Chennai December Music Season 2011

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

Contents 1. Ananthaswami Centre for ...... 2

2. Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2011 ...... 5

3. Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2011 ...... 14

4. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sangeet Natya Utsav ...... 18

5. Hamsavinodhini Margazhi Music Festival ...... 23

6. Kalakshetra December Festival ...... 31

7. Lec Dem Mela by Music Forum ...... 33

8. Mudra Fine Arts Festival ...... 34

9. Nadabrahman ...... 39

10. Prabhata Sangeetham ...... 42

11. Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowments 2011 ...... 45

12. Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj ...... 48

13. The Indian Fine Arts Society ...... 52

14. The Music Academy – Academic Sessions ...... 63

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4.20 p.m. - Lavanya Vaidhyanathan - 1. Ananthaswami Centre for Carnatic Music Akkarai Sornalatha - N.C. Dec. 1, 2011 Thursday Bharadwaj - Nerkunam S Sankar 4.15 p.m. - J.B. Keerthana - Karaikkal 6.30 p.m. - Sisters Venkatasubramanian - B Vijayalakshmi and Chitra - Srivatsan Dr. R. Hemalatha - Nellai 6.40 p.m. - Ragam Sisters Sivaranjani Balaji - K.S. Rangachari and Nalina Kanthi - Srilakshmi Venkataramani - Hanumanthapuram J Dec. 4, 2011 Sunday Bhuvarahan - Nerkunam S Sankar 4.20 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Ragunath - R. Raghul - Palghat A.M. Dec. 2, 2011 Friday Harinarayanan 4.20 p.m. - J.B. Sruthisagar (Flute) - R. 6.30 p.m. - - C.R. Vaidhyanathan - V. Raghul - N.C. Bharadwaj Sanjeev - Trichur C Narendran - Anirudh V 6.30 p.m. - Akkarai Sisters Subhalakshmi and Sornalatha - Poongulam Dec. 5, 2011 Monday Subramanyam - Dr. S. Karthick 4.20 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar - K.P. Nandini - Akshay Anand

Dec. 3, 2011 Saturday 6.30 p.m. - Nisha Rajagopal - M Rajeev - B Sivaraman

Dec. 6, 2011 Tuesday 4.20 p.m. - S. Maalavika - Akkarai Sornalatha - K.H.Vineeth 4.20 p.m. - Siddarth Kumar - Sudha 6.30 p.m. - B. Balasubramaniam - R.K. R.S. Iyer - Nellai V. Shriram Kumar - K. Ashok Sreekrishnan 6.30 p.m. - Sangeetha Swaminathan - Kumbakonam M.R. Gopinath - Nellai Balaji. Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday

4.20 p.m. - Ramakrishnan Murthy - R. Raman Kendra Consecration Day Raghul - L. Subramanian 6.30 p.m. - C.S. Sajeev - V. Sanjeev - Dates Dec. 13 to Dec 24, 2011 K. Ashok Venue Ramana Kendra, 41, Alarmelmangapuram, Next lane to Dec. 19, 2011 Monday Shirdi Sai Baba temple. 4.20 p.m. - Roopa Mahadevan - M. Rajeev - Palghat A.M. Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday Harinarayanan 6.30 p.m. - D.B. Ashwin - Akkarai 4.00 p.m. - Krithika Natarajan - Sudha Sornalatha - Aswin R.S. Iyer - G. Ramshankar Sridharan Babu 6.40 p.m. - Salem R Shriram - S. Varadarajan - Dr. Trichy Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday Sankaran - B Shree Sundar Kumar 4.20 p.m. - Raagini Sri - Sudha R.S. Iyer - K.H. Vineeth 6.30 p.m. - Mala Mohan - Charulatha Dec. 16, 2011 Friday Ramanujam -

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B.Ganapath iraman

Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday

4.20 p.m. - Anirudh Venkatesh - M. Rajeev - Abhinav Seetharaman 6.30 p.m. - H.S. Prashanth - TKV Ramanujacharyalu - B. Srinivasan

The events will happen at the following address:

Dakshinamoorthy Hall P.S. High School Opp. Ramakrishna Mutt Mylapore Chennai N.C. Bharadwaj - 2. Bharat Kalachar Margazhi Mahotsav 2011 , Chandrasekara Sharma - Nov. 26, 2011 Sunday

Date Nov. 26, 2011 Saturday Nov. 28, 2011 Monday Venue Vani Mahal, T. Nagar

5.00 p.m. - Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, H.N. 4.00 p.m. - Bhaskar - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman Deepika Potarazu (USA) - - 5.00 p.m. - Kuchipudi Mridangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - 6.15 p.m. - H.H. Dayananda Saraswathi inaugurates the Silver Jubilee Margazhi Mahotsav 7.00 p.m. - Chinmaya Sisters - Vocal, Usha

Rajagopalan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira Nov. 27, 2011 Sunday Nov. 29, 2011 Tuesday 10.30 a.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan 5.00 p.m. - Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Vocal, Dr. M. Narmada - Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Nellai A. Balaji - Mridangam, Mridangam, Anirudh Swaminathan - Ghatam Athreya - Kanjira 7.00 p.m. - Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr. R. 4.15 p.m. - Rithvik Raja Vocal, Dr. M. Hemalatha - Violin, Nellai A. Balaji - Narmada - Violin, Mridangam, K.S.Rangachari - Melakaveri Balaji - Kanjira Mridangam, Anirudh

Athreya - Kanjira

Nov. 30, 2011 Wednesday 6.45 p.m. - Shreya Devnath - Violin,

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5.00 p.m. - Ghatam Karthick's SUMS(K)RYTHM - A Order H. Prasanna - Ghatam

Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol & Vocal, Prapancham Ravindran - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira, R. Raman - , N. Sundar - Dec. 03, 2011 Saturday ,,Khol & Bols, V. Rajagopalan - Percussion Effects 10.30 a.m. - A.V.K. Rajasimhan - Vocal, V. V. 7.00 p.m. - S.P. Ramh - Vocal, Lalgudi - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Vijayalakshmi - Violin, Neyveli Mridangam, E. M. Subramanian - Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, A. Ghatam S. Krishnan - Morsing 5.00 p.m. - Swarna Rethas - Vocal, B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Bharadwaj - Mridangam Dec. 01, 2011 Thursday 7.10 p.m. - Vijayalakshmy Subramanyam - Vocal, Srikanth - Violin, 5.00 p.m. - Anooradha Sriram and Sriram Sairam - Mridangam, B. S. Parasuram - Hindustani and Purushotham - Kanjira Carnatic Jugal bandhi. 7.10 p.m. - Anooradha Sriram and Sriram Parasuram - Hindustani and Dec. 04, 2011 Sunday Carnatic Jugal bandhi. 10.30 a.m. - Akshya Anandhakrishnan - Vocal, K.P. Nandhini - Violin, Agaramangudi Dec. 02, 2011 Friday Anandhakrishnan - Mridangam 4.15 p.m. - G. Ramanathan - Saxophone and 5.00 p.m. - K. Gayathri - Vocal, V.V.S. Murari - Bhavani Prasad - - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman - Instrumental fusion, S. Gajendran - Mridangam Tavil, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira, 7.10 p.m. - B.V. Balasai - Flute and U.P. Raju - Harihara Subramaniam - Ghatam Mandolin, K. V. Prasad - Mridangam, 6.45 p.m. - - To be announced 5.00 p.m. - Rithwika Ghosh 7.15 p.m. - Srilata Vinod, Bharatanatyam Sangeetha Vasudevan Dec. 05, 2011 Monday and Nartaki Nataraj present Bharathiyar's 6.15 p.m. - Deepa Tharangini - a group Vachana Kavithaikal presentation by Meenakshi

Srinivasan (Hyderabad) Dec. 09, 2011 Friday

Dec. 06, 2011 Tuesday 5.00 p.m. - Rasika Kumar (Dis. of Bharatanatyam Mythili Kumar) USA 5.00 p.m. - and Bharatanatyam 7.15 p.m. - Srekala Bharath Bharatanatyam Ganesha Natyalaya

(Delhi) 7.15 p.m. - Lata Krishnaswamy Bharatanatyam Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - Subbu Arumugam & party - Dec. 07, 2011 Wednesday Villupattu 5.00 p.m. - Krithika Rajagopalan (USA) - 5.00 p.m. - Shilpa Darshankumar Bharatanatyam Bharatanatyam (Dis. of Revathi 7.15 p.m. - Prapathi Marga - thematic Bharatanatyam by Roja Kannan, Ramachandran Priya Murle, Srikanth & Ashwathy Srikanth 7.15 p.m. - Utsav Music presents Bharatanatyam 'Muthamizh Maalai' Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday by Radhika Shurajith & group 10.30 a.m. - V.K. Raman - Flute, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam Dec. 08, 2011 Thursday

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5.00 p.m. - Disciples of Sheela U nnikrishnan - 7.00 p.m. - Madhuvanthi Arun's Lec -dem on Navarasa in Bharatanatyam . - Piano

