December Music Festival
Email: music@musicacademymadras.com
The Music Academy Madras
168, T.T.K.Road, Chennai-600014.
Phone: 28112231 / 28115162
93rd ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CONCERTS
15th December 2019 to 1st January 2020
at the T.T.Krishnamachari Auditorium, The Music Academy Madras
Mr. S. Iswaran
Minister for Communications and Information
and Minister-In-Charge of Trade Relations
Government of Singapore
Chief Guest
Inaugurates
at 5.00 p.m. Sunday, December 15, 2019
Dr. S.Sowmya
Sangita Kalanidhi-Designate
Presides over the Morning Conference Sessions
Shri Suresh Krishna
Chairman, Sundram Fasteners Ltd.,
Presides over the SADAS, 5.00 p.m., Wednesday, January 1, 2020
Dec.15, Sun 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 4.00 P.M to 5.00 P.M. | Mangala Isai Kodungaiyur G.K.Raghuraman (Nadaswaram) Vannarpettai A.N.Somasundaram (Nadaswaram) Triplicane K.Sekar (Tavil) Kodungaiyur G.K.Narasimhan (Tavil) |
| 5.00 P.M. | Inauguration |
| 7.00 P.M. to 9.30 P.M. | B Suchitra (Harikatha) Pakala Ramadas (Violin) A V Manikandan (Mridangam) |
Dec.16, Mon 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Mylai K.Karthikeyan (Nadaswaram) R.Gnanavel (Nadaswaram) G.Silambarasan (Tavil) R.Jeeva (Tavil) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | S Aravind Bhargav (Mandolin) Srividhya R S Iyer (Violin) S Karthick Narayanan (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Sunil R Gargyan (Vocal) K V Krishna (Violin) Kottayam G Santhosh Kumar (Mridangam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal) Aditi Krishna Prakash (Violin) Trivandrum Dr G Babu (Mridangam) Madipakkam A Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | A S Murali (Vocal) M A Sundareswaran (Violin) Bangalore Arjun Kumar (Mridangam) N Rajaraman (Ghatam) |
Dec.17, Tue 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | R Suryaprakash (Vocal) S P Ananthapadmanabha(Violin) Palladam R Ravi (Mridangam) Ernakulam Ramakrishnan (Ghatam) V Sai Subramaniam (Moharsing) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Revathy Kumar (Vocal) K S Vijay Balaji (Violin) Indalur Adarsh (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | K P Nandini (Vocal) Apoorva Krishna (Violin) Rohit Prasad (Mridangam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | G Ravikiran (Vocal) H K Venkatram (Violin) Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam) C P Vyasavittala (Kanjira) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal) Dr M Narmada (Violin) B Ganapathyraman (Mridangam) Papanasam S Sethuraman (Kanjira) |
Dec.18, Wed 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Dr R S Jayalakshmi (Veena) Neyveli S Skandasubramanian (Mridangam) A S Sankar (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Sudha R S Iyer and Srividhya R S Iyer (Vocal) Sayee Rakshith (Violin) Gopal Ravindran (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | D B Ashwin (Vocal) N C Madhav (Violin) R Ramkumar (Mridangam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Mysore V Srikanth (Violin) Nanjil A R Arul (Mridangam) Krishna Sriram (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Kunnakkudy M Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) Akkarai S Subhalakshmi (Violin) B Sivaraman (Mridangam) S V Ramani (Ghatam) |
Dec.19, Thur 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Trivandrum Dr G Baby Sreeram (Vocal) Padma Shankar (Violin) Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam) MalaikottaiR M Deenadayalu (Moharsing) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | J B Keerthana (Vocal)Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam) Swetha Anandasivan (Violin)Nellai A Balaji (Mridangam) G S Nagaraj (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Bharathi Ramasubban (Vocal) Thirumarugal S Dinesh Kumar (Violin) Mandapaka Nagalakshmi (Mridangam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Nisha Rajagopalan (Vocal) H M Smitha (Violin) KumbakonamK Swaminathan (Mridangam) Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal) Nishanth Chandran(Violin) B Guru Raghavendran(Mridangam) Nerkunam Dr S Sankar(Kanjira) |
Dec.20, Fri 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | M Lalitha and M Nandini (Violin Duet) Melakkaveri K Balaji (Mridangam) K Ranganathan (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Kalyanapuram S Aravind (Vocal) Mantha Sriramya (Violin) Ambur Padmanabhan (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Vasuda Ravi (Vocal) Sudha R S Iyer (Violin) Aswin Sridhaaran (Mridangam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Sangita Kalanidhi A Kanyakumari and Embar S Kannan (Violin Duet) K V Prasad (Mridangam) Udupi S Sridhar (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal) Edapally Ajithkumar (Violin) Trivandrum V Balaji (Mridangam) S Sunil Kumar (Kanjira) |
