Over 40 veena and string instrument artistes will feature in the annual Veena Mahotsavam that is curated by Bharata Ilango Foundation for Asian Culture; it is on from Sept.5 to 16 at the mini hall of Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet.
Concerts ( about four) are held daily from 5.30 pm, featuring among others, well-known artistes like Ramana Balachandra, Allam Durga Prasad, N. Ravikiran and Jayanthi Kumaresh.
All concerts are webcast live at www.kalakendra.com
Schedule:
BHARATA ILANGO FOUNDATION FOR ASIAN CULTURE (BIFAC) NARADA GANA SABHA TRUST &
KALAKENDRA.COM VEENA MAHOTSAVAM 2025
From September 5 to 16, 2025 at NGS Mini Hall (Swami Haridoss Giri Hall), TTK Road, Chennai-600018
Friday, September 5, 2025
06-00 PM: Inauguration 06-30 PM: Dr S. Nityashri
07-00 PM: Tata Banumathi (Pondy) 07-30 PM: Salai V. Lakshana
08-00 PM: N. Ananthanarayanan 08-30 PM: Rajesh Vaidya
Mridangam: Karakurichi N. Mohanraman Ghatam: Karakurichi N. Subramaniam
Saturday, September 6, 2025
05-00 PM: Sangeetha Narayanan (Pondy) 05-30 PM: S. Swaminathan (Thiruvaiyaru) 06-00 PM: Shrievats
06-30 PM: Hariram
Mridangam: Sai Sarangan (Australia) Ghatam: S. Hariharasubramaniam
07-00 PM: Meenakshi Somasundaram 07-30 PM: J. Yogavandana (Bengaluru) 08-00 PM: Baradwaj Raman
08-30 PM: S.R. Padmavathi & S.R. Radha
Mridangam: Madippakkam Suresh Ghatam: Madippakkam Murali
Sunday, September 7, 2025
05-00 PM: S. Venkataramana
05-30 PM: Vinayak Vaidyanathan (Bengaluru) 06-00 PM: Rakshita Ramesh (Bengaluru)
06-30 PM: Dr B. Durga Prasad & B. Veenadhari (Visag)
Mridangam: Mudhra Bhaskar
Ghatam: H. Sivaramakrishnan
07-00 PM: Anahita Ravindran (Chitravina)
07-30 PM: Bhargavi Balasubramaniam (Chitravina) 08-00 PM: Allam Durga Prasad (Gottuvadyam)
08-30 PM: N. Ravikiran (Chitravina)
Mridangam: Vijay Natesan Ghatam: N. Guruprasad
Monday, September 8, 2025
06-00 PM: U. Subramania Raju (Mandolin) 06-30 PM: Saiganesh (Mandolin)
07-00 PM: U. Jayavigneshwar (Mandolin) 07-30 PM: Narren Krishna (Mandolin)
08-00 PM: U.P. Raju & U. Nagamani (Mandolin) 08-30 PM: U. Rajesh (Mandolin)
Mridangam: N. Ramakrishnan Ghatam: N. Rajaraman
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
06-30 PM: V. Balasubramaniam & Vishnu 07-00 PM: Niveditha Arun (Bengaluru) 07-30 PM: N. Vijayalakshmi
08-00 PM: Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna 08-30 PM: T.T. Narendran
Mridangam: Melakaveri K. Balaji Ghatam: H. Prasanna
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
06-30 PM: Yuko Matoba (Japan) 07-00 PM: Srividhya Viswanath
07-30 PM: Lakshmi Ramasubramaniam 08-00 PM: Karakurichi Balaji
08-30 PM: S. Sundar
Mridangam: B. Sivaraman Ghatam: Trichy Murali
Thursday, September 11, 2025
(Guru & Sishya Duet)
06-30 PM: Malathi Krishnamani & Venkatesh (Kumbakonam) 07-00 PM: Dr. Satyavathi & N. Prathiksha (Tirupati)
07-30 PM: Jayalakshmi Sekar & Samanvitha Sivakumar 08-00 PM: Dr. Shobana Swaminathan & V. Dhanyaa
08-30 PM: Dr. Rukmani Kannan & V. Uma Shankari
Mridangam: B. Ganapathiraman
Ghatam: Chandrasekhara Sarma
Friday, September 12, 2025
(Gen Nxt Young Stars) 05-00 PM: Sanjana & Samrutha 05-20 PM: Hiranmayi
05-40 PM: Vaidehi Balasubramanian
06-00 PM: Haripriya
06-30 PM: Ramkumar
Mridangam: Varun Krishnamurthy Ghatam: Ranganathan
07-00 PM: Himani Ananth (Bengaluru) 07-30 PM: B. Sai Harinni
08-00 PM: Charulatha Chandrasekar 08-30 PM: Veena Venkatramani
Mridangam: Akshay Ram Ghatam: S. Krishna
Saturday, September 13, 2025
05-00 PM: Aparna Vaidyanathan
05-30 PM: N.R. Vedhavalli 06-00 PM: M.N. Seshadri
06-30 PM: GRS Murthy & Sivaranjani
Mridangam: Thillaisthanam Suryanarayanan Ghatam: Narasimhan
(All in the Family)
07-00 PM: Karakurichi Ravi & Shyamala Ravi 07-30 PM: T.R. Sambasivan & T.S. Aparna
08-00 PM: Dr R.S. Jayalakshmi & Chandrasekar 08-30 PM: Jeyaraaj Krishnan & Jaysri Jeyaraaj
Mridangam: Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan Ghatam: G. Ravichandran
Sunday, September 14, 2025
(All in the Family)
05-00 PM: Usha Bharadwaj & J. Bharadwaj 05-30 PM: NVS Radha & Sashank Mallya
06-00 PM: Sujana Vadlamani & Srividya Vadlamani 06-30 PM: Kalyani Ganesan & Shubha Ganesan
Mridangam: Thirucherai Koushik
Ghatam: Nanganallur Swaminathan
07-00 PM: S.P. Ramh & Pavithra Mahesh
07-30 PM: Emani Lalitha Krishna & Emani Poornima 08-00 PM: Mudikondan Ramesh & Sowmya
08-30 PM: R. Parthasarathy & Padma Mohan
Mridangam: Kishore Ramesh
Ghatam: D.V. Venkatasubramaniam
Monday, September 15, 2025
06-30 PM: Srinivasa Prasanna (Bengaluru) 07-00 PM: Mahadevan Sriram (Trivandrum) 07-30 PM: D. Balakrishna (Bengaluru)
08-00 PM: Ramana Balachandran (Thiruvannamalai) 08-30 PM: Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh (Bengaluru)
Mridangam: J. Vaidyanathan Ghatam: Dr S. Karthick
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
06-30 PM: Vishwas Hari (Mandolin)
07-00 PM: Jayashree Aravind (Coimbatore) 07-30 PM: Dr. Suma Sudhindra (Bengaluru) 08-00 PM: Revathi Sadasivam (Bengaluru) 08-30 PM: Y.G. Srilatha Nikshith (Bengaluru)
Violin: Shreelakshmi Bhat Mridangam: M.S. Venkatasubramaniam
Sunday, September 21, 2025
06-30 PM: 108 VEENA NADANJALI at Sadguru Gnanananda Hall (NGS Main Hall)
Mridandam: Aswini Srinivasan Ghatam: Shrisainath
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