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Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

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For those understandably lazy enough to go to the website, the schedule:

Wednesday March 28, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
1:00pm – 5:30pm Nadaswaram Ensemble
5:45pm – 7:30pm V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
7:45pm – 9:45pm R. Suryaprakash (Vocal)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Kiran & Nivi Saishankar of CA (Vocal)
Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (violin)
Sathya Ramesh of CA (mridangam)
Thursday March 29, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Guhan Venkataraman of CA (Veena)
Keerthana Sankar of MI (violin)
Athrey Nadhan of IL (mridangam)
9:15am – 10:45am Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal)
Sahana Vasudevan of CA (violin)
Kala Seva Mani David Nelson (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
11:00am – 12:00pm Students of Neyveli Ramalakshmi of TX
12:15pm – 1:00pm Percussion Ensemble featuring
Nemani Somayajulu
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
D. Sesha Chary (mridangam)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
1:30pm – 2:15pm Students of Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan
Nadhopasana Academy of Fine Arts, CA
2:30pm – 3:15pm Students of Trivandrum V. Balaji
3:45pm – 4:45pm Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan presents
Thakadhimi Thakita — A grand celebration of Percussion & Rhythm in tune with Melody
5:00pm – 7:00pm Kala Seva Mani Dr B. Balasubrahmaniyan
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
7:15pm – 10:00pm Abhishek Raghuram & Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Karaikkudi R. Mani (mridangam)
Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Shradha Ganesh of MA & Rhea Rajesh of TX (Vocal)
Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin)
Mauran Manogaran of ON (mridangam)
Friday March 30, 2018 Hilton Garden Inn and Music Building, CSU
9:00am – 5:00pm Music Competition
Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
8:30am – 9:45am Dr Premeela Gurumurthy (Kathakalakshepam)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Ramesh Srinivasan of CA (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
10:00am – 11:45am Akkarai Sisters S. Subhalakshmi & S. Sornalatha (Vocal)
Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
12:00pm – 1:45pm Laya Vinyasam by students of Ramesh Srinivasan of CA
Sarvalaghu Percussion Art Center, CA

followed by

Namasankeerthanam — Coordinated by Ramesh Srinivasan of CA
2:00pm – 4:00pm Jagrithi — Awakening by
Prof. Mark Stone (Array Mbira, Kalimba, Gyil)
Matt Dufresne (saxophone)
Chinelo Amen-Ra (percussion)
K.N. Shashikiran (vocal)
P. Ganesh (vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
4:00pm – 4:45pm Ceremonial Procession and Mallari

Traditional Kolattam
5:00pm – 6:15pm A World Music Collaboration, featuring
Jamey Haddad and Under One Sun
and
Guitar R. Prasanna
6:30pm – 10:00pm Dr S. Sowmya (Vocal)
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Sinthu Sivaraman of CA (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Nirmal Narayan of WA (mridangam)
Saturday March 31, 2018

On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues from 11:00am–3:45pm

Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
7:00am Puja and Worship
7:15am Mangala Isai
8:00am – 8:30am Bhajans by Children
9:00am – 10:45am Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions
11:15am – 12:15pm The Carnatic Epic Choir
Concept and Presentation by Acharya Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
12:30pm – 1:30pm Percussion Ensemble by
Karaikudi R. Mani (Mridangam)
Athrey Nadhan of IL
Abhinav Seetharaman of NY
Arjun Ramachandran of IL
Akshay Venkatesan of CA
Ashwinn Balachandran of ON
1:45pm – 3:45pm Acharya Rathnakara Suguna Varadachari (Vocal)
Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin)
Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Book Release

