Pillayar Pidikka

Maximum Media and Ragamalika TV presents
the 25th year concert series at Hamsadhwani, Youth Hostel, Indira Nagar, Adyar, from Dec. 1 to 12 featuring two concerts everyday at 4.45 pm and 6.45 respectively.
All are invited.
Seating is on first come first serve basis.

Dr AKHILA SRINIVASAN, Director,
Shriram Life Insurance Co. Ltd., inaugurates

Guests of Honour :
Shri SURESH KUMAR CHIKKALA, Director, Kalakshetra Foundation
Smt. RAMYA RANGANATHAN SRINIVAS, Founder YADA & Bharat Heritage Organization (BHO), USA

Thematic Dance Feature
MYLAI KAPALEESWARAR ARUPATHUMOOVAR
Presented by
Guru Jayanthi Subramaniam & Students of Kala Darsana
Music : Dr Rajkumar Bharathi
Soundscape Design : Shri Sai Shravanam

5 pm
Siddarth Kaushik (USA) - Vocal
Arunachala Karthik - Violin
Rohit Ashok (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Krithika Natarajan (USA) - Vocal
M. Vijay - Violin
Akshay Ram - Mrudangam
Samyuktha Sreeram (USA) - Ghatam

5 pm
Janani Sriram (USA) - Vocal
Akshara Balaji (Switzerland) - Violin
Anirudh S - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Dr. Shankar Srinivas (USA) - Vocal
V.V. Ravi - Violin
Chidambaram S. Balashankar - Mrudangam

5 pm
Krupaa Lakshmi & Bhargav Hariharan (USA) - Vocal Duet
M. Vijay - Violin
Kallidaikuruchi Sivakumar - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Sharada Karthik & Dhwani Karthik (USA) - Vocal Duet
Sreeranjani Muthussubramaniam (Singapore) - Violin
Punnur Aravind Kaushik - Mrudangam

5 pm
Abhinav Harishankar (Australia) - Vocal
Sameth Seetharam (USA) - Violin
Adhi RamKumar (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Krishna Ramarathnam (Australia) - Vocal
Mahathi Balajee (Australia) - Violin
Kapil Ramanarayanan (USA) - Mrudangam

5 pm
Archit Kumar (USA) - Vocal
Srikruthi - Violin
Akshay Venkatesan (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Uma Ranganathan (Norway) - Vocal
Neela Jayakumar - Violin
V R Jaykumar - Mrudangam

5 pm
Sruthi Ganesh (USA) - Vocal
Haritha Narayanan - Violin
Krishna Srikanth (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
SPECIAL JUGALBANDHI CONCERT
J.A. Jayanth & Nandini Shankar - Flute & Violin
N.C. Bharadwaj - Mrudangam
Chandrajith - Tabla

5 pm
Nandhini Muralidharan (USA) - Vocal
Srilakshmi Bhat - Violin
Vamsi KrishnaSai Maganthi (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
SPECIAL DEVOTIONAL MUSIC : Devotional Abhangs
"ABHANGA" - a Journey to Liberation
Staff & Students of
Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence

5 pm
Tejas Murali (USA) - Violin Solo
Anirudh Bhatt - Mrudangam
G. Ravichandran - Ghatam

6:45 pm
Akshara Balaji ( USA) - Bharatanatyam

4:45 pm
Siddhartha Jagannath (USA) - Vocal
Bhargava Vignesh - Violin
Mysore L. Vadiraj - Mrudangam

6:10 pm
Sanjay Nag (USA) - Vocal
Bhargava Vignesh - Violin
Navneeth Gopinath (USA) - Mrudangam

7:15 pm
Priyanka Raghuraman (USA) - Bharatanatyam

5 pm
Mayuri Srivats (USA) - Vocal
Surup Thathachar (Singapore) - Violin
Seyoon Raghavan (Austalia) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm Maalini Chandrasekhar & Vrinda Prakash - Bharathanatyam

5 pm
Anirudh Raja (USA) - Vocal
Sriya Venkat (USA) - Violin
Vignesh Ravi (Australia) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Sahanha - Bharathanatyam
(disiciple of Gurus Smt. Revathi Ramachandran
and Smt. K. R. Manasvini)

5:15 pm
MATHRUBASHA CHOIR by Omkar SSL
(Youth Choir Music)
Conducted by
Smt Archana Sridharan & Smt Rajeshwari Harish

6.00 pm
Presentation of Global Youth Ambassador awards - 2024 by
The International Consortium of Performing Arts Organizations (ICPAO)
Launch of ICPAO and the Youth Cultural Ambassador Award /
Ilam Kalachara Thudhuvar Virithu

7 pm
Shishir & Rishab Kaushik (USA) - Saxophone & Keyboard
Rishab Ranganathan (USA) - Violin
Praseed Balaji (USA) - Mrudangam
Sathya Ganesan (USA) - Percussion

The International Consortium of Performing Arts Organizations (ICPAO) aims to bring together global organizations in the mission to provide international opportunities to young artistes at the performing level. With an aim to help build, grow and bolster the the artists musical endeavours, currently we have organisations from USA, India, Norway, Belgium, Australia, Malaysia and Japan. If your organisation is interested in being a part of the consortium please reach out to us to find out how. Membership to the consortium is open all year long and we look forward to taking this charter forward.
Join us for the launch of ICPAO and the Youth Cultural Ambassador Award / Ilam Kalachara Thudhuvar Virithu on December 30, 2024 at 5 pm at Hamsadhwani at Indira Nagar, Chennai.
Sincerely,
Co-chairs
Shri R. Sundar (Secretary, Hamsadhwani, India) and Dr. Ranjini Kaushik (President, SciArtsRUs, USA) Contact: 91 98409 84038 or 13108920794

5 pm
Sahana Prasanna (USA) - Vocal
Akshara Balaji (Switzerland) - Violin
Aashrith Aravind (USA) - Mrudangam

6:45 pm
Bhargavi Chandrasekaran (USA) -Vocal
Sahana Sreeram (USA) - Violin
Ajeeth Sridhar - Mrudangam

6 pm
Presentation of Hamsadhwani R. Ramachandran Award of Excellence
to
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN, Chennai Kendra

VANDE BHAARATHAM
Celebrating the Musical Heritage of India

6:45 pm
Thematic concert by O.S. ARUN & Party
Sponsor : Hanrag Group