The oldest sabha in Chennai hosts a rather long festival during December. The concerts are now held at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
The festival was inaugurated on Dec. 14, 2016. Morning lec-dems and concerts upto 2 p.m. are open to all. Evening concerts are ticketed.
Daily donor passes are priced at Rs. 500, Rs.200 and Rs. 100.
Schedule:
Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. The Introduction of "Glass Mridangam" to the World of Percussion By Dr. Umayalpuram K Sivaraman
10.00 a.m. Siddarth Sriram H.N. Bhaskar - Sai Girdhar - Arun Kumar ( morsing )
12.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - N. C. Bharadwaj
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar Vittal Rangan Sumesh Narayanan - S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena) - Karukurichi N. Mohan Ram (Mrudangam) Sai Hari ( Ghatam ) - Vijayan Key Board Chandrajit - Tabla
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman S. Varadarajan Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani Guru Prasanna
Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. 8.30 a.m. Sangeetha Jayadeva - Musical aspects in Geetha Govindam By Madurai Vid. T.N. Seshagopalan
10.00 a.m. - R. Suriya Prakash H.N. Bhaskar Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar Apoorva Krishna- K.H. Vineeth
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya - Sandeep Ramachandran - B. Sivaraman H. Sivaramakrishnan
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh Nagai Muralidharan Srimushnam Raja Rao Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam Vittal Ramamurthy J. Vaidyanathan S.V. Ramani
Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Give and Take - the vital process of exchange of Ragas & other Musical Elements between Carnatic & Hindustani Music By Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM
10.00 a.m. - K. Bharat Sundar - Nagai Sriram K.V. Prasad Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar Swetha Anand Sivan B.S. Prashanth
2.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan Gyandev Pappu Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan
4.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran M.A. Krishnaswamy Patri Satish Kumar
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriramprasad and Ravikumar - M.A. Sundareswaran Neyveli Narayanan Udipi Sridhar
Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. How to Bridge the Gap between Learning and Performance - Interactive Session - Vid. Sudha Ragunathan Interacts with Vid. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath, Vid. Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, Dr. Sudha Rajas Sargam Choir Students.
10.00 a.m. - R.K. Ramakanth Balu Raghuram Jayachandra Rao
12.30 p.m. - Ananya Ashok Siva Ramamurthy - Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan Karaikal Venkatasubramanian Manikudi Chandrasekaran - N. Narasimhan
4.00 p.m. Ramakrishnan Murthy M. Rajeev Thanjavur Murugaboopathy N. Guruprasad
6.30 p.m. - Chitravina N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) Akkarai Subhalakshmi Aridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel - Arun Kumar (Rythmpad)
Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Influence of Veena on Gayaka Styles By Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi Supported by Vid. Sumithra Vasudev
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran Nagai Sriram Poongulam Subramaniam N. Guru Prasad
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas S.R. Mahadeva Sarma Trichy Harikumar Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Sahityam for Niraval Singing By Malladi Brothers Vid. Sriramprasad & Vid. Ravikumar
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Venkatesh M. Rajiv Vijay Natesan Anirudh Athreya
12.30 p.m. - Maalavika Sundar - Chidambaram Badrinath Ram Sriram
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath M. Vijay Kumbakonam Swaminathan S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vijay Ganesh Palakad Harinarayanan K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Mysore Srikanth -B. Ganapathyraman -B.S. Purushotham
Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Relevance of Padams and Javalis in concerts to-day by Dr. Rama Ravi Supported by Vid. Nandita Ravi
10.00 a.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy L. Ramakrishnan J. Vaidyanathan Trivandrum D. Rajagopal ( Kanjira )
12.30 p.m.- Kalyanapuram Aravind - Sruthi Sarathy - Arjun Raghavan
