Schedule of Events
The Festival is scheduled, as always, around Easter. This year, it begins on Wednesday April 4th and continues until Sunday April 15th, 2012.
This year being the centenary year celebration for Madurai Sri Mani Iyer, Palghat Sri Mani Iyer as well as Smt. T. Brinda, the Festival is dedicated to their memory. The schedule will include several programs that highlight their contribution to Carnatic music in addition to our usual roster of musical performances.
Ticketed programs are marked in the schedule. Tickets will be available at the venue. You can also make advance reservations. If you will be attending the entire festival, season passes are also available.
| Wednesday April 4, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5:15pm – 6:15pm |
Sri Shashank Subramaniam of MI and Kum. Shruthi Subramaniam of MI (Flute) Kum. Arthi Nadhan of IL (veena) Kum. Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (violin) Sri Athrey Nadhan of IL (mridangam) Sri Sanjay Subramaniam of IL (mridangam) |
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| 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
Kum. Dharini Kalyanaraman (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted program below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:45pm – 9:45pm |
Nrithyodbhavam — A Major Dance Initiative: A Special Program of Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland Murali Madhuri — A Dance Presentation Compositions of Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr M. Balamuralikrishna Choreographed by Dr Saraswathi Sundaresan Orchestra Dr Saraswathi Sundaresan (Nattuvangam) Sri Veeraraghavan (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin) Sri Vijayaraghavan (mridangam) Dancers Sri V. Balagurunathan Smt. Gayatri Balagurunathan Smt. Kirti Ramgopal Smt. Janaki Rangarajan (VA) Sri Madhusudhan Sri Mondal Smt. Priya Jayaraman Smt. Pooja Kumar Shyam (OH) Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan (NJ) Kum. Shriya Srinivasan (OH) |
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| Thursday April 5, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm |
Sri Anil Narasimha of CA (Vocal) Sri Ajay Narasimha of CA (violin) Sri Sanjay Subramaniam of IL (mridangam) |
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| 5:45pm – 6:45pm |
Toronto Brothers Sri Ashwin Iyer &
Sri Rohin Iyer (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $20 per person, and cover the highlighted program below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sri O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal) Mullaivasal Sri G. Chandramouli (violin) Trichy Sri Sankaran (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| Friday April 6, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Venue TBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 5:00pm | Music Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Theater @ Playhouse Square, 1519 Euclid Avenue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sangam — North-South Unison Special ticketed program. Ticket details will be available shortly. |
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| 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
Melodies of the South Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr N. Ramani (Flute) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| 8:00pm – 9:30pm |
Melodies of the North Bharat Ratna Pt. Ravi Shankar (Sitar) |
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| Saturday April 7, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:00am | Prayer & Worship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:30am |
Mangala Isai Seshampatti Sri Sivalingam (Nadaswaram) Sri K. Selvam (nadaswaram) Sri S. Gajendran (thavil) Sri M. Subramanian (thavil) |
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| 8:00am | Bhajans by Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am | Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30am – 10:55am |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA (Junior) Winner Kum. Geeta Shankar of CA (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (violin) Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) |
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| 11:00am – 3:30pm | Individual Singing of Thyagaraja Krithis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:30pm | DVD and Book Release | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:00pm – 6:45pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Ramnad Sri V. Raghavan Memorial Concert Sustaining Sampradaya — Homage to Madurai Sri Mani Iyer A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival |
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| 6:45pm – 7:30pm |
Felicitation Function Sri V. Shankar (Chairman, Shanmukhananda Sabha, Mumbai) Presides
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| 8:00pm – 10:00pm |
Kamalajasya Hride — Dashavatharam as conceived by Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Dance Choreography by Nrithya Rathnakara Smt. Rhadha Orchestra Nrithya Kala Sagaram Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) Kum. K. Gayatri (Vocal) Seshampatti Sri Sivalingam (nadaswaram) Sri K. Selvam (nadaswaram) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin) Sri R. Mohanakrishnan (mridangam) Sri S. Gajendran (thavil) Sri M. Subramanian (thavil) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam & konnakkol) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) Dancers Nrithya Rathnakara Smt. Rhadha Smt. Sangeetha Vasudevan Kala Rathna Kum. Sangeeta Isvaran Smt. Kirti Ramgopal Smt. Aishwarya N. Balasubramanian Smt. Navia Natarajan (CA) Sri Sai Santhosh Sri Bhavajan Kumar Kum. Ashwini Viswanathan |
