CHENNAI, December 1: The 108th music festival of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will begin on December 15, 2008. His Holiness Srirangam Srimath Andavan Sri Rangaramanuja Mahadesikan Swamigal (Srimushnam) will inaugurate the festival. He will also confer the title Sangeetha Kalarsarathy on Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan.

The festival will commence with a mangala isai by Sembanarkoil brothers S.R.G.S. Mohandas and S.R.G.S. Vasanthakumars and their team. Later in the evening, there will be a vocal concert of Neyeli R. Santhanagopalan. The festival will be held at Vidya Bharathi, Bheemasena Garden Road .

For details, contact: + 91 - 44 - 2499 1248 / 4210 8574

December 16, 2008 (TUE)
08.30 AM	“Allied ragas”- Kedaragaula - Narayanagaula Anandabhairavi – Ritigaula Saveri - Salanganata by Dr. T. Sachi Devi
10.00 AM	Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal V.V. Ravi - Violin `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Mridangam Sri Sundarkumar - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	Dr. K.J. Yesudoss - Vocal Mahadeva Sharma - Violin Harikumar - Mridangam Tirupunithura Radhakrishan - Ghatam
December 17, 2008 (WED)
08.30 AM	“Pallavi in Tisra Rupaka Talam - 8 kalai - Tisra nadai” by Chingleput Ranganathan
10.00 AM	Suguna Varadachari - Vocal Padma Shankar - Violin Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
12.30 PM	Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal Srilakshmi Venkatramani - Violin Madurai B. Sundar - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Trichur Brothers - Vocal Madurai Balasubramanian - Violin Trichur R.Mohan - Mridangam B.Subba Rao - Ghatam
04.00 PM	Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal Avaneeswaram Vinu - Violin Trivandrum Vaidyanathan - Mridangam B.S. Purushothaman - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Bombay Jayashree Ramnath - Vocal Embar Kannan - Violin Arun Prakash - Mridangam K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera
December 18, 2008 (THU)
08.30 AM	“Theme for Bharatanatyam Tirukkural to Pudukavithai” by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan
10.00 AM	Sreevalsan J. Menon - Vocal M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman-Mridangam Karthick - Ghatam
12.30 PM	J.B. Kirthana - Vocal Raghul - Violin Ammangudi Ramanarayanan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	S.M. Vilasini - Vocal V. Suresh Babu - Violin Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Dr. Vijay Gopal - Flute V.V. Ravi - Violin B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam G. Ravichandran - Ghatam
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ ARUNA SAYEERAM - Vocal H.N. Baskar - Violin J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam S.V. Ramani - Ghatam B.V.S. Manian - Kanjeera & Konnakol
December 19, 2008 (FRI)
08.30 AM	“Pallavi in Misra Triputa talam - Misra nadai” by Trichy J.Venkatraman
10.00 AM	“Alathur Favourites” by Sarojini Sundaresan (London) - Vocal Meera Sivaramakrishnan - Violin V. Ramaiah - Mridangam Adambakkam Shankar - Ghatam
12.30 PM	J.B. Sruthi Sagar - Flute Raghul - Violin K. Ramasubramaniam - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Mandolin Sisters (M. Sreeusha & M. Sireesha) - Mandolin Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
04.00 PM	Mambalam Sisters - Vocal Dr. Hemalatha - Violin Nellai Balaji - Mridangam K.S. Rangachari - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Madurai T.N. SESHAGOPALAN - Vocal `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ M. Chandrasekar - Violin Dr. T.K. Murthy - Mridangam T.V. Vasan - Ghatam
December 20, 2008 (SAT)
08.30 AM	“Rasanai Ennum Yogam” by Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
10.00 AM	R. Suryaprakash - Vocal M.R. Gopinath - Violin Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
12.30 PM	Raghava Krishna - Vocal T.M. Prashanth - Violin V. Santhanagopalakrishnan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Varalakshmi Ananthkumar - Vocal Kalyani Shankar - Violin Manakkal Sriram - Mridangam
04.00 PM	T.V. Ramprasadh - Vocal Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin R.Ramesh - Mridangam N. Govindarajan - Ghatam
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ SUDHA RAGHUNATHAN - Vocal M.R. Gopinath - Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam R.Raman - Morsing
December 21, 2008 (SUN)
08.30 AM	“Metrical Forms in different Languages used in Harikatha” by Dr.Premeela Gurumurthy
10.00 AM	“Adyathma Sankeerthanas of Annamacharya” by Dr.Pappu Venugopala Rao
12.30 PM	K.H. Mangala Ravi - Vocal L. Athira Krishna - Violin Trivandrum Hariharan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal Akkarai Swarnalatha - Violin Kumbakonam Swaminathan - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal Nishanth Chand - Violin Manikandan - Mridangam A.V. Rajaram - Ghatam
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ T.V. SANKARANARAYANAN - Vocal B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin R.Ramesh - Mridangam Anriudh Athreya - Ghatam
December 22, 2008 (MON)
