The oldest sabha in Chennai hosts a rather long festival during December. The concerts are now held at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai - 4.
The festival was inaugurated on Dec. 14, 2016. Morning lec-dems and concerts upto 2 p.m. are open to all. Evening concerts are ticketed.
Daily donor passes are priced at Rs. 500, Rs.200 and Rs. 100.
Schedule:
Dec. 17, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. The Introduction of "Glass Mridangam" to the World of Percussion By Dr. Umayalpuram K Sivaraman
10.00 a.m. Siddarth Sriram � H.N. Bhaskar - Sai Girdhar - Arun Kumar ( morsing )
12.30 p.m. - Kruthi Bhat - Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - N. C. Bharadwaj
2.00 p.m. - Vignesh Ishwar � Vittal Rangan � Sumesh Narayanan - S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Rajhesh Vaidhya (Veena) - Karukurichi N. Mohan Ram (Mrudangam) � Sai Hari ( Ghatam ) - Vijayan � Key Board Chandrajit - Tabla
6.30 p.m. - S. Saketharaman � S. Varadarajan � Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani � Guru Prasanna
Dec. 18, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. 8.30 a.m. Sangeetha Jayadeva - Musical aspects in Geetha Govindam By Madurai Vid. T.N. Seshagopalan
10.00 a.m. - R. Suriya Prakash � H.N. Bhaskar � Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam � Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. - Aishwarya Shankar � Apoorva Krishna- K.H. Vineeth
2.00 p.m. - S. Aishwarya - Sandeep Ramachandran - B. Sivaraman � H. Sivaramakrishnan
4.00 p.m. - Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh � Nagai Muralidharan � Srimushnam Raja Rao � Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Aruna Sairam � Vittal Ramamurthy � J. Vaidyanathan � S.V. Ramani
Dec. 19, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Give and Take - the vital process of exchange of Ragas & other Musical Elements between Carnatic & Hindustani Music By Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM
10.00 a.m. - K. Bharat Sundar - Nagai Sriram � K.V. Prasad � Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Shruthi Shankar Kumar � Swetha Anand Sivan � B.S. Prashanth
2.00 p.m. - Akshay Padmanabhan � Gyandev Pappu � Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan
4.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ramachandran � M.A. Krishnaswamy � Patri Satish Kumar
6.30 p.m. - Malladi Brothers Sriramprasad and Ravikumar - M.A. Sundareswaran � Neyveli Narayanan � Udipi Sridhar
Dec. 20, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. How to Bridge the Gap between Learning and Performance - Interactive Session - Vid. Sudha Ragunathan Interacts with Vid. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath, Vid. Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, Dr. Sudha Raja�s Sargam Choir Students.
10.00 a.m. - R.K. Ramakanth � Balu Raghuram � Jayachandra Rao
12.30 p.m. - Ananya Ashok � Siva Ramamurthy - Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m. - Jayashree Vaidyanathan � Karaikal Venkatasubramanian � Manikudi Chandrasekaran - N. Narasimhan
4.00 p.m. Ramakrishnan Murthy � M. Rajeev � Thanjavur Murugaboopathy � � N. Guruprasad
6.30 p.m. - Chitravina N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) � Akkarai Subhalakshmi � Aridwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel - Arun Kumar (Rythmpad)
