December 21, 2019

Celebrating instrumental music

South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur hosts a series of instrumental music concerts,  Bharatheeya Shasthreeya Vaadyotsav from Dec. 22 to 29, 2019 in Chennai. The festival is dedicated to Saxophone maestro Kadri Gopalnath.

Venue: Youth Hostel Auditorium, Indira Nagar 2nd Avenue, Adyar, Chennai 600020

Senior Carnatic and Hindustani musicians are scheduled to perform at this festival.
Admission free.








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December 11, 2019

Chennai Metro Rail celebrates Music season

It's music season in Chennai and Chennai Metro Rail joins the celebration. It offers 50% discounted fare on Sundays and National holidays.

It hosts Metro Music Edit and invites performers of various genres to participate in it. Chennai Metro Rail has tweeted -








December 08, 2019

Sannidi Academy of Music and Arts

A two-day music festival is organised by Sannidhi Academy on Dec. 9 and 10, 2019. This is the ninth year of the festival.
Venue: Srinivasa Sastri Hall, Luz Church Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004

Admission is free to concerts.

Schedule:

Dec. 9, 2019
4.15 p.m. - S.Srivatsan – Vocal, Sayee Rakshit – Violin, Nanthesh Sivarajah - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan – Vocal, L.Ramakrishnan – Violin, Trivandrum Balaji – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 10, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Flute Brothers Herumb & Hemant – Flute Duet, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Muthu Subramanian – Mridangam. Manjeesh Mohan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Amritha Murali – Vocal, B.U.Ganesh Prasadh – Violin, T.R.Sundaresan – Mridangam, B.S.Purushotaman - Kanjira

December 06, 2019

Trinity Arts Festival 2019

Trinity Mirror and Makkal Kural newspapers organise a music and dance festival every year. This year the festival starts from Dec. 7 and goes on till Dec. 14, 2019.

Admission to the concerts and dance recitals is free.

Venue: Rasika Ranjani Sabha - Hall 2, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004




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Parampara December Concert Series III

Parampara organises its third series of concerts this season from Dec. 7 to 15, 2019

Venue: The Kalyana Nagar Association, West Circular Road, Mandavelipakkam, Chennai 600 028

Admission to concerts is free.

Schedule:

Dec. 7, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Deepika & Nandhika (Violin Duet), Shankara Prasad -Mridangam, H Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, Anuradha Sridhar - Violin, J. Vaidhyanathan Mridangam,  Ravichandran - Ghatam

Dec. 8, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Hamzini Vytheeswaran - Vocal, T. Kishore - Violin, Adarsh Devarajan - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - T. V. Ramprasad - Vocal, T K V Ramanujacharyalu - Violin, Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam,  B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 9, 2019
4.00 p.m. - S.V. Sahana - Veena, Gomathyshankar - Mridangam, D. V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Chaithrra Sairam -Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, Sunilkumar - Kanjira

Dec. 10, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Vishal Sapuram - Chitravina, Sruthi Sarathy - Violin, Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam, Alathur Raja Ganesh - Kanjira
6.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin,K V Prasad - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Bhargav  Hariharan - Vocal, M.K Ananthalakshmi - Violin, J.P.Suriya Nambisan - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, B Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Srividhya Janakiraman - Vocal,  Haritha Narayana - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Kollam Balamurali - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Trichy B Harikumar - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 13, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Anuvratha Narasimhan - Vocal, Nandhika Venkatraman - Violin, Sunaadha Krishna - Mridangam
6.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothri - Vocal, VV Ravi - Violin,  Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam, SV Ramani - Ghatam

Dec. 14. 2019
6.00 p.m. - Kruppalakshmi - Vocal, M A Krishnaswamy -  Violin, K V Prasad - Mridangam, Dr. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 15, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer - Veena Duet, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Adambakkam Sankar - Ghatam
6.00 p.m. - Ramya Kiranmayi Chaganti - Vocal, Pappu Gyandev - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mridagam, Sai Subramanian - Morsing



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December 05, 2019

Arts Festival at Music and Fine Arts University, Chennai

The Tamilnadu Dr J. Jayalalitha Music And Fine Arts University located in the Music College campus on Dr. DGS Dinakaran Salai (Greenways Road) is hosting an Arts Festival on Dec. 5, 6 and 9, 2019.

The theme of this year's festival is 'Baanigal matrum Patantharangal' (பாணிகள் மற்றும் பாடாந்தரங்கள்). Lecture-demonstrations and performances are planned for the three-day festival.


The festival was inaugurated on Dec. 5, 2019 morning. Talks and presentations by leading vidwans and academicians and a veena concert by B. Kannan was hosted by the university. Vidwans O.S. Thyagarajan, Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi, K.R.Ganesh, vidushis Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy, Dr. S. Sowmya, Dr. Rajashri Ramakrishna, Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi. Suguna Varadachari, Mala Swamy and dancers Srilatha Vinod and Lakshmi Ramaswamy were listed to present on Dec. 5, 2019.

Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy's session

Dr. S. Sowmya's lec-dem

On Dec. 6, 2019, the events begin with a presentation by the students of the University.Thirumarugal Dineshkumar, Dr. Abhiramasundari, Dr. Hemalatha, Iyer Sisters, Andalkovil A.V.S. Sivakumar, V.K. Arunkumar, Madan Kumar, Kandadevi Dr. S. Vijayaraghavan, Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan, Thirumarugal Brothers, Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan will present lecture-performances.

On Dec. 9, 2019, a session on art by Maniam Selvam, a talk on Therukoothu and Devarattam and a talk on Brodie Castle (the building in which the music college is located now) by V. Sriram are scheduled in the morning. Sessions on classical music in films with music and performance by leading artistes will be on from 2.30 p.m.

In the concluding sessions, Guru Kaaraikudi Mani & Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna will present 'Laya Himalaya',a discussion about UNESCO recognition for Chennai city for its music and a special nadaswaram concert by S. Kasim & S.Babu are listed.

The sessions are for students. But the university welcomes students, performers and rasikas for the sessions.




Perambur Sangeetha Sabha December 2019

One of the oldest sabhas in the city, Perambur Sangeetha Sabha is hosting a series of concerts during Dec. 2019.

Venue: Perambur Annadhana Samajam , No.3, Meenakshi Street, Perambur, Chennai 600 011.

Admission is free.

Schedule:

Dec. 7, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Ananya Ashok (Vocal), Shraddha Ravindran (Violin), Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam)

Dec. 9, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal), B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Nellai Balaji (Mridangam)

Dec. 10, 2019
6.45 p.m. - K.Giridharan (Vocal), S.P.Ananthapadmanabha (Violin), Aravind Srikanth Raja (Mridangam)

Dec. 11, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidynathan (Vocal), Meera Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam), Trichy Dr.K Murali (Ghatam)

Dec. 12, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi (Vocal), Karaikal S.Venkatasubramanian (Violin), M.S.Venkatasubramanian (Mridangam)

Dec. 13, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Bhavya Hari (Vocal), M.Shrikanth (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)

Dec. 14, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Sankaran Namboodiri (Vocal), Madurai M.Vijayaganesh (Violin), B.Guru Raghavendra (Mridangam), Papanasam Sethuraman (Kanjira)

Dec. 15, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Nagai Sriram (Violin), Chennai R.Thyagarajan (Mridangam), Nerkunam Dr.S.Shankar (Kanjira)

Dec. 17, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Vishruti Girish (Vocal), Usha Rajagopalan (Violin), Thirucherai Kaushik (Mridangam)

Dec. 18, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Kanchana Sisters - Shriranjani & Shruthiranjani (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), Akshay Ram (Mridangam)

Dec. 19, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Chaitrra Sairam (Vocal), Sai Rakshit (Violin), Delhi Sriram (Mridangam)

Dec. 21, 2019
6.45 p.m. - Sumitra Nitin (Vocal), Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin), Shertalai Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)




December 04, 2019

Music season reckoner for 2019

The much-awaited ready reckoner of all the concerts of December Music season for this year is now available. This handy small book is a concise calendar for the concert-goers.

The book has been a companion for rasikas for the past 3 decades. S. Kannan and his team begin their efforts by gathering the schedules from the organisers and loading them into a database from September / October every year. Supported by Nalli, the book is available for free.

This 264-page handbook contains a section of lec-dems this year that would interest those keen on the academic part of music.

The book is available at all Nalli outlets in T. Nagar, Adyar, Annanagar, Mylapore and Palam Silks, Mylapore.


December 03, 2019

Showcasing young artiste - online series

The Hindu, a leading newspaper which extensively covers the performing arts has come up with an online series to showcase the talent of young artistes. The newspaper has planned to publish online a month-long series with recordings of up and coming artistes.

The series is available at - https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/the-hindu-and-margazhi-web-series/article30175525.ece


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December 02, 2019

Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy Festival 2019

The 18th annual Fine Arts festival of Meenakshi Sundararajan Fine Arts Academy will be held from Dec. 4 to 22, 2019.

Venue: K.R.S. auditorium, Meenakshi Sundararajan College for Women, 363, Arcot Road, Kodambakkam, Chennai - 600 024

Admission to concerts is free.

