CHENNAI, November 5: The 83rd annual conference and concerts of The Music Academy will get under way here at the T.T. Krishnamachari Auditorium on December 15, 2009 and will last till January 1, 2010. International Chess champion Viswanathan Anand will the chief guest at the inaugural function, which will begin at 5.15 p.m. on December 15. Vidvan Valayapatti Shri. A.R. Subramaniam will presides over the conference.

The Union Home Minister, Mr. P. Chidambaram, will preside over the sadas, which will be held at 5 p.m. on January 2010.

83rd Annual Conference & Concerts 15th December 2009 to 1st January 2010 at the T.T. Krishnamachari Auditorium
Shri. VISWANATHAN ANAND International Chess Champion - Chief Guest Inaugurates 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, Decemhber 15, 2009	Vidvan Valayapatti Shri. A.R. SUBRAMANIAM Presides over the Conference	Shri. P. CHIDAMBARAM Hon’ble Union Home Minister Presides over the Sadas 5.00 p.m., Friday, 1st January 2010

Dec. 15, Tue 2009
4.00 p.m. - 5 .00 p.m.	Mangala Isai - Nadaswaram
5 .15 p.m.	Inauguration
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal) Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekaran (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Vellore G. Ramabhadran (Mridangam) T.V. Vaasan (Ghatam)
Dec. 16, Wed
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Seshampatti T. Sivalingam (Nadaswaram) Mannargudi R. Vasudevan (Tavil) Kovilur K.G. Kalyanasundaram (Tavil)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal) L. Ramakrishnan (Violin) Nirmal Narayan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Carnatica Brothers K.N. Sashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal) Idappally Ajith Kumar (Violin) Trivandrum R. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Revathy Krishna (Veena) Prapancham Ravindran (Mridangam) Trichy K. Murali (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	N. Vijay Siva (Vocal) R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin) Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) V. Suresh (Ghatam)
Dec. 17, Thu
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Suguna Varadachari (Vocal) V.L. Kumar (Violin) Mannarkoil J. Balaji (Mridangam) G. Ravichandran (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	A. Vasuda Kesav (Vocal) Kaushik Sivaramakrishnan (Violin) Ammangudi S. Ramanarayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	V.K. Raman (Flute) Avaneeswaram S.R. Vinu (Violin) Madurai B. Sundar (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Dr. Pantula Rama (Vocal) M.S.N. Murthy (Violin) Melakaveri K. Balaji (Mridangam) Malaikottai R.M. Deenadayalu (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena) Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi (Violin) T.V. Gopalakrishnan (Mridangam) Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
Dec. 18, Fri
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. N. Ramani, R. Thyagarajan & R. Athulkumar (Flute Trio) S.D. Sridharan (Violin) Guruvayur Dorai (Mridangam) S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Ranjani Hebbar (Vocal) Ranjani Ramakrishnan (Violin) Peravali Jaya Bhaskar (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	K. Hariprasad (Vocal) Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan (Violin) Mysore N. Sudharshan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Prema Rangarajan (Vocal) Padma Shankar (Violin) B. Ganapathyraman (Mridangam) Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Visakha Hari – Sangita Upanyasam “Vibheeshana Saranagathi” Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam) Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
Dec. 19, Sat
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Rudrapatnam Brothers R.N. Thiyagarajan & R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal) Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi (Violin) V. Kamalakar Rao (Mridangam) N. Govindarajan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Hemmige S. Prashanth (Vocal) B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) S. Arvind (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Amritha Murali (Vocal) Nishant Chandran (Violin) Nellai A. Balaji (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Malladi Brothers Sriram Prasad & Ravikumar (Vocal) S. Varadarajan (Violin) Neyveli R. Narayanan (Mridangam) S.V. Ramani (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Priya Sisters Shanmukhapriya & Haripriya (Vocal) B. Raghavendra Rao (Violin) Neyveli S. Skanda Subramanian (Mridangam) Madipakkam A. Murali (Ghatam)
Dec. 20, Sun
