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.

Thursday April 1, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
5:15pm – 6:15pm Talent Competition 1
6:30pm – 8:15pm Arulvaay Arumugane
A Thematic concert on Lord Karthikeya

Smt. T.V. Sundaravalli (Vocal)
Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin)
Sri Kalyan Shencottah (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik VVenkataraman (kanjira)
8:30pm – 9:30pm Smt. Geetha Radhakrishnan (Vocal)
Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin)
Toronto Sri K. Karthic (mridangam)
Friday April 2, 2010
Waetjen Auditorium
8:00am – 5:00pm Music Competition
  Nrithyodbhavam — A Major Dance Initiative
A Special Program of
Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland
6:00pm – 7:00pm1,2 Bharatanatyam Performance by
Joshua Cherian George,
Winner of the 2009 Dance Competition
7:15pm – 9:15pm1,2 Sampradaya Bharatham and
Homage to G.N. Balasubramaniam

Dance Presentation by Sri K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai
Sri Rajarajeswari Bharatha Natya Kala Mandir, Mumbai

Sri K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai (Nattuvangam)
Smt. Geetha Murali (Vocal)
Toronto Sri A. Jayadevan (violin)
Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute)
Sri Harikrishna Kalyanasundaram (mridangam)
Saturday April 3, 2010
Waetjen Auditorium
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)
7:30am Bhajans by Children
8:00am Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions
Individual Singing of Thyagaraja Krithis
3:30pm GNB: Isai Vaseekaran — DVD Release
Gandharva Ganam by Lalitha Ram and V. Ramnarayan — Book Release
4:00pm – 6:45pm Sustaining Sampradaya — Homage to Sri G.N. Balasubramaniam
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Aradhana
6:45pm – 7:30pm Felicitation Function
His Holiness Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami Presides
Smt. Sudha Raghunathan Sangeetha Rathnakara
Sri K. Kalyanasundaram Pillai Nrithya Rathnakara
Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran Sangeetha Kala Sagaram
Sri D. Pasupathi Acharya Rathnakara
Sri S. Vaidyanatha Krishnan, convenor of Sri Thyaga Brahma Gananjali, Coimbatore Seva Rathna
Smt. Radha Viswanathan Kala Chandrika
Kum. Roopa Mahadevan (San Jose, CA) Kala Rathna
Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar Best Teacher Award
8:00pm – 10:00pm His Holiness Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami
of Avadhoota Datta Peetham, Mysore
Sunday April 4, 2010
Waetjen Auditorium
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 (Orchestration)
Marcy Suddock (Conductor)
Vinod Venkataraman (Director)
9:30am – 1:00pm1

Smt. Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
Sri Vittal Ramamurthy (violin)
Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Dr Ravi Balasubramanian (ghatam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)

Raga Vistharam
Elucidator: Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

1:30pm – 2:30pm Prize distribution
2:45pm – 3:45pm Students of Wesleyan University
4:00pm – 6:30pm

Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran (Vocal)
Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin)
Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Thodi
Elucidator: Sri D. Pasupathi
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

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)
Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin)
Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute)
Trichy Sri Sivakumar (veena)
Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam)
Monday April 5, 2010
Waetjen Auditorium
8:00am – 9:30am Sangeetha Sangamam 1
Smt. Manasi Prasad of Bangalore, India &
Smt. Sangeetha Swaminathan of San Ramon, CA (Vocal)
Sri Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (violin)
Sri Rishikesh Tirumalai (mridangam)
9:45am – 11:45am Nrithya Pradarshanam

Kirti Ramgopal (Dance)
Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam)
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
Akkarai Kum. S. Subhalakshmi (violin)
Sri R. Thiagarajan (flute)
Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam)
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)
2:00pm – 3:30pm Kum. Roopa Mahadevan (Vocal)
Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan (violin)
Kum. Rajna Swaminathan (mridangam)
3:45pm – 6:45pm1,2

Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin)
Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)
Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)

Raga Vistharam: Madhyamavathi
Elucidator: Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

Swathi Thirunal — His Life and His Music
A Lecture by Dr Pappu Venugopal Rao
(Secretary, Music Academy, Chennai)

Sustaining Sampradaya — Gems of Swathi Thirunal
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Aradhana
Tuesday April 6, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
8:00am – 9:00am School Competition 1
9:15am – 11:00am Arutperum Jyothi — A Dance Ballet
Presented by Smt. Padmini Krishnamurthy
and her disciples from Muscat, UAE
11:15am – 12:45pm Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran
Smt. Shubasri (vocal support)
Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin)
Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam)
1:15pm – 3:30pm

Kunnakudi Sri M. Balamurali Krishna (Vocal)
Sri S.D. Sridhar (violin)
Thanjavur Sri Murugabhupathy (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)

Raga Vistharam: Natakurinji
Elucidator: Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