Schedule:

Dec. 4, 2019
5.30 p.m. - Inauguration by Mr. Mangat Ram Sharma IAS, Principal Secretary to Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Dr. Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti presides. Dr. K.S. Lakshmi, Secretary Meenakshi College felicitates. Dr. S. Sowmya lights Kuthuvilakku.
6,00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya - Vocal

Dec. 5, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Shreya Kolathaya - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers - Sreekrishnamohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal

Dec. 6, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Swetha Balasubramanian - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Purnima Balasubramanian - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal

Dec. 7, 2019
11.30 a.m. - R. Shashank - Mandolin
2.30 p.m. - Students of Carnatic Life - Vocal. Guru Laksmi Manoj]
6.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal

Dec. 8, 2019
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal

Dec. 9, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Namagiripettai Gokulakrishnan - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal

Dec. 10, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Priya Krishnamurthy - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - M.R. Subramaniam - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy Vocal

Dec. 11, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Abhishek Ravishankar - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Anuradha Krishnamurthy - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal

Dec. 12, 2019
11.30 a.m. - N. Harish - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal

Dec. 13, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Mridula Anand - Bharatanatyam
2.30 p.m. - S. Varsha - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram - Vocal

Dec. 14, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Radha Parthasarathy - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Priyanka Raman - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal

Dec. 15, 2019
6.00 p.m. - Bharat Sundar - Vocal

Dec. 16, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Srividya Sridharakumar - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Usha Rajagopalan - Violin Solo
6.00 p.m. - Gayathri Krishnaveni Lakshmanan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 17, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Salem Sriram - Vocal
6.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duet

Dec. 18, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Divya Ananth - Vocal
2.30 Anuradha Brahmanandam - Violin Solo
6.00 p.m. - Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal

Dec. 19, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Shobana Swaminathan - Veena
2.30 p.m. - Sarayu Sai - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena

Dec. 20, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Apoorva Ramaseshan - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Bharathi Thirumagan - Sangeetha Upanyasam
6.00 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal

Dec. 21, 2019
11.30 a.m. - Nanditha Ravi - Vocal
2.30 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo
6.00 p.m. - Subhalakshmi Krishnamurthy - Vocal

Dec. 22, 2019
6.00 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Sangeetha Upanyasam



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Rasika Ranjani Sabha December Music Festival

A short music festival will be hosted by Rasika Ranjani Sabha from Dec. 1 to 6, 2019 followed by a drama festival.

Venue: Rasika Ranjani Sabha, 30/1, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004

Admission free.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Savitha Sriram - Vocal, S.P.Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, B. Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Madurai G.S.Mani - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Akshay Anantapadmanabhan - Mridangam

Dec. 2, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Supraja Venkat - Vocal, Madurai Kishore - Violin, Kumbakonam S. Aravind Subramaniam - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan - Vocal, Chidambaram Badrinath - Violin,Vijay Natesan - Mridangam

Dec. 3, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Maalavika Sundar - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin,Sai Raghavan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Seetha Rajan - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 4, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Kavitha Devarajan & Srilatha Renjith - Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer - Violin, Nikshit Puttur - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh - Vocal, Delhi Sunderrajan - Violin, Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam

Dec. 5, 2019
4.30p.m. - SreeVarsha Vasudevan - Vocal, S. Kedhar Vignesh - Violin, Vadavalli Sriram - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Nagai R.Muralidharan - Violin,Prof. Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar - Kanjira

Dec. 6, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran - Vocal, Sudha Iyer - Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam




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December 01, 2019

Rasika Ranjani Sabha - LecDems 2019

Venue: Rasika Ranjani Sabha, 30/1, Sundareswarar Street, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004

The sessions are open to all. Admission free.

Dec 08, 2019
9.30 a.m. - The Music of Dr. S. Ramanathan by Dr. S. Sowmya

Dec. 09, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Veena - History and techniques evolution by Dr R.S. Jayalakshmi

Dec. 10, 2019
9.30 a.m. - T.S. Balakrishna Sastrigal and his Thyagaraja Ramayana by Lalitharam Ramachandran

Dec. 11, 2019
9.30 a.m. - The tradition of Bhagavata Mela by Dr. Aravind T. Ranganathan

Dec. 12, 2019
9.30 a.m. -  Impact of the trinity on 20th Century composers by Gayathri Girish

Dec. 13, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Musical compositions of Haridasa of the 15th and 16th Centuries by Arati Rao

Dec. 14, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Baani of Pinakapani and Voleti by Malladi Suri Babu

Dec. 15, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Temple Worship and Temple as a representation of south Indian culture by Dr. B.M. Sundaram

Dec. 16, 2019
9.30 p.m. - Carnatic music - The way ahead - Panel discussion. Panelists: Dr. Radha Bhaskar, Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi, Neyveli Santhanagopalan
11.00 a.m. - Legacy concert series 1 Legacy of Pinakapani and Voleti by Malladi Suri Babu

Dec. 17, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Har Har Gange by Subramanian Chidambaram
11.00 a.m. - Legacy Concert Series 2 - Legacy of Flute Mali, Flute Ramani and Pandit Chourasia. Jugalbandhi by Prapancham Balachandran and Sameer Rao

Dec. 18, 2019
9.30 p.m. - Talk on Balamurali Krishna By Jayaprada
11.00 a.m. - Legacy Concert Series 3 - Legacy of Veena Dhanammal and Brinda-Mukta
Alamelu Mani - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam 2019

The 20th year of Jaya TV Margazhi Utsavam will be held from Dec. 1 to 15, 2019.

Venue: Kumararajah Muthiah Hall, Chettinad Vidyashram, R.A. Puram, Chennai 600 028.

Admission to concerts is free. Seating on first-come-first-served basis.

Excerpts of the concerts will be telecast on Jaya TV from Dec. 16, 2019 (Monday to Friday) at 8 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2019
3.05 p.m. - Pudhuvai Dr. V. Vinayagam & Party - Mangala Isai Nadaswaram
4.30p.m. - Suchithra Balasubramanian - Vocal. Theme: Konjum Salangai
6.30 p.m. - Shashank Subramanyam - Flue. Theme: Shiva

Dec. 2, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Dr. R.Ganesh - Vocal. Theme: Murugane Muthukumarane
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal. Theme: Devi Sthuthi

Dec. 3, 2019
4.30 p.m. - K. Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnakumar - Vocal. Theme: Sarvam Krishnamayam
6.30 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal. Theme: Thamizhukkum Amuthendru Per

Dec. 4, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi - Vocal. Theme: Namashivaya Vaazhga Naadanthazh Vaazhga
6.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidya - Veena. Theme: Classically devotional songs

Dec. 5, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal - Flute. Theme: Tamil Songs on Lord Rama
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal. Theme: Navaneetha Choraa

Dec. 6, 2019
4.30p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal. Theme: Aadum Deivam Arulvai
6.30p.m. - Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar - Namasankeerthanam. Desiya Orumaipadum Naama Sankeerthanamum

Dec. 7, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Saindhavi Prakash & Vinaya Karthik Rajan - Divine Reminiscence
6.30 p.m. - O.S.Arun - Vocal. Theme: Kanna Vaa

Dec. 8, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal. Theme: Kanna Vaa Manivanna Vaa
6.30 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Harikatha.Navarasa Ramayanam

Dec. 9, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal.Theme: Thillai Natarajan
6.30 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal. Theme: Kshetram

Dec. 10, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi - Vocal. Theme: Tri Shakthi
6.30 p.m. - A.Kanyakumari - Violin. Theme: Voice of Strings

Dec. 11, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Dushyanth Sridhar - Harikatha
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S.Sowmya - Vocal. Theme: Krishna Leelai

Dec. 12, 2019
4.30 p.m. - U. Rajesh - Mandolin. The trance of Mandolin
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal. Theme: Azhagan Murugan

Dec. 13, 2019
4.30 p.m. - V.V. Prasanna - Bhakthi Sangeetham
6.30 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal. Theme: Oothukadu Venkatakavi

Dec. 14, 2019
4.30 p.m. - Guru Kaaraikudi Mani - Ensemble. Theme: Bhairavi
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sreeramprasad & Ravikumar - Vocal. Theme: Thyagaraja Utsava Sampradaya Kritis

Dec. 15, 2019
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman - Vocal. Theme: Madurai Somu 100
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Shobana Vignesh - Vocal. Theme: Siva Sakthi




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November 30, 2019

Narada Gana Sabha - Pre Festival Concerts 2019

A series of Pre-Festival concerts are hosted by Narada Gana Sabha from Dec. 1 to 12, 2019.

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, 314, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018

Admission to the concerts is free. Seating on first-come-first-served basis. Right of admission reserved.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2019
4.15 p.m. - G. Ramanathan - Saxophone. Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Triplicane Sekar - Tavil, S. Sunilkumar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & Nandini - Violin Duet, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 2, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Dr. Duddu Radhika - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Madipakkam Suresh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Mala Swamy (Mohan) - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam

Dec. 3, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Gayathri Satya - Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin, S,J, Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - C.S. Sajeev - Vocal, M. Chandrasekar - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 4, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Rajeswary Shankar - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Srivani Yella - Veena, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam

Dec. 5, 2019
4.15 p.m. - T. Kalaimagan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Kiran R. Pai - Mridangam, Subbu Rao - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Charumathi Raghuram - Violin Solo, Delhi Sairam - mridangam, Krishna Sairam - Ghatam

Dec. 6, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidyasankar - Vocal, Melakaveri Thiyagarajan - Violin, Kumbakonam K. Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sundar - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Poongulam Subramanyam - Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar - Kanjira

Dec. 7, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Kumbakonam A. Saravanan - Mridangam, Madras J. Ramdas - Ghatam, K. Raghuraman - Morsing

Dec. 8, 2019
4.15 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Vocal, V.L. Kumar - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal, Kalpana Kishore - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanyam - Mridangam

Dec. 9, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Calcutta K. Srividhya - Vocal, Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramanian - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Sumitra Nitin - Vocal, Dr. Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Sherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Mysore M. Gururaj - Morsing

Dec. 10, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Rasika Viswanath - Vocal, M. Vijay Ganesh - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Raja - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Adambakkam K. Sankar - Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekhar - Veena, Mudhra Bhaskar - Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - C.R. Vaidyanathan - Vocal. V. Sanjeev - Violin, Mannargudi A. Easwaran - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2019
4.15 p.m. - Ananya Ashok - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathi - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Saralaya Sisters - Kavitha & Triveni - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan - Mridangam, Ramya - Ghatam




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November 29, 2019

Narada Gana Sabha - Isai Natya Nataka Vizha 2019

One of the major sabhas Narada Gana Sabha organises a music-dance-drama festival from Dec. 13, 2019 to Jan. 1, 2020

Admission to concerts at Mini Hall is free. The concerts at 4.00p.m. and 7.00 p.m. held at the Main hall are ticketed. The sale of season and daily tickets are on at the hall located at 314, T.T.K. Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018. Contact phone: 044-2499 3201, 044-2499 0850.

