Schedule of Events
The Aradhana is scheduled, as always, around Easter. This year, it begins on April 1st and continues until April 12th, 2010.
This year being the Centenary Year Celebration for vidvan Sri G.N. Balasubramaniam, the Aradhana is dedicated to his memory, and will include several programs that bring out his impact on and contributions to Carnatic music.
In a special appearance, His Holiness Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami will inaugurate the Aradhana.
Some programs are ticketed. For details, please see the notes for each ticketed program. Season tickets are available as well.
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Thursday April 1, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 5:15pm – 6:15pm | Talent Competition 1 Sri Vibav Mouli (Vocal) Sri Sandeep Bharadwaj (violin) Sri Abhinav Seetharaman (mridangam) |
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| 6:30pm – 8:15pm |
Arulvaay Arumugane A Thematic concert on Lord Karthikeya Smt. T.V. Sundaravalli (Vocal) Toronto Sri A. Jayadevan (violin) Sri Kalyan Shencottah (mridangam) |
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| 8:30pm – 9:30pm |
Smt. Geetha Radhakrishnan (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin) Toronto Sri K. Karthic (mridangam) |
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Friday April 2, 2010 Waetjen Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 5:00pm | Music Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nrithyodbhavam — A Major Dance Initiative A Special Program of Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland |
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| 6:00pm – 7:00pm1,2 |
Bharatanatyam Performance by Joshua Cherian George, Winner of the 2009 Dance Competition |
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| 7:15pm – 9:15pm1,2 |
Sampradaya Bharatham and Homage to G.N. Balasubramaniam Dance Presentation by Sri K. Kalyanasundaram Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Mumbai Sri K. Kalyanasundaram (Nattuvangam) Smt. Manasi Prasad (Vocal) Toronto Sri A. Jayadevan (violin) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Sri Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram (mridangam) |
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Saturday April 3, 2010 Waetjen Auditorium |
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| 7:00am |
Prayer & Worship Mangala Isai Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian (Nadaswaram) Smt. Chitra Jayakumar (Nadaswaram) Sri G. Abhiramasundaram (thavil) Sri S.M. Babu (thavil) |
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| 7:30am | Bhajans by Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am |
Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions Individual Singing of Thyagaraja Krithis |
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| 3:30pm |
GNB: Isai Vaseekaran — DVD Release Gandharva Ganam by Lalitha Ram and V. Ramnarayan — Book Release Four Score and More by V. Sriram and Dr Malathi Rangaswamy — A History of the Madras Music Academy: Book Release |
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| 4:00pm – 6:45pm |
Sustaining Sampradaya — Homage to Sri G.N. Balasubramaniam A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Aradhana dedicated to the memory of vidvan Ramnad Sri V. Raghavan |
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| 6:45pm – 7:30pm |
Felicitation Function
His Holiness Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami Presides
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| 8:00pm – 10:00pm |
His Holiness Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami of Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore Music for the Soul |
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Sunday April 4, 2010 Waetjen Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:15am |
Divine Strings Carnatic Compositions in Western Musical Arrangements featuring Aishwarya Venkataraman and members of the Musique Sur La Mer Youth Symphony Orchestra Aishwarya Venkataraman (Soloist) Marcy Sudock (Conductor/Orchestration) Vinod Venkataraman (Director) |
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| 9:30am – 1:00pm1 |
GNB — A Legend, video presentation, followed by
Smt. Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Sankarabharanam |
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| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Prize distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:45pm – 3:45pm | Students of Wesleyan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm |
Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Thodi |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm3 |
Damayanthi Swayamvaram — A Dance-Drama In Memory of Dr M.L. Vasanthakumari & Smt. Krishnaveni Lakshmanan Presented by Smt. Gayatri Balagurunathan, Sri V. Balagurunathan, and troupe Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) Smt. Vasudha Kesav (Vocal) Sri S. Girish (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Trichy Sri Sivakumar (veena) Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam) |
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Monday April 5, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:30am |
Smt. Manasi Prasad (Vocal) Sri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (violin) Sri Rishikesh Tirumalai (mridangam) |
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| 9:45am – 11:45am |
Nrithya Pradarshanam Kum. Kirti Ramgopal (Dance) Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. S. Subhalakshmi (violin) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam) |
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| 12:15pm – 1:45pm |
Trichur Brothers Sri Srikrishna Mohan & Sri Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin) Trichur Sri R. Mohan (mridangam) Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| 2:00pm – 3:30pm |
Kum. Roopa Mahadevan (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan (violin) Kum. Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam) |
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| 3:45pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin)
Raga Vistharam: Madhyamavathi |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
Swathi Thirunal — His Life and His Music Sustaining Sampradaya — Gems of Swathi Thirunal |
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Tuesday April 6, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:00am | School Competition 1 Students from Smt. Sujana Mulukutla's Sangeeta Saaramayi School of Music Theme: Shakti: Nava Vaggeyakara Samarpanam |
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| 9:15am – 11:00am |
Arutperum Jyothi — A Dance Ballet Presented by Smt. Padmini Krishnamurthy and her disciples from Muscat, UAE |
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| 11:15am – 12:45pm |
Thukkudas, Then and Now Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran Smt. Shubasri (vocal support) Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) |
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| 1:15pm – 3:30pm |
Kunnakudi Sri M. Balamurali Krishna (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Natakurinji |
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| 3:45pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran & Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Natabhairavi |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
Sri T.M. Krishna (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Begada |