Sangeetha Rathnakara Ramnad V. Raghavan Memorial Concert
Sustaining Sampradaya — The Music of Dance
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival
6:30pm – 7:15pm Felicitation Function
7:30pm – 10:00pm Kala Rathna Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)
Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
11:00am – 12:00pm 2016 Concert Competition Winners
Shreyaa Srinivasan of NJ (Vocal)
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
12:15pm – 1:15pm Gokul (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
1:30pm – 2:30pm Triven Kannan of ON (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Srihari Raman (mridangam)
2:45pm – 3:45pm Sutikshna Veeravalli of IL (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Myan Sudharsanan of WA (mridangam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Tribute to Kalanidhi Abhinaya
Sunday April 1, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Carnatic Symphony
Presented by K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh
Orchestra Conductor: Prof. Leo Coach, CSU
Carnatic Choir Conductor: Nirmala Rajasekar
Music Arragements: Shruthi Rajasekar of MN
9:15am – 10:15am Eppo Varuvaro — Songs of Papanasam Sivan and Gopalakrishna Bharathi
featuring 140 North American students
Conceptualized and Conducted by Papanasam Ashok Ramani
10:30am – 1:15pm Sangeetha Rathnakara Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
1:30pm – 2:30pm Music Competition Prize Distribution
2:45pm – 4:30pm Kruthi Bhat of TX (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam)
4:45pm – 7:15pm Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena)
Kala Rathna Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Trichy Sankaran (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
7:30pm – 10:00pm Nrithya Kala Sagaram Jaikishore Mosalikanti
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm OPEN HOUSE with Subhasree Thanikachalam
Monday April 2, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Students of Hari Devanath of CA
9:15am – 10:15am Genius at Work — Compositions of N. Ravikiran
by Students of Vanitha Suresh of WI
10:30am – 12:30pm Rajeswari Sainath (Bharathanatyam)
1:00pm – 2:15pm Sunil Gargyan (Vocal)
Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin)
Vignesh Venkataraman of CA (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
2:30pm – 4:00pm Ramana Balachandhran (Veena)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
Anirudh Athreya (kanjira)
4:30pm – 7:00pm Sustaining Sampradaya — Tribute to M.L. Vasanthakumari
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival
7:30pm – 10:00pm Hyderabad Brothers D. Sesha Chary & D. Raghava Chary (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Karaikudi R. Mani (mridangam)
Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (Vocal)
Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin)
Sriram Natarajan of MN (mridangam)
Tuesday April 3, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Students of R. Suryaprakash
9:15am – 10:15am S. Aishwarya & S. Soundarya (Vocal)
Sahana Vasudevan of CA (violin)
Akshay Venkatesan of CA (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
10:30am – 12:30pm Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Saswathi Prabhu (Vocal)
Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin)
Ramesh Srinivasan of CA (mridangam)
N. Sundar (tabla)
2:45pm – 4:15pm Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal)
Trivandrum N. Sampath (violin)
Delhi Sairam (mridangam)
4:30pm – 6:45pm Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Wednesday April 4, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Varun Ganesan of NY
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
9:15am – 10:15am Aparna Balaji (Vocal)
Keerthana Sankar of MI (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
10:30am – 12:30pm J.A. Jayanth (Flute)
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Rithvik Raja (Vocal)
M. Rajeev (violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
Anirudh Athreya (kanjira)
2:45pm – 4:15pm Nirmala Rajasekar of MN (Veena)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
Sriram Natarajan of MN (kanjira)
4:30pm – 6:45pm Rama Nataka Keerthanais
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan & Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (Violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Jayanthi (Hindustani Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Ramesh Srinivasan (mridangam)
Thursday April 5, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am G. Abilash (Vocal)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
Sriram Natarajan of MN (kanjira)
9:15am – 10:15am S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal)
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Samarth Rao (mridangam)
10:30am – 12:30pm Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm D.B. Ashvin (Vocal)
Shiva Ramamurthi of CA (violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
2:45pm – 4:30pm Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal)
Akkarai S. Sornalatha (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
4:45pm – 6:45pm R. Thiagarajan (Flute)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Srividya (Vocal)
Bhargav Tumkur of MD (violin)
Kapila Sachchithananthan of ON (mridangam)
Friday April 6, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Students of Bhushany Kalyanaraman
9:15am – 10:45am Bhushany Kalyanaraman
Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin)
Dr Ram Sriram of GA (mridangam)
11:00am – 12:30pm Dr M. Lalitha & M. Nandhini (Violin)
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal)
Bhargav Tumkur of MD (violin)
Yalla Madhubabu (mridangam)
Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam)
2:45pm – 4:30pm Delhi V. Muthukumar (Vocal)
R. Raghul (violin)
Vijay Ganesh of VA (mridangam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
4:45pm – 6:45pm Tiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Narthaki Nataraj (Bharathanatyam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Janani Iyer of IL
R. Raghul (violin)
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
Saturday April 7, 2018