Schedule:

Dec. 13, 2019
Main Hall
4.30 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Sheik Mahabood Subhani & Kalisha Bi Mahaboob & Party
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration by K. Parasaran, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court & former Attorney General of India. Conferring the title 'Nadhabrahmam' on Kalyanapuram R. Aravamudachariar and Senior Musician Award on Alleppey Venkatesan
7.00 p.m. - A. Kanyakumari & Aridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel - Violin & Tavil (A tribute to Kadri Gopalnath), Embar Kannan - Violin, Rajendra Nakod, Bangalore B. Rajasekar - Morsing

Dec. 14, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - M. Vaidyalingam - Lecture: Thirugnanasambandar. Aruna Prabha Ranganathan - Vocal
10.00 a.m. - Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R.Jayakumar - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Venkatanagarajan- Vocal, Sriram Sridhar - Violin, S.Sankara Prasad - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Archana & Aarathi - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith - Mridangam, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - G. Narendra - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, Neyveli R. Narayanan - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Srikanth & Ashwathy - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 15, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - K. Sivakumar - Lecture: Appar.M. Kodingam & Party - Vocal
10.00 a.m. - Sirkazhi G. Sivachidambaram - Vocal, Valangaiman K. Thyagarajan - Mridangam,Maddras J. Ramdas - Ghatam, Chidambaram Rajebdran - Morsing, Mandaveli K.Mahesh - Tambura
12.15 p.m. - Lakshmi Priya - Vocal, Anuthama - Violin, Aduthurai Guruprasad - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Shreya Devnath (Violion Solo), Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam

Main Hall
10.30 a.m. - Natakapriya Presents  S. Ve. Sheker in 'Comedy Darbar' - Drama
1.45 p.m. - Swetha Prachande - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Trichy S. Sankaran - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 16, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Dr. Ulaganayagi Palani - Lecture: Sundarar. Dr. K.R. Seethalakshmi & K.T. Bhuvanabharathi & Party - Vocal
10.00 a.m. - P. Ganesh - Chitravina, Raghavendra Rao - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar - Vocal, G. Raghavendra Prasad - Violin, Punnur S. Aravind Koushik - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Cuddalore T.R. Vasudevan & Kilvellore R. Arunpandian - Nadaswaram, Cuddalore NT G. Venkatachalam and S. Arul - Tavil

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Aishwarya Ananthg Karthik - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam, S.V. ramani - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, J.Vaidyanathan -Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 17, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Dr. Purisai Natarajan - Lecture: Manicjavasagar. Dr. Salem Gayathri Venkatesan & Party - Vocal
10.00 a.m. - Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi - Veena, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam, Srirangam Ravikrishnan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Arundhathi Krishnan - Vocal, N.M. Brahmadathan - Violin, L. Sudarshan Srinivas - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Sruthi Sagar - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Sai Subramanyam - kanjira

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Diksha Kishore - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Trichy S. Sankaran - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, B. Sreesundar Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 18, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Chitra Murthy - Lecture - Arunagiriyar, Bhavya Hari & Party - Vocal
10.00 a.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Sandhya Ramaswamy - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, Jayadev - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Girijashankar Sundaresan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Akshay Padmanabhan - Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - To be announced
4.00 p.m. - N. Ravikiran - Chitravina, Delhi P. Sunderrajan - Violin, Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin, Poongulam Subramanyam - Mridangam, B. Sreesundar Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Mathangi Kailasanath - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthick - Violin, Sumanth Ramakrishna - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal, Vijay Ganesh - Violin, H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam, Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Harikrishnan - Vocal, Chetana Iyer - Violin, Prasanna Ramapuram Raghunathan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. -  Sahana Samraj - Vocal,Mukund Samraj - Violin, Ethirajan - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Uma B. Ramesh - Bharatanatyam
6.00 p.m. - K.J. Yesudas - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Tirupoonithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Anirudha Shankar - Vocal, Anithama - Violin,Thirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran - Vocal, Nagai Sriram - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniyam - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Venkatram - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan - Violin, Suriya Nambeesan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathi - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Jagyaseni Chatterjee - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Malladi Brothers - Sreeramprasad & Ravikumar - Vocal, Nagai R. Sriram - Violin, Tumkur B. Ravishankar - Ghatam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam

Dec. 21, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Lakshmi Surya Tejas - Vocal,Saketa Pantula - Violin, M. Sarvajit Krishna - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - J.A. jayanth - Flute, Trivandum Sampath - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Aditya Mahadevan - Vocal, V. Deepika - Violin, Kumbakonam Arvind - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Sunesh Narayanan - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - To be announced
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan - Violin, Trichur R Mohan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Roja Kannan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 22, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Harini Ramesh - Vocal, M. Srikanth - Violin, Sabareesh G. Srinivas - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - Vittal Ramamurthy & V.V.S. Murari - Violin duet, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Tirupoonithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Swathi Ranganathan - Vocal, Bhargav Tumkur - Violin, Santhosh Ravindrabharathi - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - R. Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal, Durai Srinivasan - Violin, Neyveli K.V. Ramkumar - Mridangam, Kumbakonam S. Balaji Sairam - Morsing

Main Hall
10.30 a.m. - Stage Creations presents Kathadi Ramamurthy in Honey Moon Couple by Naanu - Dram
1.45 p.m. - Mahati Kannan - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Ranjani & Gayatri - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 23, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Swetha & Ramya - Vocal, Durai Srinivasab - Violin, Kapil Ramnarayanan - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - V. Deepika & V. Nadhika - Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar - Violin, Srihariraman - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Vocal, Rajeev Mukundan - Violin, N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam, Payyanur Govind Prasad - Morsing

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Mohana Priyan - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Guru Kaaraikudi Mani - Mridangam, N. Amrit - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Rajeswari Sainath - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 24, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Srividhya Vasudevan - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan - Violin, Thirucherai Kaushik - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - Sumitra Vasudev - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Sivasri - Vocal, V. Nandhika - Violin, Akshay Venkatesh - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishna - Kanjira

Main Hall
1.45 p.m. - Dakshina Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, N. Sundar - Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, Mysore M. Nagaraj - Violin, Anantha R Krishnan - Mridangam, V. Suresh - Ghatam

Dec. 25, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Thirukkarukavoor T.D.S. Gowrisankar & T.D.S. Balasankar- Nadaswaram, Salavakkam S.V. Raghuraman & Theni P.M. Selvaraj - Thavil
10.00 a.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, Delhi P Sunderrajan - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, B. Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Ranjani Ravindrabharathi - Vocal, Mukund Josyula - Violin, Abiram Nitin - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind - Vocal, R. Raghul, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr. Sankar - Kanjira

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravamudachariar - Harikatha: Sollin Selvan, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mridangam
1.45 p.m. - Vaishnavee Sainath - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathi - Mridangam, B. Sreesundarkumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 26, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Vaishnavi Ramadas - Vocal, M. Shrikanth - Violin, Hari Iyer - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Sudarshan Ravi - Vocal, G. raghavendra Prasad - Violin, Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Brindha Manickavasakan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan - Mridangam

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M. rajeev - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Vazhapally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam
1.45 p.m. - Bhavya Kumaran - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal, M. Vijay - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Mysore Manjunath (Violin), Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena), Pandit Ronu Majumdar (Hindustani flute) - Trigalbandhi
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam, Pt. Ramdas Palsule - Tabla, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam

Dec. 27, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Ashwin Srikanth - Vocal, Vignesh Thyagarajan - Violin, Sanjeev Raja - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Vishruthi Girish - Vocal, Vishal Sowmiyan - Violin, Ajai Gopi - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - G. Ravikiran - Vocal, K. Sayee Rakshit - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Kottayam Unnikrishnan - Ghatam

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, N.Manoj Siva - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
1.45 p.m. - Priyanka Sai Shankar - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet, Anantha R. Krishnan - Mridangam, Trichy Krishna - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - V.P. Dhananjayan & Shantha Dhananjayan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 28, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Charanya lakshmikumaran - Vocal, Vishal Sowmiyan - Violin, V.M. Kannan - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Bhargavi Hariharan - Vocal, Abhishek Balakrishnan - Violin, Gopal Ravindran - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, Trivandrum D. Rajagopal - Kanjira

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayatri - Vocal,M. rajeev - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
1.45 p.m. - Aishwarya Balasubramaniam - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, R. Sankaranarayan - Mridangam, B. Raman - Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Saroja Vaidyanathan & Ganesha Natyalaya (New Delhi) presents Namamey Gange - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 29, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - N.C.S. Ravali - Vocal, Chetana Iyer - Violin, Sanjay Subramaniam - Mridangam
10.00 a.m. - Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal, V.V.S.Murari - Violin, N.C.Bharadwaj - Mridangam,S.Karthick - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - K. Subhiksha - Vocal, K.S. Poorna Prajna - Violin, Aditya Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - A. Aishwarya & S. Soundarya - Vocal, Dr. M.Narmada - Violin, M.S.Vankatasubramaniam - Mridangam, Samyuktha Sreeram - Ghatam

