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. www.artindia.net brings you a select list (trying not to repeat same artists appearring in various paltforms) of performances by veterans as well as most talented musicians and dancers belonging to the younger generation in this page. Keep visiting this page to see updates as and when we receive information and schedueles of concerts, seminars etc. from organizers. You are welcome to print out this page.

Nungambakkam Cultural Academy
Rama Rao Kala Mandap, Ganapathy Street, West Mambalam, Chennai 600 0033.
Tel: +91-44-(0)-91-44-2483 4823.

04 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm G. Shivani Bharathanatyam
05 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Bombay Sisters Vocal
06 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm P. Unnikrishnan Vocal
07 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Lata Ramchand Vocal
07 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Priya Sisters Vocal
07 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm TN. Seshagopalan Vocal
08 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Pushpa Anand Vocal
08 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm B. Rajam Iyer Vocal
08 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Marina's Drama
09 Dec 2006: 09:00 am Shashikiran and Ganesh Vocal
09 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Padmavati Ananthagopalan and Jayanthi Kumaresh Veena
09 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm S. Sowmya Vocal
10 Dec 2006: 11:00 am Koothabiran Drama
10 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm R. Ganesh Vocal
10 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Neyveli Santhanagopalan Vocal
11 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Alleppey Venkatesan Vocal
11 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm N. Ramani Flute
12 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Charulatha Mani Vocal
12 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm TNS. Krishna Vocal
12 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Sriram Parasuram and Anuradha Sriram Jugalbandhi
13 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Subhasree Ramachandran Vocal
13 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Maharajapuram Ramachandran Vocal
13 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Parvathy Ravi Gantasala Bharathanatyam
14 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm NC. Soundaravalli Vocal
14 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Madurai G. S. Mani Vocal
15 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm B. Kannan Veena
15 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm TV. Sankaranarayanan Vocal
16 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Mandolin Sisters Mandolin duo
16 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Malladi Brothers Vocal
16 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Kalakshetra group Dance drama
17 Dec 2006: 09:00 am Surya Prakash Vocal
17 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm UP. Raju and Nagamani Mandolin duet
17 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm KJ. Yesudoss Vocal
18 Dec 2006: 05:45 pm Meenakshi Srinivasan Bharathanatyam
18 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Sanjay Subrahmanyan Vocal
19 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Janaki Ganesan Bharathanatyam
19 Dec 2006: 05:45 pm Divya Baskaran Bharathanatyam
19 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm OS. Arun Vocal
20 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Mala Chandrasekar Flute
20 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Sriranjani Chandramouli Bharathanatyam
20 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm S. Ve. Sekar Drama
21 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Prasanna Guitar
21 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Neena Prasad Mohini Attam
22 Dec 2006: 05:45 pm Kavita Dwibedi Odissi
22 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Krishnakumari Narendran Dance Drama
23 Dec 2006: 09:00 am Geetha Rajasekar Vocal
23 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Radha Bhaskar Vocal
23 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi Violin duet
23 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm OS. Thiagarajan Vocal
24 Dec 2006: 11:00 am Radhu's Drama
24 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm MS. Gopalakrishnan and M. Narmada Violin duet
25 Dec 2006: 11:00 am Kathadi Ramamurthy Drama
25 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram Vocal
25 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Vempatti Chinna Satyam Dance Drama
26 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Subha Ganesan Vocal
26 Dec 2006: 05:45 pm Sudha Vijaykumar Dance Drama
26 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Srekala Bharath Dance Drama
27 Dec 2006: 02:45 pm Iyer Brothers Veena
27 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Hyderabad Brothers Vocal
28 Dec 2006: 04:30 pm Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath Violin duet
28 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Revathi Ramachandran Bharathanatyam and Suddha Nrittam
29 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Bhargavi Gopalan Bharathanatyam
30 Dec 2006: 09:00 am Anuradha Krishnamurthy Vocal
30 Dec 2006: 11:00 am Amirtham Gopals Drama
30 Dec 2006: 05:45 pm Manaswini Bharathanatyam
30 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Padma Subrahmanyam Dance Drama
31 Dec 2006: 09:00 am Gayathri Girish Vocal
31 Dec 2006: 11:00 am Rail Priya's Drama
31 Dec 2006: 07:15 pm Divya Kasturi Bharathanatyam
01 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Geetha Bennett Vocal
01 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Ramya Badrinath Bharathanatyam
01 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm TV. Varadharajan's Drama
02 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Janaki Rangarajan Bharathanatyam
02 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Saraswathy's Vipanchi Dance Ballet
03 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Jyotsna Vaideeswaran Bharathanatyam
03 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Sudha Raghunathan Vocal
04 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Divya Sruthi Bharathanatyam
04 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Lakshitha Saravanan Bharathanatyam
04 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Aruna Sairam Vocal
05 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Bhairavi and N. Malavi Vocal
05 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Mythili Prakash Bharathanatyam
06 Jan 2007: 09:00 am Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi Vocal
06 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Meenakshi Seshadri Vocal
06 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Mythreyi Murali Bharathanatyam
07 Jan 2007: 09:00 am Geetha Raja Vocal
07 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Sahana Bharathanatyam
08 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm S. Mahathi Vocal
08 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Gayathri and Pankajam Kuchupudi
08 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Malavika Sarukkai Bharathanatyam
08 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Sailaja Kuchupudi
09 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Sangeetha Vasudevan Vocal
09 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Sharvani Joshi Bharathanatyam
09 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Malavika Rampradeep Bharathanatyam
09 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Lata and Gita Bharathanatyam
10 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm KV. Sathya Sangeetha Kuchupudi
10 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Roja Kannan Bharathanatyam
11 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Sikkil Gurucharan Vocal
11 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Sruthi Anand Bharathanatyam
12 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Sinduja Paraparan Bharathanatyam
12 Jan 2007: 07:15 pm Srekala Bharath Bharathanatyam
13 Jan 2007: 02:45 pm Kallidaikurichi S. Venkatesan Veena
13 Jan 2007: 04:30 pm Alapana Nayak Odissi
13 Jan 2007: 05:45 pm Sunanda Srikanth Bharathanatyam

26 Dec 2007. 2.40pm
Venus Pettachi Sivagami Auditorium, Luz
Brahma Gana Sabha

an approximate statistics of Madras Music Season 2005:

1000 concerts over a period of 60 days
60% Vocal Concerts
S Sowmya and TM Krishna persented maximum number of concerts, almost 20 each
Karthik Fine Arts leads in organising maximum number of concerts
Maximum attendance: 6pm concerts followed by 10am concerts.
Exorbitant Ticket Rates: Krishna Gana Sabha. Serving only to Elite?
Leading Sponsor: Nalli Group.
Best Coverage: The Hindu, Kutcheribuzz

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.