Dec. 21, 2016 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Influence of Veena on Gayaka Styles By Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi Supported by Vid. Sumithra Vasudev
10.00 a.m. - V.K. Manimaran � Nagai Sriram � Poongulam Subramaniam � N. Guru Prasad
6.30 p.m. - Dr. K.J. Yesudas� S.R. Mahadeva Sarma � Trichy Harikumar � Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
Dec. 22, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Importance of Sahityam for Niraval Singing By Malladi Brothers Vid. Sriramprasad & Vid. Ravikumar
10.00 a.m. - Amritha Venkatesh � M. Rajiv � Vijay Natesan � Anirudh Athreya
12.30 p.m. - Maalavika Sundar - Chidambaram Badrinath � Ram Sriram
2.00 p.m. - Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath � M. Vijay � Kumbakonam Swaminathan � S. Krishna
4.00 p.m. - Sriram Parthasarathy - Vijay Ganesh � Palakad Harinarayanan � K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Mysore Srikanth -B. Ganapathyraman -B.S. Purushotham
Dec. 23, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Relevance of Padams and Javalis in concerts to-day by Dr. Rama Ravi Supported by Vid. Nandita Ravi
10.00 a.m. - Subhashini Parthasarathy � L. Ramakrishnan � J. Vaidyanathan � Trivandrum D. Rajagopal ( Kanjira )
12.30 p.m.- Kalyanapuram Aravind - Sruthi Sarathy - Arjun Raghavan
2.00 p.m. - Vishnudev Namboothri - L. Ramakrishnan-B. Sivaraman - N. Guruprasad
4.00 p.m. - Geetha Krishnamurthy (Veena) � Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar � H. Sivaramakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. S. Sowmya - R.K. Sriramkumar � Poongalum Subramaniam
Dec. 24, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. Changing Trends in Carnatic Music � The two Key success is in Content packaging or Artistic Expression - An open House By Vid. ARUNA SAIRAM (Moderator), Featuring Vid. NEYVELI SANTHANA GOPALAN, Sri. VEEYESVEE (V.S.V), Dr. Radha Bhaskar, Vid. Palghat Ramprasad, & Vid. Ananya Ashok
10.00 a.m. Nisha Rajagopalan - R. Hemalatha - J. Vaidyanathan - S.V. Ramani
12.30 p.m. Maya & Malavi Ravindran � Meera Sundar � Sai Shiv
2.00 p.m. Rithvik Raja � M. Rajeev � N.C. Bharadwaj - V. Anirudh Athreya
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Pantula Rama � M.S.N. Murthy � V.V. Ramanamurthy � Somashekar Jois
6.30 p.m. - Sunada Shiromani Ganesh Kumaresh (Violin Duet) � Patri Satish Kumar � Trichy Krishna
Dec. 25, 2016 - Sunday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Validity of Concert as a Projection of an Artiste�s Creativity - A Musical Dialogue By Dr. Pantula Rama with Vid. Papanasam Ashok Ramani
10.00 a.m. - Musical Discourse by Vishaka Hari on �Sri Ramanujar 1000� with Charulatha Ramanujam on Violin, Ganapathy Raman on Mrudangam, Trichy Murali on Ghatam
12.30 p.m. - Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran - Shradha Ravindran � P.V. Srivathsa
2.00 p.m. - Sriranjani Santhanagopalan � Trivandrum Sampath � Sumesh Narayananan � S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. - Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari - Nagai Sriram �Mannargudi Easwaran � B.S. Purushotham
6.30 p.m. - Sikkil C. Gurucharan - V. Sanjeev � Prof. Trichy Sankaran � Gridhar Udupa
Dec. 26, 2016 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. An insight into the Guruguha Vibhakti Kritis of Sri Muttusvami Dikshitar By Vid. R.K. SHRIRAMKUMAR