Main Hall
10.30 a.m. - Idhu Nyayama Sir - Drama. UAA prsents Y.Gee Mahendra as Peking Pitchumani and Suppini as Short Temper Sankaran. By Venkat
1.45 p.m. - Sharanya Chandran- Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Renganatha Sharma - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Leela Samson & Soanda Dance Company - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 30, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Aravind Sridhar - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik - Violin, Ram Sriram - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Shraddha Mohan - Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran - Violin, Vishvak Kumaran - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Nisha Rajagopalan - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, G. ravichandra - Ghatam
1.45 p.m. - Kriti Ramgopal - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Sree Sundarkumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha - Vocal, Vittal rangan - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam

Dec. 31, 2019
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Vikram Nitin - Vocal, Rishab Ranganathan - Violin, Sarvesh Karthick - Mridangam
12.15 p.m. - Anant Rayar - Vocal, Sanjai Sharma - Violin, Keerthi Venkataramani - Mridangam (CMANA Concert)
2.00 p.m. - Dr. Padma Sugavanam - Vocal, Sruthi Sarathi - Violin, Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam (CMANA Concert)

Main Hall
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Murali - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, K. Arunprakash - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
1.45 p.m. - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan - Vocal, V.V.S.Murari - Violin,Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, B. Shreesundarkumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin), Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena), Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam, Praveen Narayana - Tabla

Jan. 1, 2020
Mini Hall
8.15 a.m. - Calcutta Sisters Kala & Chitra - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
10.00 a.m. - B. Kannan - Madhura Veena, Bombay Anand - Violin, Thanjavur K.Murugaboopathi - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam, N. Sundar - Morsing
12.15 p.m. - Hari Agnisarman Kappiyoor - Vocal, Urmika Balaji - Violin, Srikar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Aditya Prakash - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam

Main Hall
7.00 a.m. - Radha Kalyanam
1.45 p.m. - Kalarpana Ensemble by students of Shobana - Bharatanatyam
4.00 p.m. - Vishaka Hari - Harikatha : Dasavatharam, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, S.J.Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & Nrithyodaya - Bharatanatyam



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November 25, 2019

Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2019

The 33rd Margazhi Mahotsav of Bharat Kalachar will be held from Dec. 14, 2019 to Jan. 16, 2019

Venue: Sri YGP Auditorium, No. 17, Thirumalai Road, (P.S.B.B. School), T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017

Admission to concerts at 4.00 p.m./ 5.00 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. /7.30 p.m. are reserved. Tickets can be had from the venue.

Schedule:

Dec. 14, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Traditional Rural Folk dances of Tamilnadu - Choreography – Dr. G Sundaramurthy
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration & Awards

Dec. 15, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Sooryagayathri - Devotional music, P V Anilkumar - Mridangam, Gangaraja Karle - Violin, Prashanth Nitoor - Tabla, Silesh Marar - Extra percussion
1.00 p.m. - Pooja & Supraja - Vocal, Madan Mohan - Violin, M Sarvajith Krishna - Mridangam, Hari Kishore - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - T.V. Shankaranarayanan - Vocal, Delhi Sundarrajan - Violin, Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam, Kottayam Unnikrishnan - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Urmila Sathyanarayanan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 16, 2019
5.00 p.m. - Ashwath Narayanan - Vocal, Sayee Rakshith - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Harikathayil Bharatham - Bharathanatyam by disciples of guru Ranganayaki Jayaraman

Dec. 17, 2019
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.30 p.m. - Bhadrachala Ramdas - Bharathanatyam Group presentation by L Narendra Kumar, Director & Founder - ANUSHAM

Dec. 18, 2019
6.30 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal, Raghavender Rao - Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 19, 2019
5.00 p.m. - U. Rajesh - Mandolin (Mandolin Srinivas Day), Anil Srinivasan - Piano, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam, Praveen Narayan - Tabla
7.30 p.m. - Kavya Muralidaran - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Sri Madurai R Muralidaran)

Dec. 20, 2019
5 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashi Kiran & P. Ganesh - Thematic Concert - Music & Silence - Vocal, Jyotsna Srikanth - Electric violin.
7.30 p.m. - Samyuktha - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Smt. Priya Karthikeyan)

Dec. 21, 2019
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Ramanaayanam - Thematic concert based on Tamizh Venbas by 'Crazy' Mohan.  B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin,  J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, N. Vijayalakshmi - Veena
7 p.m. - Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & Artistes of Nrithyodaya – Bharatha Nrithyam (Favorites of Dr. Mrs. YGP)

Dec. 22, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Andrum Indrum Endrum MSV - T. Kalaimagan Vocal, Bharathi Thirumagan - Narration, V.G. Vigneshwar - Keyboard, Ganesh Rao - Tabla, Sunil kumar - Kanjira/Percussion
1.00 p.m. - Lakshmi Kumaraguraparan - Vocal, Delhi Sridhar - Violin, Lavanya - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Sid Sriram - Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath - Violin, Praveen Sparsh - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya & Party - Veena Fusion

Dec. 23, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Kalyanapuram Arvind - Vocal, Rishab Ranganathan - Violin,  G. Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam,  Samyuktha - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Vikram K Raghavan - Vocal, Subhashri - Violin, Vishvak Kumaran - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.30 p.m. - Abha - Bharathanatyam. A retelling of Ramayana in a margam format. Performers - Parshwanath Upadhye, Adithya PV, Shruti Gopal
7.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal, Karaikkal Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Trichur R Mohan - Mridangam, Nerkunnam Dr. S Sankar - Kanjira

Dec 24, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Dr. K. Krishnakumar & Binny Krishnakumar - Vocal
Toronto Jayadevan - Violin, S.V. Ramani - Mridangam, Manjoor Unnikrishnan - Ghatam
1 p.m. - Karthik Raju - Vocal, Shyam - Violin, Arjun Narasimhan - Mridangam, V.V.S. Maniyan - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin, V.V. Ramanamurthy - Mridangam, Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath & Thejas present Bharathanatyam. Annamayya Bhakthi Manjari based on Nava Vidha Bhakthi

Dec. 25, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Kannan Balakrishnan - Madhuraveena (Special full bench concert), M.A, Krishnaswami - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira, N. Sundar - Tabla, Sarvesh Karhick - Handsonic
1.00 p.m. - Pavithra Balaji - Vocal, Arushi Ramesh - Violin, Jayendra Kumar - Mridangam, Martin - Tabla
4.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi -Violin Duet, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam, Pramath Kiran -Creative percussion & Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Sivarpanam - Bharathanatyam Thematic presentation on Lord Siva By Abhinaya Natyalaya. Choreography – Smt. Krishna Kumari Narendran

Dec. 26, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Deepika Varadarajan - Vocal, Madurai M. Vijayaganesh - Violin, B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, V. Geetha - Tampura
1.00 p.m. - Rangan Brothers Raghuveer & Narayan - Vocal, Madan Mohan - Violin, M. Sarvajit Krishna - Mridangam, Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
4.00 p.m. - Azhwargal Caritram - Harikatha by Dushyanth Sridhar. Anahitha & Apoorva - Vocal Support, Sruthi Sarathy - Violin, B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind - Bharathanatayam

Dec. 27, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekhar - Veena, V.V.S. Murari - Violin, Melakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramdas - Vocal, B. Vaishnav - Violin, Anirudh - Mridangam, V.V.V.S. Maniyan - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Oothukadu Venkatakavi Vaibhavam. Vishaka Hari - Harikatha, Sai Rakshith - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Udipi Sridhar - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Kuchipudi Group presentation by disciples of Smt. Sailaja
(Saila Sudha Academy)

Dec. 28, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Sruthi Sagar (Flute) & Vishal Sapuram (Chitraveena), N. C. Bharadwaaj - Mridangam, Sai Subramaniam - Morsing
1.00 p.m. - Aravind - Vocal, Srilakshmi S. Bhat - Violin, Sudarshan Srinivas - Mridangam, Samyuktha - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - RAFI - 94. Golden songs of Mohd. Rafi. Prasan Rao, Jaya Rajagopalan & Sudeep Presented by Y. Gee. Mahendra with Balaji’s Aradhana

Dec. 29, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Master Sasanka - Vocal, B. Vaishnav - Violin, Sanath Paramesawaran - Mridangam, V.V.V.S. Maniyan - Kanjira
11.30 a.m. - Dr. Vyjaiyanthimala Bali & Students - Lec-dem
4.00 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Payyanur Govinda Prasad - Morsing
7.00 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents Vande Mataram'- Thematic presentation, Choreography - Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan, Embar Kannan - Music

Dec. 30, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Singing Strings: Instrumental Fusion by Rishabh Ranganathan - Violin, Harita Raj - Veena, Arvind Bhargav - Mandolin, 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, 2019
10.30 a.m. - Saithejas - Harmonica, Skandan Subramaniam - Violin, Arjun Narasimhan - Mridangam, Sumana Chandrashekar - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Shishir Kumar - Saxophone, V.G. Viswesh - Mridangam, V.V.S.S. Manian - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Pravaham - All Women Instrumental ensemble. Anjani Srinivasan - Veena, Rangapriya Sankaranarayanan - Violin, Poornima Krishna Emani - Flute, Aswini Srinivasan - Mridangam & Percussion, Ramya - Ghatam & Keys
7.00 p.m. - Visalini Sundaram - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Ramya Harishankar USA)

