SIFAS Festival schedule in Singapore, March 2010

[ramarama]

The SIFAS festival's 2010 edition, commemorating the 60th anniversary of SIFAS, starts on March 12 with a Hindustani vocal concert by Kumar Mukherjee followed by a Mohini Attam recital by Chennai based (and SIFAS alum) Asha Anand. These concerts and many others (full list posted below) including a vocal concert by Saketaraman (on March 24) will be held at the SIFAS auditorium from March 12 to the 28th. These concerts are all free to the public.

Interspersed into these concerts, is the Esplanade portion (tickets at S$30 and S$40) with these concerts:
March 21 Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) with A Kanyakumari (violin), Satish Kumar (mridangam) and Rajasekar (morsing)
March 23 Shahid Parvez (Sitar) with Vijay Ghate (tabla)
March 26 S Shashank (Carnatic flute) and Tejendra Mazumdar (Sarod) jugalbandhi, with Satish Kumar (mridangam) and Vijay Ghate (tabla)
March 27 Malladi brothers (Carnatic vocal) with V V Ravi (violin) and Satish Kumar (mridangam)
March 28: Saptha Stuthi: Thematic dance recital by tutors and alumni of SIFAS, choreographed by K Mahalakshmi, accompanied by SIFAS gurus

Mummoorthigal vizha with pancharatna kriti singing led by the Malladi brothers will be held on the SIFAS campus on the 28th morning.

Here's the entire SIFAS auditorium line-up of free concerts
ARTISTES CATEGORY DATE TIME
Kumar Mukherjee Hindustani Vocal Friday 12 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Asha Anand Mohiniaattam Friday 12 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm
Sriram Sami Violin Solo Saturday 13 March 9.30 am – 11.00 am
Alleppey G. Lakshmi Carnatic Vocal Saturday 13 March 11.15 am – 1.15pm (SIFAS Guru)
Sonali Sinha Biswas Hindustani Vocal Saturday 13 March 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm (SIFAS Guru)
G. Sridhar Flute Saturday 13 March 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
V. Shankaranarayanan Carnatic Vocal Saturday 13 March 6.15pm – 8.15 pm
Anuka King Bharathanatyam Saturday 13 March 8.30 pm – 10.00 pm
Rama Prasad Veena Sunday 14 March 9.30 am – 11.30 am
Bharati Murali Carnatic Vocal Sunday 14 March 11.45 am – 1.15 pm
Rajaraman Iyer Carnatic Vocal Sunday 14 March 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm
Sushma Somasekharan Caranatic Vocal Sunday 14 March 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Saketharaman Carnatic Vocal Sunday 14 March 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm
Rasika Viswanath Carnatic vocal Monday 15 March 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Roopika Joseph Bharathanatyam Monday 15 March 8.45 pm – 10.15 pm (SIFAS Guru)
Sripriya S Carnatic vocal Tuesday 16 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Tanvi Baskar Bharathanatyam Tuesday 16 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm
Kanchan Rajesh Carnatic Vocal Wednesday 17 March 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Nikita Menon Bharathanatyam Wednesday 17 March 8.45 pm – 10.15 pm
Suman Sambamurthy Carnatic vocal Thursday 18 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Sanusha S. Sritharan Bharathanatyam Thursday 18 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm
SIFAS Orchestra Music Friday 19 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
S. Hariharan Carnatic Vocal Friday 19 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm
Priyadarshini Violin Saturday 20 March 9.30 am – 10.15 am
Ganesh & Sriram Carnatic vocal Saturday 20 March 10.20 am – 11.05 am
Sharanya Rao Violin Saturday 20 March 11.10 am – 11.55 am
Sharadh Rajaram Carnatic Vocal Saturday 20 March 12.00 nn – 12.45 pm
K. Sowndarya Violin Saturday 20 March 2.00 pm – 2.45 pm
Nishanth Thiagarajan Carnatic vocal Saturday 20 March 2.50 pm – 3.35 pm
Malavika Nair Bharathanatyam Saturday 20 March 4.00 pm – 4.45 pm
Shivani Rajaram Bharathanatyam Saturday 20 March 4.50 pm – 5.35 pm
Niharika Nair Kathak Saturday 20 March 5.40 pm – 6.25 pm
Maanasa Sri Ganesh Bharathanatyam Saturday 20 March 6.30 pm – 7.15 pm
Aparna Premkumar Bharathanatyam Saturday 20 March 7.20 pm – 8.05 pm
Sambavi Rajangam Bharathanatyam Saturday 20 March 8.10 pm – 8.55 pm
Mitali Sadhan Kathak Saturday 20 March 9.00 pm – 9.45 pm
Marathi Mandal Group Music & Dance Sunday 21 March 10.30 am – 12.00 nn
Sudarshan Narasimhan Carnatic vocal Monday 22 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Sanjit Lal Bharathanatyam Monday 22 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm (SIFAS Guru)
Srividya Sriram Carnatic Vocal Wednesday 24 March 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm
Soumya & Shubhra Bharathanatyam Duet Wednesday 24 March 8.45 pm – 9.30 pm
Thayapari Niranjan Veena Thursday 25 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm
Aarthi Devarajan Bharathanatyam Thursday 25 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm
Mummoortigal Vizha led by Malladi Brothers Sunday 28 March 9.00 am – 12.00 nn

[rshankar]

The schedule is VERY tough to navigate as is..for the sake of interested patrons, I wonder if it can be split date-wise, and then, time-slot-wise...

