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Schedule for the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana 2008
Dates
The Aradhana is scheduled, as always, for the Easter weekend. This year, those dates, including the concerts following the Aradhana, fall between the dates March 22 – March 30 , 2008.
Thyagaraja Aradhana — Concerts & Events
| Friday, March 21, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 5:00pm | Music Competition |
| 6:30pm | Nrithya Lahari — A Special Program of Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland with Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan (Bharatanatyam) and Dr. Kamala Reddy (Kuchipudi) |
| Saturday, March 22, 2008 | |
| 7:00am | Puja — Prayer and Worship |
| 7:30am | Bhajans by children |
| 8:00am | Pancharatna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions |
| 9:30am – 3:30pm | Individual participation |
| 3:30pm | Chennai Online and the Aradhana Committee present Release of Sri A. Sundaresan's book Rare Kritis of Trinity Release of Dr Pappu Venugopal's book Science of Sri Chakra Release of Sri K.N. Shashikiran's book Learning Carnatic Music is Fun Release of Melakartha Ganamalika, compositions of Dr Ashok Madhav |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin duo) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira). |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Felicitation and Awards ceremony |
| 7:15pm | Sustaining Sampradaya: Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family. |
| Sunday, March 23, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm* | Golden Voice and Silken Strings: Sri R.K. Shrikantan (Vocal) with Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal support) Sri N. Ravikiran, (Chitravina), Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam), Sri Babu (mridangam). |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Prize distribution |
| 2:15pm – 4:15pm | Sri Srivalsan Menon (Vocal) Accompanist- Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira). |
| 4:30pm – 6:30pm | Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan (Veena) Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira). |
| 7:00pm † | Tradition of the Tanjore Quartet — A special Bharatanatyam program featuring Smt. Rhadha, Kum. Narthaki Nataraj, and Smt. Roja Kannan, with Kum. Pranathi, Kum. Sivasri, and Kum. Abinaya. Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 10:15am | Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm | Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Talavadyam concert by Sri T.S.Nandakumar |
| 2:15pm – 4:15pm | Mambalam Sri M.K.S. Siva (Nadaswaram) and Sri K. Durga Prasad (Nadaswaram), Sri P. Arulanandan (thavil) and Sri V.M. Palanivel (thavil) |
| 4:30pm – 7:00pm * | Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 7:15pm * | Sustaining Sampradaya: Kamalamba Nava Varnam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family, with additional commentary by Pappu Sri Venugopal Rao. |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. M.S. Sheela (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Toronto Sri Gowrishankar (mridangam) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Swaralayamrutham: Group Presentation led by Smt. Rajeshwari Bhat of Houston TX, Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam), Sri Mayuran Manogaran (mridangam), Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Kum. Aishwarya Venkataraman (Violin) Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Salem Sri Sriram (Vocal) Sri Suhas Rao (violin), Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Sikkil Sri Gurucharan (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Neyveli Sri Skandasubramaniam (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal) Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Ramnad Sri V. Raghavan (mridangam) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Guru Samarpanam: Group Presentation by Disciples of Sri A. Sundaresan Kum.Smitha Krishnan (violin), Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam), Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam), Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Sri Ravi Ramdas (Vocal) Smt. Pavani Mallajosyula (violin), Sri Vivek Chellappa (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Toronto Brothers Ashwin Iyer & Rohin Iyer (Vocal) Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Sri. V.K. Manimaran (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
| 6:45pm * | Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. Nirmala Sundararajan and Smt. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Kum. Sharanya Sivakumar (Vocal) Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Revathy Subramony (PA) (Vocal) Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin), Sri Ramesh Srinivasan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Sri Girish (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Babu (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Lalgudi Smt. Srimathi Brahmanandam and Smt. Anuradha Sriram (Violin) Sri Sriram (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Rudrapatnam Brothers Sri R.N. Thyagarajan and Sri R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
| Friday March 28, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal) Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Smt. Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Kalpana Venkat (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Sri Arjun Narayan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Smt. Sankari Krishnan (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Sri Venkat Janardhanan (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran and Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal) Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Sri O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal) Sri B. Raghavendra Rao (violin), Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathy (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| Saturday, March 29, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm * | Manakkal Sri Rangarajan (Vocal) Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Manakkal Sri S. Sriram (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Competition Winner Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Veena) Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 6:45pm * | Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam), Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam (ghatam) |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm | Margam — A Journey featuring Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan and Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy with dancers from the Dance Workshop |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Divya Kasthuri (Bharatanatyam) |
| 2:15pm – 6:00pm | Dance Competition |
* This is a ticketed program. Tickets are $15 each.
† This is a ticketed program. Tickets are $25 each.
Season tickets are $150, and are valid for all programs.
All tickets will be available for purchase at the venue.