Jan. 1, 2020
10 30 am - O.S. Arun - ‘Pasumai Niraintha Ninaivugal’ - Retro Classic Tamil & Hindi Film Songs & Select Ghazals With Jaya Rajagopalan, Ananthu, Janaki & Harshini Arun. Orchestra – Balaji's Aradhana
1.00 p.m. - Swarathmika Srikanth - Vocal, Rangapriya Sankaranarayanan - Violin, Balaji - Mridangam, V.V.S.S. Manian - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet, Patri Sathish Kumar - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Tom presents Kochikaadema - Drama. Written by G. Radhakrishnan. Produced by Y.G. Madhuvanthi. Directed by S. Sureshwar

Jan. 2, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Priyanka Sai Shankar - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Smt. Karpagavalli USA)
7.00 p.m. - Nirupama Vaidynathan - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 3, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Girijashankar - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Harihara Sharma - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Katha Nrithyam - A tribue to the multifaceted pioneer of modern Tamizh poetry by Ramya Ramnarayanan- Bharatanatyam. Isaikavi Ramanan - Discourse, Rajkumar Bharathi - Music

Jan. 4, 2020
6.30 p.m. - Bhakthi Swaramalai - Devotional & Classical Songs by
Dr. S. P. B. With Sruthilaya orchestra

Jan. 5, 2020
10.30 a.m. - Pravin Pundit - Saxophone, M. Vijay - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam, Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
1.00 p.m. - Dr. Nithyasree - Veena, Rangapriya Sankaranarayanan - Violin, T.R.S. Manikandan - Mridangam, K.R. Sivaramakrishnan - Kanjira
4.00 p.m. - Abhishek Raguram - Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Yashaswini Iyer - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Smt. Hema Rajagopalan)

Jan. 6, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Sherthalayi Ranganatha Sharma - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari - Violin, Tanjore Murugabhoopathi - Mridangam
7.30 p.m. - Narmada Janardhan - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Dr. Srithika Kasturirangan)
9.30 p.m. - Vaikunta Ekadasi Special - Ananta: Thematic presentation by  V. Balagurunathan’s Krishnanjali Academy - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 7, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Subhashri Ramachandran - Vocal, Rangapriya Sankaranarayanan - Violin, Kalidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mridangam
7.30 p.m. - J. Suryanarayana Murthy & Disciples - Poorna Margam - Bharathanatyam

Jan. 8, 2020
5.00 p.m. - K. Sivaprasad - Carnatic Whistle, Shyam - Violin, T.R.S. Manikandan - Mridangam, Sai Subramanian - Morsing, Sumana Chandrashekar - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Bharata Swatantra Kuravanji - Bharathanatyam. Dance Ballet by Smt. Padmalakshmi Suresh & Disciples

Jan. 9, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal, Dr. Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan - Violin, T.R.S. Manikandan - Mridangam
7.30 p.m. - Archana Kalyansundar - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Smt. Divya Shiva Sundar)

Jan. 10, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Aarudra Darisanam Thematic Concert: Compositions of Gopalakrishna Bharathi. J.B. Keerthana Bharadwaj - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, Sumesh Narayan - Mridangam, Sai Subramaniam - Morsing
7.30 p.m. - Archana Narayanamurthy - Bharathanatyam (Dis. of Pandanallur Pandiyan)

Jan. 11, 2020
10.30 a.m. - K. Sathyanarayanan - Keyboard, Lalit Talluri - Flute, Vijay Ganesan - Guitar, Naveen Kumar - Tabla, Bharath Dhanasekar - World Percussion, T. Krishnababu - Additional Percussion & Talam
4.00 p.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Sherthalai  Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, H Prasanna - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Divyanjali presents Thirumurugaatrupadai - Bharathanatyam.
Penned by the great poet Nakkerar interwoven with Thiruppugazh. Concept & Choreography - Dr. S. Divyasena. Resource person - Dr. S. Raghuraman, i Shriram Kumar - Music

Jan. 12, 2020
10.30 a.m. - Dr. Amruta Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Dr. Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, Melakkavareri Balaji - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Mala Ramadorai - Hindustani Vocal, Anant Joshi - Harmonium,  Abhay Datar - Tabla
4.00 p.m. - R. Suryaprakash - Vocal, H.M. Smitha - Violin, Melakaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam
7.30 p.m. - Sri Mudhralaya presents Govindham Bhaja - A Thematic Margam Bharatanatyam. Choreography - Dr. Lakshmi Ramaswami, Creation & Direction - Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi

Jan. 13, 2020
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayan - Vocal, Vittal Rangan - Violin, Sai Giridhar - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
7.30 p.m. - Bhairavi (USA) - Mohiniattam (Dis. of Kalamandalam Smt. Kshemavathi)

Jan. 14, 2020
5.00 p.m. - Songs from Vaishnavite Traditions. In special memoriam of Dr. Mrs. YGP. Sikkhil Gurucharan - Vocal, Anil Srinivasan - Piano, Sumesh Narayanan - Mridangam
7.30 p.m. - Madurai R Muralidaran's Karna - A Dance Musical.

Jan. 15, 2020
4.00 p.m. - Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, V.S. Gokul - Violin, Urakam Jayaraman - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Anand Satchidanand (Dis. of Sri Dhananjayan)

Jan. 16, 2020
4.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Nrithya Sankeerthanam: Chitrambari Krishnakumar - Nama Sankeertanam, Binesh Madhavan - Bharathanatyam


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November 24, 2019

Paddhathi Music Fest 2019

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha and Sri Vedantha Desikar Devasthanam jointly present Paddhathi Music Fest from Dec. 25 to 31, 2019.
Venue: Sri Desika Vidhya Bhavanam, 27, Venkatesa Agraharam Road, Mylapore, Chennai 600 004

Admission to the concerts is free.

Schedule: 

Dec. 25, 2019
2.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai : Triplicane K. Sekar -Thavil and Nadaswaram by G.K Raghuram & Party
3.15 p.m. - Rahul Vellal - Vocal, Saketh Pantula - Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mridangam. Ram Siva - Ghatam
4.45 p.m. - Inaugural Function and Conferring the title ‘Acharya Shiromani’ on Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy
5.15 p.m. - Dr. Subha Ganesan - Vocal, Dr.Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Nellai A.Balaji - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Mysore Brothers M. Nagaraj & Dr. M.Manjunath (Violin Duet) - Trichy
B.Harikumar - Mridangam, Guru Prasanna - Kanjira

Dec. 26, 2019
10.00 a.m. - Yoga Advaith Veturi - Vocal, Bhargav Tumkur - Violin, Arjun Raghavan - mridangam
11.00 a.m. - Hiranmayee - Vocal, Sudha R.S.Iyer - Violin, B.S.Pulivendula - Mridangam, Prashanth -
1.00 p.m. - Malladi Sindhu Rajeswari - Vocal, Srinath Hariharan - Violin, Karthikeya Adinarayana Sharma - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Rasika Murali - Vocal, Arvind Raman - Violin, Ajay Gopi - Mridangam
3.15 p.m. - N.S.Kamakshi - Vocal, Bhairavi Raman - Violin, Dr.Seetharaman - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Chidambaram Balashnakar  - Mridangam
7.00 p.m. - Vijayalakshmi Subrahmanyam - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Harihara Sharma - Kanjira

Dec. 27, 2019
10.00 a.m. - Surya Ganesan - Vocal, Haritha Narayanan - Violin, Kaneshathasan Mahadevan - Mridangam
11.00 a.m. - Sruti Sarathy (Violin Solo), Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Pranav Arcot (Mandolin), Chinmayee C.S. - Violin, Surya Ganesan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Arjun Subramanian - Vocal, Rishab Ranganathan - Violin, Seyoon Raghavan - Mridangam
3.15 p.m. - Swathi Srikrishna - Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik - Violin, Nirmal Narayanan - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Shankar Ramani - Vocal, Vijay Ganesh - Violin, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidhyashankar - Vocal, Rajashree S.R - Violin, Mannarkoil J.Balaji - Mridangam, Udupi Balakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2019
9.00 a.m. - Group Singing by Students of Carnatica Gurukulam
10.00 a.m. - Sai Vignesh - Vocal, Visvesh Chandraekhar - Violin, P.L. Harikrishna - Mridangam
11.15 a.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramanian - Vocal, Arun Ramamurthy - Violin, Nirmal Narayan - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Ajitha Bala - Vocal, Vishwesh Swaminathan - Violin, Mysore Vadiraj - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Anirudh Raja - Vocal, Vishal Sowmyan - Violin, Srikar Chittari - Mridangam
3.15 p.m. - Swetharanyam Sisters Nithya & Vidhya - Vocal, Madan Mohan - Violin, Ram Sriram - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Aruna Prabha Ranganathan - Vocal, M.A.Krishnaswamy - Violin, Thanjavur Subramaniam – Mridangam, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan - Vocal, Pakkala Ramdas - Violin, Dr. Ashok Kalidas - Mridangam, Dr. Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2019
9.30 a.m. - Sowmya Subramanian - Vocal, Madan Mohan - Violin, Adhuthurai Guruprasath - Mridangam, K. Ranganathan - Ghatam
11.00 a.m. - T. C. A. Sangeetha & M. Sidharth (Veena Duet), Umayalpuram Kalyanaraman - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - K. Giridharan - Vocal, Delhi Sridhar - Violin, Vishvak Kumaran - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Jayakrishnan Unni - Vocal, V.Nandika - Violin, Shankar Prasad .S - Mridangam
3.15 p.m. - Abhilash Giri Prasad - Vocal, N.M.Brahmadathan - Violin, Raghavan Sai - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Ramnath Iyer & Gopinath Iyer (Veena Duet), Ethirajan Ramanujan – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Rudrapatnam Ramakanth - Vocal, Hyderabad Shivani - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mridangam