2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothri - L. Ramakrishnan-B. Sivaraman - N. Guruprasad
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena) Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar H. Sivaramakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya - R.K. Sriramkumar Poongalum Subramaniam
Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Changing Trends in Carnatic Music The two Key success is in Content packaging or Artistic Expression - An open House By Vid. ARUNA SAIRAM (Moderator), Featuring Vid. NEYVELI SANTHANA GOPALAN, Sri. VEEYESVEE (V.S.V), Dr. Radha Bhaskar, Vid. Palghat Ramprasad, & Vid. Ananya Ashok
10.00 a.m. Nisha Rajagopalan - R. Hemalatha - J. Vaidyanathan - S.V. Ramani
12.30 p.m. Maya & Malavi Ravindran Meera Sundar Sai Shiv
2.00 p.m. Rithvik Raja M. Rajeev N.C. Bharadwaj - V. Anirudh Athreya
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama M.S.N. Murthy V.V. Ramanamurthy Somashekar Jois
6.30 p.m. - Sunada Shiromani Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin Duet) Patri Satish Kumar Trichy Krishna
Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Validity of Concert as a Projection of an Artistes Creativity - A Musical Dialogue By Dr. Pantula Rama with Vid. Papanasam Ashok Ramani
10.00 a.m. - Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari on Sri Ramanujar 1000 with Charulatha Ramanujam on Violin, Ganapathy Raman on Mrudangam, Trichy Murali on Ghatam
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran - Shradha Ravindran P.V. Srivathsa
2.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan Trivandrum Sampath Sumesh Narayananan S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari - Nagai Sriram Mannargudi Easwaran B.S. Purushotham
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - V. Sanjeev Prof. Trichy Sankaran Gridhar Udupa
Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. An insight into the Guruguha Vibhakti Kritis of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar By Vid. R.K. SHRIRAMKUMAR
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri - M. Rajeev - Poongalam Subramaniam - Trivandrum Rajagopal
12.30 p.m. - Varun Ganesan Keerthana Shankar Vikram Bharathi
2.00 p.m. - Gayatri Satya - Kalyani Shankar - Ravindra Bharathi
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - M.R. Gopinath B. Sivaraman Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Mysore Nagaraj - Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman Shree Sundar Kumar
Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Sahitya Vaibhavam -What makes a Composition Great By Chitravina Vid. N. Ravikiran
10.00 a.m. - Amrutha Murali - H.N. Baskar K. Arun Prakash K.V. Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. - Tejas Mallela - Durai Swaminathan - Janahan Nimalan
2.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute) Parur M.S. Anantha Krishnan N.C. Bharadwaj Dr. Nergunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan Rajeev Mukundan Trichur R. Mohan Dr. Nergunam Shankar
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan B.V. Raghavendra Rao - Neyveli Skandasubramaniam R. Raman
Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Intricacies and Beauties of Laya Aspects - Panel Discussion By Aridwaramangalam Vid. A. K. Palanivel, with Vid. B.S. Purusotham, Vid. Somashekar Jois & Vid. Rithvik Raja
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan Nagai Sriram Thanjavur Murugaboopathy Shree Sundarkumar
12.30 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh - Sahana Vasudevan - Akshay Venkatesan
2.00 p.m. - T.S. Pattabhirama Pandit - TKV Ramanujacharyulu H.S. Sudheendra
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan B.U. Ganesh Prasad- Patri Satish Kumar K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya Mysore Srikanth Delhi Sairam Madipakkam Murali
Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Thyagarajaya Namaste - Sri Thiyagaraja Swami 250th Jayanthi Special Lect. Demo By Dr. Radha Bhaskar assisted by Mysore Vid. Sangeetha Dileep and Vid. Prarthana Sai Narasimhan
10.00 a.m. - Vainava Abhimana Sthalangal Sublime Observation Dr. Sudha Seshayan - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal) with B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin) and Nellai Balaji (Mrudangam)
12.30 p.m. - Vani Rammurthy - Shiva Ramamurthy - P. Kirupakaran
2.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi Sayee Rakshith A.V. Manikandan Nerkunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma Mysore V. Sreekanth K.V. Prasad- Trichy Murali
