Violin : HN Bhaskar

Mridangam : N. Manoj Siva

Gangira : Anirudh Athreya

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Fall 2009 – October & November 2009

Sanjay Subramanyam – Vocal

S. Varadharajan – Violin

Neyveli B. Venkatesh – Mridangam

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TV Sankaranarayanan – Vocal

Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan – Vocal Support

Nagai Muralidharan – Violin

Sri Mushnam Rajarao – Mridangam

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T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Tiruvalangadu Vembu Iyer Sankaranarayanan, born March 7, 1945) is an eminent and popular Carnatic vocalist (South Indian classical singer), known for his vibrant music that essentially stems from the style of his late uncle-guru, Madurai Mani Iyer.

Padma Bhushan Sankaranarayanan, a winner of the prestigious Sangeetha Kalanidhi award instituted by the Madras Music Academy, is particularly noted for the easy reach of his voice to the upper notes and colourful dilineation of the solphas (swaraprastaram).

Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan belongs to an illustrious family of Carnatic Classical Musicians. He is the son and disciple of Sangita Kalanidhi Padma Bhushan Shri. T V Sankaranarayanan the world renowned Carnatic Vocalist and is the grand nephew of the legendary Sangita Kalanidhi Ganakaladhara Shri. Madurai Mani Iyer. Mahadevan, with an innate gift of fine music has grown up in

an environment filled with music from childhood. He has had formal training under his father Shri. TVS and mother Smt. Vijayalakshmi, a brilliant musician and a Gold Medallist  MA in Music with an Outstanding Grade from the Madras University.

Mahadevan has been regularly giving able vocal support to his father all over India and has earned rave reviews praising his outstanding talent on stage. After debuting at Sri Ramanasramam, Tiruvannamalai, he has started performing his own concerts now. Mahadevan is a creative and versatile singer imbibing the best of tradition and the baani of his family with freshness and modernity. He sings with effervescence and energy with exceptional grip over raga and laya. He is also an ingenious composer with many compositions to his credit.

A graduate in Commerce, Mahadevan is currently pursuing his Masters in Commerce and an MBA in Finance along with his profession as a performing musician.

Nagai R.Muralidharan is  one of the Top Ranking Violin Artiste, who is the most sought after by all the leading lights of  Carnatic  Music. He initially learnt from his  mother  Smt.R.Komalavalli. Further training

in Violin was continued under the guidance  of   Sri R.S.Gopalakrishnan, a well known Violin Vidwan from Chennai.

Started as a Violin accompanist and soloist, at the age of “Ten”. He  has  accompanied  many  eminent vidwans  like    ”Dr. Semmangudi SrinivasaIyer, Dr.M.Balamuralikrishna, D.K.Jeyaraman, K.V.Narayanasamy, Maharajapuram Santhanam, Dr.S.Balachander, Nedunoori Krishnamurthy, Madurai Somasundaram,T.R.Mahalingam,Dr.N.Ramani,T.V.SankaraNarayanan,Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan,Sanjay Subramanyan,UnniKrishnan” and  so  on…. He  has  performed  all  over  the countries  like   Malaysia,  Singapore,U.S.A, Australia, Canada and Middle East.

Music  Academy,  Chennai has  honoured  him with  Dr. Sir  Raja Annamalai  Chettiar  Memorial  Award  as  ”Talented  Musician” in the  year 1993 and  as   “Best  Senior  Violinist” in  the  year  1999. In  2003

Tamil  Nadu    Government   has   conferred   upon   him   the    Title  of “KALAIMAMANI” for his excellence in the Field of Carnatic Music and   also received “ARSHA  KALA  BHUSHANAM” with  the blessing   of   poojya swamiji dayananda saraswathi from Arsha Kala   Gurukulam Coimbatore 2007.In the year 2008, he was     awarded the  VIOLINIST OF THE YEAR  by Carnatica.In the year 2009, Maharajapuram Foundation honoured him by MAHARAJAPURAM SANTHANAM MEMORIAL AWARD.