7.15 p.m. - Parvathi Ravi Ghantasala & group - Bharatanatyam Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday

Dec. 12, 2011 Monday 10.30 a.m. - Seattle Raman (USA) - Vocal 4.00 p.m. - T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, 5.00 p.m. - Pallavi Sriram (Dis. of Bharatanatyam Nagai Muralidharan - Violin, ) Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam 6.45 p.m. - Malavika Sarukkai - Bharatanatyam 7.15 p.m. - Meenakshi Bharatanatyam Chittaranjan & group Dec. 18, 2011 Sunday

10.30 a.m. - - Saxophone, A. Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday Kanyakumari - Violin, K.V. Prasad - Mridangam, Tripunithura 5.00 p.m. - Uma Muralikrishna & group - Radhakrishnan - Ghatam, Rajasekar Bharatanatyam - Morsing 4.00 p.m. - S. Shashank - Flute 7.15 p.m. - Theatre presentation by 7.15 p.m. - - Bharatanatyam Saraswathy Krishnakumar

Dec. 19, 2011 Monday

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday 6.00 p.m. - T.M. - Vocal, - Violin, R. 10.30 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. Rajhesh Vaidhya & group - Ensemble Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam 7.15 p.m. - - Dr. Vyjayantimala Bali - Bharatanatyam Dec. 20, 2011 Tuesday

6.00 p.m. - U. Srinivas - Mandolin, V.V. Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday Srinivasa Rao - Violin, Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam, E.M. 10.30 a.m. - Revathy Krishna - Veena, M. Subramaniam - Ghatam, Sree manikandan, M. Karthikeyan - Sundarkumar - Kanjira Keyboard, Kirankumar - Tabla, G. Suresh - Rhythm Pad, K.V. Sridharan - Special Effects Dec. 21, 2011 Wednesday 6.00 p.m. - Anil Bajpai & Neelima Gokhale - and Rafi - special programme 6.00 p.m. - P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal to celebrate Mohd. Rafi's birthday.

Madhuvanthi Arun - guest singer.

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

Dec. 23, 2011 Friday Dec. 26, 2011 Monday 4.00 p.m. - - Vocal, H.N. 10.30 a.m. - Gopal Aravind - Vocal Bhaskar - Violin, M.L.N. Raju - 4 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal Mridangam, Giridhar Uduppa - 7.15 p.m. - The Dhananjayan's Bharatha Ghatam www.ilovemadras.com 9

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Kalanjali presents 'Poora -Thrayee' Dec. 30, 2011 Friday - thematic presentation in three segments. Swati's Dasavataram, 10.30 a.m. - Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, Mysore Arunachalakavi's Manthara-Kaikeyi Srikanth - Violin, Srimushnam Raja & Balamurali's Nritta tarangam Rao - Mridangam, S.V. Ramani - Ghatam 6.00 p.m. - (At Kamaraj Hall) K.J. Yesudas - Dec. 27, 2011 Tuesday Vocal, S.R. Mahadeva Sarma - Violin, Thiruvarur Bakthavatsalam - 4.00 p.m. - Visaka Hari Sangeetha Upanyasam Mridanga,. Tripunithura 7.15 p.m. - Priyadarshini Govind Bharatanatyam Radhakrishnan - Ghatam

Dec. 28, 2011 Wednesday Dec. 31, 2011 Saturday

4.00 p.m. - 'Mahanadi' Vocal 10.30 a.m. - - Vocal, Vignesh Usha Rajagopal - Violin, K.R. 7.15 p.m. - Srinidhi Chidambaram Bharatanatyam Ganesh - Mridangam,

Trichy Murali - Ghatam Dec. 29, 2011 Thurdsay 4.00 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyam - 10.30 a.m. - Asha Ramesh (USA) - Vocal Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan - 4.00 p.m. - Priya Sisters - Vocal Violin, Neyveli Venkatesh - 7.15 p.m. - Anitha Guha's disciples present Mridangam, Udupi Sridhar - Kushkinda Kandam and Sundara Ghatam Kandam - Bharatanatyam 7.15 p.m. - Disciples of Chitra Visweswaran present performance Bharatanatyam

performance Jan. 03, 2012 Tuesday

4.00 p.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha - Violin with Suman Jan. 01, 2012 Sunday Bhattacharya - , Rishab Dhar - 10.30 a.m. - Jayalakshmi Santhanam - Vocal, Pakhawaj Sheela Rajendra - vocal support, 7.15 p.m. - Vidya Subramaniam (USA) - R.K. Sriramkumar - Violin, J. Bharatanatyam Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, N. Guruprasad - Ghatam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing, B.S. Purushotham - Kanjira Jan. 04, 2012 Wednesday

4.00 p.m. - Ganesh and Kumaresh - Violin Duet 5.00 p.m. - Shantarati - Bharatanatyam

7.15 p.m. - Urmila Satyanarayanan - 6.45 p.m. - U.A.A. presents 'Naadagam ' - play Bharatanatyam in Tamil

Jan. 02, 2012 Monday Jan. 05, 2012 Thursday

4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal 4.30 p.m. - S. Sowmya - Vocal, Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Arjun Ganesh - 7.15 p.m. - J. Suryanarayanamurthy & disciples Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - present 'Gokula Thilaka Srikrishna' - Ghatam thematic Bharatanatyam

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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 4.00 p.m. - - Vocal 5.00 p.m. - Amrutha Sankaranarayanan - Vocal, 7.15 p.m. - Anil Srinivasan - Piano with Navin Padma Shankar - Violin, Neyveli Iyer - Flute and Y.Gee. Mahendra - Skandasubramanian - Mridangam, percussion Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

7.15 p.m. - Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam Jan. 09, 2012 Monday

6.30 p.m. - - Vocal Jan. 07, 2012 Saturday

10.30 a.m. - S. Mahathi - Vocal Jan. 10, 2012 Tuesday 4.00 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin 6.30 p.m. - Nithyashri Mahadevan - Vocal

7.15 p.m. - Shobana - Bharatanatyam

Jan. 14, 2012 Saturday

Jan. 08, 2012 Sunday 7.10 p.m. - Rathna Kumar (USA) - Bharatanatyam 10.30 a.m. - Trichur Brothers - Vocal, M.A.

Jan. 15, 2012 Sunday

4.30 p.m. - Sathumurai - discourse by Dr. Sudha Seshaiyyan

6.30 p.m. - presents 'Vanamaalai - a 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 Abh yankar,

3. Bharat Sangeet Utsav 2011 Ravindra Yavagal Oct. 29, 2011 Saturday

5.00 pm Inauguration Oct. 31, 2011 Monday ( Remembrance) 5.30 pm Sudha Ragunathan, R. K. 3.00 pm V. R. Dileepkumar & G. Ravikiran Shriramkumar, K. V. Prasad, S. with M. A. Sundaresan, Trichur Ganapathy Narendran 7.15 pm Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan 5.00 pm , M. A. (Sons & disciples of Ustad Amjad Krishnaswamy, I. Sivakumar, Trichy Ali Khan) Murali

7.00 pm Malladi Brothers, S. Varadarajan , Oct. 30, 2011 Sunday Mannargudi A. Easwaran, S. V. Ramani 2.45 pm Jugalbandi - V. Shankaranarayanan & Shaunak Abhisheki with V. V. S. Murari, Vyasmurthi Katti, Nov. 1, 2011 Tuesday (Madurai Mani Iyer Remembrance) Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Ravindra Yavagal 3.00 pm K. Gayatri & Sriranjani Santhanagopalan with V. V. S. 5.00 pm S. Sowmya, Dr. M. Narmada, Neyveli Murari, B. Sivaraman, R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan Murali 5.00 pm Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan with Nov. 3, 2011 Thursday Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan 3.00 pm K. Bharat Sundar & R. Raghavendra with B. U. Ganesh Prasad, Trichur 7.00 pm Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Narendran, G. Chandrasekhara Sankaranarayanan, Mahadevan Sarma Sankaranarayanan, S. Varadarajan, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom 5.00 pm Chitravina N. Ravikiran & Lalgudi G. Gopalakrishnan J. R. Krishnan, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel, Anantha R. Krishnan

7.00 pm The Manganiyars fro m Rajasthan Nov. 2, 2011 Wednesday

3.00 pm "Seetha Kalyanam" a Katha - Kacheri by B. Suchitra & Bharathi Nov. 4, 2011 Friday Ramasubban with R. Rahul, B. Ganapathyraman 3.00 pm Vidya Kalyanaraman & Amrita Murali with Padma Shankar, B. 5.00 pm Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, Sangita Ganapathyraman, G. Chandrasekhara Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Sarma Mannargudi A. Easwaran, E. M. Subramaniam 5.00 pm N. Vijay Siva, Lalgudi J. Vijayalakshmi, Neyveli R. 7.00 pm Sanjay Subrahmanya n, Nagai R. Narayanan, B. S. Purushotham Muralidharan, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, N. Govindarajan 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 Gopalakrishnan

3.00 pm Shertalai K. N. Ranganatha Sarma & 5.00 pm Ranjani & Gayatri, H. N. Bhaskar, K. Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna with V. Prasad, K. V. Gopalakrishnan M. A. Sundaresan, Sangita Kalanidhi 7.00 pm O. S. Arun & Party Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, E. M. Subramaniam

5.00 pm Priya Sisters, M. A. Krishnaswamy, Nov. 7, 2011 Monday Delhi Sairam, B. S. Purushotham 3.00 pm Manasi Prasad & Savitha Sreeram 7.00 pm Subha Mudgal , Sudheer Naik, with Krishnan, M. S. Aneesh Pradhan Venkatasubramanian, Thyagaraj

5.00 pm P. Unnikrishnan, Embar S. Kannan, K. V. Prasad, B. S. Purushotham Nov. 6, 2011 Sunday 7.00 pm Fusion Dreams - & 10.00 am Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, Party Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Sangita Kalanidhi All the 3.00 pm concerts and the 10.00 am concert on Nov. 6th Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Dr. S. are FREE! Karthick 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) 4. Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Sangeet Natya Utsav 6.30 p.m. Priya Sisters (Vocal) Note - Only the main artistes’ names are given.