On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues

Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Tirupati Srivani Yalla (Veena)
Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
9:15am – 10:45am Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal)
R. Raghul (violin)
Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
11:00am – 12:30pm Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Vocal)
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
1:00pm – 3:00pm Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
3:15pm – 5:30pm Sherthalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
5:45pm – 9:45pm Special 4 Hour Margam
Indira Kidambi (Bharathanatyam)

Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
11:15am – 4:00pm Dance Competition
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Dr Subramani & Bhargav Hariharan (Vocal)
Keerthana Sankar of MI (violin)
Srivathsa (mridangam)
Sunday April 8, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU

8:00am – 9:00am 2017 Dance Competition Winner
9:15am – 12:30pm Dance Competition
1:00pm – 1:30pm 2017 Dance Competition Winner
1:45pm – 3:00pm Sujatha Srinivasan (Bharathanatyam)
3:15pm – 6:00pm Dance Competition Finals

arasi
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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

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Siddharth,
Thanks for the schedule which you have posted in February. Many threads appeared after it, and it wasn't visible on the board for a while. That's why I am reviving it. The festival is about to begin in a few days...:)

rasaali
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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by rasaali »

Arasiji,

Please also note that the schedule has evolved and the one pasted in body of the post above is outdated.

If you are interested in the latest schedule, please click the website link posted by OP. It is updated.

vijay.siddharth
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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

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Thanks Rasaali for pointing out that the schedule is outdated. The updated schedule:

Wednesday March 28, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
1:00pm – 5:30pm Nada Layam — Legacy of a Bygone Era
Chinnamanur A. Vijay Karthikeyan (Nadaswaram)
Edumbavanam V. Prakash (Nadaswaram)
Thirumeignanam T.P.N. Ramanathan (Nadaswaram)
Pandamangalam G. Yuvaraj (Nadaswaram)
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur T.R. Govindarajan (Special Thavil)
Nangoor N.K. Selvaganapathy (Thavil)
Thirurameswaram T.B. Radhakrishnan (thavil)
Swamimalai S.C. Gurunatham (Thavil)
R. Gurumoorthy (thalam)
5:45pm – 7:30pm V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
7:45pm – 9:45pm R. Suryaprakash (Vocal)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Kiran & Nivi Saishankar of CA (Vocal)
Karthik Iyer of IL (violin)
Satheepan Elankumaran of AU (mridangam)
Thursday March 29, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Guhan Venkataraman of CA (Veena)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
9:15am – 10:45am Vishnudev Namboothiri (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
11:00am – 12:00pm Thirumuraigalum Thyagarajarum
Presented by Neyveli Ramalakshmi of TX and her
students of Sukadhwani Music School of NJ and TX
T.S. Sahana (violin)
Arjun Ramachandran of IL (mridangam)
12:15pm – 1:00pm Percussion Ensemble featuring
Nemani Somayajulu
Guhan Venkataraman of CA (veena)
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
1:30pm – 2:15pm Thiruppugazh Layapugazh — A Thematic Presentation
by Students of Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan of CA
Nadhopasana Academy of Fine Arts
2:30pm – 3:15pm RaghuVamsam — A Tribute to Palghat R. Raghu
by Trivandrum V. Balaji and his disciples
3:45pm – 4:45pm Tiruvarur Vaidy School of Percussion presents
Thaka Dhimi Thakita Season III — A grand celebration of Percussion & Rhythm in tune with Melody
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam & Konnakkol)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
N. Sundar (morsing & tabla)
G. Abilash (Vocal)
and North American students