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| Sunday April 8, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
2011 Advanced Pallavi Competition Winner Sri Vinay Raghuram of CA (Vocal) Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am | Students of Sri B. Balasubrahmaniyan from Wesleyan University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tickets cost $20 per person, and cover the highlighted program below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Sri V. Kamalakar Rao (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Prize Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:15pm – 3:00pm |
Naveena Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam — a program by Students of Dr C.M. Venkatachalam of San Diego, CA Sri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sri Athrey Nadhan of IL (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 3:15pm – 4:00pm |
Remembering the Stalwarts — A program by Students of Smt. Revathi Subramaniam of San Diego, CA Sri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sri Athrey Nadhan of IL (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 4:15pm – 5:15pm |
A Musical Presentation by the Students of Smt. Anuradha Sridhar & Trinity Center of Music (CA) |
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| 5:30pm – 7:00pm |
Seshampatti Sri Sivalingam (Nadaswaram) Sri K. Selvam (nadaswaram) Sri S. Gajendran (thavil) Sri M. Subramanian (thavil) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted program below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:30pm – 10:00pm |
Sri Krishna Parijatham A Kuchupudi and Bharathanatyam Dance-Drama Choreography by Guru Dr Vempati Chinna Sathyam Presented by Sri Madhavapeddy Murthy Orchestra Sri Vedantam Ramu (Nattuvangam) Thiruvarur Sri S. Girish (Vocal) Kum. K. Gayatri (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Sri B. Ganesh Rao (mridangam) Dancers Sri Madhavapeddy Murthy as Sri Krishna Dr Kamala Reddy (PA) as Rukmini Smt. Aishwarya N. Balasubramanian as Sathyabhama Sri Bhavajan Kumar as Narada Sri Sai Santhosh as Soothradhaari Kum. G. Reshma as Sakhi Smt. Suvarna Pappu as Sakhi Smt. Pooja Kumar Shyam as Sakhi Smt. Divya Nair as Sakhi |
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| Monday April 9, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Winner Kum. Shyamala Ramakrishna of NJ (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin) Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Laya Lavanyam Sri R. Thiagarajan (Flute) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Palghat Sri T.R. Rajamani (mridangam) Sangeetha Rathnakara Sri V. Kamalakar Rao (mridangam) Sangeetha Rathnakara Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin) Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 1:45pm |
A music program by Atlanta Vidyarthis, students of Smt. Kala Vasudevan and Smt. Subhashini Vaidyanathan Sri C.V. Subramanian of GA (violin) Sri Suresh Kothandaraman of GA (mridangam) |
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| 2:00pm – 2:45pm |
Madhura Pallavi — a Program by Texas Young Talents Kum. Keerthana Sankar of MI (violin) Dr Ram Sriram of GA (mridangam) |
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| 3:00pm – 4:30pm |
Bangalore Sri T.V. Ramprasadh (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:45pm – 6:45pm |
Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran & Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal) Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sustaining Sampradaya — Glory of Tamil Composers A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique Patriotic Songs from Old Films Smt. Gayathri Girish (Vocal) Sri Suryaprakash (Vocal) Kum. K. Gayatri (Vocal) Something Unexpected Bharathanatyam Dancers (Abhinayam) |
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| Tuesday April 10, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Sri Guhan Venkataraman of CA (Veena) Sri Vignesh Venkataraman of CA (mridangam) Sri Suriya Subramanian (kanjira) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Smt. Vasudha Keshav (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) Sri Balaji (ghatam) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Smt. Gayathri Girish (Vocal) Cmt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Trivandrum Sri Balaji (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:30pm |
Sri S. Srinivasan (Veena) Sri Prakash Rao of NJ (mridangam) Sri Sriram Natarajan (kanjira) |
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| 2:45pm – 4:15pm |
Sri V.K. Manimaran (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 6:45pm |
