Schedule Guide to Chennai December Season 2011 - I Love Madras

Chennai December Music Season

2011
Schedule Guide

The Chennai Music Season or the Madras Music Season, as the season was originally called is celebrated in a period of six to seven weeks spanning the months of December and January. This season usually witnesses a large number of small and large kutcheris around the city of Chennai. Read more at music.ilovemadras.com

Contents
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Ananthaswami Centre for Carnatic Music ..................................................... 2 Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2011 .................................................... 5 Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2011 .........................................................................14 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sangeet Natya Utsav ..............................................18 Hamsavinodhini Margazhi Music Festival ....................................................23 Kalakshetra December Festival ....................................................................31 Lec Dem Mela by Music Forum....................................................................33 Mudra Fine Arts Festival ..............................................................................34 Nadabrahman .............................................................................................39 Prabhata Sangeetham .............................................................................42 Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowments 2011 .........................................45 Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj ..................................................................48 The Indian Fine Arts Society .....................................................................52 The Music Academy – Academic Sessions ................................................63

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1. Ananthaswami Centre f or Carnatic Music
Dec. 1, 2011 Thursday 4.15 p.m. J.B. Keerthana - Karaikkal Venkatasubramanian - B Srivatsan Ragam Sisters Sivaranjani and Nalina Kanthi Srilakshmi Venkataramani Hanumanthapuram J Bhuvarahan - Nerkunam S Sankar

4.20 p.m. -

6.30 p.m. -

6.40 p.m. -

Lavanya Vaidhyanathan Akkarai Sornalatha - N.C. Bharadwaj - Nerkunam S Sankar Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi and Chitra Dr. R. Hemalatha - Nellai Balaji - K.S. Rangachari

Dec. 4, 2011 Sunday 4.20 p.m. Aishwarya Vidya Ragunath R. Raghul - Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan - C.R. Vaidhyanathan - V. Sanjeev - Trichur C Narendran - Anirudh V

Dec. 2, 2011 Friday 4.20 p.m. J.B. Sruthisagar (Flute) - R. Raghul - N.C. Bharadwaj Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha - Poongulam Subramanyam - Dr. S. Karthick 6.30 p.m. -

6.30 p.m. -

Dec. 5, 2011 Monday 4.20 p.m. Aishwarya Shankar - K.P. Nandini - Akshay Anand Nisha Rajagopal - M Rajeev - B Sivaraman

Dec. 3, 2011 Saturday

6.30 p.m. -

Dec. 6, 2011 Tuesday 4.20 p.m. Siddarth Kumar - Sudha R.S. Iyer - Nellai V. Sreekrishnan Sangeetha Swaminathan Kumbakonam M.R. Gopinath - Nellai Balaji.

4.20 p.m. 6.30 p.m. -

S. Maalavika - Akkarai Sornalatha - K.H.Vineeth B. Balasubramaniam - R.K. Shriram Kumar - K. Ashok

6.30 p.m. -

Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday 4.20 p.m. Ramakrishnan Murthy - R. Raghul - L. Subramanian C.S. Sajeev - V. Sanjeev K. Ashok

Raman Kendra Consecration Day Dates Venue Dec. 13 to Dec 24, 2011 Ramana Kendra, 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Mylapore Next lane to Shirdi Sai Baba temple. 6.30 p.m. -

Dec. 19, 2011 Monday 4.20 p.m. Roopa Mahadevan - M. Rajeev - Palghat A.M. Harinarayanan D.B. Ashwin - Akkarai Sornalatha - Aswin Sridharan

Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday 4.00 p.m. Krithika Natarajan - Sudha R.S. Iyer - G. Ramshankar Babu Salem R Shriram - S. Varadarajan - Dr. Trichy Sankaran - B Shree Sundar Kumar 6.30 p.m. -

6.40 p.m. -

Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday 4.20 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Raagini Sri - Sudha R.S. Iyer - K.H. Vineeth Mala Mohan - Charulatha Ramanujam 3

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday

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B.Ganapathiraman

Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday 4.20 p.m. Anirudh Venkatesh - M. Rajeev - Abhinav Seetharaman H.S. Prashanth - TKV Ramanujacharyalu - B. Srinivasan

6.30 p.m. -

The events will happen at the following address:

Dakshinamoorthy Hall P.S. High School Opp. Ramakrishna Mutt Mylapore Chennai

2. Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2011
Nov. 26, 2011 Sunday Date Venue 4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. 6.15 p.m. Nov. 26, 2011 Saturday Vani Mahal, T. Nagar Nadaswaram Deepika Potarazu (USA) Kuchipudi H.H. Swami Dayananda Saraswathi inaugurates the Silver Jubilee Margazhi Mahotsav Nov. 28, 2011 Monday 5.00 p.m. -

N.C. Bharadwaj Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam

Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan Kanjira Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. -

Nov. 27, 2011 Sunday 10.30 a.m. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada Violin, Melakaveri Balaji Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira Rithvik Raja Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira Shreya Devnath - Violin,

Nov. 29, 2011 Tuesday 5.00 p.m. Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji Mridangam, K.S.Rangachari Kanjira

4.15 p.m. -

7.00 p.m. -

6.45 p.m. -

Nov. 30, 2011 Wednesday

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5.00 p.m. - Ghatam Karthick's SUMS(K)RYTHM - A Taal Order Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal, Prapancham Ravindran Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira, R. Raman - Morsing, N. Sundar Tabla,Dholak,Khol & Bols, V. Rajagopalan - Percussion Effects 7.00 p.m. S.P. Ramh - Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, A. S. Krishnan - Morsing Dec. 03, 2011 Saturday 10.30 a.m. -

H. Prasanna - Ghatam

5.00 p.m. -

Dec. 01, 2011 Thursday 5.00 p.m. Anooradha Sriram and Sriram Parasuram - Hindustani and Carnatic Jugal bandhi. Anooradha Sriram and Sriram Parasuram - Hindustani and Carnatic Jugal bandhi.

7.10 p.m. -

A.V.K. Rajasimhan - Vocal, V. V. Ravi - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao Mridangam, E. M. Subramanian Ghatam Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Guru Bharadwaj - Mridangam Vijayalakshmy Subramanyam Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, B. S. Purushotham - Kanjira

7.10 p.m. -

Dec. 04, 2011 Sunday 10.30 a.m. Akshya Anandhakrishnan - Vocal, K.P. Nandhini - Violin, Agaramangudi Anandhakrishnan - Mridangam G. Ramanathan - Saxophone and Bhavani Prasad - Veena Instrumental fusion, S. Gajendran Tavil, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira, Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam

Dec. 02, 2011 Friday 4.15 p.m. 5.00 p.m. K. Gayathri - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari Violin, B. Ganapathiraman Mridangam B.V. Balasai - Flute and U.P. Raju Mandolin, K. V. Prasad - Mridangam,

7.10 p.m. -

6.45 p.m. -

- To be announced

5.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. -

Dec. 05, 2011 Monday 6.15 p.m. Deepa Tharangini - a group presentation by Meenakshi Srinivasan (Hyderabad)

Rithwika Ghosh Srilata Vinod, Sangeetha Vasudevan and Nartaki Nataraj present Bharathiyar's Vachana Kavithaikal

Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam

Dec. 09, 2011 Friday Dec. 06, 2011 Tuesday 5.00 p.m. Saroja Vaidyanathan and Ganesha Natyalaya (Delhi) Lata Krishnaswamy Bharatanatyam 5.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. Rasika Kumar (Dis. of Mythili Kumar) USA Srekala Bharath Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. -

Bharatanatyam

Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday 10.30 a.m. Subbu Arumugam & party Villupattu 5.00 p.m. Krithika Rajagopalan (USA) Bharatanatyam 7.15 p.m. - Prapathi Marga - thematic Bharatanatyam by Roja Kannan, Priya Murle, Srikanth & Ashwathy Srikanth Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday 10.30 a.m. V.K. Raman - Flute, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam

Dec. 07, 2011 Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Shilpa Darshankumar (Dis. of Revathi Ramachandran Utsav Music presents 'Muthamizh Maalai' by Radhika Shurajith & group Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. -

Bharatanatyam

Dec. 08, 2011 Thursday

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5.00 p.m. -

Disciples of Sheela Unnikrishnan Bharatanatyam

7.00 p.m. -

Madhuvanthi Arun's Lec-dem on Navarasa in Ramayana. Anil Srinivasan - Piano

7.15 p.m. -

Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala & group Bharatanatyam Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday 10.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m. Bharatanatyam 6.45 p.m. Bharatanatyam Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday 10.30 a.m. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, K.V. Prasad Mridangam, Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam, Rajasekar - Morsing S. Shashank - Flute Alarmel Valli - Bharatanatyam Seattle Raman (USA) - Vocal T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 12, 2011 Monday 5.00 p.m. Pallavi Sriram (Dis. of Chitra Visweswaran) 7.15 p.m. Meenakshi Chittaranjan & group

Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday 5.00 p.m. Uma Muralikrishna & group Bharatanatyam 7.15 p.m. Theatre presentation by Saraswathy Krishnakumar Dec. 19, 2011 Monday Dec. 16, 2011 Friday 10.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Rajhesh Vaidhya & group - Ensemble 6.00 p.m. 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. -

T.M. Krishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

7.15 p.m. Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday 6.00 p.m. U. Srinivas - Mandolin, V.V. Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam, Sree Sundarkumar - Kanjira Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday 10.30 a.m. -

- Dr. Vyjayantimala Bali Bharatanatyam

Dec. 21, 2011 Wednesday 6.00 p.m. P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal

6.00 p.m. -

Revathy Krishna - Veena, M. manikandan, M. Karthikeyan Keyboard, Kirankumar - Tabla, G. Suresh - Rhythm Pad, K.V. Sridharan - Special Effects Anil Bajpai & Neelima Gokhale Ragas and Rafi - special programme to celebrate Mohd. Rafi's birthday. Madhuvanthi Arun - guest singer.

Dec. 22, 2011 Thursday 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth - Flute Y Gee Melody Makers present 'thirai Isaiyil Naatya Isai' - a musical show with popular playback singers Dec. 25, 2011 Sunday 10.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. B. Kannan - Veena Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi - Violin duet Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam presents 'Krishnaya Thubhyam Namaha'

Dec. 23, 2011 Friday 4.00 p.m. Malladi Brothers - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, M.L.N. Raju Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2011 Monday 10.30 a.m. 4 p.m. 7.15 p.m. Gopal Aravind - Vocal Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal The Dhananjayan's Bharatha 9

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Kalanjali presents 'Poora-Thrayee' - thematic presentation in three segments. Swati's Dasavataram, Arunachalakavi's Manthara-Kaikeyi & Balamurali's Nritta tarangam

Dec. 30, 2011 Friday 10.30 a.m. Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani Ghatam (At Kamaraj Hall) K.J. Yesudas Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam Mridanga,. Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

6.00 p.m. Dec. 27, 2011 Tuesday 4.00 p.m.7.15 p.m. Visaka Hari Priyadarshini Govind Sangeetha Upanyasam Bharatanatyam

Dec. 28, 2011 Wednesday 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. 'Mahanadi' Shobana Vignesh Srinidhi Chidambaram Vocal Bharatanatyam

Dec. 31, 2011 Saturday 10.30 a.m. Bombay Sisters - Vocal, Usha Rajagopal - Violin, K.R. Ganesh - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam

Dec. 29, 2011 Thurdsay 10.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. Asha Ramesh (USA) - Vocal Priya Sisters - Vocal Anitha Guha's disciples present Kushkinda Kandam and Sundara Kandam - Bharatanatyam

4.00 p.m. -

Sanjay Subrahmanyam Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar Ghatam

7.15 p.m. -

Disciples of Chitra

Visweswaran present Bharatanatyam performance Jan. 03, 2012 Tuesday Jan. 01, 2012 Sunday 10.30 a.m. Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, Sheela Rajendra - vocal support, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing, B.S. Purushotham Kanjira 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. Ganesh and Kumaresh - Violin Duet Urmila Satyanarayanan Bharatanatyam Jan. 04, 2012 Wednesday 5.00 p.m. 6.45 p.m. 7.15 p.m. 4.00 p.m. -

performance

Dr. M. Lalitha - Violin with Suman Bhattacharya - Sitar, Rishab Dhar Pakhawaj Vidya Subramaniam (USA) Bharatanatyam

Shantarati - Bharatanatyam U.A.A. presents 'Naadagam' - play in Tamil

Jan. 02, 2012 Monday 4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. Gayathri Girish - Vocal J. Suryanarayanamurthy & disciples present 'Gokula Thilaka Srikrishna' thematic Bharatanatyam

Jan. 05, 2012 Thursday 4.30 p.m. S. Sowmya - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan Ghatam

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7.15 p.m. -

Gopika Varma - Bharatanatyam

Krishnaswamy - Violin, Trichur R. Mohan - Mridangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira

Jan. 06, 2012 Friday 5.00 p.m. Amrutha Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Padma Shankar - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira 7.15 p.m. Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam

4.00 p.m. 7.15 p.m. -

Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal Anil Srinivasan - Piano with Navin Iyer - Flute and Y.Gee. Mahendra percussion

Jan. 09, 2012 Monday Jan. 07, 2012 Saturday 10.30 a.m. 4.00 p.m. S. Mahathi - Vocal Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin 7.15 p.m. Shobana - Bharatanatyam Jan. 14, 2012 Saturday Jan. 08, 2012 Sunday 10.30 a.m. Trichur Brothers - Vocal, M.A. 7.10 p.m. Rathna Kumar (USA) Bharatanatyam Jan. 10, 2012 Tuesday 6.30 p.m. Nithyashri Mahadevan - Vocal 6.30 p.m. Aruna Sairam - Vocal

Jan. 15, 2012 Sunday 4.30 p.m. Sathumurai - discourse by Dr. Sudha Seshaiyyan 6.30 p.m. Zakir Hussain presents 'Vanamaalai - a garland of love' thematic Bharatanatyam

Jan. 16, 2012 Monday 6.30 p.m. - A programme of music and dance by the Yuva Kala Bharathis dedicated to the silver jubilee of Bharat Kalachar. All the programmes from Nov. 27 will be held at –

Bharat Kalachar 16, Tirumalai Road T. Nagar Chennai

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7.00 pm

S. Shashank & Sanjeev Abhyankar, Ravindra Yavagal

3. Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2011
Oct. 29, 2011 Saturday 5.00 pm 5.30 pm Inauguration Sudha Ragunathan, R. K. Shriramkumar, K. V. Prasad, S. Ganapathy 7.15 pm Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan (Sons & disciples of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan) 7.00 pm Oct. 30, 2011 Sunday 2.45 pm Jugalbandi - V. Shankaranarayanan & Shaunak Abhisheki with V. V. S. Murari, Vyasmurthi Katti, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Ravindra Yavagal 5.00 pm S. Sowmya, Dr. M. Narmada, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan 5.00 pm

Oct. 31, 2011 Monday (Palghat Mani Iyer Remembrance) 3.00 pm V. R. Dileepkumar & G. Ravikiran with M. A. Sundaresan, Trichur Narendran Nithyasree Mahadevan, M. A. Krishnaswamy, I. Sivakumar, Trichy Murali Malladi Brothers, S. Varadarajan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, S. V. Ramani

Nov. 1, 2011 Tuesday (Madurai Mani Iyer Remembrance) 3.00 pm K. Gayatri & Sriranjani Santhanagopalan with V. V. S. Murari, B. Sivaraman, Madipakkam Murali

5.00 pm

Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan with Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan Nov. 3, 2011 Thursday 3.00 pm K. Bharat Sundar & R. Raghavendra with B. U. Ganesh Prasad, Trichur Narendran, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma 5.00 pm Chitravina N. Ravikiran & Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel, Anantha R. Krishnan

7.00 pm

Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan, S. Varadarajan, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Nov. 2, 2011 Wednesday 3.00 pm "Seetha Kalyanam" a KathaKacheri by B. Suchitra & Bharathi Ramasubban with R. Rahul, B. Ganapathyraman 5.00 pm Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, E. M. Subramaniam 7.00 pm Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Nagai R. Muralidharan, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, N. Govindarajan

7.00 pm

The Manganiyars from Rajasthan

Nov. 4, 2011 Friday 3.00 pm Vidya Kalyanaraman & Amrita Murali with Padma Shankar, B. Ganapathyraman, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma 5.00 pm N. Vijay Siva, Lalgudi J. Vijayalakshmi, Neyveli R. Narayanan, B. S. Purushotham 7.00 pm 'Uttar-Dakshin' by Subhasree Thanikachalam & the Hariyudan

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Naan Team

3.00 pm

Nisha P. Rajagopalan & S. Saketharaman, Padma Shankar, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V.