Nov. 20, 2011 - Sunday Nov. 23, 2011 - Wednesday 4.00 p.m. Seshampatti Sivalingam (Nadaswaram) 10.00 a.m. Sai

4.30 p.m Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal)

6.00 p.m Inauguration 6.30 p.m. O.S. Arun (Vocal)

6.45 p.m. Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal)

Nov. 24, 2011 - Thursday

Nov. 21, 2011- Monday 4.30 p.m. Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal)

4.30 p.m. Mambalam Sisters (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. S. Sowmya (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. Kadr i Gopalnath (Saxaphone)

Nov. 25, 2011 - Friday

Nov. 22, 2011 - Tuesday 4.30 p.m. Gayathri Girish (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal) 10.00 a.m. To be announced

Nov. 26, 2011 - Saturday 4.30 p.m. Prema Rangarajan (Vocal)

4.30 p.m. Jugalbandi : Anuradha Sriram & 6.30 p.m. T.M. Krishna (Vocal) Sriram Parasuram

6.30 p.m. Malladi Brothers (Vocal) Nov. 30, 2011 - Wednesday

10.00 a.m. Tukkaram Ganapathy Maharaj Nov. 27, 2011 - Sunday (Namasankeerthanam)

10.00 a.m. Ramjhi's Isai Mazhalai Group 4.30 p.m. Vasundhara Rajagopal (V ocal) (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. N. Vijay Siva (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. B. Kannan ( Veena )

6.30 p.m. Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal) Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday

10.00 a.m. M.V.Anantha Padmanabhachariar - Nov. 28, 2011 - Monday Discourse

4.30 p.m. Dr. M. Narmada ( Violin ) 4.30 p.m. Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal)

6.30 p.m. O.S. Thyag arajan (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)

Nov. 29, 2011 - Tuesday Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday

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4.30 p.m. Shankari Krishnan (Voca l)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. Kanaka Durga (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - - 4.30 p.m. K.P. Nandini (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m. Niranjana Srinivasan (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m. Cuddalore Janani (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. Ganesh Kumaresh ( Violin )

At Mini Hall -7.30 p.m. Dr. N.S. Lakshmy (Vocal)

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. Ghatam Karthick's ' Heartbeat ' Ensemble (Ghatam)

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

Geetha Krishnamurthy ( Veena ) 4.30 p.m. Chinmaya Sisters (Vocal) 4.30 p.m. 6.30 p.m. Thrissur V. Ramachandran (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m. K. Sathyanarayanan ( Keyboard )

At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m. Shreya Devnath ( Violin )

Dec. 6, 2011 - Tuesday

6.30 p.m. Aruna Sairam (Vocal) 10.00 a.m. Kavingar Subbu Arumugam's Group (Villu Pattu )

4.30 p.m. Rajesh Vaidya ( Veena ) At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m. Aruna Ranganathan (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. K. Mahathi (Vocal) Dec. 5, 2011 - Monday At Mini Hall - 6.00 p.m. H.S. Prasanth (Vocal) 10.00 a.m. Dr. Sudha Seshayan ( Discourse )

4.30 p.m. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal) 6.30 p.m. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)

At Mini Hall - 4.30 p.m. Kalaimagan (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 7.30 p.m. S.R. Mytreyi (Vocal) At Mini Hall - 6.0 0 p.m. N. Harish (Vocal)

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Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Mylapore Chennai Sri.Y. Prabhu 5. Hamsavinodhini Margazhi Music Festival Chief Guest / Felicitations by K. Note: Please note that the concerts happen at different places for Jayarama Krishnan (Vice President) different days. Please read the information carefully before planning Global Alliance T.C.S and T.S. to attend! Raghavan – Former Chairman & M.D, Dates Dec. 1, 2011 to Dec. 4, 2011 & Bank of

Venue Mandapam, Arulmigu Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West

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Dates Dec. 16, 2011 to Dec. 21, 2011 Dec. 1, 2011 - Thursday Venue Arkay Convention Centre A/c Hall, 4.00 p.m. Vedaparayanam , Mangala Isai High Road, Mylapore, 5.00 p.m. Jayashree Vaidyanathan – Vocal, Chennai – 4. Raghuraman – Violin,

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

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6.30 p.m. Inauguration & Award Function 7.00 p.m. Vizianagaram D. Vardhani - Vocal, Sangeetha Hamsa to Nithyasree Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, J. Mahadevan & Vidwan T.S. Sankaran Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam, Asthikaseva Hamsa Award to Sri.Y. Harihara Subramaniyan - Ghatam Prabhu

Chief Guest / Felicitations by K. Dec. 3, 2011 - Saturday Jayarama Krishnan (Vice President) Global Alliance T.C.S and T.S. 9.30 a.m. Serugudi Sisters – Rema & Geetha - Raghavan – Former Chairman & M.D, Vocal duet, Nagercoil Anand - Violin, Indian Bank & Bank of Maharashtra B. Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam, N. Narasimhan - Ghatam 7.15 p.m. Nithyasree Mah adevan - Vocal, R. Hemalatha - Violin, I. Sivakumar - 11.00 a.m. Chidambaram C.G. Sundar Dikshidar Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - - Vocal, Nagercoil Anand - Violin, Ghatam V.S. Raghavan - Mrudangam

5.00 p.m. Sowmya Kumar Arjun - Vocal, Kovai Chandran - Violin, Kumbakonam Dec. 2, 2011 - Friday Swaminathan - Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. Kasturi Kamala Deepthi - Vocal, K.J. 7.00 p.m. Jayalakshmi Sekar - Veena, Dileep - Violin, S. Sreeduth - Pudukottai R. Ambika Prasad - Mrudangam Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mrudangam, Pudukottai N. Ramachandran - Ghatam Trivandram Balaji - Mrudangam

11.30 a.m. Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal, R. Raghul - Violin, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Dec. 4, 2011 - Sunday Mrudangam 9.30 a.m. Ranjani Hebbar & Guruprasad - 5.00 p.m. Padma Seshadri Sisters Randhini & Vocal, Kalyani Sankar - Violin, S.J. Roshini - Vocal Duet, B. Anantha Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam Krishnan - Violin, Hanumanthapuram 11.00 a.m. S.U. Maheswaran - Vocal, M. Vijay - J. Bhuvarahan - Mrudangam Violin, B. Gururaghavendra - 7.00 p.m. Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal, Mrudangam Shertalai R. Sivakumar - Violin, B. 5.00 p.m. Soumyasri - Vocal, S.V. Sudarsan - Sivaraman - Mrudangam Violin, K. H. Vineet - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m. Pallavi Prasanna Madhyastha - Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday Vocal, B. Anantha Krishnan - Violin, Melakaveri Balaji - Mrudangam, N. 9.30 a.m. Smt. Gayathri Sankaran - Vocal, Narasimhan - Ghatam Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Thanjavur Subramanian -

Mrudangam

11.30 a.m. Tirumalai Brothers P.B. Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday Srirangachari &

9.30 a.m. K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal, Meera Embar R. Kasturi - Vocal Duet, S.P. Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Anantha Padmanabha - Violin - M.S.