The highlighted programs below are covered by the weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
5:00pm – 7:00pm Kala Seva Mani Dr B. Balasubrahmaniyan
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
7:15pm – 10:00pm Abhishek Raghuram & Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Karaikkudi R. Mani (mridangam)
Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Shradha Ganesh of MA & Rhea Rajesh of TX (Vocal)
T.S. Sahana (violin)
Srihari Raman of PA (mridangam)
Friday March 30, 2018 Hilton Garden Inn and Music Building, CSU
9:00am – 5:00pm Music Competition
Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
8:00am – 8:45am Shashank Sridhar of PA (Vocal)
Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (violin)
Amit Ranganathan of CA (mridangam)
9:00am – 9:45am Vivrd Prasanna of CA (Vocal)
R. Raghul (violin)
Athrey Nadhan of IL (mridangam)
10:00am – 12:00pm Akkarai Sisters Kala Rathna S. Subhalakshmi & S. Sornalatha (Vocal)
Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
12:30pm – 1:00pm Percussion Presentation by students of Ramesh Srinivasan of CA
Sarvalaghu Percussion Art Center, CA
1:00pm – 2:00pm Namasankeerthanam
2:15pm – 3:45pm Jagrithi — Awakening by
Prof. Mark Stone (Array Mbira, Kalimba, Gyil)
Matt Dufresne (saxophone)
Chinelo Amen-Ra (percussion)
K.N. Shashikiran (vocal)
P. Ganesh (vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
4:00pm – 4:45pm Ceremonial Procession and Mallari

Traditional Kolattam

The highlighted programs below are covered by the weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
5:00pm – 6:15pm A World Music Collaboration, featuring
Guitar Prasanna with
Jamey Haddad and Under One Sun
6:30pm – 10:00pm Dr S. Sowmya (Vocal)
Ranjani Ramakrishnan (violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Sinthu Sivaraman of CA (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Nirmal Narayan of WA (mridangam)
Saturday March 31, 2018

On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues from 11:00am–3:45pm

Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
7:00am Puja and Worship
7:15am Mangala Isai
8:00am – 8:45am Bhajans by Children
9:00am – 11:00am Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions
11:15am – 12:15pm The Carnatic Epic Choir
Concept and Presentation by Acharya Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
12:30pm – 1:30pm Laya Sagaram
Karaikudi R. Mani (Mridangam)
Abhinav Seetharaman of NY
Akshay Venkatesan of CA
Arjun Ramachandran of IL
Ashwinn Balachandran of ON
Athrey Nadhan of IL
1:45pm – 3:45pm Acharya Rathnakara Suguna Varadachari (Vocal)
Anuradha Sridhar of CA (violin)
Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Book Release — Nemani Somayajulu
CD Release — Compositions of Apoorva Krishna

Sangeetha Rathnakara Ramnad V. Raghavan Memorial Concert
Sustaining Sampradaya — The Music of Dance
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival
6:45pm – 7:15pm Felicitation Function

Dr S. Sowmya Sangeetha Rathnakara
Akkarai S. Swamynathan Acharya Rathnakara
Venkatesh Babu of CA Seva Rathna
K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh Sangeetha Kala Sagaram
Indira Kadambi Nrithya Kala Sagaram
Rejimon Varghese of IN Kala Seva Mani
Sushmitha Arunkumar of IL Nrithya Seva Mani
Aishwarya Shankar Kala Rathna
Kruthi Bhat of TX Kala Rathna
Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran Dr M. Balamuralikrishna Memorial Award
Nandini Ramani T. Balasaraswati Memorial Award
Sangita Vasudevan of CA Prof. T.R. Subrahmanyam Memorial Award
Mayur Narasimhan of MI Dr G. Venkatadri Memorial Award
Vishal Thyagarajan of MI Dr G. Venkatadri Memorial Award

The highlighted programs below are covered by the weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
7:30pm – 10:00pm Kala Rathna Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal)
V. Sanjeev (violin)
R. Sankaranarayanan (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam)
Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
11:00am – 12:00pm 2017 Concert Competition Winner
Shreyaa Srinivasan of NJ (Vocal)
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
12:15pm – 1:15pm Dr Gokul Chandramouli of MD (Vocal)
R. Raghul (violin)
Vignesh Venkataraman of CA (mridangam)
1:30pm – 2:30pm Sutikshna Veeravalli of IL (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Myan Sudharsanan of WA (mridangam)
Samyuktha Sreeram of VA (ghatam)
2:45pm – 3:45pm Sunil Gargyan (Vocal)
Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin)
Kala Seva Mani David Nelson (mridangam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Triven Kannan of ON (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Mauran Manogaran (mridangam)
Sunday April 1, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Carnatic Symphony
Presented by K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh
Orchestra Conductor: Prof. Leo Coach, CSU
Carnatic Choir Conductor: Nirmala Rajasekar
9:15am – 10:15am Eppo Varuvaro — Songs of Papanasam Sivan and Gopalakrishna Bharathi
featuring 140 North American students
Conceptualized and Conducted by Papanasam Ashok Ramani

