CHENNAI, December 2: The 82nd annual conference and concerts of The Music Academy will get under way here on December 15. The Vice-President of India, Mr. M. Hamid Ansari, will be the chief guest at the inauguration of this year's festival. The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Mr. Surjit Singh Barnala, will preside over the inaugural function. Vidwan A.K.C. Natarajan will be conferred the title Sangita Kalanidhi on January 1 at the Sadas.

December 15, 2008 (MON)
04:00 PM	Mangala Isai Nadaswaram By Srikalahasthi Munikumar & Srikalahasthi Muni Gajendra Y. L. Srinivasulu (Tavil ) A. Munuswamy (Tavil )
05:15 PM	Inauguration
07:00 PM	Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan (Vocal) M. A. Sundhareswaran (Violin) Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam) N. Govindarajan (Ghatam)
December 16, 2008 (TUE)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Injikkudi E. M. Subramaniam (Nadaswaram) Thiruvalaputhur T. A. Kaliyamoorthy (Tavil) Mannargudi R.Vasudevan (Tavil)
12:00 PM (Junior)	S. Maalavika (Vocal) M. Vijay (Violin) Kapa Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal) Shertalai R. Sivakumar (Violin) Nellai D. Kannan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal) V. L. Kumar (Violin) B. Ganapathi Raman (Mridangam) Trivandrum D.Rajagopal (Kanjira)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior )	N. Vijay Siva (Vocal) Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
December 17, 2008 (WED)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Dr. T. S. Sathiyavathi (Vocal) Anuradha Sridhar (Violin) Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridangam) Adambakkam K.Shankar (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Manasi Prasad (Vocal) R. Raghul (Violin) Trivandrum N.Hariharan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Nisha Rajagopal (Vocal) Poorna Vaidyanathan (Violin) Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	O. S. Arun (Vocal) Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam) N. Govindarajan (Ghatam) Tirukkannapuram Sowrirajan (Moharsing)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena) Bangalore Arjun Kumar (Mridangam) Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
December 16, 2008 (MON)
09:15 AM	Injikkudi E. M. Subramaniam (Nadaswaram) Thiruvalaputhur T. A. Kaliyamoorthy (Tavil) Mannargudi R.Vasudevan (Tavil)
12:00 PM	S. Maalavika (Vocal) M. Vijay (Violin) Kapa Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)
01:45 PM	Sriram Parthasarathy (Vocal) Shertalai R. Sivakumar (Violin) Nellai D. Kannan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM	Lakshmi Rangarajan (Vocal) V. L. Kumar (Violin) B. Ganapathi Raman (Mridangam) Trivandrum D.Rajagopal (Kanjira)
07:00 PM	N. Vijay Siva (Vocal) Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
December 18, 2008 (THU)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. N. Ramani, R. Thyagarajan and R. Athulkumar (Flute Trio) H. K. Venkataram (Violin) Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) Adambakkam K.Shankar (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	G. Ravikiran (Vocal) Akkarai Sorna Latha (Violin) N C Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Mambalam Sisters Vijayalakshmi & Chitra (Vocal) Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan (Violin) Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena) Mysore Manjunath (Violin) Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao (Mridangam) C. P. Vyasa Vittala (Kanjira) A. S. Krishnan (Moharsing)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Gayatri Girish (Vocal) B. U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin) Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam) Madipakkam A. Murali (Ghatam)
December 19, 2008 (FRI)
09:15 AM	Rama Ravi (Vocal) Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin) Tanjore Kumar (Mridangam) K. S. Rangachary (Kanjira)
12:00 PM (Junior)	T. S. Pattabhirama Pandit (Vocal) Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin) Karra Srinivasa Rao (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Sumithra Vasudev (Vocal) Amirtha Murali (Violin) B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	O. S. Thyagarajan (Vocal) T. K. V. Ramanujacharyalu (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam) E. M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Gayatri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin) N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam) N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
December 20, 2008 (SAT)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	D. Balakrishna (Veena) Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam) A. S. Shankar (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	M. R. Subramaniam (Vocal) B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) A. V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal) Avaneeswaram Vinu (Violin) H. S. Sudhindra (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin Duet) K. V. Prasad (Mridangam) K. V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Malladi Brothers - Sriram Prasad and Ravikumar (Vocal) Embar S.Kannan (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman (Mridangam) B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)
