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Dear Rasikas, We are delighted to bring out this programme booklet of the 82nd South Indian Music Conference & Festival of The Indian Fine Arts Society (Regd.) E-mail: ifas75@rediffmail.com www.theindianfineartssociety.com Chennai at Ethiraja Kalyana Nilayam, #87, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018. Wishing all Rasikas an enjoyable music season 3A, KG Business Centre, No:65, TTK Road, Chennai - 600018. Ph: +91 44 2498 3672

The Indian Fine Arts Society (Regd) DEVI ARIHANT, Flat No. 16, I Floor, #15, Dr. Nair Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Ph: 2815 4360 Email: ifas75@rediffmail.com www.theindianfineartssociety.com requests the pleasure of your esteemed presence on the occasion of the Inauguration of the 82 nd SOUTH INDIAN MUSIC CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL 2014-2015 by Padmashri Awardee, Kalaimamani, Natya Kalasikhamani Smt. Chitra Visweswaran Member Secretary, Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram at 4.30 pm on Wednesday the 17th December 2014 at ETHIRAJA KALYANA NILAYAM, #87, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018. Ph: 044-2499 5563 Mob: 78457 55481, 87544 37939, 95000 04979 Eminent ist Ms. A.KANYAKUMARI Gets honoured with the title and presented cash award with Birudu and Insignia of Sangeetha Kalasikhamani & Bharathanatyam Exponent Smt. PRIYADARSINI GOVIND will be presented cash award with the Birudu and Insignia of Natya Kalasikhamani cash awards for both are instituted by Sri. P. VIJAYAKUMAR REDDY & Smt. PREETHA REDDY in memory of Sri. P. Obul Reddy & Smt. P. Gnanamba Padmashri Awardee Dr. Nalli Kuppusami Chetty presents Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Award for the Best Senior Vidwan MANNARGUDI SRI A. EASWARAN award instituted by Geetha and Sridhar Chari, Laya Vidya Centre & In Concert Music, Melbourne, Australia.

PROGRAMME (D.V.) wednesday - 17 th December 2014. 3.30 p.m. Mangala Isai - Nadaswara Vidwan Sri Adyar S. P. Manikandan 4.35 p.m. Prayer - Mrs. S. Nithyashree 4.40 p.m. Welcome Address Dr. R. Radhakrishnan - Hony. Secretary 4.45 p.m. Presidential Address Sri V. Sethuram - President 4.55 p.m. Reading of the Citation Sri. S. Sitaraman - Hony. Jt. Secretary 5.00 p.m. Inaugural Address and Conferment of the title Sangeetha Kalasikhamani & Presentation of Cash Award Padmashri Kalaimamani Smt. Chitra Visweswaran 5.15 p.m. Felicitations - Smt. C. Saroja 5.20 p.m. Felicitations - Smt. C. Lalitha (Bombay Sisters) 5.25 p.m. Acceptance & Presidential Address Ms. A. Kanyakumari 5.35 p.m. Reading of the Citation Sri. S. Sitaraman - Hony. Jt. Secretary 5.40 p.m. Conferment of Natya Kalasikhamani Title & presentation of Cash Award Padmashri Kalaimamani Smt. Chitra Visweswaran 5.50 p.m. Felicitations - Natyakalasikhamani, SNA Awardee Smt. Nandini Ramani 6.00 p.m. Acceptance & Address by Smt. Priyadarsini Govind 6.10 p.m. Padmashri Awardee Dr. Nalli Kuppusami Chetty will present the cash award & Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Award for the Best Senior Vidwan of 2013-2014 to Vidwan Sri Mannargudi A. Easwaran 6.20 p.m. Felicitations - Cleveland Sri. V. V. Sundaram 6.30 p.m. Acceptance & Address by - Sri Mannargudi A. Easwaran 6.40 p.m. Vote of Thanks - Sri. K. V. Ramachandran Vice President 7.00 p.m. Kum. Sukanya Kumar (Dis of Smt. Priyadarsini Govind) Please note the change in the venue. Valet Parking provided.