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Wednesday April 7, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:30am |
Sangeetha Sangamam 1 Sri S. Girish of Chennai, India & Salem Sri Sriram of Nashville, TN (Vocal) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Sri Athrey Nadhan (mridangam) |
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| 9:45am – 11:45am |
Sri D. Pasupathi (Vocal) Smt. Vidya Kalyanaraman (vocal support) Dr Pantula Rama (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam) |
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| 12:15pm – 1:45pm |
Sri Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam) |
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| 2:00pm – 3:45pm |
Smt. Bhushani Kalyanaraman (Vocal) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam) |
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| 4:00pm – 5:15pm1,2 |
Dr Ushalakshmi Krishnamoorthi (Vocal) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam) Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| 5:30pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
Smt. Jayamangala Krishnamani (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin) Sri Athrey Nadhan (mridangam) |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Saveri |
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Thursday April 8, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:00am | Talent Competition 2 Sri Vishaal Sapuram (Chitraveena) Kum. Keerthana Sankar (violin) Sri Sanjay Subramanian (mridangam) |
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| 9:05am – 10:05am | Talent Competition 3 Sri Ananthapadmanabha Rao (Vocal) Kum. Keerthana Sankar (violin) Sri Vivek Chellappa (mridangam) |
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| 10:10am – 11:10pm | Talent Competition 4 Kum. Sahana Vasudevan (Vocal) Kum. Keerthana Sankar (violin) Sri Sanjay Subramanian (mridangam) |
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| 11:15am – 12:15pm |
Sri P.P. Kanthan (Vocal) Sri Sandeep Bharadwaj (violin) Uzhavoor Sri P.K. Babu (mridangam) |
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| 12:45pm – 1:45pm | Talent Competition 5 Kum. Vidhya Raghavan (Vocal) Kum. Keerthana Sankar (violin) Sri Abhinav Seetharaman (mridangam) |
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| 2:00pm – 3:00pm | Talent Competition 6 Kum. Vaaraki Wijayaraj (Vocal) Kum. Keerthana Sankar (violin) Sri Abhinav Seetharaman (mridangam) |
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| 3:15pm – 5:00pm1,2 |
Pancha Veena Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Veena) Smt. S. Sowmya (Veena) Sri D. Balakrishnan (Veena) Trichy Sri Sivakumar (Veena) Smt. Nirmala Rajasekhar (Veena) Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) Uzhavoor Sri P.K. Babu (mridangam) Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam) |
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| 5:15pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
Smt. S. Sowmya (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Bhairavi |
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Friday April 9, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:30am |
Sangeetha Sangamam 2 Smt. Sumithra Vasudev of Chennai, India & Smt. Rajeswari Satish of Belle Mead, NJ (Vocal) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam) Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam) |
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| 9:45am – 11:00am |
Sri R. Thiagarajan and Sri T. Suresh (Flute) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 11:15am – 12:15pm |
Modumudi Sri Sudhakar (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin) Sri Naveen Basavanhally (mridangam) |
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| 12:45pm – 2:15pm |
Anuradha Sridhar's Trinity Center for Music, Saratoga, CA Winner of the 2009 School Competition Performers: Sruti Sarathy, Ananya Ashok, Harini Jagannathan, Jayshree Sarathy, Apoorva Krishna, Nyanthara Narasimhan, Janani Kumar, Maya Srinivasan and Aditi Nataraj |
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| 2:30pm – 3:45pm |
Palghat Sri Sriram (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam) Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| 4:00pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
Dr Pantula Rama (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Devamanohari |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
GNB Fantasy Concert
Raga Vistharam: Kharaharapriya |
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Saturday April 10, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian (Nadaswaram) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) |
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| 9:05am – 11:05am |
Smt. Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal) Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin) Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam) Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| 11:15am – 12:45pm |
Bharat Sundar, Winner of Jaya TV's Carnatic Music Idol Sri V.V. Ravi (violin) Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
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| 1:15pm – 2:45pm |
An Orchestral Presentation of GNB's and MLV's popular Krithis Smt. Shubasri (Vocal) Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin) Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekhar (veena) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian (ghatam) |
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| 3:00pm – 4:30pm |
Smt. Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal) Sri V.V. Ravi (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam) Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam) |
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| 4:45pm – 6:45pm1,2 |
M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial Concert "Anda Nalum Vandhidatho" Smt. Radha Viswanathan (Vocal) Kum. S. Aishwarya (vocal support) Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian (ghatam) |
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| 7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2 |
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
Raga Vistharam: Kalyani |
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Sunday April 11, 2010 Main Classroom Auditorium |
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| 8:00am – 9:30am |
Sangeetha Sangamam 3 Trichy Sri Pradeep Kumar of Chennai & Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy of Irvine, CA (Vocal) Sri M.S.N. Murthy (violin) Sri Kalyan Shencottah (mridangam) |
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| 9:45am – 12:30pm | Dancers from the Dance Workshop Directed by Smt. Bala Kondala Rao, Smt. Gayathri Balagurunathan, and Sri V. Balagurunathan |
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| 1:00pm – 1:15pm | A Special Dance by a Special Person Kum. Nanditha Neroor — Bharatanatyam |
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| 1:30pm – 5:30pm | Dance Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes
1. This is a ticketed program. Tickets will be available at the venue, and cost $20 per person
2. Tickets will be valid for all of this day's evening programs.
3. This is a ticketed program. Tickets will be available at the venue, and cost $20, $25, $50, or $75. Advance reservations can be made by calling Balu at (216) 476-1604.
Season Passes will be available at the venue. They cost $120 per person, and grant admission to all concerts and events except Damayanthi Swayamvaram.