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Varadhan - Mrudangam, B. S. 5.00 p.m. Sangeetha Ramprasad - Voca l, Purushotham - Kanjira Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, B. Guru raghavendra - Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. Malladi Nagalakshmi - Vocal, C.N. Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Burra Sriram - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. Jayashree Jayaramakrishnan - 7.00 p.m. R.K.Srikantan - Vocal, S.Ramakanth Vocal, Meera Sivaramakrishnan - - Vocal support, M. A. Violin, Nanganallur R. Sriram - Sundareswaran - Violin, J. Mrudangam Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam, Anirudh

Athreya - Kanjira Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday

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

Vocal, T.V. Sukanya - Violin, Madurai S. Ramesh - Mrudangam Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday 5.00 p.m. Smt. Kanakadurga Venkatesh - 7.00 p.m. Pradosham Concert by Vasundhra Vocal, Jayanthi Keshav - Violin, S.J. Rajagopal - Vocal, A.G.A. Gnana Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam Sundaram - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mrudangam, 7.00 p.m. Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan Sukanya Ramgoapal - & Ram Kumar Mohan - Vocal duet, Ghatam Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Trichur R. Mohan - Mrudangam, Nerkunam S. Sankar - Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday Khanjira 5.00 p.m. C.N.Srinivasamoorthy &

H.V. - Violin Duet, B. Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday Gururaghavendra - Mrudangam, S. Venkataramanan - Khanjira 5.00 p.m. Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin solo, Madipakkam Suresh - 7.00 p.m. Geetha Krishnamurthi - Veena, Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali - Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Ghatam Mrudangam, Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam

Dates Dec 22 to Jan01, 2012 Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday Venue Arulmigu Kasi Viswanathar Temple, West Mambalam 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. Subramanian - Mrudangam, H. Sukanya - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam, Rajagopal - Mrudangam 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. Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday Anantha Krishnan - Violin, B. Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam 9.30 a.m. G. Madhavan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Shertalay R. 7.00 p.m. T.S. Sankaran & J.A.Jayanth - Ananthakrishnan - Mrudangam Flute Duet, Pudukottai R. Ambika Prasad - Violin, Tanjore Kumar - 11.30 a.m. Deevi Pramila - Vocal, R. Kailasam - Mrudangam, Srirangam S. Kannan - Violin, Trivandram Hariharan - Morsing Mrudangam

5.00 p.m. N. Harish - Vocal, C.N. Srinivas a Murthy - Violin, Nellai Sri Krishnan Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday - Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. G. Shilpa - Vocal, 7.00 p.m. Bangalore J. Subhalakshmi C.N.Srinivasamoorthy - Violin, B. Krishnamoorthy - Vocal, Meera Guru Raghavendra - Mrudangam Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Tanjore 7.00 p.m. Subha Ganesan - Vocal, S.P. Anantha V.S. Raghavan - Mrudangam Padmanabha - Violin, Mannarkoil J. 7.00 p.m. M. Balamurali Krishna - Vocal, Balaji - Mrudangam 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 Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday Nagaraj - Mrudangam 9.30 a.m. Bombay Mangalam Krishnamoorthy - 7.00 p.m. Bhushany Kalyanaraman - Vocal, Vocal, Karaikal Venkatasubramanian Pakkala Ramdass - Violin - Delhi - Violin, B. Gururaghavendra - Sairam - Mrudangam Mrudangam

11.30 p.m. K. Subhiksha - Vocal, Dinesh Kumar - Violin, Srivanchiam Sriram - Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. Niranjana Srinivasan & Sushma 5.00 p.m. Madurai S. Suchithra - Vocal, T.V. Somasekar - Vocal duet, K.J. Dileep Sukanya - Violin, Tirucherai Kaushik - Violin, R. Ramkumar - Mrudangam Rajagopal - Mrudangam

7.00 p.m Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal, V. Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday Sanjeev - Violin, Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mrudangam 5.00 p.m. G.V. Jayashree - Vocal, K.P. Nandini - Violin,

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Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday

9.30 a.m. Papanasam Ramani Bhagavathar & Party - Namasangeerthanam

11.30 a.m. Naama Vaibhavam - 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

Kalakshetra Repertory Company 6. Kalakshetra December Festival

Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 6 p.m. - 8.30 p.m. Aruna Sairam - Carnatic Vocal 6 p.m. Krishnam ari Kuravanji - Kalakshetra

Repertory Company Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday

6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. - Veena recital Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m Parassala Ponnammal - Carnatic Vocal 6 p.m. - Carnatic Vocal

Dec. 23, 2011- Friday Dec. 27, 2011- Tuesday 6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m Debashish Bhattacharya - Lap 6 p.m. - 7.30 p.m M. - Hindustani Vocal Slide guitar (Hindustani) 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m Dr. Dhruba Ghosh - recital 7.45 p.m. - 9.15 p.m. Pandit Uday Bhawalkar - Hindustani Vocal

Dec. 28, 2011- Wednesday

Dec. 24, 2011- Saturday 6 p.m. Aditi Mangaldas -

6 p.m. Paduka Pattabhishekam - By

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Dec. 29, 2011- Thursday Tickets available at Kalakshetra from December 5, 2011 and are priced at more details contact Kalakshetra at : + 91 44 24520836, 6 p.m. Kalakshetra Bharatanatyam - 24521169, 24521170 Kalakshetra Repertory Company

Dec. 30, 2011- Friday

6 p.m. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Dec. 31, 2011- Saturday

6 p.m. Choodamani and Ma hapattabhishekam 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 12.40 p.m. to 1.40 p.m. - The Harikam boji and its janya ragas by Dr.Sunder The theme for the lec-dems is Manodharma in Carnatic music .

Dec. 10, 2011- Saturday Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday

9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Raga Kalyani & its janya ragas by P. 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – Raga Karaharapriya & its janya S. Narayanaswamy ragas by O.S.Thyagarajan 10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. - Manodharma aspects in a thani

avarthanam by Kaaraikudi R. Mani 10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. – The differences in approach to 11.30 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. – Various aspects of Tanam by P. neraval & swara singing by Vasanthkumar - Veena Chitraveena N.Ravikiran

12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. – Panel Discussion – Is manodharma 11.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Manodharma excellence in yester really manodharma? year musicians by Radha Bhaskar

The events will happen at the following address: Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday Arkay Convention Center 9 a.m. to 9.45 a.m. – Verbal & aesthetic excellence in Luz the lyrics of Sri Thyagaraja and Sri Chennai-4. Muthuswamy Dikshitar’s compositions by S.R.Janakiraman 10 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. - poets & Indian Music by Note : Admission to the lec-dems is free. However, prior registration Gowri Ramnarayan is required.

Scope of Manodharma in music for For registrations contact phone nos. 9381023173, 9444123645 11.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. – dance by Padma Subramaniam & For online registrations contact: [email protected] Gayathri Kannan

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8. Mudra Fine Arts Festival Dec. 11, 2011 - Sunday

The concerts will be held at Infosys Hall, Ramakrishna Mission School 6.15 p.m. - S.Saketharaman - Vocal, H.K.Venkatram - Violin, Neyveli Campus, 31, Krishna Street, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. (Opp. Skandasubramaniam - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira Joyalukkas and adjacent to Shah showroom)

This year's Mudhra Excellence award goes to the Bharatanatyam Dec. 12, 2011 - Monday exponents and duo V.P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan 4.30 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal, V.V.S.Murari - Violin, Dec. 9, 2011 - Friday Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam, Trichy Murali - Ghatam 4.00 p.m. - Mangala Isai by Sitthukadu T.G.Murugavel - Nadaswaram, 6.45 p.m. - Drama : Mother Creastions 'Swasam' by C.V.Chandramohan S.Rajaram & Sivanvoyal S.M.Rajarathinam - Tavil

5.30 p.m. - Inauguration Dec. 13, 2011 - Tuesday 7.00 p.m. - Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna -Vocal, Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin, B.Sivaraman – Mridangam, Dr.S.Karthick – 6.15 p.m. - Madurai T.N.S.Krishna - Vocal, Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin, Ghatam R.Ramesh - Mridangam, Nerkunam Sankar -Kanjira

Dec. 10, 2011 - Saturday Dec. 14, 2011 - Wednesday

6.15 p.m. - Shantala Subramaniam - Flute, Avaneeswaram Vinu - Violin, 6.15 p.m. - Pantula Rama - Vocal, M.S.N.Murthy - Violin, Melakkaveri Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam, N.Guruprasad - Ghatam Balaji - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira

Dec. 15, 2011 - Thursday 11.30 a.m. - Theme : Ragam Tanam Pallavi : Visweswar(flute)- K.Gokul - Guru Bharadwaj 6.30 p.m. - Saraswati Vidyardhi - Vocal, M.Narmadha - Violin, Mudhra Bhaskar - Mridangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam 12.45 p.m. - Theme: Compositions on Lord Krishna : Roopa Sastry - M.Rajeev - Arjun Raghavan

2.00 p.m. - Theme : Lord Rama as Visualised by Thyagaraja : Srirangam Dec. 16, 2011 - Friday Venkatanagarajan – Sruthi Sarathy – 6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - Vocal, Mysore Srikanth - Violin, PBV Krishnamachari J.Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira 3.15 p.m. - Theme : Compositions on Devi : Mumbai Silpa-

Srinivasamurthy – Thirucheri Koushik Rajagopal Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday

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

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday Dec. 18, 2011 - Sunday 6.15 p.m. - V.V.Subramaniam - Violin Solo, - Mridangam, Talent Promotion Concerts from 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam 9 .00 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of GNB : Deekshita Venkataraman – T.

Dinesh Kumar - Akshayram Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday 10.15 a.m. - Theme :One Raga One (Bhairavi) : Prachothan - Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - L.Subramanaiam- Krishna 6.15 p.m. - Sankeerthanamum Sangeethamum : Udayalur Kalyanaraman – Namasankeerthanam, Dr.Ganesh – Carnatic Vocal www.ilovemadras.com 35

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10.15 a.m. - Theme : Ragam Tanam Pallavi : Sherya Devanath(Violin) – Guru Raghavendra - Venkataramanan Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday 11.30 a.m. - Theme: Vahanam : Maalavika – M.Vijay – V.S.Raghavan 6.30 p.m. - V.P.Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan- Bharathanatyam 12.45 p.m. - Theme : Compositions of Saint Thiagaraja :

Vignesh Easwar- Raghul – N.C.Bharadwaj Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday 2.00 p.m. - Theme: Compositions of Shyama Sastri : Srividya – Lavanya 6.15 p.m. - S.Sowmya - Vocal, - Violin, Manoj Siva - Raman – Thirucheri Koushik Rajagopal Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira 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 - 6.15 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan – Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi – Mridangam, N.Amrit - Kanjira Violin, B.Ganapathiraman – Mridangam, N.Guruprasad – Ghatam

Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday

Talent Promotion Concerts from 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Talent Promotion Concerts from 9.00 a.m. to 3.15 a.m.

9 .00 a.m. - Theme: Compositions of Lalgudi Gopala Iyer and : A.Narayanan – Srinivasamurthy-Pannaga 9.00 a.m. - Theme : Viruttham & compositions : N.S.Kamatchi – Nagarkoil Anand – V.S.Raghavan 10.15 a.m. - Theme :One Raga One Kriti : Lahari Kochala – Anayampatti Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday Venkatasubramaniam– Thillaisthanam Suriyanarayanan 6.15 p.m. - Neyveli Santhanagopalan – Vocal, V.V.Ravi- Violin, Neyveli 11.30 a.m. - Theme : of in Popular Ragas : Narayanan – Mridangam, B.S.Purushotham-Kanjira G.Ravikiran- K.P.Nandini – Tanjore Praveen Kumar

12.45 p.m. - Theme: Krishna Smarana : Lakshmi Surya Teja – Anuthama Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday Murali – B.Saishankar 6.15 p.m. - O.S.Thiagarajan – Vocal, Nagai Muralidharan – Violin, 2.00 p.m. - Theme : Rare Kritis of Trinity : Vishnudev Nambudri – Dr.Trichy Sankaran – Mridangam, V.Suresh – Ghatam Apoorva Krishna-Vikram Vasudevan

Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday 4.00 p.m. to 5.30pm : S.R.Santaprakash(USA) – Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan – Australia Ravichandira 6.15 p.m. - T.M.Krishna – Vocal, Akkarai Subbulakshmi – Violin, Arun Prakash – Mridangam, Guruprasanna – Kanjira, N.Guruprasad – Ghatam 6.15 p.m. - Bhajans by O.S.Arun, Embar Kannan – Violin, J.Vaidhyanathan – Mridangam, Srikrishnan – Harmonimum, Ganapathy & Kiran – Tabla, Selvam – Talam Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

6.15 p.m. - Nithyashree Mahadevan, M.A.Krishnaswami –Violin, Neyveli Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday Skandasubramaniam – Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam – Ghatam

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

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6.15 p.m. - Sikkil Gurucharan – Vocal, S.Varadarajan – Violin, 6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Nethra Gururaj (Disciple of Umayalpuram Sivaraman – Mridangam, E.M.Subramaniam – Ghatam Smt.Nagamani Srinivasa Rao)

Jan. 1, 2012 - Sunday Jan. 6, 2012 - Friday

9.45 a.m. - Sthree Thyagaraja Pancharathnam Sruti 5 – Rendering of 6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Anugraha Sridhar (Disciple of Dr.Padma Pancharatha Kritis by 60 Women Artists Subrahmanyam)

6.45 p.m. - Drama : U.A.A.presents Y.GEE.Mahendra in 'Natakam'

Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday

Jan. 2, 2012 - Monday 5.00 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Devika

6.30 p.m. - Cuddalore Gopi Bhavathar’s 'Panduranga Leelai' 7.00 p.m. - by Sikata Das

Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday

6.30 p.m. - Bharathanatyam by Ragha Mohan (Disciple of Rangashree, 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

Mudhra's website is here - www.mudhra.org Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday 9. Nadabrahman 4.30 p.m. Uma Subramaniam (Vocal) - T.K.Padmanabhan - Trivandrum N. Hariharan Dec. 7, 2011 Wednesday 6.30 p.m. T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal), 6.00 p.m. Inauguration and conferment of Mysore Srikanth - Srimushnam V. title 'Naada Ratna' on Dr. M. Rajarao Balamuralikrishna Alathur T.Rajaganesh 7.00 p.m. Prof. C.V. Chandraskekhar (Bharatanaatyam )

Dec. 10, 2011 Saturday

4.30 p.m. T.K.Ramachandran (Vocal), Dec. 8, 2011 Thursday M.A.Krishnaswamy - L. 4.30 p.m. Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin solo - B. Radhakrishnan Ganapathi Raman - H. Sivaramakrishnan 6.45 p.m. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal), Nagai R.Muralidharan - Dr.Trichy 6.45 p.m. R.K. Srikantan (Vocal), Prof. R.S.

Ramakanth (Vocal Support), M.A.

Sundareswaran, Umayalpuram Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday K.Sivaraman - Anirud Athreya 4.00 p.m. Vichitra (Vocal) - Srilakshmi Venkatramani - B.Jayadev

Dec. 9, 2011 Friday 5.05 p.m. Various Faces of - Lec Dem by Dr. Paapu Gopala

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Rao, Vocal Support - Ms. Aarthi and 7.30 p.m. Aparna Pillai ( Bharatanaatyam ) Ms. Archana

6.45 p.m. Udayalur Kalyanarama Bagavathar Dec. 14, 2011 Wednesday Namasankeerthanam 4.30 p.m. Kanakadurga Venkatesh (Vocal) -

Jayanthi Keshav - T.K.Ramakrishnan Dec. 12, 2011 Monday 6.45 p.m. Prince Rama Varma (Vocal) - 4.30 p.m. P. (Vocal) - S.Varadarajan - Trichy B. V.L.V.Sudarsan - Salem Harikumar - V. Suresh Ranganathan

6.45 p.m. K.Baskaran (Flute) - B.U. Ganesh Dec. 15, 2011 Thursday Prasad - Bangalore V. Praveen - E.M. Subramainam 4.30 p.m. Radha Kalyanaraman (Vocal) - Kovai S. Chandran - Madurai Sundar

6.45 p.m. O.S.Thayagarajan (Vocal) - T.K.V. Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday Ramanujachariyalu - Thiruvarur 4.30 p.m. Dr. P.B. Kannakumar (Vocal) – Dr. M. Bakthavatsalam - Vaikkom Narmadha - J.Vaidyanathan Gopalakrishan

6.05 p.m. Chandrika Srinivas (Bharatanaatyam ) Dec. 16, 2011 Friday 4.30 p.m. Vrinda Acharya (Vocal) - Srilakshmi Prof.T.R.Subramanyam Venkatramani - Nanganallur 'Nrithya Kovida' on Prof. R.Sriram C.V.Chandrasekar 6.45 p.m. Geetha Rajasekar (Vocal) - 'Naada Sevika' on Dr.M.Narmadha Dr.M.Narmadha - Tanjore Subramanian - H.Sivaramakrishnan 'Nrithya Sevika, on Ms. Kavitha Ramu

7.00 p.m. Kumari.B.Saisruthi Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday (Bharatanaatyam ) 4.30 p.m Chandrika Srinivas (Vocal) -

Thiruvallur V.Parthasarathy - Ammangudi Ramnarayanan The concerts will take place at the venue address below:

6.45 p.m. Dr. Krishna Vageesh (Vocal) - Dakshinamurthy Auditorium Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Mannargudi (P.S. High School campus) A. Eswaran - C.S.Venkataramanan 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 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Mysore.Karthik Nagaraj & Mysore Chandan Kumar (Flue-Violin Duet)

NOTE: The sessions are from 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. (Please note it is

A.M .!) Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday

Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Ramakrishnamurthy - Vocal

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. O.S. Thiagarajan - Vocal

Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday

Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Amrutha Murali - Vocal

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. K. Gayathri - Vocal

Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday From 5.30 a.m. onwards Lalitha Sahasranamam Akhanda

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Akkarai Sisters - Subhalakshmi & Parayanam

Sornalatha with Chennai Thyagarajan (mridangam) Jan. 1, 2012 - Sunday

3.30 a.m. to 5.30 a.m. Kalakkad Brothers -.Thyagarajan & Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday Srinivasan (Lalitha Sahasranamam) 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 Jan. 7, 2012 - Saturday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Maalavika Sundar (Sadashivendrasthavam) 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. J A Jayanth - Flute with J Balaji (mri)

Jan. 3, 2012 - Tuesday Jan. 8, 2012 - Sunday 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Delhi P Sunderrajan - Violin with Neyveli Sh.Narayanan (mri) 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Bombay Jayshree - Vocal

Jan. 4, 2012 - Wednesday Jan. 9, 2012 - Monday

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Prema Rangarajan - Vocal 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Sumithra Vasudev - Vocal

Jan. 5, 2012 - Thursday Jan. 10, 2012 - Tuesday

5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Carnatica Brothers - K N 5.30 a.m. to 6.30 a.m. Rithvik Raja - Vocal Shashikiran & P Ganesh

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 4.30 p.m. Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal, Note: These concerts are free and open to all. Melakaveri Thyagarajan - Violin, Kumbakonam Saravanan - Mridangam, K.V.R.S. mani - Kanjira

Dec. 8, 2011 Thursday 6.30 p.m. Prema Rangarajan - Vocal, Sanjeev - Violin, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - 6.30 p.m. V. Subramanyam - Vocal, R.K. Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Sriramkumar - Violin - Trichy Ghatam Sankaran - Mridangam

Dec. 11, 2011 Sunday Dec. 9, 2011 Friday 4.30 p.m. Jayalakshmi Se khar - Veena, 4.30 p.m. Kanaka Durga - Vocal, M. Narmada - Mannarkoil Balaji - Mridangam, S. Violin, Mannargudi Subramanian - Ravikrishnan - Ghatam Mridangam, Harihara Subramanian - Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Seetha Narayanan - Vocal, Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, Thanjavur 6.30 p.m. Vijayalakshmi Subramanyam - Kumar - Mridangam, Trichi Murali - Vocal, M.R. Gopinath - Violin, Ghatam Cherthalai R. Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira Dec. 12, 2011 Monday

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4.30 p.m. Jayamangala Krishnamani - Vocal, 4.30 p.m. Salem Gayathri Venkatesan - Vocal, Sandhya Srinath - Violin, Srinath - B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nellai Mridangam, D.V. Balaji - Mridangam, Nerkunam Venkatasubramaniam - Ghatam Shankar - Kanjira

6.30 p.m. Vani Satheesh - Vocal, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, T.R. Sundaresan 6.30 p.m. Vasundhara Rajagopal - Vocal, H.N. - Mridangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Bhaskar - Violin, B. Ganapathiraman Ghatam - Mridangam, Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira

Dec. 15, 2011 Thursday

Dec. 13, 2011 Tuesday 4.30 p.m. Varalakshmi Anandakumar - Vocal, Kalyani Shankar - Violin, 4.30 p.m. Sowmya Kumar Arjun - Voc al, Neela Jayamangala Krishnamani - Jayakumar - Violin, N. Narasimhan - Mridangam, G. Ravichandran - Mridangam Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Kanyakumari - Rajeev - Violin Duet, 6.30 p.m. Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal, Pathri Satishkumar - Mridangam, Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin, B.S. Purushottaman - Kanjira Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam, E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam Dec. 14, 2011 Wednesday

Dec. 16, 2011 Friday Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjira 4.30 p.m. Mohan Santhanam - Vocal, K.J. Dileep - Vocal, Delhi Sairam - 6.30 p.m. Ranjani (Hebbar) Guru Prasad - Mridangam, Nanganallur Vocal, V.V. srinivasa Rao - Violin, Swaminathan -Ghatam Palghat Mahesh Kumar - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sarma - 6.30 p.m. Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, R. Ghatam Ramesh - Mridangam, S. Karthick - Ghatam

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

Dec. 17, 2011 Saturday Sastri Hall Mylapore 4.30 p.m. A.S. Murali - Vocal, T. Hemamaliniu Chennai – 4 - Violin, A.S. Ranganathan -

Mridangam, A.S. Krishnan - Morsing Contact Shanthi Arts Foundation & Endowment for more details -

6.30 p.m. Radha Venkatachalam - Vocal, Phone no: +91 44 2433 0191 Akkarai - Violin, +91 96000 50111 Kumbakonam Ramakrishnan - Mridangam, H. Prasanna - Ghatam

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 -

12. Sri Rama Bhaktha Jana Samaj Vocal, V. Ananthakrihnan - Violin, Dec. 20, 2012 Tuesday Nellai Balaji - Mridaangam

6.00 p.m. Inaugu ration and Presentation of 7.00 p.m. T.N.Seshagopalan - Vocal, V.V.Ravi - Sangeetha Mamani award to Violin, Trichur Narendran - Nithyasree Mahadevan Mridangam

7.00 p.m. Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal, Pakkala Ramadoss - Violin, I.Sivakumar - Mridangam, H. Dec. 23, 2011 Friday

Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam 5.00 p.m. Bhavani Prakash Rao - Veena

7.00 p.m. T.V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal,

Dec. 21, 2011 Wednesday Serthalai Ssivakumar - Violin, R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam 5.00 p.m. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Raghul - Violin, Arjun Ganesh -

Mridangam Dec. 24, 2011 Saturday

7.00 p.m. O.S. Thyagarajan - Vocal, Delhi P. 5.00 p.m. Chandrika Srinivasan - Vocal, Sunder Rajan - Violin, Ramesh Parthasarathy - Violin, Srinivasan (USA) - Mridangam Nanaganallur Sri Ram - Mridangam

7.00 p.m. Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal,

Dec. 22, 2011 Thursday M.A Sundaresan - Violin, Mannarkoil J,Balaji - Mridangam

Dec. 27, 2011 Tuesday

Dec. 25, 2011 Sunday 5.00 p.m. Naveen Namboodhri - Vocal

5.00 p.m. Bangalore G. Ravikiran - Vocal, 7.00 p.m. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxapone, A. Trivandrum S.Sampath - Violin, Kanyakumari - Violin, Rajendra Mannarkoil J. Balaji - Mridangam Natkarni - Tabla, Bangalore Rajasekaran - Morsing 7.00 p.m. J. Sreevalson Menon - Vocal, Avaneesvaram .R. Vinu - Violin, Trivandrum Vaidyanathan - Dec. 28, 2011 Wednesday Mridangam 5.00 p.m. Kanaka Durga Venkatesh - Vocal,

T.A. Jayanthi - Violin, Manargudi Dec. 26, 2011 Monday Easwaran - Mridangam

5.00 p.m. Krishnapriya Anantharajan - Vocal, 7.00 p.m Bombay Sisters C. Saroja & C. Usha Rajagopalan - Violin, J. Lalitha - Vocal, Usha rajagopalan - Vaidyanathan - Violin, K. R. Ganesh - Mridangam, H. MridangamMadipakkam Murali - Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam Ghatam

7.00 p.m. S. Mahathi - Vocal, Melakaveri Dec. 29, 2011 Thursday Thyagarajan - Violin, M.S. Varadhan - Mridangam, Trichy Krishnaswami - 5.00 p.m. Pallavi Prasanna - Vocal, Ghatam V.Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Nellai

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Balaji - Mridangam, Narasimhan – 6.00 p.m. Inauguration of dance festival Ghatam 6.30 p.m. Koothoor. R. Venkatasubramaniam - 7.00 p.m. Rajesh Vaidhya - Veena Bharatanatyam

Dec. 30, 2011 Friday Jan. 03, 2012, Tuesday

5.00 p.m. Anantha Padmanabha Rao - Vocal 6.00 p.m. Gayathri Sudharshan

7.00 p.m. Sikkil C. Gurucharan - Vocal 7.30 p.m. 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. S.R. Janani Jan. 01, 2012 Sunday 7.30 p.m. R. Vijay Madhavan – Bharatanatyam 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon Melattur Bhagavatha Mela

Prahlalada Charitram Concerts will take place at the venue address as given below –

Padma Seshadri School Auditorium Alagirisami Salai Jan. 02, 2012 Monday 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. 18, 2011 - Sunday Dec. 17, 2011 8.30 a .m. Devotional Music by Kunnakudy 5 p.m. Former Chief Election School of Music and group Commissioner N. Gopalaswami will inaugurate the festival. 9.00 a.m. Nisha P. Rajagopal - Vocal, Nishanth Chandran - Violin, B. Ganapathy

Raman - Mrudangam Dec. 17, 2011 - Saturday 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Isaiyum 4.30 p.m. Mangala Isai - G.K.Raghuraman with Bakthiyum by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan special by K. Sekar 3.00 p.m. J.B.Sruthi Sagar - Flute, B. 5.30 p.m. Inauguration and conferment of Anandakrishnan - Violin, Neyveli K. the title Sangita Kala Sikhamani on V. Ramkumar - Mrudangam Nedunuri Krishnamurthy and Natya 4.30 p.m Maharajapuram S.Srinivasan - Kala Sikhamani on Narasimhachari Vocal, M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, and Vasanthalakshmi Tanjore Kumar - Mrudangam, Narasimhachari. S.Venkataramanan - Kanjira 7.15 p.m. Santosh G. Nair (Dis. of V. 7.00 p.m. Kunrakudi M. Balamuralikrishna - Ramamoorthy and Manjula Vocal, Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin, R.Ramesh - Mrudangam, A. Easwaran - Mrudangam, Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjira

Dec. 19, 2011 - Monday Dec. 20, 2011 - Tuesday

8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Sree Prakash 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Cultural Heritage Research Centre Smt.Kanthimathi Santhanam

9.00 a.m. Iyer Brothers - Veena, Kalakkad R. 9.00 a.m. Gayathri Sankaran - Vocal, M. Srinivasan - Mrudangam, N. Balakrishnan - Violin, P.V. Kamaraju - Narasimhan - Ghatam Mrudangam, Ernakulam S.Ramakrishnan - Ghatam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Annamacharya Kritis by Dr. 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Nedunuri Krishnamurthy Aanayyaa by Dr.Raama Kowsalya. Vocal support by Madhuvanthi Badri 3.00 p.m N. Harish - Vocal, Roopa Rajagopal - Rajagopal. Violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh - Mrudangam 3.00 p.m. Nadamuni Gayathri Bharat - Vocal, Chidambaram G. Badrinath - Violin, 4.30 p.m. O.S.Thyagarajan - Vocal, Mullaivasal Madurai B. Sundar - Mrudangam G. Chandramouli - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja Rao - 4.30 p.m. S. Saketharaman - Vocal, Mrudangam M.A.Sundareswaran - Violin, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - 7.00 p.m. Lalgudi G J R Krishnan - Violin, Mrudangam, Dr. S. Karthick - Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Mannargudi

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Ghatam Raghavendra Rao - Violin - J. Vaidyanathan - Murudangam, 7.00 p.m. Nritya Samarpanam by Pudukottai N. Ramachandran - Natyasankalpa - Urmila Ghatam, R V P Balachandran - Sathyanarayanan and Students. Morsing

7.00 p.m. Sanjay Subramanyam - Vocal, Dec. 21, 2011 - Wednesday Mysore V.Srikanth - Violin, Nanjil A.R. Arul - Mrudangam 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Karnaranjani Group

9.00 a.m. N. Bhairavi and N. Malavi - Vocal, 7 Dec. 22, 2011 - Thursday S.P. Anandapadmanabha - Violin, R. 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Smt.Vasantha Sankaranarayanan - Mrudangam Rammohan and Group 10.30 a.m. Lec ture Demonstration on 9.00 a.m Geetha Raja - Vocal, K.P.Nandini - Compositions of Papanasam Sivan, Violin, kallidaikurichi Sivakumar Neelakanta Sivan and Ramaswami Mrudangam - Papanasam Sethuram - Sivan by Suguna Purushothaman Kanjira 3.00 p.m. Akshay Padmanabhan - Vocal, S.P. 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Lakshya Anandapadmanabha - Violin, H.S. and Lakshana in Dance by the Sudhindra - Mrudangam Narasimhacharis 4.30 p.m. N.C.Soundaravalli - Vocal, B. musical presentation) by Tiruvidaimarudhur S.Radhakrishnan 3.00 p.m. V. Nagarajan - Vocal, Trivandrum S.R.Rajasree - Violin, Bangalore 3.00 p.m. Dr. Saraswathy Viswanathan - Raghunath - Mrudangam Veena, R. Hemanth - Mrudangam, Nanganallur S. Swaminathan - 4.30 p.m. A. Kanyakumari - Violin, M. Sanjeev Ghatam - Violin Support, Patri Satishkumar - Mrudangam, Bangalore N. Amrit - 4.30 p.m. Pantula Rama - Vocal, M S N Murthy Kanjira - Violin, J. Vaidyanathan - Mrudangam, Madipakkam K. Murali - 7.00 p.m. Abishek Raghuram an - Vocal, Ghatam Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin, Patri Satishkumar - Mrudangam 7.00 p.m. M. Chandrasekaran - Violin, Tiruvidaimarudhur S.Radhakrishnan

- Mrudangam, H. Sivaramakrishnan - Dec. 23, 2011 - Friday Ghatam

8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Srivarnisa Kalalaya and Group Dec. 24, 2011 - Saturday 9.00 a.m. Seetha Narayanan - Vocal, Meera 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music Gangamrutham Sivaramakrishnan - Violin, Tanjore group led by Smt.Gangamani Kumar - Mrudangam 9.00 a.m. Athira Krishna - Violin, Nellai Balaji 10.3 0 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on A Bird’s - Mrudangam, S. Krishna - Ghatam Eye View”on the Philosophy message and preaching of Saint composers (a 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on

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Philosophy of Dasa kootas its role in Mrudangam humanlife & Culture by Srimushnam 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Handling V.Raja Rao of Major and Minor Ragas (Gana, 3.00 p.m. Bombay Sriram - Vocal, B. Sudha - Naya, Desika) for Alapana and Violin, Atlanta Sriram - Mrudangam Thanam by Charumathi Ramachandran 4.30 p.m. Malladi Brothers - Vocal, Mysore M.Nagaraj - Violin, Umayalpuram K. 6.30 p.m. Dr. K J Yesudoss - Vocal, Nagai R. Sivaraman -Mrudangam, B. Shree Muralidharan - Violin, Thiruvarur Sundarkumar - Kanjira Bhakthavatsalam- Mrudangam, Tripunithura S.Radhakrishnan - 7.00 p .m. Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar - Flute, Ghatam Dr.R.Hemalatha - Violin, Shertalai R. Anandakrishnan - Mrudangam, Pudukottai N.Ramachandran - Dec. 26, 2011 - Monday Ghatam 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Students of

Smt. Aparna Balaji (USA ) Dec. 25, 2011 - Sunday 9.00 a.m. Kuldeep M. Pai - Vocal, B. 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Bhajan Ravi Anandakrishnan - Violin, Vijay Group Natesan - Mrudangam

9.00 a.m. Aparna Balaji - Vocal, Kovai 3.00 p.m. Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal, S.Chandran - Violin, Sridhar Chari - Akkarai Sornalatha - Violin, M.S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam 3.00 p.m. Aishwarya Shankar - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Ammangudi S. 4.30 p.m. Carnatica Brothers - Vocal, M. A. Ramanarayanan - Mrudangam Sundareswaran - Violin, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mrudangam 4.30 p.m. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal, Pakala Ramadas - Violin, Erode 7.00 p.m. Navarasa Dance Theater presents A Nagaraj - Mrudangam, Trichy S. Story and A Song - Dance Theater Krishnaswamy - Ghatam by Aparna Sindhoor & Anil Natyaveda. Concept & Script - 7.00 p.m. N. Vijay Siva - Vocal, Aparna Sindhoor & S.M.Raju. Music - R.K.Shriramkumar - Violin, Trichy Prasanna Sankaran - Mrudangam

Dec. 27, 2011 - Tuesday Dec. 28, 2011 - Wednesday

8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Dharmavathi 8.30 a.m. Devoti onal Music by Swarna group Bhushani Group

9.00 a.m. Swarna Rethas - Vocal, Pudukottai 9.00 a.m. Mysore A. Chandan Kumar - Flute, Ambika Prasad - Violin, B. Sivaraman Dr.Jyothsna Srikanth - Violin, Delhi - Mrudangam Sairam - Mrudangam, Udupi Srikanth - Kanjira 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Analytical study of Shyama 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Time Sastrigal’s compositions by tested concert techniques by Dr.S.A.K.Durga Neyveli Santhanagopalan -M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin, Mannarkoil

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3.00 p.m. Rithvik Raja - Vocal, Bangalore 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Banni Bai Nalina Mohan - Violin, Bangalore and her style of Harikatha by Prof. H.S. Sudhindra - Mrudangam Dr.Premeela Gurumurthi

4.30 p.m. Geetha Krishnamurthi - Veena, 3.00 p.m. V. Srivaralakshmi - Keyboard, H.V. Thirupathi M. Sudhakar - Raghuram - Violin, M.S. Mrudangam, N. Rajaraman - Ghatam Venkatasubramaniam - Mrudangam

7. 00 p.m. Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena, Patri 4.30 p.m. S. Sowmya - Vocal, Embar S. Kannan Satishkumar - Mrudangam, Pramath - Violin, Poongulam S. Subramanian - Kiran - Morsing Mrudangam, K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira

7.00 p.m. Bharathanatyam by Smt. Revathy Dec. 29, 2011 - Thursday Ramachandran 8.30 a.m Devotional Music by Sri

Annamacharya Vamseekula Sankeerthana Seva Mandali lead by Dec. 30, 2011 - Friday Dr.T.V.Meenalochani 8.3 0 a.m. Devotional Music by Akshayam 9.00 a.m. K. R. Saranathan - Vocal, Madurai M. Group Balasubramaniam - Violin, 9.00 a.m. R. Raghavendra - Vocal, Karaikkal S. Tiruvidaimarudur Sankaran - Venkatasubramaniam - Violin, Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy - Mohan - Mrudangam, Anirudh Mrudangam Athreya - Kanjira

10.30 a.m. Lecture & Demonstration on Varaha 10.30 a.m. Lecture Demonstration on Merits and Purana Kirthanaigal by P.T.Seshadri Demerits - Gurukulam and Methods of Learning music by Prof. T.R. 3.00 p.m. Smit ha Madhav - Vocal, Mysore C.N. Subramaniam Srinivasamurthy - Violin, Rishikesh Thirumalai - Mrudangam 3.00 p.m. Ganesh Viswanathan - Vocal, M. Rajeev - Violin, Chennai Thyagarajan 4.30 p.m. U. Shrinivas - Mandolin, H.K. - Mrudangam Venkataram - Violin, B. Harikumar - Mrudangam, Trichy K. Murali - 4.30 p.m. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone, A. Ghatam Kanyakumari - Violin, Guruvayur Dorai - Mrudangam, Bangalore N. Amrit - 7.00 p.m. Shanthi Rao - Veena, Poongulam Kanjira, Bangalore B. Rajashekar - Subramanian - Mrudangam, Morsing Nanganallur S. Swaminathan - Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Mambalam Sisters - Vocal, Dr.R. Hemalatha - Violin, Ravi M.