08.30 AM	“Tamil compositions in Sangeetha Sampradaya Pradarshini” by Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi
10.00 AM	V.K. Manimaran - Vocal M.A. Sundareswaran - Violin Srimushnam V. Raja Rao - Mridangam E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam
12.30 PM	N.R. Vedavalli - Veena Suri Upendra Narasimhan - Mridangam Arul - Ghatam
02.00 PM	L. Athira Krishna - Violin Solo Tiruvallikeni Sekar - Special Thavil A.V. Manikandan - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Carnatica Brothers K.N. Shashikiran & Ganesh - Vocal Peri Sriram Murthy - Violin V. Kamalakar Rao - Mridangam
06.30 PM	Prof. T.N. KRISHNAN - Violin Viji Krishnan Natarajan, Sriram Krishnan - Violin Trio K.V. Prasadh - Mridangam Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
December 23, 2008 (TUE)
08.30 AM	“Style of Varnam Composers” by Rajashree Ramakrishna
10.00 AM	“Swathi Vaibhavam” on Lord Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan - A Musical presentation by Kousalya Sivakumar & Party
12.30 PM	Lalitha Santhanam - Vocal R. Kailasam- Violin S. Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam
02.00 PM	N. Bhairavi & N. Malavi - Vocal Kovai Chandran - Violin Tillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam
04.00 PM	V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal Dr. R. Hemalatha - Violin Nellai Balaj - Mridangam K.S. Rangachari - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	RAVIKIRAN - Chitra Veena Neyveli Radhakrishnan - Double Violin Haridhwaramangalam A.K. Palanivel - Spl. Thavil Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
December 24, 2008 (WED)
08.30 AM	“Ilakkiyamum Isaiyum” by Dr. Sarada Nambi Arooran
10.15 AM	“Abhang Bhajans” by Pushpa Anand Muthuswami - Harmonium Manikandan - Mridangam Ganesh Rao - Tabla Dayanand - Chorus
12.30 PM	K. Mahathi - Keyboard Carnatic Pakkala Jayaprakash - Violin V. Parthasarathy - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Dr. G. Baby Sreeram - Vocal Cherthalai Sivakumar - Violin B. Sivaraman - Mridangam
04.00 PM	S. Srinivasan - Veena Thanjavur Kumar - Mridangam A.S. Murali - Ghatam
06.30 PM	PRIYA SISTERS - Vocal M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam Madipakkam Murali - Ghatam
December 25, 2008 (THU)
08.30 AM	“Role of Saraswathi Mahal Library in Propagation of Music” by Dr.B.M. Sundaram
10.00 AM	Sangeetha Upanyasam by Visaka Hari (Topic: Tyagaraja Pancharatna Vaibhavam) B. Ananthakrishnan & V. Vittal Rangan - Violin Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
12.30 PM	Cuddalore S.J. Jananiy - Vocal Melakavery Thiagarajan - Violin Bangalore H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam
02.00 PM	S. Mahathy - Vocal Melakavery Thiagarajan - Violin B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam Anirudh Athreya - Kanjeera
04.00 PM	HYDERABAD BROTHERS - Vocal S. Varadarajan - Violin Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani - Mridangam N. Amrith - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	RANJANI & GAYATHRI - Vocal Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin K.V. Prasadh - Mridangam K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera
December 26, 2008 (FRI)
08.30 AM	“The Singing Violin” Principles & Techniques towards ‘Geethavidhanam’ or ‘Gayaka’ on the Violin” by Sriram Parasuram
10.00 AM	Saketha Raman - Vocal Mysore Srikanth - Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam Sri Sundarkumar - Kanjeera
12.30 PM	Rajini Hariharan - Vocal S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin Tillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	V. Sowmyasri - Vocal S.V. Sudharshan - Violin Vazhuvoor P.K. Babu - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Sriram Gangadharan - Vocal R. Satishkumar - Violin B. Sivaraman - Mridangam Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	S. SOWMYA - Vocal R.K. Sriram Kumar - Violin Manjo Siva - Mridangam
December 27, 2008 (SAT)
08.30 AM	“Tamil Compositions of Syama Sastri and Subbaraya Sastri - A Study” by Dr. S.A.K. Durga
10.00 AM	Ghatam Dr. S. Karthick’s HeArt Beat Music Ensemble Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol and Vocal Embar Kannan - Violin Bhavani Prasad - Digital Veena Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam B.S. Purushothaman - Kanjeera B.S. Arun Kumar- Rhytham Pad
12.30 PM	Master J.A. Jayanth (Child Prodigy) - Flute Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin R.Ramkumar - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Sangeetha Vasudevan - Vocal Chidambaram G. Badrinath - Violin V.S. Raghavan - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal Mysore Srikanth - Violin A. Anand (U.S.A.) - Mridangam
06.30 PM	Dr. KADRI GOPALNATH - Saxophone A. Kanyakumari - Violin B. Harikumar - Mridangam Pandit Rajendra Nakode - Tabla N. Amruth - Kanjeera B. Rajasekhar - Morsing
December 28, 2008 (SUN)
08.30 AM	“Influence of Yoga on Voice Modulation” by Dr. T. Unnikrishnan
10.00 AM	“Naalayiramum Namum” (Our Identity with 4000 sacred collect - Prabandham ) Sublime observation by Velukkudi Sri. U.Ve. Krishnan Swami - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal - Vocal Dr. Hemalatha - Violin Nellai Balaji - Mridangam