Dr K. Omanakutty (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani (vocal support) Smt. Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin) Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Smt. Rama Ravi (Vocal) Kum. Nandita Ravi (vocal support) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique The Tradition of the Revered Devadasis of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Nrithya Rathnakara Smt. T.R. Thilakam on the Dance & Music Traditions of the Cauvery Delta Something Unexpected Interaction with Other Musicians, Dancers, & Rasikas |
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| Wednesday April 11, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Smt. Rajarajeshwary Bhat of TX (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Dr Ram Sriram of GA (mridangam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Madurai Sri Mani Iyer — The Man and The Music A Lecture-Demonstration by Dr S.A.K. Durga |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Bangalore Sri S. Shankar (Vocal) Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) Uzhavoor Sri P.K. Babu (mridangam) |
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| 1:00pm – 1:25pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Runner-up Kum. Keerthana Sankar of MI (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) |
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| 1:35pm – 2:00pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Runner-up Sri Hariharan Ravi of IL (Vocal) Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathi (mridangam) |
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| 2:10pm – 2:35pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Finalist Kum. Ananya Ashok of CA (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) |
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| 2:45pm – 4:15pm |
Nrithya Pradarshanam A Dance Presentation by Kum. Sumitra Subramaniam Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam (Nattuvangam) Kum. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri R. Mohanakrishnan (mridangam) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 6:45pm |
Smt. Alamelu Mani (Vocal) Smt. Sarayu Srinivasan (vocal support) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Sri Rohan Krishnamurthy of MI (mridangam) Sri Sriram Natarajan (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Smt. Suguna Purushothaman and Acharya Rathnakara Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal) Kum. K. Gayatri (vocal support) Kum. Brinda Manickavasakan (vocal support) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique The Tradition of the Revered Devadasis of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh Sri Kala Krishna on Andhra Natyam Something Unexpected Interaction with Other Musicians, Dancers, & Rasikas |
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| Thursday April 12, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (Violin) Sri Ramesh Srinivasan of CA (mridangam) Sri Suriya Subramanian (kanjira) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Delhi Sri Muthukumar (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Sri Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) Sri Balaji (ghatam) |
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| 10:30am – 11:15am |
Smt. Nithya & Smt. Vidya (Vocal) Sri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sri Abhinav Seetharaman of VA (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 11:30am – 12:30pm |
Thiruvarur Sri S. Girish (Vocal) Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 1:25pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Finalist Kum. Sruti Sarathy of CA (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) |
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| 1:35pm – 2:00pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Finalist Sri Ananthapadmanabha Rao of NJ (Vocal) Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathi (mridangam) |
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| 2:10pm – 2:35pm |
2011 Carnatic Music Idol USA Finalist Kum. Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) |
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| 2:45pm – 4:15pm |
Sri R. Suryaprakash (Vocal) Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin) Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Sri Sriram Natarajan (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 6:45pm |
Acharya Rathnakara Dr Nirmala Sundararajan and Dr Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) Uzhavoor Sri P.K. Babu (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique The Relevence/Importance of the music of Smt. T. Brinda, Madurai Sri Mani Iyer, and Palghat Sri Mani Iyer in today's music world Senior Musicians and Musicologists Something Unexpected Audience Interaction |
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| Friday April 13, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Smt. Saashwathi Prabhu (Vocal) Sri R. Thiagarajan (violin) Trivandrum Sri Balaji (mridangam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Kum. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sri B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Dr Ritha Rajan (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Thiruvidaimaruthur Sri S. Radhakrishnan (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:30pm |
The Harikatha Tradition of Smt Banni Bhai Rukmini Kalyanam Dr Prameela Gurumurthy (Harikatha) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) Suriya Subramanian (kanjira) |
