Madras Music Season - is back again with over 1500 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 of performances by veterans as well as most talented musicians and dancers belonging to the younger generation in these pages. For comprehensive listings or festival schedules you may have to contact organisers.

Keep visiting this page for daily updates of select performances (as and when we receive information, news and schedules of concerts, seminars etc. from performers/rasikas).

www.artindia.net will also bring out reviews, reports, interviews etc. on a daily basis from 15 Dec 2011 to 15 Jan 2012.

GS RAJAN

Music Academy
Awards 2011

'Sangitha Kalanidhi':
Trichy Sankaran

'Sangita Kala Acahraya':
Neela Ramgopal and
Rama Ravi.

'TTK Awards':
M Somasundaram and
T.R. Navaneetham

Sonal Mansingh
Tagore Literature
'ashta-nayikaa'

28 December 2011. 07.00pm
Petachi Sivagami Auditorium
Luz Church Road

30 December 2011. 07.00pm
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
Mylapore

Music Academy
Awards 2011

The newly instituted Natya Kala Acharya Award for Dance from Music Academy, Madras would go to Bharata Natyam exponent Padma Subramanyam. This award will be given away at the inaugural function of the Dance Festival on 3rd January 2012.

Popular Carnatic vocalist Sudha Ragunathan receives 'Tamil Isai Vendor' award from Karthik Fine Arts.

Sudha will also receive Maharajapuram Santhanam Memorial Award this season.

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Sudha's three-hour Concert
08 January 2012. 4 to 07.00pm
Bharat Kalachar. T. Nagar

Malavika Sarukkai
Bharata Natyam

17 December 2011: 07.15pm
Bharat Kalachar, T. Nagar

23 December 2011: 07.30pm
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan

25 December 2011. 07.30pm
Narada Gana Sabha

08 January 2012. 06.00pm
Music Academy

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TM Krishna
Carnatic Vocal

19 December 2011: 06.30pm
Bharat Kalachar

21 December 2011: 07.00pm
Music Academy

29 December 2011. 06.15pm
Infosys Hall, T. Nagar

31 December 2011: 07.00pm
Narada Gana Sabha

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Anita Ratnam
and Pritha
presents

'ANDAL - ANDAL'

21 December 2011. 06.00pm
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan

'AVANI'
16 January 2012. 06.30pm
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan

18 December 2011: 06.00pm
Kalarasana

22 December 2011: 07.00pm
Bharat Kalachar

27 December 2011: 04.00pm
Music Academy

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Roja Kannan
Bharata Natyam

Roja Kannan receives the 'acharya choodamani' award from Krishna Gana Sabha on 09 December 2011 at 06.00pm. Award carries a gold medal and Rupees One Lakh.

31 December 2011: 02.00pm
Narada Gana Sabha

01 January 2012: 07.30pm
Krishna Gana Sabha

Vani Kala Sudhakara
Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha's awards titled 'Vani Kala Sudhakara' will go to T.M. Krishna for vocal, T. Rukmini for Violin, K.V. Prasad for mridangam and Kalanidhi Narayan for dance.

Sangeeta Kala Nipuna
Mylapore Fine Arts honours Aruna Sairam with the title 'Sangeetha Kala Nipuna' in this season.

Urmila Satyanarayana
Bharata Natyam

11 December 2011. 06.45pm
Meenakshi College

18 December 2011. 07.30pm
Narada Gana Sabha. TTK Road

23 December 2011. 06.30pm
Petachi Sivagami Auditorium

01 January 2012. 07.15pm
Bharat Kalachar, T. Nagar

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Priyadarsini Govind
Bharata Natyam

22 December 2011. 07.15pm
Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan

27 December 2011. 07.15pm
Bharat Kalachar. T. Nagar

03 Janaury 2012. 06.00pm
Music Academy, TTK Road

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