A National Festival of Performing Arts
Venue: Raja Muthiah Auditorium, Chettinad Vidyashram, Near Ayyappan Temple, R. A. Puram, Chennai - 28
Wednesday, August 13th 2014
6.00 pm - Inauguration. Guests of Honour: Shri. N. Sivaraman (Director, L&T Finance Holdings), Vidushi Dr. S. Sowmya, Shri. V. V. Sundaram
6.15 pm - Vidushi Dr. S. SOWMYA presents RAMANATAKAM - A musical and visual interpretation of Arunachala Kavirayar's magnum opus! Paintings by Shri. Keshav (Noted artist and Cartoonist at The Hindu); Vocalists: Smt. Nisha Rajagopal, Smt. K Gayatri, Shri. K. Bharat Sundar & Shri. Sandeep Narayan; Violin: Parur Shri. M. S. Ananthakrishnan; Mridangam: Poongulam Shri. S. Subramanian; Khanjira: Shri. K. V. Gopalakrishnan
Thursday, August 14th 2014
5.15 pm - Carnatic Vocal: A special thematic pallavi by Shri. Ashwath Narayanan & Party
6.30 pm - Hindustani Vocal: Pt. SANJEEV ABHYANKAR with Shri. Vyasmurthi Katti (Harmonium) & Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
7.45 pm - Creative Confluence: A unique vocal-piano collaboration between Pt. SANJEEV ABHYANKAR & classical pianist Shri. ANIL SRINIVASAN with Shri. Ravindra Yavagal (Tabla)
Friday, August 15th 2014
5.15 pm - SARGAM CHOIR: A presentation by Rhapsody featuring children from 13 Chennai schools!
6.45 pm - Bharatanatyam: Special presentation by SHOBANA with live orchestra led by Shri. Rajesh Vaidya and Shri. Ghatam Karthick
Saturday, August 16th 2014
5.15 pm - Youth Power: An orchestral presentation by The Hybrid Division (School band from PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore)
6.30 pm: Classically Kodambakkam! - SUHASINI MANIRATNAM presents a musical & audio-visual retrospective on classical music in Tamil films! Concept by Subhasree Thanikachalam; Vocals & Live Orchestra: Saindhavi Prakash, Sathyaprakash Pillai, Anand Aravindakshan, Ravishankar Iyer & Sinduri Vishal.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
• Free seating, first-come-first-served. Premium reserved seating (first 8 rows only) may be availed with Donor Passes (Rs. 2500 / Rs. 1000). Proceeds go to charity.
• Shared transportation by mini-van / share-autos available at the end of each day's programme to Alwarpet, Mylapore, Mandaveli & Adyar
• Webcast at http://www.theartery.in for ARTery members and rasikas worldwide. Details soon...