The highlighted programs below are covered by the weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
10:30am – 1:00pm Sangeetha Rathnakara Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
1:30pm – 2:30pm Music Competition Prize Distribution
2:45pm – 4:30pm Kruthi Bhat of TX (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam)
Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam)
4:45pm – 7:15pm Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena)
Kala Rathna Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Trichy Sankaran (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)

The highlighted programs below are covered by the weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
7:30pm – 9:30pm Nrithya Kala Sagaram Jaikishore Mosalikanti & Padmavani Mosalikanti (Kuchipudi)
Aadith Narayan (Nattuvangam)
Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal)
Hari Babu (mridangam)
R. Thiagarajan (flute)
Sahana Vasudevan of MA (violin)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Varun Ganesan of NY
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Surya Nambeesan (mridangam)
Monday April 2, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Anvayam — Presented by I AIM and Sri Paduka Academy
Students of Hari Devanath, Kasthuri Shivakumar, Shivkumar Bhat, and Vivek Sundararaman
9:15am – 10:15am Genius at Work — Compositions of N. Ravikiran
Presented by the North American Melodic Ensemble
10:30am – 12:30pm Rajeswari Sainath (Bharathanatyam)
1:00pm – 2:15pm Kala Rathna Priya Ramadoss of CA (Bharathanatyam)
2:30pm – 4:00pm Vignesh Ishwar (Vocal)
Sahana Vasudevan of MA (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
4:30pm – 7:00pm Sustaining Sampradaya — Tribute to M.L. Vasanthakumari
A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival

The highlighted program below is ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
7:30pm – 10:00pm Hyderabad Brothers D. Sesha Chary & D. Raghava Chary (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Karaikudi R. Mani (mridangam)
Giridhar Udupa (ghatam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (Vocal)
Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin)
Sriram N. Iyer of MN (mridangam)
Tuesday April 3, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Madhura Rakthi
Compositions in select Rakthi Ragas performed by
Students of R. Suryaprakash
Madhu Vadlamani of NC (violin)
Sriram N. Iyer of MN (mridangam)
9:15am – 10:15am Thamizhum Isaiyum — Post-Trinity Tamil Compositions
Presented by Shruthi Swara Laya, students of Anu Suresh of CA and Manasa Suresh of CA
10:30am – 12:30pm Sandeep Narayan (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal)
Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
2:45pm – 4:15pm Ramana Balachandhran (Veena)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
Anirudh Athreya (kanjira)
4:30pm – 6:45pm Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Arun Mahadevan of TX (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
Wednesday April 4, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Aparna Balaji of MA (Vocal)
K.V.S. Vinay (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
9:15am – 10:15am S. Aishwarya & S. Soundarya (Vocal)
Sahana Vasudevan of MA (violin)
Surya Nambeesan (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
10:30am – 12:30pm J.A. Jayanth (Flute)
R. Raghul (violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Aishwarya Vidhya Raghunath (Vocal)
Trivandrum N. Sampath (violin)
Delhi Sairam (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
2:45pm – 4:15pm Nirmala Rajasekar of MN (Veena)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
Sriram N. Iyer of MN (kanjira)
4:30pm – 6:45pm Rama Nataka Keerthanais — Immortal Compositions of Arunachala Kavirayar
Music by Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar
featuring
Aishwarya Shankar
Bhargavi Balasubramanian
Brindha Manickavasagan
Gayathri Mahesh
Krithika Natarajan
Rithu Rajendran
Vibha Srinidhi
Vidya Kalyanaraman
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Ethirajan Ramanujam of MN (mridangam)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Confluence
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan & Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (Violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm G. Abilash (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
Sriram N. Iyer of MN (kanjira)
Thursday April 5, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal)
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
9:15am – 10:15am Tirupati Srivani Yalla (Veena)
Mithuran Manogaran of ON (violin)
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam)
10:30am – 12:30pm Sriranjani Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
V.V.S. Murari (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:30pm D.B. Ashvin (Vocal)
Sahana Vasudevan of MA (violin)
Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
2:45pm – 4:30pm Rithvik Raja (Vocal)
M. Rajeev (violin)
Thanjavur K. Praveen Kumar (mridangam)
Anirudh Athreya (kanjira)
4:45pm – 6:45pm R. Thiagarajan (Flute)
Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (violin)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Mannargudi A. Easwaran (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Srividhya Vasudevan (Vocal)
Bhargav Tumkur of MD (violin)
Satheepan Elankumaran of AU (mridangam)
Friday April 6, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Kalamandalam Presents
Sadanand Mrinalini and her students (Kuchipudi)
9:15am – 10:45am Bhushany Kalyanaraman
V.L. Kumar (violin)
Dr Ram Sriram of GA (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
11:00am – 12:30pm Dr M. Lalitha & M. Nandhini (Violin)
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
G. Ravichandran (ghatam)
1:00pm – 2:30pm Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal)
Bhargav Tumkur of MD (violin)
Yalla Madhubabu (mridangam)
Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam)
2:45pm – 4:30pm Bharat Sundar (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
N. Guruprasad (ghatam)