Dec.21, Sat 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Prince Rama Varma (Vocal) Avaneeswaram S R Vinu (Violin) ShertalaiR Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam) Trichy Dr K Murali (Ghatam) Payyanur T Govindaprasad (Moharsing) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | S Adithyanarayanan (Vocal) Sandeep Ramachandran (Violin) S Gomathi Sankar (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | N Ananthanarayanan (Veena) Srivanchiam R Sriram (Mridangam) P Giridara Prasad (Kanjira) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Dr S Sowmya (Vocal) R K Shriramkumar (Violin) Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam ) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal) Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin) N C Bharadwaj (Mridangam) B S Purushotham (Kanjira) |
Dec.22, Sun 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Sangita Kalanidhi R Vedavalli (Vocal) Dr R Hemalatha (Violin) K Arun Prakash (Mridangam) N.Guruprasad (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | S Malaavika (Vocal) Shraddha Ravikumar (Violin) Karthik Ganeshraman (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | J B Sruthi Sagar (Flute) Madurai M Vijayaganesh (Violin) R.Akshay Ram (Mridangam) G Venkatesh (Moharsing) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Sangita Kalanidhi Sudha Ragunathan (Vocal) Embar S Kannan (Violin) Patri Satishkumar(Mridangam) R Raman (Moharsing) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Dr Pantula Rama (Vocal) M S N Murthy (Violin) N Manoj Siva (Mridangam) D V Venkata Subramaniam (Ghatam) |
Dec.23, Mon 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Manda Sudharani (Vocal) Anuradha Sridhar (Violin) D S R Murthy (Mridangam) G Ravichandran (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal) Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin) D V Sivaraman (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Ananya Ashok (Vocal) M Vijay (Violin) Nellai V Sreekrishnan (Mridangam) VishnupuramK Raghu (Moharsing |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | K Bharat Sundar (Vocal) Trivandrum N Sampath (Violin) Sumesh S Narayan (Mridangam) Vazhappally R Krishnakumar (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Lalgudi G J R Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet) Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) K V Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira) |
Dec.24, Tue 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Jayashree Aravind (Veena) Mannarkoil J Balaji (Mridangam) SrirangamS Ravikrishnan (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri (Violin) Thippirajapuram Hari (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | R.Ashwath Narayanan (Vocal) Chidambaram G.Badrinath (Violin) K Sai Giridhar (Mridangam) Vellattanjoor Sreejith (Ghatam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad and Ravi Kumar (Vocal) S Varadarajan (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) Alathur T Rajaganesh (Kanjira) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Sikkil C Gurucharan (Vocal) V Sanjeev (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram, K Sivaraman (Mridangam) G Guruprasanna (Kanjira) |
Dec.25, Wed 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Sangita Kalanidhi T N Krishnan, Viji Krishnan Natarajan and Sriram Krishnan (Violin Trio) Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam) Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Anahita and Apoorva (Vocal) Sruti Sarathy (Violin) Kishore Ramesh (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal) K.J.Dileep (Violin) B C Manjunath (Mridangam) TrivandrumR Rajesh (Ghatam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Ranjani and Gayatri (Vocal) M Rajeev (Violin) Delhi S Sairam (Mridangam) V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Sherthalai Dr K N Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) T K V Ramanujacharlu (Violin) H S Sudhindra (Mridangam) Udupi Balakrishnan (Ghatam) |
Dec.26, Thur 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Saraswathi Vidyarthee (Vocal) Kumbakonam M R Gopinath (Violin) Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam) H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | V Venkatanagarajan (Vocal) Pappu Gyandev (Violin) T Nikshith (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal) Vittal Rangan (Violin) Akshay Anand (Mridangam) G Ananthakrishnan (Kanjira) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Sangita Kalanidhi Aruna Sairam (Vocal) Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) J Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam) Dr S Karthick (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Sandeep Narayan (Vocal) R Raghul (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (Mridangam) U N Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam) |