12.30 PM	B. Suchitra (Grand daughter of Thanjavur Kamala Murthy) - Harikatha Neela Jayakumar - Violin V.R. Jayakumar - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Toronto Brothers (Ashwin Iyer and Rohin Iyer) - Vocal; G. Bharati - Violin ; Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam ; E.M.Subramanian - Ghatam
04.00 PM	Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal; Cherthalai Sivakumar - Violin Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam Nanganallur Swaminathan - Ghatam
06.30 PM	`Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ SANJAY SUBRAMANIAN - Vocal Nagai Muralidharan - Violin Thanjavur Ramdas - Mridangam Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjeera
December 29, 2008 (MON)
08.30 AM	“Tillana and its Special Features” by Dr. M.B. Vedavalli
10.00 AM	Regional Unity Concert (with: Sri Lalithakala Academy Foundation, Mysore; Sponsored by: South Zone Cultural Centre, Thanjavur) S.Shankar (Bangalore) - Vocal Mysore Srikanth - Violin Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam S.V. Ramani - Ghatam
12.30 PM	Karthika Anaga (Hyderabad) - Vocal K.J. Dileep - Violin Vaitheeswarankoil Parthasarathy - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Amrutha Murali - Vocal; L. Ramakrishnan - Violin ; R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Uttar-Dakshin “Dasavani” Manasi Prasad - Carnatic Music Style Smitha Bellur - Hindustani Style Srilakshmi Venkatramani - Violin Nadhabrahmam Subramaniam - Mridangam
06.30 PM	GAYATHRI VENKATRAGHAVAN - Vocal Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam R.Raman - Morsing
December 30, 2008 (TUE)
08.30 AM	“The role of Varna in Voice training” by Sumathi Krishnan
10.00 AM	Namasankeerthanam by Udayalur Kalyanarama Bhagavathar & Party
12.30 PM	Harini Krishnan - Vocal Kovai Chandran- Violin Trivandrum Hariharan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Shankar Ramani - Vocal Aanyampatti Venkatasubramaniam - Violin Manikkudi Chandrasekaran - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Dr. R. Ganesh - Vocal M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin Vellore G. Ramabadran - Mridangam Srirangam Kannan - Morsing
06.30 PM	T.M. Krishna - Vocal T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu - Violin Guruvayur Durai - Mridangam B.S. Purushothaman - Kanjeera
December 31, 2008 (WED)
08.30 AM	“Compositions on Godess Lakshmi by Various Composers” by Dr.V.V. Srivatsa
10.00 AM	“Tyagaraja caught the Raga, Dikshitar taught the raga”- A Practical Elucidation by `Nadha Yogi’ Prof. S.R. Janakiraman
12.30 PM	Niranjana Srinivasan - Vocal M. Rajiv - Violin J. Arvind - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Swarna Rethas - Vocal R. Ambika Prasad - Violin Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
04.30 PM	Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal Balu Raghuram - Violin K.V. Prasad - Mridangam Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam
07.15 PM	“Bhajan Sandhya” by O.S. Arun Embar Kannan - Violin J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam Ganapathy - Tabla Kalaiselvam - Tala
January 01, 2008 (THU)
10.00 AM	“Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam” by Velukkudi Sri Krishnan Swami
04.00 PM	Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal T.K.V. Ramanujacharyulu - Violin J. Vaidyanathan - Mridangam
06.30 PM	NITHYASHREE MAHADEVAN - Vocal B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin I. Sivakumar- Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
January 02, 2008 (FRI)
08.30 AM	“Swarajathis of Veena Seshanna” with Demo on Veena” by Shobana Swaminathan
10.00 AM	Prema Rangarajan - Vocal Padma Shankar - Violin Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam N. Guruprasadh - Ghatam
12.30 PM	Subhasree Ramamurthy - Vocal S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin S.G. Balakrishnan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	Nithya & Vidya - Vocal Parur Ananthkrishnan - Violin Saheelan Sinnarajah - Mridangam
04.00 PM	P.V. Parameswaran - Vocal M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin Manakkal Sriram - Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
06.30 PM	Geetha Krishnamurthy - Veena Tirupati M. Sudhakar - Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
January 03, 2008 (SAT)
08.30 AM	“Hindustani Compositions of Swati Tirunal” by Ganga Ramachandran
10.00 AM	N.C. Soundaravalli - Vocal B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan- Ghatam R.V.P. Balachandran - Morsing
12.30 PM	T.H. Thyagarajan - Vocal Sadagopan - Violin R. Karthikeyan - Mridangam
02.00 PM	K. Gayathri - Vocal Ambika Prasadh- Violin Erode Nagaraj - Mridangam
04.00 PM	Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal Padma Shankar - Violin B. Ganapathyraman - Mridangam K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera
06.30 PM	P. UNNIKRISHNAN - Vocal Pakkala Ramdas - Violin Cherthalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam S. Karthick - Ghatam