Nov. 5, 2011 Saturday 3.00 pm Shertalai K. N. Ranganatha Sarma & Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna with M. A. Sundaresan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, E. M. Subramaniam 5.00 pm Priya Sisters, M. A. Krishnaswamy, Delhi Sairam, B. S. Purushotham 7.00 pm Subha Mudgal, Sudheer Naik, Aneesh Pradhan 5.00 pm Nov. 6, 2011 Sunday 10.00 am Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Dr. S. Karthick are FREE! 7.00 pm Nov. 7, 2011 Monday 3.00 pm 7.00 pm 5.00 pm

Gopalakrishnan Ranjani & Gayatri, H. N. Bhaskar, K. V. Prasad, K. V. Gopalakrishnan O. S. Arun & Party

Manasi Prasad & Savitha Sreeram with Krishnan, M. S. Venkatasubramanian, Thyagaraj P. Unnikrishnan, Embar S. Kannan, K. V. Prasad, B. S. Purushotham Fusion Dreams - Jyotsna Srikanth & Party

All the 3.00 pm concerts and the 10.00 am concert on Nov. 6th

For the evening programs (5.00 pm and later), 50% seats will be free. Seating will be strictly on a first-come first-served basis and cannot be reserved beforehand. The remaining 50% will be for donor pass holders who wish to reserve a confirmed seat beforehand. Donor passes will be available at the following denominations: Season Pass - Rs. 3000 (couple), Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000, Rs. 500 Daily Pass - Rs. 300, Rs. 200, Rs. 100, Rs. 25 Passes will be available from Oct. 20th onwards at Narada Gana Sabha lobby and through the Carnatica. All events will happen at the venue address below –

Narada Gana Sabha TTK Road Chennai

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4.30 p.m.

Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal) Priya Sisters (Vocal)

4. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sangeet Natya Utsav
Note - Only the main artistes’ names are given. Nov. 20, 2011 - Sunday 4.00 p.m. Seshampatti Sivalingam (Nadaswaram) Nov. 23, 2011 - Wednesday 10.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m 6.00 p.m 6.45 p.m. Inauguration Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal) Nov. 24, 2011 - Thursday Nov. 21, 2011- Monday 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Mambalam Sisters (Vocal) Kadri Gopalnath (Saxaphone) Nov. 25, 2011 - Friday Nov. 22, 2011 - Tuesday 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Gayathri Girish (Vocal) Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal) S. Sowmya (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. Sai bhajan Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal) O.S. Arun (Vocal) 6.30 p.m.

10.00 a.m. Nov. 26, 2011 - Saturday 4.30 p.m. Jugalbandi : Anuradha Sriram & Sriram Parasuram 6.30 p.m. Malladi Brothers (Vocal) Nov. 30, 2011 - Wednesday 10.00 a.m. Nov. 27, 2011 - Sunday 10.00 a.m. Ramjhi's Isai Mazhalai Group (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. B. Kannan (Veena) Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal) Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday 10.00 a.m. Nov. 28, 2011 - Monday 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Dr. M. Narmada (Violin) O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m.

To be announced Prema Rangarajan (Vocal) T.M. Krishna (Vocal)

Tukkaram Ganapathy Maharaj (Namasankeerthanam) Vasundhara Rajagopal (Vocal) N. Vijay Siva (Vocal)

M.V.Anantha Padmanabhachariar Discourse Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal) Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)

Nov. 29, 2011 - Tuesday

Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday

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4.30 p.m.

Shankari Krishnan (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. Kanaka Durga (Vocal) Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - - 4.30 p.m.

K.P. Nandini (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m.

At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m.

Cuddalore Janani (Vocal)

6.30 p.m.

Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin)

At Mini Hall -7.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal) Dec. 4, 2011 – Sunday At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m. Kuldeep Pai (Vocal) 10.00 a.m.

Dr. N.S. Lakshmy (Vocal)

Ghatam Karthick's 'Heartbeat' Ensemble (Ghatam)

Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday 10.00 a.m. Sukhi Sivam (Discourse) At Mini Hall - 10.00 a.m. B. Srikrishnan (Veena)

4.30 p.m.

Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal)

Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena)

4.30 p.m.

6.30 p.m.

Thrissur V. Ramachandran (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m.

Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal) Shreya Devnath (Violin)

At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m.

K. Sathyanarayanan (Keyboard)

Dec. 6, 2011 - Tuesday 6.30 p.m. Aruna Sairam (Vocal) 10.00 a.m. Kavingar Subbu Arumugam's Group (Villu Pattu) At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m. Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. Rajesh Vaidya (Veena)

Dec. 5, 2011 - Monday 10.00 a.m. 4.30 p.m. Dr. Sudha Seshayan (Discourse) Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m.

K. Mahathi (Vocal) H.S. Prasanth (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m. Kalaimagan (Vocal) N. Harish (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m.

Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

S.R. Mytreyi (Vocal)

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mylapore Chennai

Sri.Y. Prabhu

5. Hamsavinodhini Margazhi Music Festival
Note: Please note that the concerts happen at different places for different days. Please read the information carefully before planning to attend! Dates Venue Dec. 1, 2011 to Dec. 4, 2011 Vasantha Mandapam, Arulmigu Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West Mambalam, Chennai - 33 Chief Guest / Felicitations by K. Jayarama Krishnan (Vice President) Global Alliance T.C.S and T.S. Raghavan – Former Chairman & M.D, Indian Bank & Bank of Maharashtra

Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday 4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. Vedaparayanam, Mangala Isai Jayashree Vaidyanathan – Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman – Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekaran – Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan – Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Inauguration & Award Function Sangeetha Hamsa to Nithyasree Mahadevan & Vidwan T.S. Sankaran, Asthikaseva Hamsa Award to

Dates Venue

Dec. 16, 2011 to Dec. 21, 2011 Arkay Convention Centre A/c Hall, Royapettah High Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 4.

4.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m.

Vedaparayanam, Mangala Isai Jayashree Vaidyanathan – Vocal, Villivakkam Raghuraman – Violin, Manikudi Chandrasekaran – Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan – Ghatam

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6.30 p.m.

Inauguration & Award Function Sangeetha Hamsa to Nithyasree Mahadevan & Vidwan T.S. Sankaran Asthikaseva Hamsa Award to Sri.Y. Prabhu Chief Guest / Felicitations by K. Jayarama Krishnan (Vice President) Global Alliance T.C.S and T.S. Raghavan – Former Chairman & M.D, Indian Bank & Bank of Maharashtra

7.00 p.m.

Vizianagaram D. Vardhani - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam, Harihara Subramaniyan - Ghatam

Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday 9.30 a.m. Serugudi Sisters – Rema & Geetha Vocal duet, Nagercoil Anand - Violin, B. Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam 11.00 a.m. Chidambaram C.G. Sundar Dikshidar - Vocal, Nagercoil Anand - Violin, V.S. Raghavan - Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. Sowmya Kumar Arjun - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mrudangam

7.15 p.m.

Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, R. Hemalatha - Violin, I. Sivakumar Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan Ghatam

Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday 5.00 p.m. Kasturi Kamala Deepthi - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Violin, S. Sreeduth Mrudangam 7.00 p.m.

Jayalakshmi Sekar - Veena, Pudukottai R. Ambika Prasad Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan Mrudangam, Pudukottai N.

Ramachandran - Ghatam 11.30 a.m. Dec. 4, 2011 - Sunday 9.30 a.m. Ranjani Hebbar & Guruprasad Vocal, Kalyani Sankar - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam 11.00 a.m. S.U. Maheswaran - Vocal, M. Vijay Violin, B. Gururaghavendra Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. Soumyasri - Vocal, S.V. Sudarsan Violin, K. H. Vineet - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Pallavi Prasanna Madhyastha Vocal, B. Anantha Krishnan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday 9.30 a.m. 7.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m.

Trivandram Balaji - Mrudangam Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, K.V. Gopalakrishnan Mrudangam Padma Seshadri Sisters Randhini & Roshini - Vocal Duet, B. Anantha Krishnan - Violin, Hanumanthapuram J. Bhuvarahan - Mrudangam Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Shertalai R. Sivakumar - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mrudangam

Smt. Gayathri Sankaran - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Thanjavur Subramanian Mrudangam

11.30 a.m. Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday 9.30 a.m. K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin,

Tirumalai Brothers P.B. Srirangachari & Embar R. Kasturi - Vocal Duet, S.P. Anantha Padmanabha - Violin - M.S. 25

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Varadhan - Mrudangam, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira 5.00 p.m. Malladi Nagalakshmi - Vocal, C.N. Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. R.K.Srikantan - Vocal, S.Ramakanth - Vocal support, M. A. Sundareswaran - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

5.00 p.m.

Sangeetha Ramprasad - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, B. Guru raghavendra - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m.

Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan Violin, Nanganallur R. Sriram Mrudangam

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday 9.30 a.m. S. Kasturirangan - Vocal, Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian - Violin, Sridhar chari (Melbourne) Mrudangam 11.30 a.m. Madurai Jayalakshmi Ramesh Vocal, T.V. Sukanya - Violin, Madurai S. Ramesh - Mrudangam Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday 7.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. Malladi Vasavi - Vocal, Kalyani Sankar - Violin, Tanjore S. Balakrishnan - Mrudangam Kotapalli Vandana - Vocal, Kalyani Sankar - Violin, Burra Sriram Mrudangam

5.00 p.m.

Smt. Kanakadurga Venkatesh Vocal, Jayanthi Keshav - Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m.

Pradosham Concert by Vasundhra Rajagopal - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnana Sundaram - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mrudangam, Bangalore Sukanya Ramgoapal Ghatam

7.00 p.m.

Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan & Ram Kumar Mohan - Vocal duet, Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan Violin, Trichur R. Mohan Mrudangam, Nerkunam S. Sankar Khanjira Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday 5.00 p.m.

C.N.Srinivasamoorthy & H.V.Raghuram - Violin Duet, B. Gururaghavendra - Mrudangam, S.

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin solo, Madipakkam Suresh Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali Ghatam 7.00 p.m.

Venkataramanan - Khanjira Geetha Krishnamurthi - Veena, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar Mrudangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

Dates Venue

Dec 22 to Jan01, 2012 Arulmigu Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West Mambalam Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday 9.30 a.m. Rajini Hariharan - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, V.R. Jayakumar - Mrudangam

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

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11.30 a.m

Sanjana Ramkumar - Vocal, T.V. Sukanya - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal - Mrudangam

Subramanian - Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam, Mannarkudi K.R. Venkatraman Morsing

7.00 p.m.

Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N. Murthy - Violin, Tanjore Murugabhoopathy - Mrudangam Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 5.00 p.m.

Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, B. Anantha Krishnan - Violin, B. Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 9.30 a.m. G. Madhavan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Shertalay R. Ananthakrishnan - Mrudangam 11.30 a.m. Deevi Pramila - Vocal, R. Kailasam Violin, Trivandram Hariharan Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. N. Harish - Vocal, C.N. Srinivasa Murthy - Violin, Nellai Sri Krishnan - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Bangalore J. Subhalakshmi Krishnamoorthy - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Tanjore Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m.

T.S. Sankaran & J.A.Jayanth Flute Duet, Pudukottai R. Ambika Prasad - Violin, Tanjore Kumar Mrudangam, Srirangam S. Kannan Morsing

Mumbai G. Shilpa - Vocal, C.N.Srinivasamoorthy - Violin, B. Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m.

Subha Ganesan - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m.

V.S. Raghavan - Mrudangam M. Balamurali Krishna - Vocal, Madurai S. Balasubramanian - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mrudangam, Nerkunam S. Sankar - Khanjira

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Vidya Subramanian - Vocal, Parur Anantha Krishnan - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Bhushany Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Pakkala Ramdass - Violin - Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam 11.30 p.m. Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday 5.00 p.m. Niranjana Srinivasan & Sushma Somasekar - Vocal duet, K.J. Dileep - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday 5.00 p.m. G.V. Jayashree - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, 5.00 p.m. Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday 9.30 a.m.

Bombay Mangalam Krishnamoorthy Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramanian - Violin, B. Gururaghavendra Mrudangam K. Subhiksha - Vocal, Dinesh Kumar Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram Mrudangam Madurai S. Suchithra - Vocal, T.V. Sukanya - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal - Mrudangam Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, V. Sanjeev - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mrudangam

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Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday 9.30 a.m. Papanasam Ramani Bhagavathar & Party - Namasangeerthanam

11.30 a.m.

Naama Vaibhavam - Bhajans by youth

5.00 p.m.

Arundhathi Krishnan - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin, Neyveli K.V. Ramkumar - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m.

Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal, Madurai S. Balasubramanian - Violin, Chidambaram S. Balashankar Mrudangam

6. Kalakshetra December Festival
Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday 6 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. Aruna Sairam - Carnatic Vocal

Kalakshetra Repertory Company

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 6 p.m. Krishnamari Kuravanji - Kalakshetra Repertory Company

Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday 6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena recital Parassala Ponnammal - Carnatic Vocal Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 6 p.m. Rudrapatnam Brothers - Carnatic Vocal

Dec. 23, 2011- Friday 6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m Pandit Debashish Bhattacharya - Lap Slide guitar (Hindustani) 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. Pandit Uday Bhawalkar - Hindustani Vocal

Dec. 27, 2011- Tuesday 6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m M. Venkatesh Kumar - Hindustani Vocal Dr. Dhruba Ghosh - Sarangi recital

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Dec. 29, 2011- Thursday 6 p.m. Kalakshetra Bharatanatyam Kalakshetra Repertory Company

Tickets available at Kalakshetra from December 5, 2011and are priced at more details contact Kalakshetra at : + 91 44 24520836, 24521169, 24521170

Dec. 30, 2011- Friday 6 p.m. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Dec. 31, 2011- Saturday 6 p.m. Choodamani and Mahapattabhishekam by Kalakshetra

Tickets available from December 5, 2011 at the below address:

Kalakshetra Foundation, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600041 Phone: + 91 44 24520836, 24521169, 24521170 Website: www.kalakshetra.net

7. Lec Dem Mela by Music Forum
The theme for the lec-dems is Manodharma in Carnatic music. Dec. 10, 2011- Saturday

12.40 p.m. to 1.40 p.m. -

The raga Harikamboji and its janya ragas by Dr.Sunder

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday Raga Karaharapriya & its janya ragas by O.S.Thyagarajan The differences in approach to neraval & swara singing by Chitraveena N.Ravikiran Manodharma excellence in yester year musicians by Radha Bhaskar 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – 10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. 11.30 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. – Raga Kalyani & its janya ragas by P. S. Narayanaswamy Manodharma aspects in a thani avarthanam by Kaaraikudi R. Mani Various aspects of Tanam by P. Vasanthkumar - Veena Panel Discussion – Is manodharma really manodharma?

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. –

10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. –

11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. –

12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. –

The events will happen at the following address: Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday 9 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. – Verbal & aesthetic excellence in the lyrics of Sri Thyagaraja and Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s compositions by S.R.Janakiraman Bhakti poets & Indian Music by Gowri Ramnarayan Scope of Manodharma in music for dance by Padma Subramaniam & Gayathri Kannan

Arkay Convention Center Luz Chennai-4.

10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. -

Note : Admission to the lec-dems is free. However, prior registration is required. For registrations contact phone nos. 9381023173, 9444123645 For online registrations contact: [email protected]

11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. –

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8. Mudra Fine Arts Festival
The concerts will be held at Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School Campus, 31, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. (Opp. Joyalukkas and adjacent to Shah showroom) This year's Mudhra Excellence award goes to the Bharatanatyam exponents and duo V.P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday 4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Sitthukadu T.G.Murugavel - Nadaswaram, Vadapalani S.Rajaram & Sivanvoyal S.M.Rajarathinam - Tavil 5.30 p.m. - Inauguration 7.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna -Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, B.Sivaraman – Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick – Ghatam

Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday 6.15 p.m. - S.Saketharaman - Vocal, H.K.Venkatram - Violin, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira

Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday 4.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal, V.V.S.Murari - Violin, Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam 6.45 p.m. - Drama : Mother Creastions 'Swasam' by C.V.Chandramohan

Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday 6.15 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S.Krishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, R.Ramesh - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar -Kanjira

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday 6.15 p.m. - Shantala Subramaniam - Flute, Avaneeswaram Vinu - Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday 6.15 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N.Murthy - Violin, Melakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday 6.30 p.m. - Saraswati Vidyardhi - Vocal, M.Narmadha - Violin, Mudhra Bhaskar - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

11.30 a.m. - Theme : Ragam Tanam Pallavi : Visweswar(flute)- K.Gokul Guru Bharadwaj 12.45 p.m. - Theme: Compositions on Lord Krishna : Roopa Sastry M.Rajeev - Arjun Raghavan

Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday 6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, J.Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira

2.00 p.m. - Theme : Lord Rama as Visualised by Thyagaraja : Srirangam Venkatanagarajan – Sruthi Sarathy – PBV Krishnamachari 3.15 p.m. - Theme : Compositions on Devi : Mumbai SilpaSrinivasamurthy – Thirucheri Koushik Rajagopal