He  has established his  own  style   in  presentation of  Ragas, Kritis and in Swara Prastharas, rich in melody and scholaring. He Plays regularly in the Radio Sangeetha Sammelan concerts , on Doordharshan and  as  an  accompanist in several commercial CDs and cassettes. He has Served as Violinist in ALL INDIA RADIO Tirucharapalli from 1978 to 2003.He has established himself in the field of carnatic music for 40 years.

Sri Mushnam V Raja Rao hails from a family of musicians.His Gurus were his father Sri.S Venkataramana Rao and Kumbakonam Sri Rajappa Iyer. He has accompanied all the Top Ranking senior artistes for over forty years.He has travelled extensively in India,United States of America and other countries.

He has been conferred with many titles including the Kalaimamani by the State Government of Tamilnadu and Sangeetha Rathnakara by the Cleveland Aradhana Committee. He is one of the Top Ranking leading Mridangam Vidwan in the field of Carnatic music.He is also an accomplished vocalist and has to his credit of composing many Tillanas and other songs.

At Sri Venkateswara Temple,
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

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“First Time Violin Duet in the US” featuring “VV Subrahmanyam and VVS Murari” accompanied by Tiruvaarur Bakthavathsalam on the mridangam.

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On Stage

Microphones
Beta 57A / SM57 or equivalent – 3 (2 Violins & 1 mrudangam right)
Beta 52A or equivalent -1 (mrudangam Left)
Short microphone stands – 4, incase of live tampura, we may need 1 more (if amplified)

We will bring our own Professional Mixer board from which output can be taken to the auditorium mixer. The output slot of the mixer board is XLR style, hence an XLR cable is required for the inhouse technician to take the output

On stage Feed back Monitor to be provided
On stage, power points to be provided. (5 power slots)

30 Aug. 2008: Bogota, Columbia. Concierto Sábado 30 a las 7: 00 pm. Salón Mutis Colsubsidio de la Calle 26. Cel: +300 4096844.
 
02 Aug. 2008: Concert in Cali, Columbia at CaliTearo, Carrera 12, 4-51, Tel:+8938790. 07.30pm. $45.000. Taller (workshop) 1 and 2 Sep. 2008. $105.000. organised by Academia Maria Sanford.

05 Sep. 2008: San Antonio, USA.
 
07 Sep. 2008: Samskriti Society for Indian performing Arts, Houston presents Rama Vaidyanathan at Chinmaya Prabha, 10353 Synott Road , Sugar Land, Texas 77478. Call:+call 281-265-2787. 06.00pm. Free Show for the benefit of art lovers.
 
09 Sep. 2008: Performance at the University of Houston.
 
19 Sep.2008: Performance at The Hindu Temple of Birmingham, Alabama.

21 Sep. 2008: Portland, USA PCPA Dolores Winningstad Theater. Tickets: $16.75 & $21.75. +$2 ticketing fee. Tickets at PCPA & TicketMaster outlets
 
26 Sep. 2008: Rochester, USA. Indian Community Centre, 2171, Monroe-Wayne Country Line Road, Macedon. 08.00pm
 
27 Sep. 2008: International Tamil Centre, 89 Tennyson Drive, Nanuet, New York 10954. Tel:+(845) 623-6510
 
28 Sep. 2008: San Jose, USA at 05.00pm. Presented by Abhinaya Dance Company, 3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara, CA 95051
 
04 Oct. 2008: Madisson, Wisconsin, USA. Mills Hall, 455 North Park St. 6.30pm. Free Concert organised by Indian Graduate Students Association.
 
10 Oct. 2008: Sampradaya presents Rama Vaidyanathan in Kalangan series, World of South Asian Arts. 62 Orchard Park Blvd, Toronto ON M4L 3E2. Tel/Fax:+416-361-9447
 
11 Oct. 2008: Ottawa, Canada. ‘Shringara Trayi’ Dance production in collaboration with noted art historian, Dr. Harsha Dehejia and music by GS Rajan. Premiere show. Venue: Canadian Museum of civilization. Presented by Carleton University on the occasion of the inauguration of Centre for Hindu studies.