December 21, 2008 (SUN)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	A. K. C. Natarajan (Clarinet) Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekaran (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam) K. V. R. S. Mani (Kanjira) Malaikottai R. M. Deenadayalu (Moharsing)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Manjari Chandran Ramesh (Veena) Ashwin Sridharan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Abishek Raghuram (Vocal) Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin) A. Anand (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal) Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin) K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam) N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Kadri Gopalnath (Saxophone) A. Kanyakumari (Violin) Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel (Tavil) Bangalore N. Amrit (Kanjira) Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (Moharsing)
December 22, 2008 (MON)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Sangita Kalanidhi R. Vedavalli (Vocal) Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam) H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Sandeep Narayan (Vocal) C. V. Krishnasubramanyian (Violin) S. J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Savita Narasimhan (Vocal) Nishanth Chandran (Violin) Manakkal R. Sriram (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	T. V. Ramprasad (Vocal) V. V. Ravi (Violin) Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam) Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Maharajapuram S. Ramachandran (Vocal) Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) B. Harikumar (Mridangam) Coimbatore V. Mohanram (Ghatam)
December 23, 2008 (TUE)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Raji Gopalakrishnan(Vocal) V. V. Srinivasa Rao (Violin) A. S. Ranganathan (Mridangam) Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (Moharsing)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Swarna Rethas (Vocal) S. Karthick (Violin) Umayalpuram V. Kalyanaraman (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Jayashree Aravind (Veena) Trivandrum R.Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam) Udupi Balakrishnan (Ghatam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Sreevalsan J Menon (Vocal) M. A. Sundhareswaran (Violin) R. Ramesh (Mridangam) Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	U. Shrinivas and U. Rajesh (Mandolin) H. K. Venkatram (Violin) B. Harikumar (Mridangam) S. V. Ramani (Ghatam) T. Selvaganesh (Kanjira)
December 24, 2008 (WED)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Kalyanapuram K. Aaravamudachariar (Harikatha) on ”Kulasekhara Vaibhavam” Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin) Melacauvery K. Balaji (Mridangam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Padma Sugavanam (Vocal) K. P. Nandini (Violin) Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Kunnakudi M Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) R. Ambika Prasad (Violin) Konerirajapuram V. Varadarajan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	S. Sowmya (Vocal) Dr. M. Narmada (Violin) Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam) Udupi S. Sreedhar (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Sriram Parsuram (Violin) Mannargudi Easwaran (Mridangam) V. Suresh (Ghatam)
December 25, 2008 (THU)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Sangita Kalanidhi T. N. Krishnan (Violin) Viji Natarajan, Sriram Krishnan (Violin Support) Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam) Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	V. Ranjani Hebbar (Vocal) T. Hemamalini (Violin) P. K. Babu (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Carnatica Brothers – K N Sashikiran & P Ganesh (Vocal) Dr. Jyotsna Shrikanth (Violin) Delhi S. Sairam (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal) M. A. Krishnaswamy (Violin) Neyveli Skandasubramanian (Mridangam) H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Sangita Kalanidhi Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan (Vocal) Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekaran (Violin) Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam) Udupi S.Sreedhar (Ghatam)