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday 6.15 p.m. - Raga Vaibhavam by Dr.Radha Bhaskar, Salem Gayathri, K.P.Nandini, (Vocal), Melakkaveri Thiagajaran(Violin) Ramaiah Vittal (Mridangam) Nanganallur Swaminathan(Ghatam) 6.15 p.m. - Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam & Anuradha Sridhar – Violin Duet, Sriram Brahmanandam – Mridangam, B.S.Purushotham - Kanjira

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday Talent Promotion Concerts from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. 9 .00 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of GNB : Deekshita Venkataraman – T. Dinesh Kumar - Akshayram 10.15 a.m. - Theme :One Raga One Kriti (Bhairavi) : Prachothan Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - L.Subramanaiam- Krishna

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday 6.15 p.m. - V.V.Subramaniam - Violin Solo, Guruvayur Dorai - Mridangam, Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday 6.15 p.m. - Sankeerthanamum Sangeethamum : Udayalur Kalyanaraman – Namasankeerthanam, Dr.Ganesh – Carnatic Vocal

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10.15 a.m. - Theme : Ragam Tanam Pallavi : Sherya Devanath(Violin) – Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday 6.30 p.m. - V.P.Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan- Bharathanatyam Guru Raghavendra - Venkataramanan 11.30 a.m. - Theme: Vahanam : Maalavika – M.Vijay – V.S.Raghavan 12.45 p.m. - Theme : Sanskrit Compositions of Saint Thiagaraja : Vignesh Easwar- Raghul – N.C.Bharadwaj Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday 6.15 p.m. - S.Sowmya - Vocal, Embar Kannan - Violin, Manoj Siva Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira 2.00 p.m. - Theme: Compositions of Shyama Sastri : Srividya – Lavanya Raman – Thirucheri Koushik Rajagopal 3.15 p.m. - Theme : Compositions of Neelakanta Sivan : Sandeep Narayanan – S.P.Ananthapadmanabha – Nirmal Narayanan Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday 6.15 p.m. - S.Sashank - Flute, B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin, K.V.Prasad Mridangam, N.Amrit - Kanjira 6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi – Violin, B.Ganapathiraman – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad – Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday Talent Promotion Concerts from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday Talent Promotion Concerts from 9.00 a.m. to 3.15 a.m. 9 .00 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of Lalgudi Gopala Iyer and Lalgudi Jayaraman : A.Narayanan – Srinivasamurthy-Pannaga

9.00 a.m. - Theme : Viruttham & Papanasam Sivan compositions : N.S.Kamatchi – Nagarkoil Anand – V.S.Raghavan

10.15 a.m. - Theme :One Raga One Kriti : Lahari Kochala – Anayampatti Venkatasubramaniam– Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan 11.30 a.m. - Theme : Kritis of Muthuswami Dikshitar in Popular Ragas : G.Ravikiran- K.P.Nandini – Tanjore Praveen Kumar 12.45 p.m. - Theme: Krishna Smarana : Lakshmi Surya Teja – Anuthama Murali – B.Saishankar 2.00 p.m. - Theme : Rare Kritis of Trinity : Vishnudev Nambudri – Apoorva Krishna-Vikram Vasudevan

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday 6.15 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan – Vocal, V.V.Ravi- Violin, Neyveli Narayanan – Mridangam, B.S.Purushotham-Kanjira

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday 6.15 p.m. - O.S.Thiagarajan – Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan – Violin, Dr.Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, V.Suresh – Ghatam

4.00 p.m. to 5.30pm : S.R.Santaprakash(USA) – Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan – Australia Ravichandira 6.15 p.m. - Bhajans by O.S.Arun, Embar Kannan – Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, Srikrishnan – Harmonimum, Ganapathy & Kiran – Tabla, Selvam – Talam

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday 6.15 p.m. - T.M.Krishna – Vocal, Akkarai Subbulakshmi – Violin, Arun Prakash – Mridangam, Guruprasanna – Kanjira, N.Guruprasad – Ghatam

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday 6.15 p.m. - Nithyashree Mahadevan, M.A.Krishnaswami –Violin, Neyveli Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 6.15 p.m. - Kadri Gopalnath – Saxaphone, A.Kanyakumari – Violin, Trichy B.Harikumar – Mridangam, Rajendra Nakod – Tabla, Bangalore Rajasekar – Moharsing Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday 4.00 p.m. - Music Appreciation Programme – An interactive session by O.S.Thiagarajan & Dr.Radha Bhaskar Skandasubramaniam – Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam – Ghatam

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6.15 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan – Vocal, S.Varadarajan – Violin, Umayalpuram Sivaraman – Mridangam, E.M.Subramaniam – Ghatam

6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nethra Gururaj (Disciple of Smt.Nagamani Srinivasa Rao)

Jan. 1, 2012 - Sunday 9.45 a.m. - Sthree Thyagaraja Pancharathnam Sruti 5 – Rendering of Pancharatha Kritis by 60 Women Artists 6.45 p.m. - Drama : U.A.A.presents Y.GEE.Mahendra in 'Natakam'

Jan. 6, 2012 - Friday 6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Anugraha Sridhar (Disciple of Dr.Padma Subrahmanyam)

Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday Jan. 2, 2012 - Monday 6.30 p.m. - Cuddalore Gopi Bhavathar’s 'Panduranga Leelai' 5.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Devika 7.00 p.m. - Odissi by Sikata Das

Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday 6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ragha Mohan (Disciple of Rangashree, Kuwait)

Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. - Special Four Hour Concert by Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan – Vocal, S.D.Sridhar - Violin, Patri Satishkumar – Mridangam, H.Sivaramakrishnan – Ghatam

Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday

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Dec. 7, 2011 Wednesday

4.30 p.m.

Uma Subramaniam (Vocal) T.K.Padmanabhan - Trivandrum N. Hariharan

6.30 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Inauguration and conferment of title 'Naada Ratna' on Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna

T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), Mysore Srikanth - Srimushnam V. Rajarao Alathur T.Rajaganesh

7.00 p.m.

Prof. C.V. Chandraskekhar (Bharatanaatyam) Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday

Dec. 8, 2011 Thursday 4.30 p.m. Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin solo - B. Ganapathi Raman - H. Sivaramakrishnan 6.45 p.m. R.K. Srikantan (Vocal), Prof. R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal Support), M.A. Sundareswaran, Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman - Anirud Athreya

4.30 p.m.

T.K.Ramachandran (Vocal), M.A.Krishnaswamy - L. Radhakrishnan

6.45 p.m.

Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Nagai R.Muralidharan - Dr.Trichy

Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday 4.00 p.m. Vichitra (Vocal) - Srilakshmi Venkatramani - B.Jayadev

Dec. 9, 2011 Friday

5.05 p.m.

Various Faces of Annamacharya Lec Dem by Dr. Paapu Venu Gopala

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Rao, Vocal Support- Ms. Aarthi and Ms. Archana 6.45 p.m. Udayalur Kalyanarama Bagavathar Namasankeerthanam

7.30 p.m.

Aparna Pillai (Bharatanaatyam)

Dec. 14, 2011 Wednesday 4.30 p.m. Kanakadurga Venkatesh (Vocal) Jayanthi Keshav - T.K.Ramakrishnan

Dec. 12, 2011 Monday 4.30 p.m. P. Saisharan (Vocal) V.L.V.Sudarsan - Salem Ranganathan 6.45 p.m. K.Baskaran (Flute) - B.U. Ganesh Prasad - Bangalore V. Praveen E.M. Subramainam

6.45 p.m.

Prince Rama Varma (Vocal) S.Varadarajan - Trichy B. Harikumar - V. Suresh

Dec. 15, 2011 Thursday 4.30 p.m. Radha Kalyanaraman (Vocal) - Kovai S. Chandran - Madurai Sundar

Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday 4.30 p.m. Dr. P.B. Kannakumar (Vocal) – Dr. M. Narmadha - J.Vaidyanathan 6.05 p.m. Chandrika Srinivas (Bharatanaatyam)

6.45 p.m.

O.S.Thayagarajan (Vocal) - T.K.V. Ramanujachariyalu - Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - Vaikkom Gopalakrishan

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday

4.30 p.m.

Vrinda Acharya (Vocal) - Srilakshmi Venkatramani - Nanganallur R.Sriram

Prof.T.R.Subramanyam 'Nrithya Kovida' on Prof. C.V.Chandrasekar 'Naada Sevika' on Dr.M.Narmadha 'Nrithya Sevika, on Ms. Kavitha Ramu

6.45 p.m.