THURSDAY - 18 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Vallal Perumanin Isai Padalgal by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan 3.00 p.m. Rithvik Raja Vocal M. Vijay Sridhar Chari 4.30 p.m. O. S. Thyagarajan Vocal Mysore V. Srikanth S. Raghunandhan S. Krishna Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Sangeetha Sivakumar Vocal Dr. R. Hemalatha Sridhar Chari N. Guruprasad Ghatam FRIDAY - 19 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - 9 th Thirumarai by Dr. Rama Kausalya Vocal Support by Smt. Madhuvanthi 3.00 p.m. Guhan Venkataraman Veena S. G. Balakrishnan Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan Ghatam 4.30 p.m. Prince Rama Varma Vocal S. R. Vinu B. Harikumar 7.00 p.m. Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Padmashri Sudha Ragunathan & Party

SATURDAY - 20 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Naada Yogaanubhavam by Dr. Tadepally Lokanadha Sarma V. V. Srinivasa Rao burra Sriram 3.00 p.m. J. B. Keerthana Vocal M. Rajeev Vignesh Venkataraman 4.30 p.m. Ranjani - Gayatri Vocal Charumathi Raghuraman Delhi Sairam H. Prasanna Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Dr. M. Narmadha Sumesh S. Narayanan Pudukottai N. Ramachandran Ghatam

SUNDAY - 21 st DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Styles of Rhythm by Srimushnam V. Raja Rao 3.00 p.m. Dr. Niranjana Srinivasan Vocal H. V. Raghuram Dr. Ram Sriram Nanganallur S. Swaminathan Ghatam 4.30 p.m. Sangeetha Kalasikhamani Ms. A. Kanyakumari Embar S. Kannan K. V. Prasad 7.00 p.m. Abishek Raghuram Vocal Mysore V. Srikanth Vijay B. Natesan B. Shree Sundarkumar Kanjira

MONDAY - 22 nd DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Enchanting songs of yester year film music directors and their ragas based Classics, Hindi, Telugu & Tamil by Dr. Premeela Gurumurthi 3.00 p.m. Samyuktha Ranganathan Vocal M. Vijay Dubai Mani 4.30 p.m. Mambalam Sisters Vocal Dr. R. Hemalatha Nellai A. Balaji K. S. Rangachary Kanjira 7.00 p.m. Dr. Radha Bhaskar Vocal Anayampatti Venkata subramaniam Kumbakonam Swaminathan Madipakkam Murali Ghatam

TuesDAY - 23 rd DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Valmiki Slokas & Thyagaraja Swamigal Kritis Musical Presentation by Thiruvidaimarudur S. Radhakrishnan 3.00 p.m. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath Vocal S. P. Anandapadmanabha Neyveli K. V. Ramkumar 4.30 p.m. S. Mahathi Vocal Mysore V. Srikanth Patri Satishkumar Trichy Krishna swamy Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Papanasam Ashok Ramani Vocal Mysore M. Manjunath Srimushnam V. Raja Rao K. V. Gopalakrishnan Kanjira

WEDNesDAY - 24 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Nagaswaram Tradition in Temples by Dr. S. A. K. Durga 3.00 p.m. Kamala Deepthi Vocal Delhi Sridhar Guru Ragavendra 4.30 p.m. S. Saketharaman Vocal Mysore M. Manjunath Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman Dr. S. Karthick Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Gayathri Venkataraghavan Vocal Mysore V. Srikanth Erode Nagaraj B. S. Purushothaman Kanjira THURSDAY - 25 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Vakara Ragas in Trinity Kritis by Dr. B. Lalitha 6.00 p.m. Dr. K. J. Yesudas Vocal Nagai R. Muralidharan Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam Tirupunithura S. Radhakrishnan Ghatam

FRIDAY - 26 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Akshayam and Sargam choirs by Dr. Sudha Raja 3.00 p.m. Vikaasa Ramadas Mandolin Sureshkumar Upendra Narasimhan 4.30 p.m. Dr. Pantula Rama Vocal M. S. N. Murthy K. Sai Giridhar Trichy K. Murali Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan Vocal H. V. Srivatsan Mannargudi A. Easwaran S. Venkataramani Ghatam

