Schedule of Events
The Festival is back to our regular schedule around the Easter holiday. For 2025, the festival will start on Wednesday April 16th and continue until Sunday April 27th, 2025.
The 2025 Festival is dedicated to the memory of Prof. T.R. Subrahmaniam and Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. We are also celebrating the 125th year of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, the oldest arts organization in South India.
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
For those who cannot attend in person, the Festival will also be webcast by our partner, iCarnatic. Please check their web site for details.
Our lineup of artists and concert schedule is still in the process of being finalized. Please check back here for updates.
| Wednesday April 16, 2025 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9:30am – 10:30am |
Inaugural Concert Akshara Samskriti (Vocal) Prahlad Saravanapriyan of CA (violin) Srihari Raman of MA (mridangam) |
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| 10:45am – 12:15pm |
Dr B. Vijay Gopal (Flute) Dr D. Badri Narayanan (violin) Trichy B. Harikumar (mridangam) Trichy S. Krishnaswamy (ghatam) |
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| 12:45pm – 2:15pm |
Vivek Moozhikulam (Vocal) Bhargav Tumkur of MD (violin) Akshanan Mayuran (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| 2:30pm – 4:00pm |
Flute Brothers Heramb & Hemanth (Flute) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
R. Suryaprakash (Vocal) Delhi R. Sridhar (violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Alathur T. Rajaganesh (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram R. Thiagarajan (Flute) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Neyveli Ramalakshmi of TX (Vocal) Sudarshan Prasanna of GA (violin) Navneeth Gopinath of PA (mridangam) |
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| Thursday April 17, 2025 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 10:30am |
Gems of Muthuswamy Dikshitar Presented by students of Rajarajeshwari Bhat of TX Madhura Sriram of TX Sahana Shiva of TX Vrishank Ramadugu of TX Sruthi Srivathson of TX Nagasrinidhi of TX Srinath Pinapati of TX Bhargavi Chandrasekaran of TX Dhrithi Balaji of TX Tejas Murali of TX (violin) Pranav Praveen of TX (violin) Srihari Raman of PA (mridangam) Navneeth Gopinath of PA (mridangam) |
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| 11:00am – 12:15pm |
Keyboard Ensemble Acharya Rathnakara M.S. Martin and his disciples Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) N. Sundar (tabla) |
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| 12:45pm – 1:45pm |
A group presentation by
Sruti Laya Fine Arts Academy Students of Dr Thanathevy Mithradeva of ON |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan Presents Thakadhimi thakita — Season 7 A Grand Percussion Ensemble — A confluence of rhythm, melody, and dance Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam & konnakkol) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) N. Sundar (morsing & tabla) Sunil Kumar (kanjira & thavil) Kala Rathna Abilash Giriprasad (vocal) Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (flute) Dance choreography by Dr S. Divyasena, Padmini Radhakrishnan, and Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Bharathanatyam Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Akila Rao of CA Bhuvana Venkatesh of CA Sukanya Kumar of CA Akshaya Nivasini of CA Tejashree Meka of CA Shwetha Nirmal of WA Maha Varadhan of IL Vimina Bagavath of IN Preetha Subramanyan of GA Gayathri Sudhakar of GA Gomathi Manoj of NJ Nirupama Venkatesan of NJ Akila Subramanyam of VA Indhumadhi Gopalakrishnan of DE Preethi Sathyanarayanan of TX Kuchipudi Sunita Pendekanti of CA Pragnya B. Prakash of IA Sobha Tammana of IL |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
S. Saketharaman (Vocal) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sai Giridhar (mridangam) Sowmiya J. Narayanan of VA (ghatam) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Akkarai Sisters S. Subhalakshmi & S. Sornalatha (Violin) Kulur U. Jayachandra Rao (mridangam) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Shardul Krishnakumar of NJ (Vocal) Karthik Subramanian of TX (violin) Aashrith Aravind of IL (mridangam) |
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| Friday April 18, 2025 Cleveland State University & Crowne Plaza Playhouse Square | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 5:00pm | Music Competition | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Advanced Pallavi Competition Winner Sasanka S.N. of VA (Vocal) Sanjith Narayanan of VA (violin) Srikar Chittari of VA (mridangam) Samyuktha Sreeram of VA (ghatam) |
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| 9:15am – 11:30am |