Dec. 30, 2019
10.00 a.m. - P.Harikrishnan - Vocal, Aparna Thyagarajan - Violin, Sriram Srinivasan - Mridangam
11.00 a.m. - Abhishek Ravishankar - Vocal, V.S.Gokul - Violin, Arjun Ramachandran - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Vaishnavi Ramadas - Vocal, G. Raghavendra Prasath - Violin, Vignesh Ravi - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Anjana Thirumalai - Vocal, Priyamvada Sastri - Violin, Karun Salvady - Mridangam
3.15 p.m. - Brinda Manickavasagan - Vocal, Sudha R.S.Iyer - Violin, Sumedh Ramakrishna - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Dr. Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, J.Balaji - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Harikatha - 'Azhwargal Carithram' by U. Ve. Dushyant Sridhar. Vocal Support – Archana & Aarthi, Madan Mohan - Violin, Ambur Padmanabhan - Mridangam

Dec. 31, 2019
10.00 a.m. - Shruthi Ganesh - Vocal, Harini Rangarajan - Violin, Mihir Ganesan - Mridangam
11.00 a.m. - Prithi Narasimhan – Vocal, Parur Ananthashree - Violin, Anirudh Srinivasan - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Anish & Arjun (Violin Duet), Jayendra Kumar - Violin, Ram Siva - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Mandolin Sisters Srresha & Sreeusha - Mandolin, Aduthuurai Guruprasath (Mridangam), G.Ranganathan( Ghatam)
3.15 p.m. - V. Deepika - Vocal, Karthik P. Iyer - Violin, Ethirajan Ramanujan - Mridangam
4.45 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal, M.R.Gopinath - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, Dr.Hemalatha - Violin, B.Ganapathyraman - Mridangam, Harihara Sharma - Kanjira



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November 22, 2019

Margazhi Madhyam 2019

The first edition of Astral Creations' Margazhi Madhyam will be held from Dec. 21, 2019 to Dec. 28, 2019 at The PSBB Millennium School's Bharatiya Sanskriti sabha in Gerugambakkam, which will be the first-ever sabha to take shape in South-West Chennai after its decade-old success at the school's GST Road branch. This event's flag-off will be a tribute to the late founder of the PSBB Group of Schools, Padma Shri Awardee Dr. (Mrs.) Y. G. Parthasarathy.

Venue: Bharatiya Sanskriti, Multi-Purpose Hall (A/C), The PSBB Millennium School, 496, Multi Nagar Main Road, Gerugambakkam, Chennai - 600 128.

Tickets and Season Passes: bit.do/rasamayeesandhya-margazhimadhyam-2019
Tickets priced at Rs.99 (Silver), Rs.199 (Gold) and Rs.299 (Platinum).
Season Passes priced with 40% discount at Rs.950 (Silver), Rs.1910 (Gold) and Rs.2870 (Platinum).

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Schedule:

Dec. 21, 2019
12:00 noon - Inauguration
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - The Millennium Ensemble - Music Medley
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Kalyanapuram Aravind Soundararajan - Carnatic Vocal

Dec. 22, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - 'Oru Oorula' by John Pradeep JL - Theatre (Play)
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  - Ameya Karthikeyan - Carnatic Vocal

Dec. 23, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Shibi Srinivasan - Fusion Music
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.  - 'Crazy' Maadhu Balaji & Co. in 'Meesai Aanalum Manaivi' - Theatre (Drama)

Dec. 24, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Kavippom - Tamil Indie Music
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Binesh Mahadevan's 'Akshaya Arts' - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 25, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Chitra Chandrasekar & Team (Vanee Kalalaya Heaven of Fine Arts) - Bharatanatyam
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Girijashankar Sundaresan - Carnatic Vocal

Dec. 26, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Aprameya Sheshadri - Carnatic Instrumental (Flute)
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Sarvesh Karthick's 'SPANDA' - Carnatic Instrumental (Multi-Percussion)

Dec. 27, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - M Amirtha Kirthika - Bharatanatyam
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Shravan R P - Abhangs

Dec. 28, 2019
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Shyam Renganathan & Jagan Krishnan - Stand-Up Comedy
4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Melody to Infinity (Mysore Sangeetha Dileep & K J Dileep)- Carnatic Instrumental (Violin Duet)
6:30 p.m. - Valediction



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Kartik Fine Arts Festival 2019

The 45th year Art Festival of Kartik Fine Arts will be held from Dec. 1, 2019 to Jan. 5, 2019

The concerts are held at Narada Gana Sabha halls and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan halls.

Donor passes will be available for programmes at Narada Gana Sabha Hall only (1-12-2019 to 12-12-2019) Contact: 9840358805.

Schedule:

Dec. 1, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
6.00 p.m. - Inauguration.
Presentation of titles and awards.
'Isai Peroli' (Instituted by Gomathi Visweswaran Trust) - Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocalist
'Nadanamamani' (Shriram Award of Excellence - Instituted by Shriram Group of Companies) –
Dr. Anita Sivaraman - Bharathanatyam exponent
D.K. Pattammal Award of excellence (Instituted by Dr. Nithyasree Mahadevan) – Ms. Archana & Ms. Aarathi - Vocalists
Kartik Rajagopal Endowment Award for Best Cultural Organiser (Instituted by Kartik Rajagopal in Commemoration of his Golden Jubilee Celebrations) – Sri S.V.S.Mani, Secretary, Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha, Chennai
7.15 p.m. - 'Marga - Desi' - Bharathanatyam and Odissi - Jugalbandhi in connection with Natyasastra by Ramaa (Adhithi) Venkataraman, Samyuktha Raman (Bharathanatyam) and Vithya Arasu (Odissi)

Dec. 2, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Nisha P. Rajagopal – Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan – Violin, N.C. Bharathwaj – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Rhythms Aesthetic Society, School for the Indian Fine Arts, Singapore presents Krishna Guruvayoorappa, His mystical Journey. Artistic Director: Vinod Kongoorpully Mana, Music Composer & Rhythmic arrangements: Nattuvanar K.S. Balakrishnan, Lyrics: P.R. Venkatasubramanian, Choreography: Indhu and Nidheesh

Dec. 3, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - ‘Ramanayanam’ – a concert by ‘Isai Peroli’ Gayatri Girish based on Tamil Venbas. Written by Crazy Mohan. B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), Sujith S. Nair (Flute), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
6.45 p.m. - Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents 'Vande Mataram' – Dance drama, Concept & Choreography: Dr. Sheela Unnikrishnan, Music - Sri. Embar Kannan

Dec. 4, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan – Vocal, S. Varadarajan – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - N. Vijay Siva – Vocal, R.K. Shriram Kumar – Violin, N. Manoj Siva – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 5, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - S. Saketha Raman – Vocal, S. Varadarajan – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar –Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira
6.45 p.m.- Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin Duet), Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, Thiruchi S. Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

Dec. 6, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Kalakshetra Foundation presents 'Shanthi Sutra'
6.45 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy – Vocal, Charumathi Raghuraman – Violin, Delhi S. Sairam & Sumesh Narayanan (Double Mridangam)

Dec. 7, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari – B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
6.45 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam

Dec. 8, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Sid Sriram – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Dr.S. Karthick - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Trichy B. Harikumar – Mridangam, V. Suresh - Ghatam

Dec. 9, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth – Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam – Mridangam, Alathur T. Rajaganesh - Kanjira
6.45 p.m. - Malladi Brothers (Sreeramprasad and Ravikumar) – Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 10, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan – Vocal, V.V.S. Murari – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan – Vocal, Trivandrum Sampath – Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 11, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
6.00 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudoss – Vocal, S.R. Mahadev Sharma – Violin, K.V. Prasad – Mridangam, Thirupunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 12, 2019 (Narada Gana Sabha Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Trichur Brothers (Srikrishna Mohan & Ramkumar Mohan) – Vocal, B.K. Raghu – Violin, Trichur R. Mohan – Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramanian - Ghatam
6.45 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, R. Raman - Morsing

Dec. 13, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - S.M. Vilasini – Vocal, K.P. Nandini – Violin, Chidambaram B. Saishankar – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan (Ghatam)
12.15 p.m. -  Veena Venkataramani (Veena), S. Gomathi Sankar (Mridangam)
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya – Vocal, Vibhav Ramani – Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramanian - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Mandolin Sisters (Sreesha & Sireesha), Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Geetha Raja – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Kallidaikurchi Sivakumar – Mridangam, Papanasam S. Sethuraman - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Amritha Murali – Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha – Violin, N. Manoj Siva – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – VCiolin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - V. Deepika – Vocal, Madurai N. Vijay Ganesh – Violin, Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr.S. Sankar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - K. Giridharan – Vocal, Swadi Sri – Violin, Sarvajit Krishna .M - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Abhishek Ravishankar – Vocal, Sruti Sarathy – Violin, Aduthurai G. Guruprasad - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Dr.N. Bhairavi – Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan – Mridangam, Srirangam Ravikrishnan (Ghatam)
6.30 p.m. - Savita Sriram – Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramanian – Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramanian - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Rithvik Raja – Vocal, R.K. Shriram Kumar – Violin, K. Arunprakash – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - Srekala Bharath and Thejas present Dasavataram a group Bharatanatyam feature

Dec. 15, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Anahita & Apoorva – Vocal, Sruti Sarathy – Violin, B.S. Prashanth – Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramanian - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. -  Amruthavarshini Ravishankar – Vocal, V. Nandika – Violin, Nanthesh Sivarajah - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Pranathi Ganapuram – Vocal, Subashree Sankar – Violin, S. Manikandan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar – Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, B. Sivaraman – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Trivandrum Dr. Krishnakumar – Vocal, Mysore V. Srikanth – Violin, S.V. Ramani – Mridangam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Mysore Brothers (M. Nagaraj & M. Manjunath) (Violin Duet), Guru Karaikudi Mani – Mridangam, V. Suresh - Ghatam
7.00 p.m. - 'Thyaga Rahasyam- The Search for the Blue Lotus'. Group presentation by Roja Kannan & Disciples