Ravichandhira(Australia) - Dec. 31, 2011 - Saturday Mrudangam, K.S. Rangachary - Kanjira 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Dr.Kamala Selvaraj & Group

9.00 a.m. Trichur Brothers - Vocal, Kandadevi Jan. 01, 2012 - Sunday S. Vijayaraghavan - Violin, Trichur R.

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8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Subashruti led Audio Recording coordinator by Dr.Mathangi Ramakrishnan P.R.Venkatasubramaniam

9.00 a.m. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Jan. 02, 2012 - Monday Mannarkoil J Balaji - Mrudangam 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Sri 10.30 Harikatha - Nandanar Charithram b y Samarpanam led by Nalini Kum. Sindhuja Ekambaram Ramprasad 3.00 p.m. Jayashree Vaidyanathan - Vocal, 9.00 a.m. Uma Subramaniam - Vocal, Kalyani Villivakkam S. Raghuraman - Violin, Shankar - Violin, Tiruvidaimarudur S. Uzhavur P K Babu - Mrudangam Radhakrishnan - Mrudangam - 4.30 p.m. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan - Vocal, Ernakulam S .Ramakrishnan - Ghatam V.V. Ravi - Violin, Srimushnam V.Raja 10.30 a.m. Deekshita Venkataraman - Vocal, Rao - Mrudangam - Vaikom Sriram Sridhar - Violin, Tirucherai Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam Kaushik Rajagopal - Mrudangam 6.45 p.m. Bharathanjali Trust & Cleveland 11.30 a.m. Vinay Sharva - Vocal, Trivandrum Thyagaraja Aradhana Present S.R.Rajashree - Violin, Uzhavur Parishvanga Pattabhishekam P.K.Babu - Mrudangam (Kishkintha kandam & Sundara Kandam) - Dance Ballet . Lyrics & 7.15 p.m. A Tribute to Rukminidevi in music ;Sri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Bharathanatyam by Narasimhachari Choregraphy Smt. Anitha Guha , & Smt.Vasanthalakshmi Jan. 04, 2012 - Wednesday

8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Amritha Vahini group Jan. 03, 2012, Tuesday 9.00 a.m. Padma Krishnan - Vocal, R. Kailasam 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music by Geetha - Violin, Manakkal R. Sriram - Nivedhana Trust Mrudangam 9.00 a.m. Subha Ganesan - Vocal, C.K. 10.30 a.m. K. Mahathi - Keyboard, Shradha Vijayaraghavan - Violin, B. Ravindran - Violin, Nellai Ganapathyraman - Mrudangam Sreekrishnan - Mrudangam

11.30 a.m. T.V.K. Vikaasa Ramdas - Mandolin, 10.30 a.m. Archana & Aarathi - Vocal, Thiruvarur N. Balam - Violin, C.V.Krishnasubramaniam - Violin, Kumbakondam R.N.Ganesan - Sanjay Subramanian - Mrudangam Mrudangam, G. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam 11.30 a.m. Lec.Dem. on compositions of Veena Seshanna : Prof. Mysore 4.30 p .m. Prize Distribution. V.Subramanya - Direction, Prof. 7.15 p.m. Group Production by Kala Rasna - Rajalakshmi Thirunarayanan - Veena, Aranya Kandam premiered in the T.V.Ramprasad - Vocal, Prapancham Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Ravindran - Mrudangam, Festival. Lyrics compiled by 7.15 p.m. Kavitha Ramu presents Kunrakudi Smt.Rukmani Ramani. Choregraphy Kuravanji, a dance ballet Smt.Jayanthi Subramanyam

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Jan. 02, 2012 – Monday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals Jan. 04, 2012 – Wednesday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals 4.00 p.m. Ramya Venkataraman Dis.of Dr.Padma Subramanyam) 2.30 p.m. V.G.Divya (Dis. of Divyasena)

5.00 p.m. Divya Sampath (Dis.of Samyuktha 3.30 p.m. V.M.Supriya (Dis. of A. Varadarajan) Lakshmanan)

6.00 p.m. Gayathri Rajaji (Dis.of Adyar 6.00 p.m. Vipina Ramachandran (Dis. of Gopika K.Lakshman) Varma)

Jan. 03, 2012 – Tuesday - Talent promotion - Dance recitals Events will take place at the venue address as given below – Balamandir German Hall 3.00 p. m. Sweta Devarajan (Dis.of Ramya 17, Prakasam St. Ramnarayan) T. Nagar 4.00 p.m. Malavika Yuvaraj (Dis. of Urmila Chennai - 17 Sathyanarayanan)

5.00 p.m. Anupama Iyer ( Dis of Shivakumar)

6.00 p.m. Ashritha Keshav ( Dis.of Vempatti Chinna sathyam)

9.00 a.m. Ghatam Suresh with Ms. Carola

14. The Music Academy – Academic Sessions Grey (Jazz Drummer from Munich, Dec. 16, 2011 Germany) and Mr. Vasilis Sarikis (Frame drum, Darbucka and Riqq 8.00 a.m Devotional music by Students of player from UK) - Influence of ASCM, The Music Academy Indian rhythmic system and 8.45 a.m. Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar & Solkattu in Jazz and troupe - Cenda, Tayambaka Mediterranean music (Talavadyam )

Dec. 19, 2011 Dec.17, 2011 8.05 a.m. Sita Rajan - Syama Sastri, 8.05 a.m Deepak Raja - Raga Subbaraya Sastri and Annasami transformations and compound Sastri raga-s in Hindustani music 9.00 a.m. Ku davayil Balasubramanian - Musical 9.00 a.m. Prof. T.N. Krishnan - My Instruments in ancient times as experiences with Music over the seen from Literature and last 75 years Archeological source

Dec. 18, 2011 Dec. 20, 2011

8.05 a.m. V.R. Devika & troupe - Mood and 8.05 a.m Dr. N. Ramanathan - Talas in Music in Tamil Koothu 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 9.00 a.m. G.Swaminatha n, Charukesi, 8.05 a.m. Thanjavur Govindarajan with Dr. Ramanarayan, VSV, Lalitha B.M. Sundaram - Tavil and its role Krishnan, Sita Ravi - Panel in Carnatic music discussion on Kaccheri paddhati - 9.00 a.m. S.R.D. Vaidyanathan - Role of Moderator: Dr. SAK Durga Nadaswaram in shaping vocal music

Dec. 24, 2011 Dec. 22, 2011 8.05 a.m. Amrit - Sri Harishankar Style of 8.05 a.m. Sandhya Kathavate - and Kanjira playing its allied forms 9.00 a.m. Prof. Trichy Sankaran - Palani’s 9.00 a.m. R.K. Srikanthan, Arun a Sairam, Style - Tribute to Guru Sri Palani Pantula Rama, Chitravina Ravikiran, Subramania Pillai R.K. Shriram Kumar - Panel

discussion on Kutcheri paddhati - Moderator Prof. Trichy Sankaran Dec. 25, 2011

8.05 a.m. Ananth Vaidyanathan - Voice culture for musicians with particular reference to carnatic Dec. 28, 2011 musicians 8.05 a.m. Lakshmi Ramaswamy - Uniqueness 9.00 a.m. Dr. Nagendra Sastry, Dr. Sachi of ' Suvai ' in Koottanool Devi & Sri. Ananta Krishnan - Panel 9.00 a.m. - Kamala Narayanan - discussion on allied raga-s: Commemoration of guru Ramaiyya bhairavi, mukhari, manji and huseni Pillai’s centenary

Dec. 26, 2011 Dec. 29, 2011 8.05 a.m. Dr. Abhiramasundari - 8.05 a.m. Prof. Indrani Chaterji - Gamaka -s Mahabharata Chudamani in Hindustani Music - with special 9.00 a.m. Prof. Najma Ahmad - Persian and reference to Sitara Urdu sources for Music 9.00 a.m. Prof. Suneera Kasliwal - The musical instruments of Rajasthan

Dec. 27, 2011

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

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krti rendering

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. Pabitra Goswami - Bargita, the classical music of

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

Thank You Enjoy the Kutcheris and Chennai !

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