Prof. B. Balasubrahmaniyan of CT (Vocal) Vittal Rangan (violin) Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam) |
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| 11:45am – 12:45pm |
Concert Competition Winner Shruti Govindarajan of IL (Vocal) Dr D. Badri Narayanan (violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Dr Keerthana Sankar of CA (Vocal) Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Srikrishna Prasannan of OR (ghatam) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Kala Rathna Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal) Rishabh Ranganathan of IL (violin) Ethirajan Ramanujan of MN (mridangam) Toronto S. Surenthar of ON (morsing) |
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| 4:15pm – 4:45pm |
Ceremonial Procession and Mallari Traditional Kolattam by students of Nrithya Seva Mani Sujatha Srinivasan, Shri Kalaa Mandir, OH |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:45pm – 6:45pm |
Kala Rathna Abilash Giriprasad (Vocal) Sahana Vasudevan of NJ (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Kala Seva Mani Dr David Nelson of CT (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Krishna Leela Tarangam — A Dance
Production Choreography: Jayanthi Subramaniam Music: Dr Seetha Rajan & Nandini Anand Dancers: Disciples of Nrithya Kala Sagaram Jayanthi Subramaniam, Nrithya Seva Mani Sujatha Srinivasan of OH, Vani Iswara of TX, Nrithya Seva Mani Sushmitha Arunkumar of IL, Nrithya Seva Mani Chitra Ramaswamy of NJ, Dr S. Divyasena, and Kala Rathna Pooja Kumar Shyam of MI |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Lathangi Sisters Archana & Samanvi (Vocal) Vishal Sowmyan of NJ (violin) Ajay Gopi of CA (mridangam) |
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| Saturday April 19, 2025 Wolstein Center, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues |
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| 7:00am | Puja and Worship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:15am |
Mangala Isai |
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| 8:00am – 8:45am | Bhajans by Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 10:45am | Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:15am – 12:15pm |
The Sishyakulam Epic Choir Conceptualized by Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, this ensemble brings together musicians from across North America for the grandest stage event in Carnatic music |
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| 12:30pm – 1:30pm |
Vivaadita Anunaadam — Consonance in
Dissonance Concept and Presentation by Jay Shankar Balan of MI Praseed Balaji of MN (mridangam) Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam) |
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| Waetjen Auditorium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:45pm – 3:30pm |
Sherthalai Dr K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Myan Sudharsanan of WA (mridangam) G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| 4:00pm – 6:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Ramnad V. Raghavan Memorial Concert Sustaining Sampradaya — Tribute to T.R. Subrahmanyam A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival |
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| 6:45pm – 7:30pm |
Book Release Compositions of Spencer Venugopal Acharya Devo Bhava, by Acharya Rathnakara Dr Premeela Gurumurthy Mahaperiyava Paamalai Sugandhisri Krishnamoorthi Biography of Palghat Rama Bhagavatar, by Sivapriya Krishnan Felicitation Function
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| 7:45pm – 9:30pm |
Tiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (mridangam) Alathur T. Rajaganesh (kanjira) |
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| Drinko Recital Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
Veena Pusthaka Dharini A presentation by disciples of Tiruvarur S. Girish |
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| 12:15pm – 1:15pm |
Thyagaraja Gurum Aashraye Directed & Presented by Bhargavi Balasubramanian |
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| 1:30pm – 2:30pm |
Swararohanam A thematic group presentation conducted by R. Suryaprakash |
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| 2:45pm – 3:45pm |
Dikshitar's Vaara Krithis Presented by students of Kalyanapuram S. Aravind S. Venkataraman (harmonium) Rishabh Ranganathan of IL (violin) Soham Kaje of IL (mridangam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Odhuvar M. Muthukumaran (Vocal) Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin) M. Sivakumar (mridangam) |
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| Sunday April 20, 2025 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Carnatic Symphony Presented by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran Orchestra Support by Kala Seva Mani Prof. Leo Coach and Genevieve Gilbert Conducted by Prithi Narasimhan of TX & Rhea Rajesh of TX |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Aadum Chidambaramo A group presentation conceptualized and conducted by Sangeetha Rathnakara Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30am – 1:00pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal) Vittal Rangan (violin) Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (mridangam) Sowmiya J. Narayanan of VA (ghatam) |
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| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Music Competition Prize distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:30pm – 4:00pm |
Veena Gaanam presented by Naadharasa Center for Music Curated by Nirmala Rajasekar of MN |
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| 4:15pm – 5:15pm |
Bhakthi Vijayam Presented by Gayatri Fine Arts Global Curated by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram P. Ganesh |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:30pm – 7:30pm |
Sooryagayathri (Vocal) Adarsh Ajaykumar (violin) P.V. Anil Kumar (mridangam) Prasanth Sankar (tabla) Silesh Marar (percussion) |
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| 8:00pm – 9:30pm |
Nrithya Mani Mala — A Thematic
Presentation Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena (Bharathanatyam) and her disciples Upanisha Kannan (Bharathanatyam) Shabin Bright (Bharathanatyam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Pranav Kikkeri of TX (Vocal) Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin) Akshay Venkatesan of CA (mridangam) |
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| Monday April 21, 2025 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran's Jyotirlinga
Kshetra Mala Presented by the North American Melodic & Dance Ensemble Concept, Coordination, & Direction: Vanitha Suresh of WI, Arohana Arts Academy Assistant Director: Prameela Mandayam of WA Guest Stars Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena (Bharathanatyam) Kiranavali Vidyasankar Vasudha Ravi Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev Dr V.K. Arun Kumar of IL Seva Rathna Revathi Subramanian of CA Sowmya Acharya Kiran & Nivi Saishankar of CA Akshara Samkriti Akshay Venkatesan of CA Sanjay Suresh of WI Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA Dance Gurus Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Srividhya Chellappan of WA Shwetha Nirmal of WA Lavanyaa Surendar of WI Soumya Iyer of IL Sushma Yechuri of WA Pooja Ganesh of WA |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Guru Samarpanam A medley of varnams, krithis, and thillanas composed or popularized by Sangeetha Rathnakara Lalgudi G. Jayaraman presented by students of Acharya Rathnakara Vittal Ramamurthy Navneeth Gopinath of PA (mridangam) Samyuktha Sreeram of VA (ghatam) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Nrithya Rathnakara Narthaki Nataraj (Bharathanatyam) Shakthi Bhaskar (Concept & Coordination) Orchestra Aarthi Narain of CA (Nattuvangam) Bhargav Hariharan of MD (Vocal) Kripaa Lakshmi of MD (Vocal) Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram R. Thiagarajan (flute) Deekshitha Balaji of MI (violin) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
S. Aishwarya & S. Saundarya (Vocal) Rishabh Ranganathan of IL (violin) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Nirmala Rajasekar of MN (Veena) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Kala Seva Mani Sriram N. Iyer of MN (kanjira) S.V. Ramani (ghatam) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Kala Rathna K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal) L. Ramakrishnan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Trichy Sankaran (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Shankara Prasad Santhanagopalan (Vocal support) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (mridangam) Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Nandini Muralidharan of MA (Vocal) Sameth Sitaram of NJ (violin) Anirudh Ganesan of PA (mridangam) |
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| Tuesday April 22, 2025 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Janani Iyer of IL (Vocal) Sharada Krishnan of MA (violin) Srivatsan Srinivasan of CA (mridangam) Srikrishna Prasannan of OR (ghatam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Lalit Subramaniam of OH (Vocal) Sanjay Sharma of MD (violin) Kala Seva Mani Sriram N. Iyer of MN (mridangam) Dr Vivek Chellappa of CA (kanjira) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (Vocal) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Tiruvarur Bhakthavathsalam (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:15pm |