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Parassala B. Ponnammal (Vocal) S.R. Mahadeva Sarma (Violin) C. Chaluvaraju (Mridangam) Ernakulam S. Ramakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Girish Surendra (Vocal) Roopa Rajagopal (Violin) K.S. Ramana (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	K. Gayatri (Vocal) S.P. Anantha Padmanabha (Violin) B. Sivaraman (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Ranjani & Gayatri (Vocal) B.U. Ganeshprasad (Violin) N. Manoj Siva (Mridangam) N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Mysore M. Nagaraj & Dr. M. Manjunath (Violin Duet) Dr. Yella Venkateswara Rao (Mridangam) Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)
Dec. 21, Mon
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Kalyani Ganesan (Veena) Umayalpuram Mali (Mridangam) A.S. Shankar (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Kottakkal Ranjith Varier (Vocal) H.M. Smitha (Violin) Umayalpuram V. Kalyanaraman (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Mambalam Sisters R. Vijayalakshmi & R. Chitra (Vocal) Jyotsna Srikanth (Violin) Shertalai R. Ananthakrishnan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar (Flute) M.R. Gopinath (Violin) Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar (Mridangam) V. Umashankar (Ghatam) Trivandrum D. Rajagopal (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Delhi P. Sunderrajan (Violin) Neyveli B. Venkatesh (Mridangam) Udupi S. Sreedhar (Ghatam)
Dec. 22, Tue
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi Nedunuri Krishnamurthy (Vocal) Sriram Parsuram (Violin) Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) B.S. Purushothaman (Kanjira)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Mysore A. Chandan Kumar (Flute) Arun Ramamurthi (Violin) A.V. Manikandan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	V. Sumithra (Vocal) S. Arunachala Karthik (Violin) R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	S. Sowmya (Vocal) R.K. Shriramkumar (Violin) Poongulam Subramanian (Mridangam) Payyanur Govindaprasad (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Sikkil C. Gurucharan (Vocal) Nagai R. Sriram (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam) E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
Dec. 23, Wed
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kala Acharya Parur M.S. Anantharaman, M.A. Sundrareswaran, M.A. Krishnaswamy & M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin Quartet) Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam) E.M. Subramaniam (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Nanditha Ravi (Vocal) S. Karthick (Violin) Karra Srinivas (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Chinmaya Sisters Uma & Radhika (Vocal) Trivandrum S.R. Rajasree (Violin) Delhi S. Sairam (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	O.S. Thyagarajan (Vocal) T.H. Subramanyam (Violin) B. Harikumar (Mridangam) Coimbatore V. Mohan Ram (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	U. Shrinivas & U. Rajesh (Mandolin) Peri Sriramamurthy (Violin) Bangalore V. Praveen (Mridangam) V. Selvaganesh (Kanjira) Srirangam R. Kannan (Moharsing)
Dec. 24, Thu
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi R.K. Srikantan (Vocal) Rudrapatnam S. Ramakant (Vocal Support) Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan (Violin) Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Mridangam) B. Sree Sundarkumar (Kanjira)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	K. Bharatsundar (Vocal) K.P. Nandini (Violin) Palghat A.M. Hari Narayanan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal) Melakaveri K. Thiagarajan (Violin) V.R. Jayakumar (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	P. Unnikrishnan (Vocal) Vittal Ramamurthy (Violin) K.V. Prasad (Mridangam) Adambakkam K. Shankar (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam (Vocal) V.V.S. Murari (Violin) Madirimangalam S. Swaminathan (Mridangam) A.S. Krishnan (Moharsing)
Dec. 25, Fri
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi T.N. Krishnan & Viji Natarajan (Violin Duet) Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam) Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	D.B. Ashvin (Vocal) R. Raghul (Violin) Aswin Sridharan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Nisha P. Rajagopal (Vocal) R. Satish Kumar (Violin) P.K. Babu (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Nithyasree Mahadevan (Vocal) Dr. R. Hemalatha (Violin) Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam) H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi T.V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) Mysore V. Srikanth (Violin) Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (Mridangam) K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 26, Sat
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Bombay Sisters C. Saroja & C. Lalitha (Vocal) Usha Rajagopalan (Violin) Palladam R. Ravi (Mridangam) Nanganallur S. Swaminathan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal) Karaikal S. Venkatasubramanian (Violin) Tanjore K. Praveen Kumar (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	T.N.S. Krishna (Vocal) Anayampatti G. Venkatasubramanian (Violin) M.S. Varadan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Aruna Sairam (Vocal) H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam) Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Sreevalsan J. Menon (Vocal) C.N. Chandrashekaran (Violin) Trichur C. Narendran (Mridangam) Pudukottai N. Ramachandran (Ghatam)