Dec. 16, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Bhargav S. Hariharan – Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, R. Akshay Ram – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - G. Aishwarya – Vocal, Parur M.K. Ananthalakshmi – Violin, Srivanchiyam Sriram - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Adithya Madhavan – Vocal, V. Deepika – Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Rasika Viswanath – Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan – Violin, M.S. Varadan – Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Sumathi Narayanan – Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, Guru Raghavendra – Mridangam, Ernakulam Ramakrishnan - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Bhuloka Vaikuntam Srirangame - Dushyanth Sridhar (Harikatha), Anahita & Apoorva (Vocal), Sruti Sarathy (Violin), B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam)
7.00 p.m. - Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Vijyalakshmi (Violin Duet), Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam, Dr.S. Karthik - Ghatam

Dec. 17, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - H. Rathnaprabha – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Mavelikara R. Balachandran – Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Hema Subramaniam – Vocal, Parur M.K. Ananthalakshmi – Violin, S. Gomathi Sankar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar – Vocal, Sruti Sarathy – Violin, B.S. Prashanth - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan – Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Trivandrum V. Balaji – Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Sankaran Namboothiri – Vocal, B.U. Ganesh Prasad – Violin, Melakkaveri K. Balaji – Mridangam, Trivandrum Rajagopal - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani – Vocal, R. Ragul – Violin, N.C. Bharathwaj – Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - K. Bharat Sundar – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam

Dec. 18, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - G. Abilash – Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran – Violin, Melakkaveri Balaji – Mridangam, Alathur T. Rajaganesh - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - S.R. Eashwar – Vocal, T.V. Sukanya – Violin, Pappu Satya Jayadev - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Neyveli Rajalakshmi Deepak – Vocal, Chidambaram G. Badrinath – Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar – Vocal, H.M. Smitha – Violin, Tanjore Praveen Kumar – Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr.S. Sankar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - S.R. Mahadev Sarma & S.R. Raja Sree (Violin Duet), Kalladaikurchi Sivakumar – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violin, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
7.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute), Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin, K.V. Prasad – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Shraddha Mohan – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, Uzhavur P.K. Babu – Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Deepika Janakiraman – Vocal, T. Kishore – Violin, Mudikondan Karthik - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Prithvi Harish – Vocal, Subashree Sankar – Violin, Aduthurai G. Guruprasad - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Girija Shankar – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Prabha Ranganathan – Vocal, Pakala Ramdoss – Violin, B. Ganapathy Raman – Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - A Carnatic Quartet - Shreya Devnath (Violin),  Mylai Karthikeyan (Nadhaswaram), Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam), Jeevanantham (Tavil)
7.15 p.m. - Bharata Nrityam by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam & artistes of Nrithyodaya

Dec. 20, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Sunil Gargyan – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, B. Ganapathy Raman – Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - R. Ratipriya – Vocal, Dr. Harini Srivatsa – Violin, Vignesh Ravi - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Harshitha Sampat – Vocal, Swetha Anandasivan – Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan – Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran – Violin, Chennai S. Thiagarajan - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Jayapradha Ramamurthy (Flute), B.V. Raghavendra Rao – Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji – Mridangam, Sukanya Ramgopal - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - Inauguration of Natyadarshan – Dance Seminar – Kadamba - Presentation of Madura Kala Mani Award (instituted in the name of Mrs. G.V. Aparna by Ms. Krithika Subrahmanian in memory of Vidwan Madurai N. Krishnan) to Ms. Gopika Varma. Conferment of ‘Nrithya Peroli’ title on Ms. Malavika Sarukkai, Nrityajyoti Award of Excellence in Bharatanatyam to Ms. Padmalaksshme Suresh. Conferment of ‘Natya Chudar’ title on Ms. Varsha Sankar
6.00 p.m. - Release of Abhai Legend series CD featuring Padma Subrahmanyam, Sudharani Raghupathy,Lakshmi Viswanathan, Chitra Visveswaran and CV Chandrasekar
7.30 p.m. -  Bharathanatyam by Uma Nambudripad Sathyanarayanan

Dec. 21, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Archana & Aarathi – Vocal, K. Sayee Rakshith – Violin, Vijay B. Natesan – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - S. Padmashree  – Vocal, Parur M.S. Ananthashree – Violin, A. Rohit - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Bhargavi Venkatram – Vocal, Sangeetha Dileep – Violin, Chidambaram B. Saishankar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan – Vocal, M.R. Gopinath – Violin, Delhi Sairam – Mridangam, S. Sunil Kumar - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Sankari Krishnan – Vocal, Ranjani Ramakrishnan – Violin, B. Sivaraman – Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
Natyadarshan Seminar Day 1 -
8:00 a.m. - Natyam Procession outside Kapaleeshwarar Temple | Sri. Nidheesh Kumar & Students
8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m. Interactive Adavus | Smt. Sasirekha Balasubramaniam & Sri. A Lakshman Exploring the basic unit of vocabulary in Natyam – Thanjavur and other banis
9.30 a.m. – 10.10 a.m. - Viewpoint | Smt. Roja Kannan, Smt. Aishwarya Ananth Karthik, Manasvini Korukkai Ramachandran & Dr. Vijay Madhavan Artistes sharing their viewpoints on various aspects of Natyam
10.10 a.m. – 10.50 a.m. - Bharatanatyam & Bhagavatamela | Melattur Sri. Natarajan Influence of Bharatanatyam in Bhagavatamela and the spiritual connection between the two art forms
11.00 a.m. – 11.40 a.m. - In Praise of | Dr. Sreelatha Vinod Exploring the physical, emotional and spiritual impact in Sabdams and Kavuthvams
11.40 a.m. – 12.20 p.m. - Varnam – The different hues! | Smt. Meenakshi Chitharanjan Decoding the physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of a classic Tanjore Quartet Varnam
12.20 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. - Bhakthi as a Rasa | Dr. Suman Badami, Smt. Pavithra Srinivasan, Dr. Sunil Kothari & Sri. Jayachandran A Panel Discussion All Are Welcome

EVENING PERFORMANCES
5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. - Synergy between Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi | Meera Sreenarayanan & Sreelakshmy Govardhanan
6.15 p.m. – 7.15 p.m. - Pandharpur | Sri. Praveen Kumar
7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. - Gandhi | Choreographed by Sri. C.P Satyajit Performed by Deepthi Ravichandran, Lekha Prasad, Gayathri Rajaji, Sanjana Prasad, Siva Das, Sukanya Paneerselvam and Uma Namboodripad

Dec. 22, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Roopa Sastry – Vocal, Thirucherai Karthik – Violin, Rohit Prasad – Mridangam, Nerkunam S. Manikandan - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Pooja & Supraja – Vocal, Subashree Sankar – Violin, Srivanchiyam Sriram - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - V. Deepika & V. Nandika – Vocal, Brahmadattan – Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Calcutta Srividya – Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr.R. Ganesh – Vocal, V.V. Srinivasa Rao – Violin, Chidambaram S. Balashankar – Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
8.00 a.m. -  Natyam Procession outside Kapaleeshwarar Temple | Sri. Binesh Mahadevan
8.30 a.m. – 9:30 am Interactive Adavus | Smt. Madhumathy Prakash & Adithya PV Exploring the basic unit of vocabulary in Natyam – Mysore & Kancheepuram Bani
9.30 a.m. – 10.10 a.m. You dance without missing a beat | Smt. Karuna Sagari The emotional and spiritual layers of Thevarams in Bharatanatyam
10.10 a.m. – 10.50 a.m. See the Music, hear the Natyam | Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi Composing Music for Bharatanatyam Productions
11.00 a.m. – 11.40 a.m. The stillness within | Smt. Leela Samson Spirituality in Natyam – how the stillness within gives dynamism to creativity
11.40 a.m. – 12.20 p.m. Atma Laya – Emotions in Laya | Madurai Sri. Muralidharan & Smt. Nithyakalyani Vaidyanathan How explorations in rhythm can involve emotion and bring happiness
12.20 p.m. – 1.00 p.m. Expressing through the language of Natyam | Dr. Geeta Chandran

EVENING PERFORMANCES
5.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. Trayyanta | Sri. Vaibhav Arekar
6.15 p.m. – 7.15 p.m. Bharatanatyam Performance | Smt. Narthaki Nataraj
7.30 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. Bharatanatyam Presentation & Excerpts from Productions | Kalakshetra Foundation
Natyadarshan Seminar Conceptualized and Curated by Smt. Priya Murle : Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy & Smt. Chitra Visweswaran. Observer: Smt. Leela Venkatrama

Dec. 23, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Dr.R. Kashyap Mahesh – Vocal, Srividya R.S. Iyer – Violin, R. Akshay Ram – Mridangam, Nerkunam S. Manikandan - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Tejas Srinivasan – Vocal, T. Kishore – Violin, Yashes Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m - R. Sai Vignesh – Vocal, K. Sayee Rakshith – Violin, Aravind Srikanth - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Balasubramanian Masti (Veena), Anirudh Bhat – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Sushma Somasekaran – Vocal, M. Vijay – Violin, Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan – Mridangam, Madipakkam A. Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Jyotsna Vaideeswaran
6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Jyotsna Jagannathan
7.30 p.m. - Bharatanatyam Recital by Ganesa Natyalaya featuring gayatri Deka, Himanshu Srivastava, Pooja Pithambaran, Vinay Tiwari, Priyanka Rawat