6.30 p.m. - P. Unni Krishnan Nagai Muralidharan - Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam V. Suresh
Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Singing Made Easy - Voice Culture- an interactive Session With Vid. T.V. Gopalakrishnan
10.00 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam By Udayalur Kalyanaraman Bagavathar
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargeyan M. Srikanth - R. Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m. Ashwat Narayanan -Vittal Rangan Sumesh Narayanan Harihara Subramaniam
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani- Nagai Muralidharan Srimushnam Raja Rao Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan S. Varadarajan - Arjun Ganesh - Alathur Rajaganeash
Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Interplay of Lakshaya and Lakshna and envisaged by Dr. S. Ramanathan ( In commemoration of Dr.S. Ramanthan Birth Centenary ) Dr. S. Sowmyasupported by Vid. K. Gayathri and Vid. Bharat Sundar
10.00 a.m. - Tiruvarur Girish H.K. Venkatraman Kamalakara Rao V. Suresh
12.30 p.m. - V. Subashri Raghavasimhan - S. Sankaraprasad
2.00 p.m. - B. Suchitra Pakala Jayaprakash V. Sai Raghavan
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan Vittal Ramamurthy K.V. Prasad Udipi Sridhar
6.30 p.m. - Bajan Sandya By O.S. Arun M.R. Gopinath J. Vaidyanathan Chandrasekar - Dr. S. Karthick - Kalaiselvam
Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
9.00 a.m. - Srinivasa Kalyanam by `Pravachana Thilakangal` Dhamal Sri Ramakrishnan and Dhamal Perundevi
10.30 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & M. Nandini ( Violin Deo ) Bangalore V. Praveen - G. Ravichandran Vadaparimangalam Venkatramani
12.30 p.m. - Malvika Sriram - Keerthana Shankar - Ammangudi Ramanarayanan
2.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan- S.P. Anantha Padmanabha- Kumbakonam Swaminathan- A.S. Krishnan
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi H.N. Bhaskar Patri Satish Kumar K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan B.V. Raghavendra Rao I. Sivakumar Alathur Rajaganesh
Jan. 2, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Sangeetha Charcha - All about Carnatic Music ( Q.A. Session ) with Vid. R. Vedavalli
10.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar ( Veena) V.V.S. Murari Malakkaveri Balaji Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam M. Srikanth R. Ramkumar
2.00 p.m. - V. Deepika Gnanadev Pappu - Burra Sriram - S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Sriram Parasuram Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal and Violin N. Visweshwar ( Flute) Umakanth Puranik Harmonium Serthalai Ananthakrishnan Mrudangam Rajendra Nokod Tabla
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) - A. Kanyakumari Triplicane Sekar - Rajendra Nokode - Bangalore Rajasekar
Jan. 3, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Myriad forms of Bhairavi By Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya sisters Uma & Radhika M.R. Gopinath Madipakkam Suresh Madipakkam Murali
12.30 p.m. - Ashwin Srikanth Sayee Rakshit - V. Parthasarathy
2.00 p.m. - Abang Concert by Savitha Sriram Sri Krishna ( Harmonium) B. Ganapathy Raman
4.00 p.m. - Mambabalam Sisters Dr. R. Hemalatha Delhi Sairam B.S. Purusotham
6.30 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano) - Madrimangalam Swaminathan B.S. Purusotham
Jan. 4, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Navagraha Kritis By Dr. M.S. Bhageerathi
10.00 a.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal ( Flute) B. Anantha Krishnan Sai Giridhar Trichy Krishna
12.30 p.m. - Manasa Suresh - Sruthi Sarathy Trivandrum Hariharan
2.00 p.m. -Namasankeerthanam by Sengottai Hari Bagavathar & Party
4.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan - V.V.Ravi Manarkoil Balaji Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan M. Chandrasekaran Mannargudi Easwaran B.S.Purushotham
Jan. 5, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Marathi Abang AND Bajan by Abilasha Goutham
10.00 a.m. Palghat Ramprasad Nagai Sriram - Manoj Siva S. Sunil Kumar
12.30 p.m. - Raghavan Manian Dr. M. Narmada Sai Raghavan
2.00 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidya Shankar V.V.S. Murari Erode Nagaraj
4.00 p.m. - R.K. Sriramkumar ( Violin Solo ) manoj siva - n. guruprasad
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Gopalakrishnan S. Varadarajan Ambur Padmanabhan Anirudh Athreya