Dec. 27, Sun
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Sangita Kalanidhi R. Vedavalli (Vocal) Pakala Ramadas (Violin) K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam) V. Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	T.S. Pattabhirama Pandit (Vocal) Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin) K. Sadguru Charan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	S. Saketharaman (Vocal) Charumathi Raghuraman (Violin) Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) Anuradha Sridhar (Violin) H.S. Sudhindra (Mridangam) Sukkanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	T.M. Krishna (Vocal) Mysore M. Nagaraj (Violin) Guru Kaaraikkudi R. Mani (Mridangam) Bangalore N. Amrit (Kanjira)
Dec. 28, Mon
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Tirupathi V. Haribabu & Party (Nadaswaram) Valayapatti A.R. Subramaniam & Party (Tavil)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) Akkarai S. Sornalatha (Violin) N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Nirmala Rajasekar (Veena) Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mridangam) Balaji Chandran (Ghatam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Sudha Raghunathan (Vocal) Embar S. Kannan (Violin) Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) R. Raman (Moharsing)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	O.S. Arun (Vocal) Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli (Violin) A.S. Ranganathan (Mridangam) Tirukannapuram J. Sowrirajan (Moharsing)
Dec. 29, Tue
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Dr. K. Omanakutty (Vocal) Nalina Mohan (Violin) Tanjore Ramadas (Mridangam) Papanasam S. Sethuraman (Kanjira)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Punya Srinivas (Veena) S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Savita Narasimhan (Vocal) Amirtha Murali (Violin) Erode Nagarajan (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Bombay Jayashri (Vocal) Embar S. Kannan (Violin) Patri Satishkumar (Mridangam) Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Kunnakudy M. Balamuralikrishna (Vocal) V. Sanjeev (Violin) R. Ramesh (Mridangam) V. Suresh (Ghatam)
Dec. 30, Wed
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Geetha Rajashekar (Vocal) M.A. Krishnaswamy (Violin) Tanjore S. Subramanian (Mridangam) Bangalore B. Rajasekhar (Moharsing)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal) Parur M.S. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Shertalai K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) V.L. Sudarshan (Violin) Madipakkam P. Suresh (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Sattur Sisters Lalitha Santhanam & Bhuvana Rajagopal (Vocal) Charulatha Ramanujam (Violin) Tanjore Kumar (Mridangam) K.S. Rangachary (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Sanjay Subramaniam (Vocal) Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) Mannargudi A. Easwaran (Mridangam) K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)
Dec. 31, Thu
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	Manda Sudharani (Vocal) Dr. M. Narmada (Violin) V.V. Ramanamurthy (Mridangam) N. Somayajulu (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.	S.M. Vilasini (Vocal) Chittoor K. Vijayaraghavan (Violin) Rajna Swaminathan (Mridangam)
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Salem Sriram (Vocal) R. Ambika Prasad (Violin) Kottayam G. Santosh Kumar (Mridangam)
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal) T.V. Ramanujacharlu (Violin) M.L.N. Raju (Mridangam) C.P. Vyasa Vittala (Kanjira)
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Hindustani Music Kalaapini Komkali & Party (Daughter & Disciple of Sri Kumar Gandharva) Sanjay Deshpande (Tabla) Milind Kulkarni (Harmonium)
Jan. 1, Fri
9.15 a.m.- 11.45 a.m.	S. Shashank (Flute) B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin) Arjun Kumar (Mridangam) Tripunithura N. Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)
12 Noon - 1.30 p.m.
1.45 p.m. - 3.45 p.m.	Mangala Isai Nadaswaram 3.45 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.
4.15 p.m. - 6.45 p.m.	Sadas 5.00 p.m.
7.00 p.m.- 9.30 p.m.	Special PROGRAMME “LAYA RAAGA SANGAMAM” by Sthree Thaal Tharang Sukkanya Ramgopal (Ghatam, Ghata Tharang & Konnakkol) J. Yoga Vandana (Veena) Soumya Ramachandran (Violin) Ranjani Venkatesh (Mridangam) Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna (Moharsing)
Conference Sessions: Dec 16, 2009 to Jan 1, 2010 – DAILY From 8.00 A.M. to 10.00 A.M. At The Kasturi Srinivasan Hall.