Geetha Rajasekar (Vocal) Dr.M.Narmadha - Tanjore Subramanian - H.Sivaramakrishnan

Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday 4.30 p.m Chandrika Srinivas (Vocal) Thiruvallur V.Parthasarathy Ammangudi Ramnarayanan 6.45 p.m. Dr. Krishna Vageesh (Vocal) Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Mannargudi A. Eswaran - C.S.Venkataramanan

7.00 p.m.

Kumari.B.Saisruthi (Bharatanaatyam)

The concerts will take place at the venue address below:

Dakshinamurthy Auditorium (P.S. High School campus) R.K. Mutt Road Mylapore Chennai - 4

Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday 4.25 p.m. Kumari. Harini Krishnan (Vocal) Villivakkam Raghuraman Thirucherai R. Koushik 6.05 p.m. Valedictory Function - Conferment of titles 'Naada Kovida' on

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10. Prabhata Sangeetham
NOTE: The sessions are from 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. (Please note it is A.M.!) Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m.

Mysore.Karthik Nagaraj & Mysore Chandan Kumar (Flue-Violin Duet)

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Ramakrishnamurthy - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. K. Gayathri - Vocal Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Sornalatha with Chennai Thyagarajan (mridangam) Jan. 1, 2012 - Sunday 3.30 a.m. to 5.30 a.m. Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday Kalakkad Brothers -.Thyagarajan & Srinivasan (Lalitha Sahasranamam) From 5.30 a.m. onwards Lalitha Sahasranamam Akhanda Parayanam 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Amrutha Murali - Vocal

5.30 a.m.

Delhi V Muthukumar - Vocal

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m.

RK Shriram Kumar with Umayalapuram Mali (mri)

Jan. 2, 2012 - Monday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Maalavika Sundar (Sadashivendrasthavam) Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. J A Jayanth - Flute with J Balaji (mri) Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Delhi P Sunderrajan - Violin with Neyveli Sh.Narayanan (mri) Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Bombay Jayshree - Vocal

Jan. 4, 2012 - Wednesday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Prema Rangarajan - Vocal

Jan. 9, 2012 - Monday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal

Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Carnatica Brothers - K N Shashikiran & P Ganesh

Jan. 10, 2012 - Tuesday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Rithvik Raja - Vocal

Jan. 11, 2012 - Wednesday Jan. 6, 2012 - Friday

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5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m.

Usha Rajagopal - Violin Solo

Jan. 12, 2012 - Thursday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal

These concerts will happen at the venue address as given below –

G/A. Saraswathi Apartments 14/2, Luz Avenue 2nd Street Mylapore Chennai – 4

Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday

11. Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowments 2011
Note: These concerts are free and open to all.

4.30 p.m.

Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Kumbakonam Saravanan Mridangam, K.V.R.S. mani - Kanjira

Dec. 8, 2011 Thursday 6.30 p.m. V. Subramanyam - Vocal, R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin - Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam

6.30 p.m.

Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Sanjeev Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan Ghatam

Dec. 9, 2011 Friday 4.30 p.m. Kanaka Durga - Vocal, M. Narmada Violin, Mannargudi Subramanian Mridangam, Harihara Subramanian Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Cherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday 4.30 p.m. Jayalakshmi Sekhar - Veena, Mannarkoil Balaji - Mridangam, S. Ravikrishnan - Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Seetha Narayanan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam, Trichi Murali Ghatam

Dec. 12, 2011 Monday

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4.30 p.m.

Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, Sandhya Srinath - Violin, Srinath Mridangam, D.V. Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam

4.30 p.m.

Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal, H.N. Bhaskar - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya Kanjira Dec. 15, 2011 Thursday Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday 4.30 p.m. Sowmya Kumar Arjun - Vocal, Neela Jayakumar - Violin, N. Narasimhan Mridangam 6.30 p.m. Kanyakumari - Rajeev - Violin Duet, Pathri Satishkumar - Mridangam, B.S. Purushottaman - Kanjira 6.30 p.m. 4.30 p.m.

Vani Satheesh - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, T.R. Sundaresan - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan Ghatam

Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Jayamangala Krishnamani Mridangam, G. Ravichandran Ghatam Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam Ghatam

Dec. 14, 2011 Wednesday

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday 4.30 p.m. Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Vocal, Delhi Sairam Mridangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan -Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, R. Ramesh - Mridangam, S. Karthick Ghatam 6.30 p.m.

Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira Ranjani (Hebbar) Guru Prasad Vocal, V.V. srinivasa Rao - Violin, Palghat Mahesh Kumar Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma Ghatam

Concerts will take place at the venue address as given below – Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday 4.30 p.m. A.S. Murali - Vocal, T. Hemamaliniu - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing 6.30 p.m. Radha Venkatachalam - Vocal, Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin, Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Sastri Hall Mylapore Chennai – 4
Contact Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowment for more details -

Phone no: +91 44 2433 0191 +91 96000 50111

Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday 4.30 p.m. Lakshmi Sreeram - Vocal, S.P. Anantha Padmanabha - Violin, T.K.

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5.00 p.m.

Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Geetha Vocal, V. Ananthakrihnan - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mridaangam

12. Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj
Dec. 20, 2012 Tuesday 6.00 p.m. Inauguration and Presentation of Sangeetha Mamani award to Nithyasree Mahadevan 7.00 p.m. Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, Pakkala Ramadoss - Violin, I.Sivakumar - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam Dec. 23, 2011 Friday 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. Dec. 21, 2011 Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Arjun Ganesh Mridangam 7.00 p.m. O.S. Thyagarajan - Vocal, Delhi P. Sunder Rajan - Violin, Ramesh Srinivasan (USA) - Mridangam 7.00 p.m. Dec. 22, 2011 Thursday Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m.

T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi Violin, Trichur Narendran Mridangam

Bhavani Prakash Rao - Veena T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, Serthalai Ssivakumar - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam

Chandrika Srinivasan - Vocal, Tiruvallur Parthasarathy - Violin, Nanaganallur Sri Ram - Mridangam Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M.A Sundaresan - Violin, Mannarkoil

J,Balaji - Mridangam Dec. 27, 2011 Tuesday Dec. 25, 2011 Sunday 5.00 p.m. Bangalore G. Ravikiran - Vocal, Trivandrum S.Sampath - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam 7.00 p.m. J. Sreevalson Menon - Vocal, Avaneesvaram .R. Vinu - Violin, Trivandrum Vaidyanathan Mridangam Dec. 28, 2011 Wednesday 5.00 p.m. Dec. 26, 2011 Monday 5.00 p.m. Krishnapriya Anantharajan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan MridangamMadipakkam Murali Ghatam 7.00 p.m. S. Mahathi - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, M.S. Varadhan - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswami Ghatam Dec. 29, 2011 Thursday 5.00 p.m. Pallavi Prasanna - Vocal, V.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nellai 7.00 p.m Kanaka Durga Venkatesh - Vocal, T.A. Jayanthi - Violin, Manargudi Easwaran - Mridangam Bombay Sisters C. Saroja & C. Lalitha - Vocal, Usha rajagopalan Violin, K. R. Ganesh - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. Naveen Namboodhri - Vocal Kadri Gopalnath - Saxapone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, Rajendra Natkarni - Tabla, Bangalore Rajasekaran - Morsing

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Balaji - Mridangam, Narasimhan – Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Rajesh Vaidhya - Veena

6.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m.

Inauguration of dance festival Koothoor. R. Venkatasubramaniam Bharatanatyam

Dec. 30, 2011 Friday 5.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m. Anantha Padmanabha Rao - Vocal Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal

Jan. 03, 2012, Tuesday 6.00 p.m. 7.30 p.m. Gayathri Sudharshan J.Suryanarayanamurthy (Kalakshetra) and Students Bharatanatyam

Dec. 31, 2011 Saturday 7.00 p.m. B.Vijaya Gopal - Flute Jan. 04, 2012 Wednesday 6.00 p.m. Jan. 01, 2012 Sunday 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon Melattur Bhagavatha Mela Prahlalada Charitram
Concerts will take place at the venue address as given below –

S.R. Janani R. Vijay Madhavan – Bharatanatyam

7.30 p.m.

Padma Seshadri School Auditorium
Jan. 02, 2012 Monday

Alagirisami Salai K K Nagar

Chennai -78
Please contact Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj at the below numbers for further queries –

Phone: +91 44 23661529 & +91 94444417729

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Ramaswamy) - Bharatanatyam

13. The Indian Fine Arts Society
Dec. 17, 2011
5 p.m. Former Chief Election Commissioner N. Gopalaswami will inaugurate the festival. 9.00 a.m.

Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Kunnakudy School of Music and group Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, B. Ganapathy Raman - Mrudangam

Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday
4.30 p.m. Mangala Isai - G.K.Raghuraman with special thavil by Triplicane K. Sekar 5.30 p.m. Inauguration and conferment of the title Sangita Kala Sikhamani on Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Natya Kala Sikhamani on Narasimhachari and Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari. 7.15 p.m. Santosh G. Nair (Dis. of V. Ramamoorthy and Manjula

10.30 a.m.

Lecture Demonstration on Isaiyum Bakthiyum by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan

3.00 p.m.

J.B.Sruthi Sagar - Flute, B. Anandakrishnan - Violin, Neyveli K. V. Ramkumar - Mrudangam

4.30 p.m

Maharajapuram S.Srinivasan Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Tanjore Kumar - Mrudangam, S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira

7.00 p.m.

Kunrakudi M. Balamuralikrishna Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin,

R.Ramesh - Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam

A. Easwaran - Mrudangam, B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Sree Prakash Cultural Heritage Research Centre 9.00 a.m. Iyer Brothers - Veena, Kalakkad R. Srinivasan - Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Annamacharya Kritis by Dr. Nedunuri Krishnamurthy 3.00 p.m N. Harish - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. O.S.Thyagarajan - Vocal, Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Lalgudi G J R Krishnan - Violin, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Mannargudi

Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Smt.Kanthimathi Santhanam 9.00 a.m. Gayathri Sankaran - Vocal, M. Balakrishnan - Violin, P.V. Kamaraju Mrudangam, Ernakulam S.Ramakrishnan - Ghatam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Aanayyaa by Dr.Raama Kowsalya. Vocal support by Madhuvanthi Badri Rajagopal. 3.00 p.m. Nadamuni Gayathri Bharat - Vocal, Chidambaram G. Badrinath - Violin, Madurai B. Sundar - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. S. Saketharaman - Vocal, M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Mrudangam, Dr. S. Karthick -

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Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Nritya Samarpanam by Natyasankalpa - Urmila Sathyanarayanan and Students. 7.00 p.m.

Raghavendra Rao - Violin - J. Vaidyanathan - Murudangam, Pudukottai N. Ramachandran Ghatam, R V P Balachandran Morsing Sanjay Subramanyam - Vocal, Mysore V.Srikanth - Violin, Nanjil A.R. Arul - Mrudangam

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Karnaranjani Group 9.00 a.m. N. Bhairavi and N. Malavi - Vocal, S.P. Anandapadmanabha - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mrudangam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Compositions of Papanasam Sivan, Neelakanta Sivan and Ramaswami Sivan by Suguna Purushothaman 3.00 p.m. Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, S.P. Anandapadmanabha - Violin, H.S. Sudhindra - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. N.C.Soundaravalli - Vocal, B. 10.30 a.m.

7 Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Smt.Vasantha Rammohan and Group 9.00 a.m Geetha Raja - Vocal, K.P.Nandini Violin, kallidaikurichi Sivakumar Mrudangam - Papanasam Sethuram Kanjira Lecture Demonstration on Lakshya and Lakshana in Dance by the Narasimhacharis

musical presentation) by 3.00 p.m. V. Nagarajan - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R.Rajasree - Violin, Bangalore Raghunath - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. A. Kanyakumari - Violin, M. Sanjeev - Violin Support, Patri Satishkumar - Mrudangam, Bangalore N. Amrit Kanjira 7.00 p.m. Abishek Raghuraman - Vocal, Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 3.00 p.m. Tiruvidaimarudhur S.Radhakrishnan Dr. Saraswathy Viswanathan Veena, R. Hemanth - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S. Swaminathan Ghatam Pantula Rama - Vocal, M S N Murthy - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan Mrudangam, Madipakkam K. Murali Ghatam M. Chandrasekaran - Violin, Tiruvidaimarudhur S.Radhakrishnan - Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan -

Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Srivarnisa Kalalaya and Group 9.00 a.m. Seetha Narayanan - Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Tanjore Kumar - Mrudangam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on A Bird’s Eye View”on the Philosophy message and preaching of Saint composers (a 10.30 a.m. 9.00 a.m.

Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Gangamrutham group led by Smt.Gangamani Athira Krishna - Violin, Nellai Balaji - Mrudangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam Lecture Demonstration on 55

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Philosophy of Dasa kootas its role in humanlife & Culture by Srimushnam V.Raja Rao 3.00 p.m. Bombay Sriram - Vocal, B. Sudha Violin, Atlanta Sriram - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. Malladi Brothers - Vocal, Mysore M.Nagaraj - Violin, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman -Mrudangam, B. Shree Sundarkumar - Kanjira 7.00 p.m. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar - Flute, Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Shertalai R. Anandakrishnan - Mrudangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran Ghatam 6.30 p.m. 10.30 a.m.

Mrudangam Lecture Demonstration on Handling of Major and Minor Ragas (Gana, Naya, Desika) for Alapana and Thanam by Charumathi Ramachandran Dr. K J Yesudoss - Vocal, Nagai R. Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam- Mrudangam, Tripunithura S.Radhakrishnan Ghatam

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Students of Smt. Aparna Balaji (USA )

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Bhajan Ravi Group 9.00 a.m. Aparna Balaji - Vocal, Kovai S.Chandran - Violin, Sridhar Chari -

9.00 a.m.

Kuldeep M. Pai - Vocal, B. Anandakrishnan - Violin, Vijay Natesan - Mrudangam

3.00 p.m.

Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal, Akkarai Sornalatha - Violin, M.S.

Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. Carnatica Brothers - Vocal, M. A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Navarasa Dance Theater presents A Story and A Song - Dance Theater by Aparna Sindhoor & Anil Natyaveda. Concept & Script Aparna Sindhoor & S.M.Raju. Music Prasanna

3.00 p.m.

Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan - Mrudangam

4.30 p.m.

Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, Erode Nagaraj - Mrudangam, Trichy S. Krishnaswamy - Ghatam

7.00 p.m.

N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, R.K.Shriramkumar - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mrudangam

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Dharmavathi group 9.00 a.m. Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Pudukottai Ambika Prasad - Violin, B. Sivaraman - Mrudangam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Analytical study of Shyama Sastrigal’s compositions by Dr.S.A.K.Durga

Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Swarna Bhushani Group 9.00 a.m. Mysore A. Chandan Kumar - Flute, Dr.Jyothsna Srikanth - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mrudangam, Udupi Srikanth - Kanjira 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Time tested concert techniques by Neyveli Santhanagopalan -M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Mannarkoil

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J. Balaji - Mrudangam. 3.00 p.m. Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Bangalore Nalina Mohan - Violin, Bangalore H.S. Sudhindra - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. Geetha Krishnamurthi - Veena, Thirupathi M. Sudhakar Mrudangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam 7. 00 p.m. Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, Patri Satishkumar - Mrudangam, Pramath Kiran - Morsing 4.30 p.m. 3.00 p.m. 10.30 a.m.

Mrudangam Lecture Demonstration on Banni Bai and her style of Harikatha by Prof. Dr.Premeela Gurumurthi V. Srivaralakshmi - Keyboard, H.V. Raghuram - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan - Violin, Poongulam S. Subramanian Mrudangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan Kanjira

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday
8.30 a.m Devotional Music by Sri Annamacharya Vamseekula Sankeerthana Seva Mandali lead by Dr.T.V.Meenalochani 9.00 a.m. K.R. Saranathan - Vocal, Madurai M. Balasubramaniam - Violin, Tiruvidaimarudur Sankaran -

7.00 p.m.

Bharathanatyam by Smt. Revathy Ramachandran

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Akshayam Group 9.00 a.m. R. Raghavendra - Vocal, Karaikkal S. Venkatasubramaniam - Violin,

Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy Mrudangam 10.30 a.m. Lecture & Demonstration on Varaha Purana Kirthanaigal by P.T.Seshadri 3.00 p.m. Smitha Madhav - Vocal, Mysore C.N. Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Rishikesh Thirumalai - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. U. Shrinivas - Mandolin, H.K. Venkataram - Violin, B. Harikumar Mrudangam, Trichy K. Murali Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Shanthi Rao - Veena, Poongulam Subramanian - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S. Swaminathan Ghatam 7.00 p.m. 4.30 p.m. 3.00 p.m. 10.30 a.m.

Mohan - Mrudangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira Lecture Demonstration on Merits and Demerits - Gurukulam and Methods of Learning music by Prof. T.R. Subramaniam Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Chennai Thyagarajan - Mrudangam Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Kanyakumari - Violin, Guruvayur Dorai - Mrudangam, Bangalore N. Amrit Kanjira, Bangalore B. Rajashekar Morsing Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha - Violin, Ravi M. Ravichandhira(Australia) -

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Dr.Kamala Selvaraj & Group 9.00 a.m. Trichur Brothers - Vocal, Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Trichur R.

