Dec 01 - 07, 2013

The first week of the season begins with greats performing at various sabhas...

(Please note: For any changes in timings, artists, accompanients, please refer to national newspapers - The Hindu)

Date: 30th November 2013

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore

6:45 pm: Smts. Ranjani Gayatri (Vocal) - Shri. HN Bhaskar (Violin) - Shri K Arun Prakash(Mridangam) - Shri KV Gopalakrishnan(Kanjira)
Date: 01st December 2013

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha (Karthik Fine Arts)

4:00 pm: Shri. Malladi Brothers (Vocal) - Shri. Embar S Kannan (Violin) - Shri Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) - Shri. BS Purushotham (Kanjira)

Venue: Shri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha (Vani Mahal)

6:30 pm: Kadri Gopalnath - Saxophone

Venue: Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)

6:30 pm: Smt. Nithyashree Mahadevan (Vocal) - Shri. MA Krishnaswamy (Violin) - Shri. I Sivakumar (Mridangam) - Shri. H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

Date: 02nd December 2013
Venue: Narada Gana Sabha - (Karthik Fine Arts)
4:30 pm: Shri. S Saketharaman (Vocal) - Shri. Nagai R Sriram (Violin) - Shri. Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (Mridangam) - Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
Venue: Shri. Y G P Auditorium (Bharat Kalachar)
5:00 pm: Shri. Palghat R Ramprasad (Vocal) - Shri. BU Ganesh Prasad (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) - Shri. V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
Venue: Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)

6:30 pm: Shri. Malladi Brothers (Vocal) - Shri. Embar S Kannan (Violin) - Shri Thiruvarur R Vaidyanathan(Mridangam) - Shri. N Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore

6:45 pm: Shri. N. Vijay Siva (Vocal)

Date: 03rd December 2013

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha - (Karthik Fine Arts)

4:30 pm: Smt. Dr. S Sowmya(Vocal) - Shri. Embar S Kannan (Violin) - Shri. Poongulam Subramaniam (Mridangam) - Shri. N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

Venue: Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)

6:30 pm: Shri. TM Krishna (Vocal) - Shri. RK Shriram Kumar (Violin) - Shri. K Arun Prakash (Mridangam) - Shri. G Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore

6:45 pm: Dr. Smt. Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam & team (Vocal)

Venue: Narada Gana Sabha - (Karthik Fine Arts)

6:45 pm: Shri. Madurai TN Seshagopalan (Vocal) - Shri. M Chandrasekaran (Violin) - Shri. Trichur C Narendran (Mridangam) - Shri. Trichy K Murali (Ghatam)

Venue: Arkay Convention Center (Laya Madhura)

7:00 pm - Shri. V Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) - Shri VVS Murari (Violin) - Shri. Patri Sathish Kumar (Mridangam) - Shri N Guruprasad (Ghatam) - Shree B Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

Date: 04th December 2013
Venue: Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)
5:00 pm: Shri. Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal) - Shri. M Rajeev (Violin) - Shri. NC Bharadwaj (Mridangam) - Shri. V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
6:30 pm: Shri. P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal) - Shri. RK Shriram kumar (Violin) - Shri. KV Prasad (Mridangam) - Shri. BS Purushottam (Kanjira)

Venue:Narada Gana Sabha (Karthik Fine Arts)
4:30 pm: Smt. Ranjani Gayatri (Vocal) - Shri. BU Ganesh Prasad (Violin) - Shri. KV Prasad (Mridangam) - Shri. N Guru Prasanna (Ghatam)
6:45 pm: Smt. Nityashree Mahadevan (Vocal) - Dr. Hemalatha (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam (Mridangam) - Shri Alathur T Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Date: 05th December 2013
Venue:Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)
6:30 pm: Smt. S Sowmya (Vocal) - Shri. Embar S Kannan (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) - Shri. KV Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore
6:45 pm: Shri. Madurai TN Seshagopalan & team (Vocal)
Venue:SIFAS (Kasturi Srinivasan Hall)
6:45 pm: Shri. Sandeep Narayan (Vocal) - Shri. B. Anantha Krishnan (Violin) - Shri. SJ Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam) - Shri V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