Dec.27, Fri 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Neyveli Santanagopalan (Vocal) V V Ravi (Violin) Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam) A S Krishnan (Moharsing) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal) Sindhu Suchetan (Violin) B.S.Prashanth (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Salem Dr Gayathri Venkatesan (Vocal) Sriram Sridhar (Violin) Burra Sriram (Mridangam) TirunakkaraK R Rethish (Moharsing) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Bombay Jayashri Ramnath(Vocal) H N Bhaskar (Violin) Patri Satishkumar(Mridangam) B Shree Sundar Kumar(Kanjira) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | S Saketharaman (Vocal) B U Ganesh Prasad(Violin) Trichy B Harikumar (Mridangam) V Suresh(Ghatam) |
Dec.28, Sat 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Bombay Sisters Sangita Kalanidhis, C Saroja and C Lalitha (Vocal) Usha Rajagopalan (Violin) K R Ganesh (Mridangam) Adambakkam K Sankar(Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Sushma Somasekharan (Vocal) V Deepika (Violin) B Sai Shankar (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Parur M.S.Ananthakrishnan (Violin) K H Vineeth (Mridangam) K R Sivaramakrishnan (Kanjira) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Amritha Murali (Vocal) Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) S J Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam) Madipakkam A Murali (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Sangita Kalanidhi Sanjay Subrahmanyan (Vocal) S Varadarajan (Violin) Neyveli B Venkatesh (Mridangam) N Guruprasad (Ghatam) |
Dec.29, Sun 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Sangita Kalanidhi Trichur, V Ramachandran (Vocal) Sangita Kalanidhi, M Chandrasekaran (Violin) Trichur C Narendran (Mridangam) N Amrit (Kanjira) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Anirudh Venkatesh (Vocal) M Srikanth (Violin) Thirucherai Kaushik Rajagopal (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | S Mahathi (Vocal) Shreya Devnath (Violin) Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam) Srinidhi R Koundinya (Ghatam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) B K Raghu (Violin) Vijay B Natesan (Mridangam) Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Moharsing) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Abhishek Raghuram (Vocal) Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam (Mridangam) B Sree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira) |
Dec.30, Mon 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | U P Raju and Nagamani (Mandolin Duet) V V Srinivasa Rao (Violin) Bangalore V Praveen (Mridangam) Perukkavu P L Sudheer (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Sujit Nayak (Flute) Nagercoil K Anand (Violin) Sai Nivaeithan Ravichandra (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Adithya Prakash (Vocal) K P Nandini (Violin) ChidambaramS Balashankar (Mridangam) Sumana Chandrashekar (Ghatam) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | K Gayatri (Vocal) L Ramakrishnan(Violin) Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam) H Prasanna (Ghatam) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena) K U Jayachandra Rao (Mridangam) Trichy S Krishnaswamy(Ghatam) |
Dec.31, Tue 2019
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.00 am – 11.30 am | Dr B Balasubrahmaniyan (Vocal) C N Chandrashekharan (Violin) Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam) S Hariharasubramanian (Ghatam) |
| 11.45 a.m. – 1.15 p.m | Lakshmi Ramasubramanian (Veena) L Sudarsan Srinivas (Mridangam) |
| 1.30 p.m – 3.30 p.m | Vishaal R Sapuram (Chitraveena) C N Thyagaraju (Violin) Rajesh Srinivasan (Mridangam) Nerkunam S Manikantan (Moharsing) |
| 4.00 p.m – 6.30 p.m | J A Jayanth (Flute) B Anantha Krishnan (Violin) V V Ramanamurthy (Mridangam) S Venkataramanan (Kanjira) Bangalore B Rajasekar (Moharsing) |
| 6.45p.m. – 9.15p.m | Manjiri Asanare – Kelkar (Vocal) Siddhesh Bicholkar (Harmonium) Mandar Puranik (Tabla) |
Jan.1, Wed 2020
| Time | Conference / Concert |
| 9.15 am – 11.45 am | Sangita Kalanidhi, TV Gopalakrishnan (Vocal), VVS Murari Violin, Anantha R Krishnan Mridangam, Tirupunithura Radhakrishnan Ghatam |
| 3.45 p.m. – 4.45 p.m | Mangala Isai Adyar D.Balasubramani (Nadaswaram) G.Vinothkumar (Nadaswaram) Adyar P.V.Dhakchinamoorthi (Tavil) Adyar D. Senthilkumar (Tavil) |
| 5 p.m | Sadas |
| 7.00 p.m – 9.00 p.m | Special programme – Namasankeertanam by Tukkaram Ganapathy and Party |
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