Upcoming Programs for 2011

Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy is one of the few performing vocalists who also holds a doctorate in Indian music. She has researched on 'Padams and Javalis'. Growing up in an atmosphere of music and culture, with her mother, Dr Nirmala Sundararajan (who also holds a doctorate in Indian Music) music was the obvious line of interest. Her passion became her profession. Subhashini was ably trained under illustrious gurus like 'Sangeeta Kala Acharya' T. Mukta and 'Sangita Kalanidh'i T. M.Thyagarajan.

http://www.shashank.org

Maestro Shashank stormed into the music world at the age of seven.  He was the youngest musician to have been invited by The Music Academy, Chennai to perform the senior most slot of The Music Academy, (often performed by Legends of Indian Classical Music), at the age of 12  - a record yet to be broken in the history of South Indian Music. Trained by father Subramanyam and vocal maestros R.K. Srikantan and Palghat K.V. Narayanaswami, he is presently considered one of the best Bamboo Flute artists

Padma Bhushan Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Sri.R.K.Srikantan has been singing professionally for over 75 years. Vidwan R.K. Srikantan was born on January 14, 1920, in a family of well-known musicians and is known for his undiluted classicism. His concerts are as entertaining and inspiring, as they are educative. He has served the All India Radio for several years with distinction. He has been instrumental in popularising hundreds of compositions of the great Dasa-s of the Kannada tradition. The noteworthy features of Srikantan's music are his sruthi suddha, clear cut pronunciation of the sahitya and his bhavaladen krithi renditions.Vid. Srikantan has been a recipient of many awards and titles including Sangeetha Kalanidhi and Padma Bhushan.

http://www.sankarikrishnan.com

  Sankari Krishnan M.A. M.Phil (Music), a gold medalist from the University of Madras, had her initial training under Shri K.S.Subramanian of Trichy and has been getting advanced training for over a decade from Padmabhushan Lalgudi Shri G.Jayaraman. Being an 'A' GRADE artiste at All India Radio, Chennai, since 1993, Sankari has had the privilege of performing in the prestigious Akashvani Sangeeth Sammelan in the year 2000 at Kolkotta. Sankari has rendered National Programmes in Doordharshan, including a program alongside Dr.M.Balamurali Krishna as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebrations of Doordarshan, Chennai Kendra.

  Sushma Somasekharan received her initial training from Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society and is currently learning from Srimathi Lalita Sivakumar. She was one of the top two competitors who won the All India Radio Competition and was awarded the 'B' Grade recognition in 2006. She has won several awards in various competitions. She has also given many performances all over India, Singapore and Sri Lanka. She has released 'Mahisasura Mardhini' CD and is currently working on other projects. An Accountancy graduate from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, she was working with Price water house Coopers before she decided to move to Chennai to pursue her passion, Carnatic Music.

http://www.abhyaas.info

Smt. Aparna Balaji  Learning music since 1985 primarily from her grandfather Sangeetha Bhushan Shri O.V. Subramaniam. She has received further training for four years from Isai Peroli Neyveli Shri R. Santanagopalan and also from Sitha Lakshmi, daughter of Kittamani Bhagavatar. Lately she has been receiving  advanced training from her father Shri O.S. Thiyagarajan and her uncle O.S.Arun.   

http://www.maharajapuram.in/maharajapuram/index.html

The tradition continues! Sri Maharajapuram S. Srinivasan is the grandson of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer and son of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Sri Maharajapuram Santhanam, veterans in the field of Carnatic Music. He has performed all over India in all the leading Sabhas including The Music Academy, The Indian Fine Arts Society, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Tamil Isai Sangam in Chennai and other Sabhas in New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai. His son Maharajapuram Ganesh Vishwanathan is an upcoming star, with many awards to his credit.

http://www.bhavadhaarini.com/index.htm

Bhavadhaarini Anantaraman is a disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Smt.D.K.Pattammal for more than 18 years, and  hails from the family of veteran composer Mayuram Vishwanatha Shastry.  Her first concert was under the banner of ‘Mookambika Fine Arts’ at Chennai in 1987. Since then she has been performing at all important sabhas in Chennai during Music Season.  She has also toured all over India to give performances in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka etc. She became a graded artist of All India Radio’ Chennai in 2002 by winning their All India Competition.

Sangeetha Choodamani Shri O. S. Thiagarajan learned music initially from Guru and father “Sangeetha Bhushanam” Shri O.V. Subramaniyam and later received guidance from “Padmashri” Lalgudi G. Jayaraman and “Sangeetha Kalanidhi” Late T.M. Thyagarajan.  O. S. Thiagarajan is perhaps one of the few male vidwans whose gifted voice is in complete alignment with the sruti, and whose oral expression is effortless and, without any physical strain, combines with authentic traditional background, leaving the listener in an extremely comfortable zone.  http://sites.google.com/site/abhyaasaparna/o.s.thiagarajan

http://www.palghatraghu.org/abhishek-raghuram/abhishekraghuram.html

Abhishek Raghuram, a child prodigy who hails from a family that brims with legendary musicians, has flowered into a high caliber artist with rare talent. Through the unique guidance of his grandfather, the mridangam legend, Sri Palghat Raghu and as a disciple of Vidwan Sri.P.S.Narayanaswamy, Abhishek has gained a deep insight into the intricacies of music.  He has been a performing vocal artist since 1994, when he gave his 1st performance at the age of 9 and has since performed all over India and in two US tours.