PAST EVENTS
2023
Sun, Oct 01Woodside High Performing Arts CenterOct 01, 2023, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDTWoodside High Performing Arts Center, 199 Churchill Ave, Woodside, CA 94062, USAAccompanied by Kamalakiran Vinjamuri on Violin Sumesh Narayanan on Mridangam Anirudh Athreya on Khanjira
Sun, Oct 08Milpitas High School TheatreOct 08, 2023, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM PDTMilpitas High School Theatre, 1285 Escuela Pkwy, Milpitas, CA 95035, USAAccompanied by: Vidwan. Vijay Muraleedharan on Violin; Vidwan Sai Raghavan on Mridangam.
Sun, Oct 08Milpitas High School TheatreOct 08, 2023, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDTMilpitas High School Theatre , 1285 Escuela Pkwy, Milpitas, CA 95035, USAAccompanied by: Vidwan Sri. Sayee Rakshith on Violin; Vidwan Sri. Praveen Sparsh on Mridangam.
Sun, Nov 05Willow Glen Middle School TheaterNov 05, 2023, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM PSTWillow Glen Middle School Theater, 2105 Cottle Ave, San Jose, CA 95125, USAA grand Carnatic Vocal Concert on the closing event of the year. Vidwan Sri. Rajeev Mukundan on Violin; Vidwan Sri. Thanjavur K. Muruga Boopathi on Mridangam.
Sat, Feb 10Cubberley Theater Palo AltoFeb 10, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PMCubberley Theater Palo AltoA thematic concert presented by Anuradha Sridhar and Team. The play describes a boat journey by the Gopis and a 7 years old Krishna on the Yamuna river. Krishna creates an illusory storm to challenge the pride of the Gopis.
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Jagat Janani is a unique Bharatanatyam concert demonstrating the power of The Universal Mother. Jagat Janani is the result of collaborative and creative choreography of leading Bay Area dance schools - Shri Krupa Dance Company, Abhinaya Dance Company, Nrithyollasa Dance Academy, and Kala Vandana Dance Company.
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Vasanthothsavam Series of Concerts
Vocal: Vid. Shri T.N Arunagiri
Violin: Vid. Vignesh Thyagarajan
Mridangam: Vid. Ajay Gopi.
Date:
July 10 2021, 6.00pm PDT
Concert Schedule (All concerts will begin at 6.30 PM PST):
13-Mar-2021 – Vid. Smt. