The unique festival season - Madras music season - is back again with over 1000 performances of Indian classical music, dance and allied arts spread over a period of almost two months. Scholars, critics, organisers, festival directors, artists and art lovers from all over the world reach Chennai to participate. More than 25 major month-long festivals along with mini festivals of seven to ten days plus seminars, discussions, lecture-demonstrations etc. will be presented by several music and dance organizations/sabhas. Following is the complete schedule. Go back to the main page to choose schedules of organisations/festivals/sabhas.
Kalarasana
Rani Seethai Hall, 603,Anna Salai, Chennai- 600 006 (Near Gemini Flyover)
Tel:+91(0)-44 2829486316/12/06 6:15 pm Sriram and Anooradha Sriram Carnatic Hindustani vocal Jugalbandi
17/12/06 4:00 pm S. Saketharaman Vocal
17/12/06 6:15 pm Bombay Jayashri Ramnath Vocal
18/12/06 4:00 pm Vasudha Ravi Vocal
18/12/06 6:15 pm M. Lalitha and M. Nandini Violin duet
19/12/06 4:00 pm A. Vasudha Kesav Vocal
19/12/06 6:15 pm R. Prasanna Guitar
20/12/06 4:00 pm Vasundhra Rajagopal Vocal
20/12/06 6:15 pm Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan Vocal
21/12/06 5:00 pm Shertallai K. N. Ranganatha Sarma Vocal
21/12/06 7:00 pm E. Gaayathri Veena
22/12/06 6:15 pm N. Vijay Siva Vocal
23/12/06 4:00 pm Sikkil C. Gurucharan Vocal
23/12/06 6:15 pm Nithyasri Mahadevan Vocal
24/12/06 4:00 pm Sangeetha Sivakumar Vocal
24/12/06 6:15 pm Sanjay Subrahmanyan Vocal
25/12/06 2:30 pm Aishwarya Violin
25/12/06 4:00 pm Gayathri Venkataraghavan Vocal
25/12/06 6:15 pm P. Unnikrishnan Vocal
26/12/06 4:00 pm Mambalam Sisters Vocal
26/12/06 6:15 pm S. Shashank Flute
27/12/06 4:00 pm S. Srinivasan Veena
27/12/06 6:15 pm Malladi Brothers Vocal
28/12/06 6:15 pm Ghatam Karthick Heart Beat Ensemble
29/12/06 6:15 pm S. Sowmya Vocal
30/12/06 6:15 pm T. M. Krishna Vocal
31/12/06 4:00 pm M. Narmada Violin
31/12/06 6:15 pm Ranjani Gayatri Vocal
01/1/07 4:00 pm Trichur Brothers Vocal
01/1/07 6:15 pm U. Shrinivas Mandolin
02/1/07 4:00 pm K. Sathyanarayanan Keyboard
02/1/07 6:15 pm Smitha Madhav Bharathanatyam
Flute concert:
GS RAJAN
30 Dec 2006, 7.30pm
Vipanchika
RK Swamy Auditorium
Oppo: RR Sabha, Mylapore.Bharata Natyam
Rama Vaidyanathan
7 Jan 2007: 6.30pm
Music Academy
Delhi Contingent in Chennai
Many leading artists from Delhi gets invited to perform in 'Madras Music Season' every year. So far we have received the following information:
Sonal Mansingh: Odissi, 16 Dec 2006: 7.30pm, Narada Gana Sabha
Rama Vaidyanathan: Bharata Natyam, 15 Dec 2006: Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, 5.30pm; 20 Dec 2006: Karthik Fine Arts, 6.00pm; 23 Dec 2006: Brahma Gana Sabha, 5.00pm; 31 Dec 2006: Bharat Kalachar, 7.30pm;
7 Jan 2007: Music Academy, 6.00pm.Geeta Chandran: 19 Dec 2006: Krishna gana Sabha, 10.30am.
GS Rajan: Flute, 19 Dec 2006: Nandi Fine Arts, 6.30pm, 21 Dec 2006: Brahma Gana Sabha, 2.30pm; 30 Dec 2006, Aima, Vinayaka Temple, Besant Nagar, 5.00pm;30 Dec 2006: 7.30pm, Vipanchika, RK Swamy Auditorium, Oppo: RR Sabha, Mylapore.
Yamini Reddy: Kuchipud. i 09 Dec 2006: Krishna Gana Sabha, 7.30pm
Mahalaskshmi: Vocal: 11 Dec 2006: Bharata Kalachar, 5.00pm; 18 Dec 2006: Brahma Gana Sabha, 3.00pm; 28 Dec 2006: Narada Gana Sabha, noon; 29 Dec 2006: Music Education Trust, 5.00pm
Vidya Srinivasan: Vocal: 18 Dec 2006:5.00pm, Gana Mukundapriya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Mini Hall, Mylapore; 27 Dec 2006: 6.00pm, Maharashtra Niwas, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 18.
Dhwani Ensemble: 26 Dec 2006: 5.00pm, Gana Mukundapriya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan mini hall; 27 Dec 2006: 7.30pm, Sriragam Fine Arts, Maharashtra Niwas, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 18.
Bharati Shivaji: Mohiniattam: Convenor of Natya Kala Conference, Krishna Gana Sabha and
Vijayalakshmi: Mohiniattam. Please check schedules.Delhi basedartists expected to participate include: Madhup Mudgal and others.