10.00 a.m. - K. Gayathri - M. Rajeev - Poongalam Subramaniam - Trivandrum Rajagopal
12.30 p.m. - Varun Ganesan � Keerthana Shankar � Vikram Bharathi
2.00 p.m. - Gayatri Satya - Kalyani Shankar - Ravindra Bharathi
4.00 p.m. - Gayathri Girish - M.R. Gopinath � B. Sivaraman � Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. - Abhishek Raghuram - Mysore Nagaraj - Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman � Shree Sundar Kumar
Dec. 27, 2016 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Sahitya Vaibhavam -What makes a Composition Great By Chitravina Vid. N. Ravikiran
10.00 a.m. - Amrutha Murali - H.N. Baskar � K. Arun Prakash � K.V. Gopalakrishnan
12.30 p.m. - Tejas Mallela - Durai Swaminathan - Janahan Nimalan
2.00 p.m. - J.A. Jayanth (Flute) � Parur M.S. Anantha Krishnan � N.C. Bharadwaj � Dr. Nergunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Trichur Brothers Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan � Rajeev Mukundan � Trichur R. Mohan � Dr. Nergunam Shankar
6.30 p.m. - Sudha Ragunathan � B.V. Raghavendra Rao - Neyveli Skandasubramaniam � R. Raman
Dec. 28, 2016 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Intricacies and Beauties of Laya Aspects - Panel Discussion By Aridwaramangalam Vid. A. K. Palanivel, with Vid. B.S. Purusotham, Vid. Somashekar Jois & Vid. Rithvik Raja
10.00 a.m. - V. Sankaranarayanan � Nagai Sriram � Thanjavur Murugaboopathy � Shree Sundarkumar
12.30 p.m. - Shraddha Ganesh - Sahana Vasudevan - Akshay Venkatesan
2.00 p.m. - T.S. Pattabhirama Pandit - TKV Ramanujacharyulu � H.S. Sudheendra
4.00 p.m. - Sandeep Narayanan � B.U. Ganesh Prasad- Patri Satish Kumar � K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya and Haripriya � Mysore Srikanth � Delhi Sairam � Madipakkam Murali
Dec. 29, 2016 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Thyagarajaya Namaste - Sri Thiyagaraja Swami 250th Jayanthi Special Lect. Demo By Dr. Radha Bhaskar assisted by Mysore Vid. Sangeetha Dileep and Vid. Prarthana Sai Narasimhan
10.00 a.m. - �Vainava Abhimana Sthalangal � Sublime Observation Dr. Sudha Seshayan - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal (Vocal) with B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin) and Nellai Balaji (Mrudangam)
12.30 p.m. - Vani Rammurthy - Shiva Ramamurthy - P. Kirupakaran
2.00 p.m. - Vasudha Ravi � Sayee Rakshith � A.V. Manikandan � Nerkunam Shankar
4.00 p.m. - Shertalai Dr. K.N. Renganatha Sharma � Mysore V. Sreekanth � K.V. Prasad- Trichy Murali
6.30 p.m. - P. Unni Krishnan � Nagai Muralidharan - Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam � V. Suresh
Dec. 30, 2016 - Friday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Singing Made Easy - Voice Culture- an interactive Session With Vid. T.V. Gopalakrishnan
10.00 a.m. - Namasankeerthanam By Udayalur Kalyanaraman Bagavathar
12.30 p.m. - Sunil Gargeyan � M. Srikanth - R. Akshay Ram
2.00 p.m. Ashwat Narayanan -Vittal Rangan � Sumesh Narayanan � Harihara Subramaniam
4.00 p.m. - Papanasam Ashok Ramani- Nagai Muralidharan � Srimushnam Raja Rao � Kovai Mohanram
6.30 p.m. - Sanjay Subrahmanyan� S. Varadarajan - Arjun Ganesh - Alathur Rajaganeash
Dec. 31, 2016 - Saturday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Interplay of Lakshaya and Lakshna and envisaged by Dr. S. Ramanathan ( In commemoration of Dr.S. Ramanthan Birth Centenary ) Dr. S. Sowmyasupported by Vid. K. Gayathri and Vid. Bharat Sundar