[ramarama]

sorry about that - i tried to get a version from the organizers in word format that i could format nicely but couldn't so just cut and pasted off a pdf version. but the list is in chronological order from the earliest date to the last, and within each date in order of time slots - it is just that the date and time details appear at the end of each record rather than at the beginning. I didn't realize it would be tough to follow. Will try to format a bit better and repost later this weekend.

[ramarama]

I re-worked the formatting a bit for the pleasure and convenience of the avid rasikas.org reader who might be planning a trip to Singapore just to catch this exciting action! This list only has the free concerts at the SIFAS campus; the ticketed ones are listed in the earlier post above.

DATE TIME ARTISTES CATEGORY
Friday 12 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Kumar Mukherjee Hindustani Vocal
Friday 12 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm Asha Anand Mohiniaattam
Saturday 13 March 9.30 am – 11.00 am Sriram Sami Violin Solo
Saturday 13 March 11.15 am – 1.15pm Alleppey G. Lakshmi Carnatic Vocal
Saturday 13 March 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm Sonali Sinha Biswas Hindustani Vocal
Saturday 13 March 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm G. Sridhar Flute
Saturday 13 March 6.15pm – 8.15 pm V. Shankaranarayanan Carnatic Vocal
Saturday 13 March 8.30 pm – 10.00 pm Anuka King Bharathanatyam
Sunday 14 March 9.30 am – 11.30 am Rama Prasad Veena
Sunday 14 March 11.45 am – 1.15 pm Bharati Murali Carnatic Vocal
Sunday 14 March 2.15 pm – 3.45 pm Rajaraman Iyer Carnatic Vocal
Sunday 14 March 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm Sushma Somasekharan Caranatic Vocal
Sunday 14 March 6.30 pm – 9.00 pm Saketharaman Carnatic Vocal
Monday 15 March 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Rasika Viswanath Carnatic vocal
Monday 15 March 8.45 pm – 10.15 pm Roopika Joseph Bharathanatyam
Tuesday 16 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Sripriya S Carnatic vocal
Tuesday 16 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm Tanvi Baskar Bharathanatyam
Wednesday 17 March 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Kanchan Rajesh Carnatic Vocal
Wednesday 17 March 8.45 pm – 10.15 pm Nikita Menon Bharathanatyam
Thursday 18 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Suman Sambamurthy Carnatic vocal
Thursday 18 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm Sanusha S. Sritharan Bharathanatyam
Friday 19 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm SIFAS Orchestra Music
Friday 19 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm S. Hariharan Carnatic Vocal
Saturday 20 March 9.30 am – 10.15 am Priyadarshini Violin
Saturday 20 March 10.20 am – 11.05 am Ganesh & Sriram Carnatic vocal
Saturday 20 March 11.10 am – 11.55 am Sharanya Rao Violin
Saturday 20 March 12.00 nn – 12.45 pm Sharadh Rajaram Carnatic Vocal
Saturday 20 March 2.00 pm – 2.45 pm K. Sowndarya Violin
Saturday 20 March 2.50 pm – 3.35 pm Nishanth Thiagarajan Carnatic vocal
Saturday 20 March 4.00 pm – 4.45 pm Malavika Nair Bharathanatyam
Saturday 20 March 4.50 pm – 5.35 pm Shivani Rajaram Bharathanatyam
Saturday 20 March 5.40 pm – 6.25 pm Niharika Nair Kathak
Saturday 20 March 6.30 pm – 7.15 pm Maanasa Sri Ganesh Bharathanatyam
Saturday 20 March 7.20 pm – 8.05 pm Aparna Premkumar Bharathanatyam
Saturday 20 March 8.10 pm – 8.55 pm Sambavi Rajangam Bharathanatyam
Saturday 20 March 9.00 pm – 9.45 pm Mitali Sadhan Kathak
Sunday 21 March 10.30 am – 12.00 nn Marathi Mandal Group Music & Dance
Monday 22 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Sudarshan Narasimhan Carnatic vocal
Monday 22 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm Sanjit Lal Bharathanatyam
Wednesday 24 March 6.30 pm to 8.30 pm Srividya Sriram Carnatic Vocal
Wednesday 24 March 8.45 pm – 9.30 pm Soumya & Shubhra Bharathanatyam Duet
Thursday 25 March 6.30 pm – 8.00 pm Thayapari Niranjan Veena
Thursday 25 March 8.15 pm – 9.45 pm Aarthi Devarajan Bharathanatyam
Sunday 28 March 9.00 am – 12.00 nn Mummoortigal Vizha led by Malladi Brothers

[Ramsu]

wow it looks like almost a month long festival. thanks for sharing the schedule. I might be travelling to singapore on work around the last wek of march; if that plan firms up, hope to catch Sashank or Malladi brothers. Can we walk-in to get the tickets?
Pity I will be missing Sankaranarayanan and Saketharaman by a week!

[ramarama]

Yes, those concerts are in a mammoth auditorium, at the Esplanade. So you should be able to buy tickets at the box office. You could also book yourself in advance at www.sistic.com if you know you are coming for sure.

The free SIFAS concerts at month end (especially Srividya Sriram) are also well worth attending, and the Mummoorthigal Vizha is always a very evocative affair - with the Malladi brothers heading the ensemble this year (was Sikkil Gurucharan last year, and T M Krishna the year before that).

[gobilalitha]

wishing the function success. Really nice to see so many youngsters getting chances. very happy that this music festival is gaining strength year by year . gobilalitha

[VK RAMAN]

Do SIFAS also go through rigorous scrutiny and vicious attacks, as is being done with Cleveland Aradhana? If not can some one share the secret with rasikas?

[gobilalitha]

De finitely not . youngsters are encouraged gobilalitha