam), Krishnapriya (Kanjira)
4.00 p.m. - Dr. M.Narmada (Violin Solo), Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam), H.Prasanna (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha (Vocal), L.Ramakrishnan (Violin), Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam), Gridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

Jan. 2, 2018 - Tuesday
1.00 p.m. - Cuddalore Vasudevan & Kariyamputhur K R Sundaramurthy (Nadasvaram), Cuddalore M P Ramadas (Tavil), Tindivanam T N Saravanan (Tavil)
2.15 p.m. - M.V.S.Nisha (Vocal), Sayee Rakshith (Violin), J.Aravind (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - Essentailly Divine Music concert by Saashwathi Prabhu (Vocal), Vijay Ganesh (Violin), Arjun Ganesh S.J (Mridangam), N.Sundar (Tabla)
6.30 p.m. - A.Kanyakumari & L. Ramakrishnan (Violin), Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam)

Jan. 3, 2018 - Wednesday
1.00 p.m. Agaramthen A G Shanmugam & Orapakam T Manikandan (Nadasvaram), Nandambakkam H Dakshinamurthy (Tavil),Tirunirmalai B Mani (Tavil)
2.15 p.m. - Pooja Suresh & Supraja Suresh (Vocal), N.Madan Mohan (Violin), Hariharan Sundarraman (Mridangam)
4.00 p.m. - J.A Jayanth (Flute), Parur Ananthakrishnan (Violin), R.Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam), Chandrsekara Sharma (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Sangeerthana Kutcheri - K.N.Shashikiran & P.Ganesh with Sengottai Sri Harihara Subramanian V.V.S.Murari (Violin), Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy (Mridangam), Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Jan. 4, 2018 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. - Crazy Creations present Drama - Crazy Mohan & Maadhu Balaji

Jan. 5, 2018 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - U A A Prsents Y.GEE Mahendra in Ragasiyam Parama Ragasiyam - Drama

Jan. 6, 2018 - Saturday
6.30 p.m. -  Aruna Sairam (Vocal), Apoorva Krishna (Violin), Sai Giridhar (Mridangam), Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

Jan. 7, 2018 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Dummies Drama presents Drama

Jan. 8, 2018 - Monday
6.30 p.m. - Srekala Bharath - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 9, 2018 - Tuesday
6.30 p.m. - Diksha Reddy (Kuchipudi)

Jan. 10, 2018 - Wednesday 
6.30 p.m. -

Jan.11, 2018 - Thursday
6.30 p.m. -

Jan.12, 2018 - Friday
6.30 p.m. - Urmila Satyanarayanan & the Natya Sankalpaa ensemble present SABHA PATHY - Dance Drama

Jan. 13, 2018 - Saturday
6.30 p.m. - Roja Kannan & Disciples present 'Mummoorthigalin Manikkangal' - Programme based on kirtanams of the Trinity

Jan. 14, 2018 - Sunday
6.30 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents SIVAMAYAM. Concept & Choreography - Sheela Unnikrishnan