Date: 06th December 2013
Venue:Narada Gana Sabha (Karthik Fine Arts)
4:30 pm: Shri. N Vijay Siva (Vocal) - Shri. RK Shriram kumar (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam) - Shri. Alathur T Rajaganesh (Kanjira)
6:45 pm: Shri. TV Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) - Shri. Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) - Shri. Mannargudi A Easwaran (Mridangam) - Shri V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
Venue:Infosys Hall (Mudhra)
7:00 pm: Shri Ganesh & Kumaresh (Violin) - Shri. Anantha R Krishnan (Mridangam) - Shri. Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore
6:45 pm: Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan & team (Vocal)
Venue:Chettinad Vidyashram (JAYA TV)
6:30 pm: Shri. Sanjay Subramanyan (Vocal) - Shri. S Varadarajan (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli B Venkatesh (Mridangam)

Date: 07th December 2013
Venue:Narada Gana Sabha (Karthik Fine Arts)
10:00 am: Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) - Shri. M Rajeev (Violin) - Shri. Delhi Sairam (Mridangam) - Shri. S Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)
4:00 pm: Gayathri Venkatraghavan (Vocal) - Shri. MR Gopinath (Violin) - Shri Neyveli Skanda Subramaniam (Mridangam) - Shri. Alathur T Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

Venue:YGP Auditorium (Bharat Kalachar)
5:00 pm: Rithvik Raja (Vocal) - Shri. RK Shriram kumar (Violin) - Shri. K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam) - Shri. V Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
Venue:Sivagami Pethatchi Auditorium (Brahma Gana Sabha)
2:15 pm: Smt. S Aishwarya (Vocal) - Sow. HM Smitha (Violin) - Shri. B Sivaraman (Mridangam)
3:45 pm: Smt. K Gayathri (Vocal) - Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) - Shri. J Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)
6:00 pm: Smt. Nityashree Mahadevan (Vocal) - Shri. BV Raghavendra Rao (Violin) - Shri. Tanjore Murugaboopathy (Mridangam) - Shri. Trichy K Murali (Ghatam)
Venue: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore
6:45 pm: Shri. Abhishek Raguram & team (Vocal)
Venue: Tattvaloka (Sannidhi Academy)
7:00 pm: Shri OS Thyagarajan (Vocal) - Shri. Mullaivasal Chandramouli (Violin) - Shri. TR Sundaresan (Mridangam)
Venue: Ramarao Kala Mantap(Chennai Cultural Academy)
7:00 pm: Shri Sikkil C Gurucharan (Vocal) - Shri Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) - Shri. Mannargudi A Eswaran (Mridangam)
Venue: Asthika Samjam, Venus Colony (Sruthilaya trust)
6:30 pm: Shri TM Krishna (Vocal) - Shri HN Bhaskar (Violin) - Shri. Neyveli R Narayanan (Mridangam)

December Season beckons

Come December 01 every year, the entire music fraternity - be it the performers as well as the rasikas assemble at different sabhas to listen to their favorites perform in what is called as December Music Season. Every single person associated with Carnatic classical music feels delighted and December is truly the busiest period of the year. Be it the sabha secretaries, accompanients, musicologists, main artists, rasikas, photographers, most importantly the caterers...so on..

Music season means different to different set of people!.

Taking a conscious effort in being neutral, I am listing a few concerts that you can watch out for in every week.. This is not my personal liking so as to say. But, have tried to cover many slots, many sabhas!..

What I write is purely my opinion. With my very limited knowledge, I have tried to relive the concert through my opinion. Hence, I do not wish to call this as a review.

Let the purest form of music reign everywhere!

Happy Listening!.. Good Luck to every artists!!!