December 26, 2008 (FRI)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Bombay Sisters C. Saroja & C. Lalitha (Vocal) Usha Rajagopalan (Violin) K. R. Ganesh (Mridangam) Trichy Murali (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Prasanna Venkataraman (Vocal) Arunachala Karthik (Violin) P. Jaya Bhaskar (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Madurai T.N.S.Krishna (Vocal) Melacauvery K. Thiagarajan (Violin) M. S. Varadan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Bombay Jayashri (Vocal) H. N. Bhaskar (Violin) J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) Dr. S.Karthick (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Hyderabad Brothers – D. Raghavachari & D. Seshachari (Vocal) S. Varadarajan (Violin) M. L. N. Raju (Mridangam) N. Somayajulu (Ghatam)
December 27, 2008 (SAT)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Charumathi Ramachandran (Vocal) M. R. Gopinath (Violin) M. L. N.Raju (Mridangam) Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Amritha Murali (Vocal) Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin) Tanjore K. Praveenkumar (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	R. Suryaprakash (Vocal) V. Sureshbabu (Violin) Madipakkam Suresh (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Aruna Sairam (Vocal) H. N. Bhaskar (Violin) J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	T. M. Krishna (Vocal) R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin) K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam) B. S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
December 28, 2008 (SUN)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	A. Kanyakumari (Violin) Embar S. Kannan (Violin Support) Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam) Bangalore N. Amrit (Kanjira)
12:00 PM (Junior)	K. Gayatri (Vocal) L. Ramakrishnan (Violin) R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	S. Saketharaman (Vocal) Nagai R. Sriram (Violin) Trivandrum V Balaji (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal) M.R.Gopinath (Violin) Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) R. Raman (Moharsing)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal) R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin) Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam) V. Suresh (Ghatam)
December 29, 2008 (MON)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Rudrapatnam Brothers R. N. Thiyagarajan and R.N.Tharanathan (Vocal) C. N. Chandrasekaran (Violin) V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam) B. S .Purushothaman (Kanjira) Srirangam Kannan (Moharsing)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin) K. Ramasubramanian (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Sriram Gangadharan (Vocal) R. Satish Kumar (Violin) Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal) B. Raghavendra Rao Thanjavur Ramadas (Mridangam) Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Sanjay Subramaniam (Vocal) S. Varadarajan (Violin) Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam) Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (Moharsing)
December 30, 2008 (TUE)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	Parassala Ponnammal (Vocal) Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin) C. Chaluvaraju (Mridangam) Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	S. M. Vilasini (Vocal) S. P. Ananthapadmanabhan (Violin) Kumbakonam K.Swaminathan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Shertalai Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) A. G. A. Gnanasundaram (Violin) Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Sangeetha Sivakumar (Vocal) V. V. S. Murari (Violin) Melacauvery K. Balaji (Mridangam) Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) Mysore V.Srikanth (Violin) Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam) T. V. Vaasan (Ghatam)
December 31, 2008 (WED)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	M.S.Sheela (Vocal) V. Nalina Mohan (Violin) Palladam R. Ravi (Mridangam) Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12:00 PM (Junior)	Aditya Prakash (Vocal) Parur M. S. Ananthakrrishnan (Violin) Thillaisthanam R. Suriyanarayanan (Mridangam)
01:45 PM (Sub Senior)	Jayaprada Ramamurthy (Flute) V. L. Sudarshan (Violin) Mannargudi N.Subramanian (Mridangam)
04:15 PM (Evening I Senior)	Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal) Pakala Ramadas (Violin) V. V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam) G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	Hindustani Music By Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar & Party
January 01, 2009 (THU)
09:15 AM (Morning / Senior)	S. Shashank (Flute) Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin) Patri Satishkumar & V. V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam)
03:45 PM	Mangala Isai: Nadaswaram by Tirumeignanam Brothers T. K. R Ayyappan and Meenachisundaram with Tirukkadaiyur T G Babu & Perambalur N Manikandan (Tavil)
05:00 PM	Sadas
07:00 PM (Evening II Senior)	“PANCHA VADHYAM” by Guru Karraikkudi R Mani (Mridangam) Bikram Ghosh (Tabla) Thiruppangoor T. Muthukumaraswamy (Tavil) Sankarankutty Marar - (Chendai) Ravishankar Upadhyaya (Pakwaj)

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