SATURDAY - 27 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Layam the Life force by Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan 2.00 p.m. Baradwaj Raman & party Veena 3.00 p.m. Ranjini Hariharan Vocal R. Kailasam Thiruvidaimarudur Sankaran 4.30 p.m. Malladi Brothers Vocal Mysore M. Nagaraj Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman B. Shree Sundarkumar Kanjira 7.00 p.m. N. Vijay Siva Vocal R. K. Shriramkumar Trichy Sankaran

Sunday - 28 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Musical Compositions other than Devotional by Suguna Purushothaman 2.00 p.m. H. Usha Vocal Parur M. S. Anandashree Sivagangai K. Vishvak 3.00 p.m. Shenkottai Hariharasubramanian Vocal Balu Raghuram Bangalore H. S. Sudhindra 4.30 p.m. S. Shashank Flute Dr. Jyotsna Srikanth K. Sai Giridhar 7.00 p.m. Sanjay Subramaniyan Vocal H. N. Bhaskar Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi

MOnday - 29 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Sivapuranam - Thiruvachakam by K. Sivakumar 3.00 p.m. G. Ramanathan Saxophone Villiwakkam Raghuraman Thillaisthanam R. Suryanarayanan Nanganallur S. Swaminathan Ghatam 4.30 p.m. Geetha Krishnamurthi Veena Melakkaveri K. Balaji N. Rajaraman Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Dr. R. Ganesh Vocal Pakala Ramadas Chidambaram S. Balashankar H. Sivaramakrishnan Ghatam

TUESday - 30 th DECEMBER 2014. 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Ragamalikas - Thru the Ages in Kritis, Devotionals, Pallavis, Virutthams etc. by Charumathi Ramachandran 2.00 p.m. S. Nithyasree & Lakshmi Veena Bangalore Avinash N. Narasimhan Ghatam 3.00 p.m. Vani Ramamurthy Vocal Mysore C. N. Srinivasamurthy M. S. Venkatasubramaniam 4.30 p.m. Chinmaya Sisters Vocal B. Ragavendra Rao Neyveli Skanda Subramaniyam Madipakkam A. Murali Ghatam 7.00 p.m. Dr. Smt. S. Sowmya Vocal Dr. M. Narmadha Manoj Siva Chandrasekhara Sharma Ghatam

WEDNESday - 31 st DECEMBER 2014. 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music - Dr. Kamala Selvaraj & party 10.00 a.m. Lecture Demonstration - Songs on the Drama Stage in yester years by T. K. S. Kalaivanan 2.00 p.m. Vishwesh Swaminadhan Vocal Mysore C. N. Srinivasamurthy C. R. S. Manikandan 3.00 p.m. Vasudha Keshav Vocal M. S. G. Suresh Dr. Ramsriram 4.30 p.m. Jayasri Vaidyanathan Vocal Kovai S. Chandran Manikkudi S. Chandrasekaran Hariharasubramaniam Ghatam 07.00 p.m. Padmashri - Kalaimamani Dr. Kadri Gopalnath Saxophone A. Kanyakumari B. Harikumar Rajendra Nakod Tabla Bangalore B. Rajasekar Morsing

THURSday - 01 st january 2015. 8.30 a.m. Devotional Music - Subashruthi headed by Dr. Mathangi Ramakrishnan 9.00 a.m. to 11 a.m. Namasankeerthanam by Cuddalore Gopi Bhagavathar TALENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME - BHARATHANATYAM. 11.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Manaswini Sridhar - (Dis of Suma Mani) 12.15 p.m. to 1.15 p.m. Vamika Sagar - (Dis of Meenakshi Sagar) 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. K. Upanisha - (Dis of S. Divyasena) 3.15 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. Kavyalakshmi - (Dis of Madurai R. Muralidaran and Chitra Muralidaran) 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. V. Soundarya - (Dis of Jayanthi Subramaniam) 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Bharathanatyam by Revathy Ramachandran 7.15 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Vana Virata Vijayam - Part One by Students of Bharathanjali Lyrics and Music by Neyveli Santhanagopalan and P. R. Venkatasubramanian. Choreograhy Smt. Anitha Guha