10.00 a.m. - Tiruvarur Girish � H.K. Venkatraman � Kamalakara Rao � V. Suresh
12.30 p.m. - V. Subashri � Raghavasimhan - S. Sankaraprasad
2.00 p.m. - B. Suchitra � Pakala Jayaprakash � V. Sai Raghavan
4.00 p.m. - Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan � Vittal Ramamurthy � K.V. Prasad � Udipi Sridhar
6.30 p.m. - Bajan Sandya By O.S. Arun � M.R. Gopinath � J. Vaidyanathan � Chandrasekar - Dr. S. Karthick �- Kalaiselvam
Jan. 1, 2017 - Sunday
9.00 a.m. - �Srinivasa Kalyanam� by `Pravachana Thilakangal` Dhamal Sri Ramakrishnan and Dhamal Perundevi
10.30 a.m. - Dr. M. Lalitha & M. Nandini ( Violin Deo ) � Bangalore V. Praveen - G. Ravichandran � Vadaparimangalam Venkatramani
12.30 p.m. - Malvika Sriram - Keerthana Shankar - Ammangudi Ramanarayanan
2.00 p.m. - Maharajapuram Ganesh Viswanathan- S.P. Anantha Padmanabha- Kumbakonam Swaminathan- A.S. Krishnan
4.00 p.m. - S. Mahathi � H.N. Bhaskar � Patri Satish Kumar � K.V. Gopalakrishnan
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan � B.V. Raghavendra Rao � I. Sivakumar � Alathur Rajaganesh
Jan. 2, 2017 - Monday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Sangeetha Charcha - All about Carnatic Music ( Q.A. Session ) with Vid. R. Vedavalli
10.00 a.m. - Nirmala Rajasekar ( Veena) � V.V.S. Murari � Malakkaveri Balaji � Chandrasekara Sharma
12.30 p.m. - Vivek Sadasivam � M. Srikanth � R. Ramkumar
2.00 p.m. - V. Deepika � Gnanadev Pappu - Burra Sriram - S. Sunil Kumar
4.00 p.m. - Dr. Sriram Parasuram � Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal and Violin � N. Visweshwar ( Flute) Umakanth Puranik � Harmonium � Serthalai Ananthakrishnan � Mrudangam � Rajendra Nokod � Tabla
6.30 p.m. - Dr. Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) - A. Kanyakumari � Triplicane Sekar - Rajendra Nokode - Bangalore Rajasekar
Jan. 3, 2017 - Tuesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Myriad forms of Bhairavi By Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna
10.00 a.m. - Chinmaya sisters Uma & Radhika � M.R. Gopinath � Madipakkam Suresh � Madipakkam Murali
12.30 p.m. - Ashwin Srikanth � Sayee Rakshit - V. Parthasarathy
2.00 p.m. - Abang Concert by Savitha Sriram � Sri Krishna ( Harmonium) � B. Ganapathy Raman
4.00 p.m. - Mambabalam Sisters � Dr. R. Hemalatha � Delhi Sairam � B.S. Purusotham
6.30 p.m. - U. Rajesh (Mandolin) & Anil Srinivasan (Piano) - Madrimangalam Swaminathan � B.S. Purusotham
Jan. 4, 2017 - Wednesday
8.30 a.m. - Lect. Demo. Navagraha Kritis By Dr. M.S. Bhageerathi
10.00 a.m. - Dr. B. Vijaya Gopal ( Flute) � B. Anantha Krishnan � Sai Giridhar � Trichy Krishna
12.30 p.m. - Manasa Suresh - Sruthi Sarathy � Trivandrum Hariharan
2.00 p.m. -Namasankeerthanam by Sengottai Hari Bagavathar & Party
4.00 p.m. - Aruna Ranganathan - V.V.Ravi � Manarkoil Balaji � Madipakkam Murali
6.30 p.m. - O.S. Thyagarajan � M. Chandrasekaran � Mannargudi Easwaran � B.S.Purushotham
Jan. 5, 2017 - Thursday
8.30 a.m. - Marathi Abang AND Bajan by Abilasha Goutham
10.00 a.m. Palghat Ramprasad � Nagai Sriram - Manoj Siva � S. Sunil Kumar
12.30 p.m. - Raghavan Manian � Dr. M. Narmada � Sai Raghavan
2.00 p.m. - Kiranavali Vidya Shankar � V.V.S. Murari � Erode Nagaraj
4.00 p.m. - R.K. Sriramkumar ( Violin Solo ) � manoj siva - n. guruprasad
6.30 p.m. - T.V. Gopalakrishnan � S. Varadarajan � Ambur Padmanabhan � Anirudh Athreya