Morning Academic Sessions December 16, 2009 - January 1, 2010 Timings: Invocation : 8.00 a.m. Lecture Demos including discussions : 8.05 a.m. 10 a.m. Discussions open to audience after comments from the Experts Committee members
Date & Day	Time	Name	Topic
16.12.09 Wed	08:00–08:30 08:35–9:50	Isai Mazhalai Group Krishna V.	DEVOTIONAL MUSIC Role of Upa Pakkavadyams in concert
17.12.09 Thur	08:05-08:50	Richard Wolf	Kota Music & Drums
	09:00-10:00	Krishnamurthi B	Laya visesam in the compositions of Mummurti
17.12.09 Thur	08:05-08:50	Richard Wolf	Kota Music & Drums
	09:00-10:00	Krishnamurthi B	Laya visesam in the compositions of Mummurti
18.12.09 Fri	08:05-08:50	Suvarna Nalapat	Music Therapy
	09:00-10:00	Mukund Lath	Brhaddesi
19.12.09 Sat	08:05-08:50	Madhavi (KR) Rajagopalan	"Shahji Maharaja's contribution to Karnatic music
	09:00-10:00	Vedavalli R	Kalyan?i-Sankarabharan?am; Arabhi-Devagandhari-Sama-Kedaragaula
20.12.09 Sun	08:05-08:50	Ritha Rajan	Different versions of the compositions of Tyagaraja
	09:00-10:00	TM Krishna	Bhairavam,Sahana,Kannada, Gowrivelavali,Dhamavathi in the specific context of the Dikshitar Sampradaya, with spl ref to SSP
21.12.09 Mon	08:05-08:50	Vedavalli M B	Raga-s with dual names in post trinity period
	09:00-10:00	Gopalakrishnan, T.V.	Hindustani and Karnataka Music styles with reference to Aesthetics and Gamakas
22.12.09 Tue	08:05-08:50	Kanyakumari .A	G N Balasubramanian compositions & style
	09:00-10:00	Kausalya R	Pancamarabu
23.12.09, Wed	08:05-08:50	Balasubrahmanian B	Tunes of Nandanar Carittiram collected by T.Viswanathan
	09:00-10:00	Suguna Purushothaman	Teaching and practice of dwitala avadhanam
24.12.09 Thur	08:05-08:50	Somanathan .N.	Properties of Skin covered instruments with special reference to Tavil
	09:00-10:00	Valayapatti Subramanian	Layam-Alayam
25.12.09 Fri	08:05-08:50	Lalgudi Jayaraman assisted by GJR Krishnan	G N Balasubramanian – my association
	09:00-10:00	Seetha Rajan	Manji and allied Ragas
26.12.09 Sat	0805- 09: 35	Demo: Kalakshetra students & Musicians Lecture: Gowri Ramanarayan	Dance Music of Kalakshetra : Papanasanam Sivan – Tiger Varadachary – Mysore Vasudevachariar
27.12.09 Sun	08:05-08:50	Jayanthi Kumaresh	Styles in Vina playing
	09:00-10:00	Durga SAK	Music of East Asia – China, Japan, Korea
28.12.09 Mon	08:05-08:50	Subramaniam V	Ritigaula-Anandabhairavi
	09:00-10:00	Lipika Dasgupta	Nasrul giti
29.12.09 Tue	08:05-08:50	Hema Ramadurai	Samaveda – Sangita
	09:00-10:00	Sudha Sahgal	Sufiana Kalam
30.12.09 Wed	08:05-08:50	Charumati Ramachandran	Chatur-stree-ratna The four women legends of carnatic music- Brinda- Muktha, MS Subbulakshmi, D K Pattammal and ML Vasanthakumari.
	09:00-10:00	Malladi Brothers	Adhyatma Ramayana Sankeertanas –influence on Tyagaraja
31.12.09 Thur	08:00-08:30 08:35-09:20	Balabrundam Sangita Gurukulam Nagendra Sastri	DEVOTIONAL MUSIC Rare Javalis in rare talas
	09:25-10:15	Mallikharjuna Sarma, Akella	Easy, innovative and effective methods of teaching Karnataka Music with special reference to Svarakalpana and Ragalapana’
01.01.10 Fri	08:00-08:30 08:35- 09:30	Students of Teachers’ College of Music, The Music Academy OPEN HOUSE	DEVOTIONAL MUSIC