FRIday - 02 nd january 2015. 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Bharatanatyam Dance performance by Purna Venugopalan & Kriti Cadambi (Dis of Guru Dr. Malini Krishnamurthi - Natyanjali school of Dance, Los Angeles, California) 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Kathak Dance by Jayanthi M. Eshwarputhi 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Bharathanatyam by Sheejith Krishna 7.15 p.m. to 08.30 p.m. Kala Darsana presents Nauka Charitam (Dance production based on the musical opera of Saint Thiagaraja) Choreography - Jayanthi Subramaniam SATURday - 03 rd january 2015. 10.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Dance Drama, Shri Krishna Paarijaatham by Charulatha Kumar & Group (Dis of Late Smt. K. J. Sarasa) 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Kuchipudi Dance by Dr.Yamini Saripalli (Dis of Gurus Dr. Vempati Chinna Satyam & Sri Vempati Ravi Shankar) 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Bharathanatyam by Sreelatha Vinod 7.15 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. Bharathiyil Sanmatam by Vijay Madhavan & Troupe

SUNday - 04 th january 2015. 9.00 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. Dance compositions of King Sahaji Maharaj of Thanjavur presented by Revathi Ramachandran, Srekala Bharath, Shobhana Balachandra Sushama Ranganathan Music set by Madhavi Rajagopalan, Dance composition by Nandini Ramani. TALENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME - BHARATHANATYAM. 10.15 a.m. to 11.15 a.m. P. Alankritha (Dis of S. Vaidehi) 11.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Aparna Jayaram (Dis of Radhika Vairavelavan) 12.30 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. Rashmi Ravishankar (Dis of Uma Govind) 2.00 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. Layashruthi Mohan (Dis of Veena Argade) 3.15 p.m. to 4.15 p.m. Bhairavi Venkatesan (Dis of Sheela Unnikrishnan) 4.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. Aishwarya Sahasrabudhe (Dis of Urmila Sathyanarayanan) 6.00 p.m. to 7.15 p.m. Bharathanatyam by Srekala Bharath 7.15 p.m. to 8.30 p.m Sridevi Nrithyalaya presents Sivamayam - Dance Drama Choreography - Sheela Unnikrishnan

Season Donor Passes for the entire season can be had from: The Indian Fine Arts Society, DEVI ARIHANT, Flat no. 16, I Floor, #15, Dr. Nair Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Ph: 044-2815 4360 Mobile: 78457 55481, 87544 37939, 95000 04979 Email: ifas75@rediffmail.com www.theindianfineartssociety.com & Ethiraja Kalyana Nilayam, #87, TTK Road, Alwarpet, Chennai 600 018. Ph: 044-2499 5563 Mob: 78457 55481, 87544 37939, 95000 04979 Donor passes can be had from the office from 1.12.2014 to 16.12.2014-10 am to 5 pm (no lunchbreak). From 17.12.2014 onwards donor passes can be had from the venue 10am to 7pm (no lunch break). Tickets can be booked through internet also. Kindly contact office phone or mobile phone or visit our website www.theindianfineartssociety.com for further details. Please note the change in the venue. Valet Parking provided.

THE INDIAN FINE ARTS SOCIETY (Regn. No. S-19 of 1931-32) DEVI ARIHANT, Flat No. 16, I Floor, #15, Dr. Nair Road, T.Nagar, Chennai - 600 017. Ph: 2815 4360 Mobile: 78457 55481, 87544 37939. Email: ifas75@rediffmail.com www.theindianfineartssociety.com BOARD OF MANAGEMENT President Sri. V. SETHURAM Vice-Presidents Sri. M. MANOHARA CHETTY Sri. K.V. RAMACHANDRAN Hony. Secretary Sri. R. RADHAKRISHNAN Hony. Joint. Secretaries Sri. S. SITARAMAN Sri. A.P. GUPTA Smt. T. NEERAJAKSHI Hony. Treasurer Sri. V. BADRINARAYANA Hony.Asst. Treasurer Sri V. SRIDHAR Committee Members Sri S. SEKAR Dr. M. NARMADHA

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