Sri Sri Sisters Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal) Dr D. Badri Narayanan (violin) Ashwinn Balachandran of ON (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 2:30pm – 4:00pm |
Kalyanapuram S. Aravind (Vocal) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (violin) Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) L. Ramakrishnan (violin) S.J. Arjun Ganesh (mridangam) Kala Rathna G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena) Pranav Kikkeri of TX (Vocal support) Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Akshanan Mayuran (mridangam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Ashwin Srikant of CA (Vocal) Laya Raghav of OH (violin) Shyam Ravidath of OR (mridangam) |
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| Wednesday April 23, 2025 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Nandanar Charitam A presentation by Sri Sai Dance Academy of VA Conception & Choreography: Deepa Narayanan Sashindran Direction: Sarada Jammi & Ameya King Lyrics: Venkat Gadepalli Music: Sweta Prasad & Renuka Prasad Multimedia: Janardhan Raj URS A Kuchipudi Parampara Foundation Bangalore Production |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Janaki Ramanan — An Ode to Ranganatha based on Hamsa Sandesham by Vedanta Desika Curated by Dr Soumya Iyer of IL & Lavanyaa Surendar of WI Choreography: Lavanyaa Surendar of WI Music Score: Rasiga D. Prasadh Rhythm and Music Production: Dr Guru Bharadwaaj |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan & Dr D. Badri Narayanan (Violin) R. Sankaranarayanan of ON (mridangam) Vijay Ganesh of VA (mridangam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Himaja Samraj (Vocal) Deekshitha Balaji of MI (violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:45pm |
Acharya Rathnakara Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (Viola) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00pm – 7:30pm |
Carnatica Brothers Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal) Delhi R. Sridhar (violin) B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 7:45pm – 9:30pm |
Felicitation Function Sangeetha Rathnakara D. Raghava Chary (Vocal) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (violin) Ethirajan Ramanujan of MN (mridangam) Alathur T. Rajaganesh (kanjira) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Sruthi Ramesh of MD (Vocal) Aditya Satyadeep of CA (violin) Krish Mohan of TX (mridangam) |
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| Thursday April 24, 2025 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Anbe Shivam A thematic group presentation from different composers on Lord Shiva, curated by Chithra Vaidyanathan, Dhivyadhwani School of Music, AZ |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Oorja — Exploring Feminine Strength Conceptualized and Choreographed by Kala Rathna Dr Janaki Rangarajan of VA |
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| 10:30am – 12:15pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| 12:30pm – 2:00pm |
Sruti Sarathy of CA (Violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Dr Vivek Chellappa of CA (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Vasudha Ravi (Vocal) Aditya Satyadeep of CA (violin) S.V. Ramani (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Sankari Krishnan (Vocal) R. Raghul (violin) Sai Raghavan (mridangam) Nerkunam Dr S. Sankar (kanjira) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev (Vocal) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Srinidhi Puccha of OH (Veena) Sumedha Mahesh of OH (violin) Vageesh Nanduri of NC (mridangam) |
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| Friday April 25, 2025 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Ainthothum Anandam A Dance Production with music composed by R. Suryaprakash. Dance Gurus: Akila Subramanyam of VA, Chitra Ramaswamy of NJ, Aler Krishnan of CA |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Seerkazhi Moovar — Rare Compositions
of Muthuthandavar, Marimuthu Pillai, and Arunachala Kavi Choreography by Akila Subramanyam, Salangai Arts, VA Dancers Neha Asuri of VA Kyra Kishore of VA Anamika Nair of VA Gowri Potti of VA Kaavya Karthik of VA Vilasini Gopal of VA Priya Baskar of VA Priyanka Mosur of VA Ananya Magesh of VA Arya Bharath of VA Hasene Devi of VA Hasini Dilliraj of VA Sanjana Rachakonda of VA Maya Kamat of VA Rhea Sharma of VA Varsha Shankar of VA Aegna Santhosh of VA Esha Butna of VA Sanjana Sudheer of VA |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.K. Manimaran (Vocal) Delhi R. Sridhar (violin) B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) S.V. Ramani (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Aditya Satyadeep of CA (violin) Mauran Manogaran of ON (mridangam) Sathya Ganesan of CA (ghatam) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:15pm |
Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 5:30pm | Mayuri Haridas (Kathak) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:45pm – 6:45pm |
Dvayam — Yearning & Joy Composer: Kala Rathna K. Bharat Sundar Choreographer: Kala Rathna Aishwarya Balasubramanian of NH Orchestra Kala Rathna Abilash Giriprasad (Vocal) Manasa Suresh of CA (Vocal) Radhamani Varadhachary of NJ (Nattuvangam) Punnur Aravind Kaushik (mridangam) Visveshwar N. of NJ (flute) Aditya Satyadeep of CA (violin) Dancers Neha Asuri Samyutha Polaconda Sruthi Arun Srividvatha Sridhar Kala Rathna Sharanya Balaji |
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| 7:15pm – 8:15pm |
Dvayam — Grief & Peace Composer: Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev & Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan Choreographer: Sumithra Subramaniam Orchestra Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev (Vocal) Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Nrithya Rathnakara Jayanthi Subramaniam (Nattuvangam) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (flute) Sumedha Mahesh of OH (violin) Dancers Jwala Rejimon Ramya Joshi Lekha Wood Shobi Ruban |
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| 8:30pm – 9:30pm |
Dvayam — Victory & Compassion Composer: S. Adithyanarayanan Choreographer: Kala Rathna Pavitra Bhat Orchestra S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal) Radhamani Varadhachary of NJ (Nattuvangam) Kala Seva Mani Sriram N. Iyer of MN (mridangam) Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (flute) Krishna Sunil Palya of NJ (veena) Aditya Satyadeep of CA (violin) Dancers Shreeya Suriyanarayanan Dhanya Pragaspathy Sweta Balaji |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Akshay Sridhar of NY (Vocal) Sahana Sreeram of NC (violin) Abhinav Ganesan of PA (mridangam) |
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| Saturday April 26, 2025 Wolstein Center Pavilion Fourth Floor, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues |
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| 8:00am – 5:00pm | Dance Competition Traditional Categories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drinko Recital Hall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 10:00am |
Balancing Kalpitam and Manodharmam in
Concert A panel discussion moderated by Gopi Sundaram Panelists S. Adithyanarayanan K. Bharat Sundar Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran Vasudha Ravi |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Delhi V. Muthukumar (Vocal) Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin) Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam) Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Rare Compositions in the Tradition of Banni
Bai A Lecture-Demonstration by Acharya Rathnakara Dr Premeela Gurumurthy Dr V.K. Arun Kumar of IL (Vocal) B. Ganapathyraman (mridangam) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal) Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin) R. Sankaranarayanan of ON (mridangam) Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Thiruvarur Pancharathnam Composed by Dr Rukmini Ramani Dancers: Disciples of Sheela Ramanath, Vidya Sankaranarayanan, Suba Parmar, Lavanya Mahadevan, Aparna Ram, Chitra Ramaswamy, and Aler Krishnan Orchestra Sri Sri Sisters Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram R. Thiagarajan (flute) |
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| 6:45pm – 9:30pm |
Margam ‐ Dance Workshop Performance by Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena Dance mentors: Upanisha Kannan, Shabin Bright Orchestra Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena (Nattuvangam) Arthi Kumar of OH (Vocal) Ramya Ramachandran of ON (Vocal) Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam) Ajanthie Mathanakaran of ON (flute) Deekshitha Balaji of MI (violin) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Manasa Subramanian of AZ (Vocal) Delhi R. Sridhar (violin) Madhav Parthasarathy of IL (mridangam) |
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| Sunday April 27, 2025 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 12:00pm | Dance Competition Advanced Categories — Performance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:00pm – 1:00pm |
2024 Performance & Choreography Competition Winner Lavanya Karthikeyan of NJ (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Dance Competition Advanced Categories — Choreography | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:45pm – 3:15pm | Dance Competition Prize Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:30pm – 4:30pm |
Hare Rama Hare Krishna Bharathanatyam by students of Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Music Composed by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran |
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