The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
4:45pm – 6:45pm Tiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal)
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan
Acharya Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
B. Shree Sundarkumar (kanjira)
7:00pm – 9:30pm Nrithya Rathnakara Dr Narthaki Nataraj (Bharathanatyam)
Kaushik Champakesan (Nattuvangam)
Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal)
Senthilkumaran (mridangam)
Sujith Sudhakaran Naik (flute)
Shakthi Bhaskar (team co-ordinator)
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Janani Iyer of IL
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Ambattur Babu (mridangam)
Saturday April 7, 2018

On this day, programs will run concurrently in two separate venues

Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:00am Ananda Natanaprakasham Presented by
Students of Kulanayaki Vivekananthan of ON and Bhushany Kalyanaraman
Rishabh Ranganathan of IL (violin)
Keethan Vivekananthan of ON (mridangam)
N. Sundar (tabla)
9:15am – 10:45am Hariharan Ravi of IL (Vocal)
B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin)
Mauran Manogaran of ON (mridangam)
11:00am – 12:30pm Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Vocal)
Apoorva Krishna (violin)
Trivandrum V. Balaji (mridangam)
Toronto Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
1:00pm – 3:00pm Delhi V. Muthukumar (Vocal)
R. Raghul (violin)
Vijay Ganesh of VA (mridangam)
N. Sundar (morsing)
3:15pm – 5:30pm Sherthalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal)
Jay Shankar Balan of MI (violin)
Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam)
Cleveland R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)

The highlighted program below is ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis.
5:45pm – 9:45pm Paripoorna Margah — En Route to the Absolute
Special 4 Hour Margam by
Indira Kadambi (Bharathanatyam)
Nrithya Kala Sagaram Jaikishore Mosalikanti (Nattuvangam)
T.V. Ramprasadh (Vocal)
K.H. Vineeth (mridangam)
R. Thiagarajan (flute)
Vishnu R. (navtar, 9 string guitar)

Drinko Recital Hall, CSU
8:00am – 11:00am Lakshmi Prabhavam Reprised
Originally Premiered at the 1997 Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival

Coordinators
Janane Sethunarayanan
Jwala Rejimon of IN
Sharanya Balaji of CA

Orchestra
Janane Sethunarayanan (Nattuvangam)
Ahi Ajayan of TX (Vocal)
Akshara Iyer (Vocal)
Sriranjani Darbha of TX (Vocal)
Ashwinn Balachandran of ON (mridangam)
Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin)

Dancers
Bhavya Kumaran of IL
Joshua George of IL
Kalaisan Kailchelvan of ON
Kalyani Pillai of VA
Leya Oommen of ON
Ragashri Komandur of WI
Ramya Ramachandran
Rukshika Elankumaran
Shobi Ruban of ON
Shriya Srinivasan of OH
Shruti Parthasarathy of WI
Smrithi Krishnamurthy
11:15am – 4:00pm Dance Competition
Comfort Inn Ballroom
10:00pm – 11:00pm Dr Subramani & Bhargav Hariharan of MD (Vocal)
Sushmitha Ravikumar of OH (violin)
Srivathsa Pasumarthi of MD (mridangam)
Sunday April 8, 2018 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU
8:00am – 9:30pm Dance Competition
9:45am – 10:15am 2017 Dance Competition SubJunior Winner
Neha Asuri of VA (Bharathanatyam)
10:30am – 11:45pm Sujatha Srinivasan (Bharathanatyam)
12:00pm – 6:00pm Dance Competition
6:00pm – 6:30pm Dance Competition Prize Distribution

Is iCarnatic webcasting the concerts this year?

kvchellappa
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Maybe the link would do in such cases.