Mrudangam, K.S. Rangachary Kanjira

Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday

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8.30 a.m.

Devotional Music by Subashruti led by Dr.Mathangi Ramakrishnan

Audio Recording coordinator P.R.Venkatasubramaniam

9.00 a.m.

Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mrudangam

Jan. 02, 2012 - Monday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Sri Matha Samarpanam led by Nalini Ramprasad 9.00 a.m. Uma Subramaniam - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, Tiruvidaimarudur S. Radhakrishnan - Mrudangam Ernakulam S .Ramakrishnan - Ghatam 10.30 a.m. Deekshita Venkataraman - Vocal, Sriram Sridhar - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal - Mrudangam 11.30 a.m. Vinay Sharva - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R.Rajashree - Violin, Uzhavur P.K.Babu - Mrudangam 7.15 p.m. A Tribute to Rukminidevi in Bharathanatyam by Narasimhachari

10.30

Harikatha - Nandanar Charithram by Kum. Sindhuja Ekambaram

3.00 p.m.

Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, Villivakkam S. Raghuraman - Violin, Uzhavur P K Babu - Mrudangam

4.30 p.m.

Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - Mrudangam - Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam

6.45 p.m.

Bharathanjali Trust & Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Present Parishvanga Pattabhishekam (Kishkintha kandam & Sundara Kandam) - Dance Ballet. Lyrics & music ;Sri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Choregraphy Smt. Anitha Guha ,

& Smt.Vasanthalakshmi

Jan. 04, 2012 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Amritha Vahini group

Jan. 03, 2012, Tuesday
8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Geetha Nivedhana Trust 9.00 a.m. Subha Ganesan - Vocal, C.K. Vijayaraghavan - Violin, B. Ganapathyraman - Mrudangam 11.30 a.m. 10.30 a.m. Archana & Aarathi - Vocal, C.V.Krishnasubramaniam - Violin, Sanjay Subramanian - Mrudangam 11.30 a.m. Lec.Dem. on compositions of Veena Seshanna : Prof. Mysore V.Subramanya - Direction, Prof. Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan - Veena, T.V.Ramprasad - Vocal, Prapancham Ravindran - Mrudangam, 7.15 p.m. Kavitha Ramu presents Kunrakudi Kuravanji, a dance ballet 4.30 p.m. 7.15 p.m. 10.30 a.m. 9.00 a.m.

Padma Krishnan - Vocal, R. Kailasam - Violin, Manakkal R. Sriram Mrudangam K. Mahathi - Keyboard, Shradha Ravindran - Violin, Nellai Sreekrishnan - Mrudangam T.V.K. Vikaasa Ramdas - Mandolin, Thiruvarur N. Balam - Violin, Kumbakondam R.N.Ganesan Mrudangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam Prize Distribution. Group Production by Kala Rasna Aranya Kandam premiered in the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival. Lyrics compiled by Smt.Rukmani Ramani. Choregraphy Smt.Jayanthi Subramanyam

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Jan. 02, 2012 – Monday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals
4.00 p.m. Ramya Venkataraman Dis.of Dr.Padma Subramanyam) 5.00 p.m. Divya Sampath (Dis.of Samyuktha Varadarajan) 6.00 p.m. Gayathri Rajaji (Dis.of Adyar K.Lakshman)

Jan. 04, 2012 – Wednesday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals
2.30 p.m. 3.30 p.m. V.G.Divya (Dis. of Divyasena) V.M.Supriya (Dis. of A. Lakshmanan)
6.00 p.m. Vipina Ramachandran (Dis. of Gopika Varma)

Jan. 03, 2012 – Tuesday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals
3.00 p.m. Sweta Devarajan (Dis.of Ramya Ramnarayan) 4.00 p.m. Malavika Yuvaraj (Dis. of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) 5.00 p.m. 6.00 p.m. Anupama Iyer ( Dis of Shivakumar) Ashritha Keshav ( Dis.of Vempatti Chinna sathyam)

Events will take place at the venue address as given below –

Balamandir German Hall 17, Prakasam St. T. Nagar Chennai - 17

9.00 a.m.

Ghatam Suresh with Ms. Carola Grey (Jazz Drummer from Munich, Germany) and Mr. Vasilis Sarikis (Frame drum, Darbucka and Riqq player from UK) - Influence of Indian rhythmic system and Solkattu in Jazz and Mediterranean music

14. The Music Academy – Academic Sessions
Dec. 16, 2011 8.00 a.m Devotional music by Students of ASCM, The Music Academy 8.45 a.m. Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar & troupe - Cenda, Tayambaka (Talavadyam Chenda) Dec. 19, 2011 Dec.17, 2011 8.05 a.m Deepak Raja - Raga transformations and compound raga-s in Hindustani music 9.00 a.m. Prof. T.N. Krishnan - My experiences with Music over the last 75 years 9.00 a.m. 8.05 a.m.

Sita Rajan - Syama Sastri, Subbaraya Sastri and Annasami Sastri Kudavayil Balasubramanian - Musical Instruments in ancient times as seen from Literature and Archeological source

Dec. 18, 2011 8.05 a.m. V.R. Devika & troupe - Mood and Music in Tamil Koothu

Dec. 20, 2011 8.05 a.m Dr. N. Ramanathan - Talas in treatises

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9.00 a.m.

R. Vedavalli - Talas in practice

Dec. 23, 2011 8.05 a.m. Suvarnalata Rao - Music in Motion – computer transcription of Music

Dec. 21, 2011 8.05 a.m. Thanjavur Govindarajan with Dr. B.M. Sundaram - Tavil and its role in Carnatic music 9.00 a.m. S.R.D. Vaidyanathan - Role of Nadaswaram in shaping vocal music Dec. 24, 2011 Dec. 22, 2011 8.05 a.m. Sandhya Kathavate - Thumri and its allied forms 9.00 a.m. R.K. Srikanthan, Aruna Sairam, Pantula Rama, Chitravina Ravikiran, R.K. Shriram Kumar - Panel discussion on Kutcheri paddhati Moderator Prof. Trichy Sankaran Dec. 25, 2011 8.05 a.m. 9.00 a.m. 8.05 a.m. 9.00 a.m.

G.Swaminathan, Charukesi, Ramanarayan, VSV, Lalitha Krishnan, Sita Ravi - Panel discussion on Kaccheri paddhati Moderator: Dr. SAK Durga

Amrit - Sri Harishankar Style of Kanjira playing Prof. Trichy Sankaran - Palani’s Style - Tribute to Guru Sri Palani Subramania Pillai

Ananth Vaidyanathan - Voice culture for musicians with

particular reference to carnatic musicians 9.00 a.m. Dr. Nagendra Sastry, Dr. Sachi Devi & Sri. Ananta Krishnan - Panel discussion on allied raga-s: bhairavi, mukhari, manji and huseni

Dec. 28, 2011 8.05 a.m. Lakshmi Ramaswamy - Uniqueness of 'Suvai' in Koottanool 9.00 a.m. - Kamala Narayanan Commemoration of guru Ramaiyya Pillai’s centenary

Dec. 26, 2011 8.05 a.m. Dr. Abhiramasundari Mahabharata Chudamani 9.00 a.m. Prof. Najma Ahmad - Persian and Urdu sources for Music

Dec. 29, 2011 8.05 a.m. Prof. Indrani Chaterji - Gamaka-s in Hindustani Music - with special reference to Sitara 9.00 a.m. Prof. Suneera Kasliwal - The musical instruments of Rajasthan

Dec. 27, 2011 8.05 a.m. Sumitra Vasudev - Role of Gamaka-s 9.00 a.m. Ramesh Vinayagam - Notational system for Carnatic music, “Gamaka Box”. 9.00 a.m. Dec. 30, 2011 8.05 a.m. Dr. Arimalam Padmanabhan Chandam-s in Sankaradas Svamigal's compositions Alepey Venkateshan - Importance of Kalapramana in raga alapana &

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Dec. 31, 2011 8.05 a.m. Arun Prakash, J. Vaidyanathan, Patri Satishkumar and Adyar Balu Mrudangam as leader and follower 9.00 a.m. Dr. Pabitrapran Goswami - Bargita, the classical music of Assam

Jan. 01, 2012 8.00 a.m. devotional music by winners in the Music Academy's devotional music competition 8.35 a.m - 9.30 a.m. open house

The sessions will take place at –

The Music Academy T.T.K. Road Chennai - 600 01

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