Dec. 24, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - J.B. Sruthi Sagar (Flute), M. Vijay – Violin, Sumesh Narayanan – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Vishruthi Girish – Vocal, S.A. Rangappriya – Violin, Thirucherai Koushik - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Archana & Samanvi – Vocal, S.P. Ananthapadmanabha – Violin, T. Karthik - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan – Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan – Violin, Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan – Mridangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Iyer Brothers Ramnath & Gopinath (Veena Duet), Chidambaram S. Balashankar – Mridangam, Adambakkam K. Shankar - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai
6.00 p.m. - Dr. Vyjayanthimala Bali presents Bhavabhinaya
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nithyakalyani Vaidyanathan

Dec. 25, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy – Vocal, V. Suresh Babu – Violin, Thirucherai Koushik – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - S.N. Sasanka – Vocal, T.V. Sukanya – Violin, Ajeet Sridhar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Soundarya Chandrasekar – Vocal, Akilesh Chandrasekar – Violin, Gomathi Sankar - Mridangam
4.30 p.m. - Shanthi Suresh – Vocal, Shraddha Ravindran – Violin, S. Aswini – Mridangam, Samyuktha Sriram - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - R. Ashwath Narayanan – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violin, Sumesh Narayanan – Mridangam, K.R. Sivaramakrishna - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
9.00 a.m. - Book Release on Mathioli
11.00 a.m. - Audio Visual tribute to Palghat Mani Iyer

6.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ms. Alarmel Valli
7.30 p.m. - Meenakshi Chitharanjan presents “PANCHANUBHAVAM”- an exploration of emotion

Dec. 26, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Sharanya Sriram – Vocal, Bhairavi Raman – Violin, Ranjani Venkatesh – Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Aditya Prakash – Vocal, Siva Ramamurthy – Violin, Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Dharini Veeraraghavan – Vocal, Delhi R. Sridhar – Violin, Aravind Srikanth - Mridangam
4.30 p.m.- Jayashree Arvind - Veena, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam, Srirangam S. Ravikrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Palakkad R. Ramaprasad – Vocal, L. Ramakrishnan – Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, Payyanur Govinda Prasad - Morsing

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sowjanya Suresh of Natya sankalpaa
5.30 p.m. - Namasankeerthanam by Bhakthaswara Bhajana Mandali
7.00 p.m. - 24th Tamil Isai Vizha - Inauguration

Dec. 27, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Lavanya Sundararaman – Vocal, M. Sriramya – Violin, Sriram Raman – Mridangam, Sowmyanarayanan - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Spoorthi S. Rao – Vocal, C.V. Krishna Subramaniam – Violin, Sriram Srinivasan - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Sivasri Skandaprasad – Vocal, Melakkaveri K. Thiagarajan – Violin, Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - V.K. Raman (Flute) – Mysore V. Srikanth – Violin,
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Seerkazhi G. Sivachidambaram & party

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
KALAVAAHINI FESTIVAL DANCE FOR DANCE
6.00 p.m. - Navia Natrajan- Bharatanatyam
7.30 p.m. - Aditi Mangaldas- Kathak

Dec. 28, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. -  Kalyanapuram S. Aravind – Vocal, R. Vittal Rangan – Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar – Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr.S. Sankar - Kanjira
12.15 p.m. - Anugrah Lakshmanan – Vocal, Chetana Iyer – Violin, Jayendra Kumar - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - Govinda Kakulapati – Vocal, Saketha Vachaspati – Violin, Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - Jayalakshmi Sekar - Veena, Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan – Violin, Thiruchi Murali - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Prema Rangarajan – Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Nellai A. Balaji – Mridangam, Nerkunam Dr.S. Sankar - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
KALAVAAHINI FESTIVAL DANCE FOR DANCE
6.00 p.m. - Bijayini Satpathy - Odissi
7.30 p.m. - Vijna & Renjith – Duet – Bharathanatyam

Dec. 29, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Madurai N. Sivaganesh – Vocal, Thirumarugal Dinesh Kumar – Violin, Thiruvidaimarudur S. Radhakrishnan – Mridangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam
12.15 p.m. - Jahnavi Murali – Vocal, Meera Sundar – Violin, G. Aravind - Mridangam
2.00 p.m. - R.P Shravan – Vocal, Gyandev Pappu – Violin, Rohit Prasad - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat – Vocal, Dr. Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Chennai Thiagarajan – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra - Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha – Violin, Nellai A. Balaji – Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
KALAVAAHINI FESTIVAL DANCE FOR DANCE
6.00 p.m. - Margi Madhu – Kuttiyattam
7.30 p.m. - Vaibhav Arekar Ensemble – Bharathanatyam

Dec. 30, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Charnya Lakshmi Kumaran – Vocal, Dr. Harini Srivatsa – Violin, Vignesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Atlanta Sisters Shree Varshene & Nitheyaa Shree – Vocal, Tejus Srinivasan – Violin, Yashes Srinivasan – Mridangam, N. Sundar - Morsing
1.00 p.m. - Dr. Adesh Sundaresan – Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri – Violin, Aduthurai Guruprasad - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Arjun Subramaniam – Vocal, Sanjith Narayanan – Violin, Ajit Ashok - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - Shankar Ramani – Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan – Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan – Mridangam, Giridhar Prasad - Kanjira
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy – Vocal, Anuradha Sridhar – Violin, J. Vaidyanathan – Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m.
5.30 p.m. - Anita Ratnam and Arangham Dance Theatre Present “NAACHIYAR NEXT” Neo Bharatam dance theatre
7.15 p.m. - 'Padmavati - An Avatar'  by Bala Devi Chandrashekar

Dec. 31, 2019 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Dr. Sanjay Subramanian – Vocal, Thirucherai Kartik – Violin, Rohit Ashok - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Sudarshan Ravi – Vocal, Bhargav Tumkur – Violin, Sivananda Yasesvi Malladi - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - R. Shravan Kumar – Vocal, Vignesh Thyagarajan – Violin, Avinash Jeyashankar - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Akshay Sridhar – Vocal, B. Sudha – Violin, Mysore L. Vadiraj - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Srinivas – Vocal, V.V. Ravi – Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mridangam
6.30 p.m. - Dr. M. Narmada - Violin Solo,  Neyveli Ramkumar - Violin, Mysore M. Gururaj - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Srinidhi Raghavan
6.00 p.m. - ‘VAKULABHARANAM’ Paasurams of Nammazhwar by Zakkir Hussain, Kavitha Ramu,Pavithra Bhat and Dakshina Vaidyanathan
7.30 p.m. - Margam by Leela Samson, Bhavajan Kumar & Radhe Jaggi accompanied by Apoorva, Anahita, Vijayaraghavan, Anirudh, Harikrishnan

Jan. 1, 2020 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Rangan Brothers Raghuveer & Narayan – Vocal, Sudha R.S. Iyer – Violin, Sivagangai Vishvak - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Preetha Narayanaswamy - Veena, Jayanth Balasubramanian - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Siddartha J. – Vocal, Haritha Narayanan – Violin, Santhosh Ravindrabharathy - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Sraeyes Sridhar (Flute), Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin), Srinivasan Ponnappan (Mridangam), A.S.Krishnan (Morsing), Harihara Sharma (Kanjira), Subbarao Pasavaraju (Ghatam)

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall - 2nd Floor)
4.30 p.m. - Kanakadurga Venkatesh – Vocal, Kovai S. Chandran – Violin, Kumabakonam Ramakrishnan – Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
6.30 p.m. - Cherthalai Dr. K.N. Ranganatha Sharma – Vocal, M.R. Gopinath – Violin, K.R. Ganesh – Mridangam, S. Venkataramanan - Kanjira

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Aishwarya Ananth Kartik
6.00 p.m. - Mohniyattam by Gopika Varma on few compositions of Guru Madurai N. Krishnan
7.30 p.m. - Vittala Darshana  - A sangeetha Natya Roopakam by TAPAS

Jan. 2, 2020 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mini Hall)
10.00 a.m. - Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin Solo), Kishore Ramesh - Mridangam
11.30 a.m. - Aarti Ravichandran – Vocal, G. Suresh Kumar – Violin, Thiruvidaimarudur S. Sankaran - Mridangam
1.00 p.m. - Lavanya Balasubramanian – Vocal, Pappu Gyandev – Violin, Sivagangai Vishvak - Mridangam
2.30 p.m. - Krishna Ramarathinam – Vocal, Thirumarugal Dineshkumar – Violin, Akshay Venkatesan - Mridangam

(Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Sudharma Vaithiyanathan
6.00 p.m. - 'Shivae Shivae' - a thematic presentation showing various aspects of Shiva and shakti by Shobana Balachandra’s Tharanginee school of Bharatanatyam
7.30 p.m. - 'KATHA NRITYAM' pays tribute to the multifaceted pioneer of modern Tamizh poetry by Isaikkavi Ramanan, Rajkumar Bharathi and Ramya Ramnarayan (Kalaimamani awardees)

Jan. 3, 2020 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Varsha Sankar
6.00 p.m. - Navarasas by Rajeswari Sainath, Vyshnavie and group
7.30 p.m. - 'Kannan yen gurunadhan' - thematic dance production by Smt.B. Srimathi Venkat and her disciples of Sri Nrithyalaya

Jan. 4, 2020 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
4.30 p.m. - 'Thirumal Perumai' - a solo bharatanatyam presentation by Sarayu Sai 06.00pm Bharathanatyam by Ashwini Viswanathan
7.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Krithika Sumanth

Jan. 5, 2020 (Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Main Hall)
5.00 p.m. - 'Shanmatha Sthapaka Sankara Sankara by Smt. Kanaka krishna Prasahanth & Disciples
6.45 p.m. - Melattur Bhagavata Mela Natya Natak presents  'Markandeya Dance Drama'




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