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Does anyone know if iCarnatic is webcasting this live. Last year they did that but I dont see any link this year? Any info is helpful

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Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana festival 2018 will be over in two days. There has been no report about the event in these columns. Since i-Carnatic did not live stream the program, only forumites who attended the events could have reported. Does it mean none from this forum attended ? Just curious. I did watch the live stream in the past years and did miss it this year.

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Sundara Rajan,
Yes, me too :( The streaming made us participate every year, as if we were there in Cleveland! Thanks to i.Carnatic, they brought home the festivities each year. You and I and others watched keenly for long hours each day and shared our listening experience with others.
I asked around. No streaming this year, I realized :(
Rasaali,
Did you go? Any pictures from Meekaakshi and others?

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They went live on the first weekend. I saw the events on Saturday and Sunday. Because of lack of volunteers they couldn't go ahead with the telecast is what they said.

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A pity. Sundara Rajan, me and many others weren't aware of it :( Is there a possibility of the events being shown on You Tube? This weekend, there will be some Rasikas.org members there. Will they oblige with some coverage AND post them here? Thanks in advance...

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I was there March 31st 2018, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm!

I enjoyed my day!

Vidushi Sugana Varadachari and team's concert memory will stay with me forever!

This time it was an elaborate koniyaaDina naapai (kAmbOdhi, Veene Kuppayya's composition).
I have not heard this song before.
It was GRAND!

I also managed to attend another concert briefly and enjoyed a very nice Madhyamavati by Dr Gokul Chandramouli.

Enjoyed the bisibELe bAth lunch!

Met some friends and made some new friends!

Reminisced about my days as a student at CSU during the years 1990-91

Thank You to the organizers and volunteers for a memorable day!

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Srini, thank you for connecting us to the festival which has become part of our lives here in North America. It is a treat for those who live in other corners of the world too. Visual bisibELE et al! I see recyclable spoons too?
Chellappa, thanks for the musical feast! If this thread continues, we can have a modest amount of our share of the musical bounty at Cleveland which we have enjoyed and appreciated every year...

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How I wish the organizers had announced about the live broadcast/streaming of the programs in their schedule ! As Arasi mentioned, some of us "usuals" would have enjoyed the broadcasts, as long as they were available.
Thank you KVC for the archives of two events. I could only view Sowmya's program. The veena by Ramana Balachandran program requires 'face book' connection.I am not in "face book".
I will try to attend Ramana Balachandran's veena program in Jacksonville, FL on May 19, 2018, if all goes well. He is a delight to watch & listen to, even on the You Tube.

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I think only some 31st Mar and 1sr Apl events were live. The above were uploaded by the artists. R Suryaprakash uploaded the programme of his disciples (one of them won a prize also), but it is not traceable now.

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I was thinking too about the good work that Arasi and Sundararajan did few years back when they reported cleveland proceedings. It would be nice like sreeni if others also put few more textual comments. Meenakshi and/or ramanatha camera snaps - Are they coming bit late?

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Srini avl,
Many thanks for the updates with oil soaked bisibela and lemon pickles.
A very good combo. Definitely Arasiji and Sundarajan's efforts should be put on records.
with wishes,
Thanjavooran
07 04 2018

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The ARTery's facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pg/theartery.in/videos has archives of the livecast of parts of the following concerts: Vignesh Iswar, Bharat Sundar, Tiruvarur Girish, Ramana Balachandran, Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath, Sandeep Narayan, Hyderabad Bros

Dr S Sowmya's concert excerpts are on the artist's fb page: facebook.com/sowmya.carnatic

In addition, the official page of the festival facebook.com/Cleveland.Thyagaraja.Festival has brief live clips of every program.