3:45pm – 6:45pm1,2

Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran & Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal)
Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin)
Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam)

Raga Vistharam: Natabhairavi
Elucidator: Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

Sri T.M. Krishna (Vocal)
Akkarai Kum. S. Subhalakshmi (violin)
Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Begada
Elucidator: Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

Wednesday April 7, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
8:00am – 9:30am Sangeetha Sangamam 2
Sri S. Girish of Chennai, India &
one N.A. artist (Vocal)
Sri V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Sri Athrey Nadhan (mridangam)
9:45am – 11:45am Sri D. Pasupathi (Vocal)
Dr Pantula Rama (violin)
Umayalpuram Sri Mali (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
12:15pm – 1:45pm Sri Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal)
Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin)
Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam)
2:00pm – 3:45pm Smt. Bhushani Kalyanaraman (Vocal)
Toronto Sri A. Jayadevan (violin)
Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:45pm1,2

Sri V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan (violin)
Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)

Raga Vistharam: Poorvikalyani
Elucidator: Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)
Sri V.V. Ravi (violin)
Thanjavur Sri Murugabhupathy (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Saveri
Elucidator: Sri D. Pasupathi
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

Thursday April 8, 2010
Comfort Inn Ballroom
8:00am – 9:00am Talent Competition 2
9:05am – 10:05am Talent Competition 3
10:10am – 11:10am Talent Competition 4
11:15am – 12:15pm Sri P.P. Kanthan (Vocal)
Sri Sandeep Bharadwaj (violin)
Sri P. Kunju Babu (mridangam)
12:45pm – 1:45pm Talent Competition 5
2:00pm – 3:00pm School Competition 2
Main Classroom Auditorium
3:30pm – 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)
Sri P. Kunju Babu (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)
5:15pm – 6:45pm1,2 Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal)
Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin)
Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam)
Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

Smt. S. Sowmya (Vocal)
Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin)
Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)

Raga Vistharam: Bhairavi
Elucidator: Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

Friday April 9, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
8:00am – 9:30am Sangeetha Sangamam 3
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)
9:45am – 11:00am Dr N. Ramani, Sri R. Thiagarajan, and Sri T. Suresh (Flute)
Jay Shankar Balan (violin)
Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam)
11:15am – 12:15pm Modumudi Sri Sudhakar (Vocal)
Toronto Sri A. Jayadevan (violin)
Sri Naveen Basavanhally (mridangam)
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
2:15pm – 3:45pm Palghat Sri Sriram (Vocal)
Smt. Ranjani Ramakrishnan (violin)
Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam)
Toronto Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
4:00pm – 6:45pm1,2

Dr Pantula Rama (Vocal)
Sri M.S.N. Murthy (violin)
Kallidaikurichi Sri S. Sivakumar (mridangam)
Dr Ravi Balasubramanian (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Mohanam
Elucidator: Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

GNB Fantasy Concert
Ragas/Krithis he did not handle, but presented in his inimitable style by
Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina)
Sri V.V. Ravi (violin)
Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Kharaharapriya
Elucidator: Trichur Sri V. Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

Saturday April 10, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
8:00am – 9:00am School Competition 3
9:05am – 11:05am Smt. Geetha Rajasekhar (Vocal)
Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin)
Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam)
11:15am – 12:45pm Winner of the Concert Competition with
Bharat Sundar, Winner of Jaya TV's Carnatic Music Idol
Sri V.V. Ravi (violin)
Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
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)
Toronto Sri S. Surenthar (morsing)
3:00pm – 4:30pm Kum. Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal)
Sri V.V. Ravi (violin)
Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)
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)
7:00pm – 10:00pm1,2

Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin)
Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Sri E.M. Subramaniam (ghatam)

Raga Vistharam: Kalyani
Elucidator: Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran
Nadaswaram: Injikudi Sri E.M. Subramanian

Sunday April 11, 2010
Main Classroom Auditorium
8:00am – 9:30am Sangeetha Sangamam 4
Trichy Sri Pradeep Kumar of Chennai &
Sri Ramakrishnan Murthy of Irvine, CA (Vocal)
Sri M.S.N. Murthy (violin)
Sri Kalyan Shencottah (mridangam)
9:45am – 12:30pm Dancers from the Dance Workshop
Directed by Smt. Bala Kondala Rao, Smt. Gayathri Balagurunathan, and Sri V. Balagurunathan
1:00pm – 5:30pm Dance Competition
Monday April 12, 2010
Shiva Vishnu Temple
6:00pm – 7:15pm Smt. Ushalakshmi Krishnamurthy (Vocal)
Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin)
Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam)
7:30pm – 9:00pm Smt. Jayamangala Krishnamurthy (Vocal)
Sri Jay Shankar Balan (violin)
Sydney Sri Bala Sankar (mridangam)

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.

Season Passes will be available at the venue. They cost $120 per person, and grant admission to all concerts and events except Damayanthi Swayamvaram.