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| 2:45pm – 4:15pm |
Kala Rathna Smt. Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal) Smt. Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin) Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 6:45pm |
Sri B. Balasubrahmaniyan (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Sri Sriram Natarajan (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr R.K. Shrikantan (Vocal) Rudrapatnam Prof. S. Ramakanth (vocal support) Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) Dr S. Karthick (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique The Origin and Evolution of Harikatha The Integration of Music, Dance, and Literature Dr Prameela Gurumurthy Something Unexpected Audience Interaction |
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| Saturday April 14, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On this day alone, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues until 4:30pm |
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| Venue TBA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 4:00pm | Bharathanatyam Competition preliminary round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Sri V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sri K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15pm |
Kum. K. Gayatri (Vocal) Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (violin) Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Smt. Veghavahini Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Kum. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath (vocal support) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Thanjavur Sri Ramadas (mridangam) Sri Suriya Subramanian (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:15pm |
Winner of the 2012 Concert Competition and Winner of Jaya TV 2012 Carnatic Idol Music Competition Nagai Sri Sriram (violin) Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
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| 2:30pm – 4:30pm |
Smt. Geetha Raja (Vocal) Sri Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin) Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam) Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:45pm – 7:00pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Smt. R. Vedavalli (Vocal) Kala Rathna Smt. Sumithra Vasudev (vocal support) Smt. Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin) Sri B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) Sri Karthik Venkataraman of Toronto (kanjira) |
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| 7:30pm – 9:30pm |
Valli Bharatham — A Dance-Drama Choreography by Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam Orchestra Smt. Jayanthi Subramaniam (Nattuvangam) Smt. Gayathri Girish (Vocal) Sri S. Srinivasan (veena) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri R. Mohanakrishnan (mridangam) Dancers Smt. Bragha Bessel Smt. Sushmitha Arunkumar (IL) Kum. Ashwini Viswanathan Sri Bhavajan Kumar Smt. Divya Nayar (NJ) Smt. Pooja Kumar Shyam (OH) Kum. Sumitra Subramaniam Kum. Sherin Ellickal (IL) Sri Sai Santhosh Kum. Sathvika Shankar Kum. Sridevi Suresh |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:15pm – 11:15pm |
Something Unique The Tradition of Veenai Smt. Dhanammal Padams and Javalis Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Smt. Veghavahini Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Dr Ritha Rajan (Vocal) Smt. Alamelu Mani (Vocal) Acharya Rathnakara Smt. Nirmala Sundararajan (Vocal) Smt. Geetha Raja (Vocal) Smt. Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Moderator) Something Unexpected Bharathanatyam Dancers (Abhinayam) |
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| Sunday April 15, 2012 Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tickets cost $25 per person, and cover the highlighted programs below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Smt. Bhargavi Balasubramanian (Chitravina) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri Abhinav Seetharaman of VA (mridangam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:45am |
A Traditional Margam by Smt. Indira Kadambi Nrithya Kala Sagaram Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) Bangalore Sri T.V. Ramprasadh (Vocal) Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan of NC (violin) Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute) Sri R. Mohanakrishnan (mridangam) |
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| 11:00am – 12:30pm |
Smt. Bragha Bessel, Kala Rathna Kum. Sangeeta
Isvaran, and Dancers from the Dance Workshop |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
2011 Dance Competition Winner Kum. Sherin Ellickal (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 2:15pm – 6:00pm | Dance Competition final round | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes:
Season tickets are available at the venue. They cost $200, and grant admission to one person to all programs except the Sangam concert on Friday April 6.
Advance Reservations can be made
by mailing a check to the Aradhana Committee, along with a note
mentioning which event(s) and the number of tickets to be reserved.
Season passes may also be purchased in advance the same way. Our
mailing address is:
Aradhana Committee
3447 Granton Ave
Cleveland OH 44111-2971