There are also fb live clips done by individual rasikas of various concerts.

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Meenakshi
YOu truly rock , YOu have done a far better job than last time . Last few years you just uploaded without doing one level of filter and gave so many duplicates , now it looks it is *curated* perfectly. If you can possibly bring few legends like say Trichy Sankaran and Karakudi Mani(Super category legends) and a team of percussionist in one frame that would be lovely , like that violin , like that vocal etc, I am assuming that can be taken at the end of endarO mahanubhavulu ,assume that is your next 2019 treat.

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Meenaakshi,
Fantastic pictures! Thanks as ever, for your work...:)
Ramanathan is still not posting. I bet he has some super close ups too. Waiting...

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Thank you Meenakshi.
The atmosphere in Cleveland 2018 was truly electrifying as always. Please find below a few pictures taken by me
Guru Kaaraikudi Mani in a concert with Vidwan N Guruprasad looking on
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Concert of Vidwan Abhishek Radhuram and Vidwan Kunnakudy Balamuralikrishna accompanied by Vidwan Raghavendra Rao, Guru Karraikudi Mani and Vidwan N Guruprasad
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Guru Kaaraikudi Mani leads the Unchavriti procession in Cleveland on Good Friday (Mar 30th 2018) a day prior to the Thyagaraja Aradhana.
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My daughters S Aishwarya and S Saundarya with Vidwan Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy Sri Sankaran.
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With Sangita Kalanidhi Chitravina Sri N Ravi Kiran . On extreme left is Pranav Kikkeri, a disciple of Chitravina Sri N Ravikiran
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With Guru Kaaraikudi Mani
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With Vidwan Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna
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With Dr Nandini Ramani
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With Guru Rhadha
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Concert by Vidwan Ramana Balachandran
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Vidwan Vidwan Tiruvarur Girish
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S Aishwarya & S Saundarya in a concert . On violin is Sahana Vasudevan and on mridangam is Surya Nambeesan.
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Our forumite Sreeni Raja Rao, Vidwan R Suryaprakash and yours truly
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Cienu,
Thanks for sharing your happy time at Cleveland with us with pictures of music makers, rasikAs and family.
Sreeni,
I have known you for years at Rasikas.org, but hadn't seen any pictures of you until now. Besides being a distinguished vaiNikA, your father was a handsome man. It runs in the family, it seems. Your daughter looks lovely too--as seen from her arangEtRam/ranga pravESa invitation some years ago...:)

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sreeni raja rao resembles bit beard trimmed and bit malnourished Mohandas Pai (Ex CFO of Infosys)
Cienu
Thank you for the photos.

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srkris/Moderators,
I'm sure Siddharth wouldn't mind if you trimmed the thread with just the more recent schedule (he has painstakingly copied them both for sharing with rasikAs). Two long schedules make it a tiring to scroll all the way down. That's why this suggestion...

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by Ramasubramanian M.K »

Meenakshi/Cienu: Great pics!! Thanks.

Meenakshi,you have mentioned "some" pics. Does it mean more to come!! I am shameless when confessing to vicarious envy but the pics did take me to the festival!!!

Sivaramakrishnan
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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by Sivaramakrishnan »

Seems reports on CTF this time have been less compared to previous years.

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by arasi »

SRK,
You know why. No streaming this year for rasikas to watch, listen to and report about . The active reporters among us (the senior set who stayed home and watched) missed the festival this year :(

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by Sivaramakrishnan »

That's a big deprivation.
Do the organisers release a compilation later?

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by rshankar »

Ragamalika tv has uploaded tracks on to their YouTube channel before; especially from the competitions.

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by HarishankarK »

I could find only dabce videos - which had scary stills with garish bharathanatyam make-up.
Please share any carnatic music links from cleveland this year.

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by the_ARTery »

HarishankarK wrote: 29 Apr 2018, 15:25 Please share any carnatic music links from cleveland this year.
Please see the first page of this topic.

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by arasi »

Thanks!
Patiently scroll, and you will find post:19 of Artery, with the link :)

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Re: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival 2018

Post by Sivaramakrishnan »

Thanks for the lead

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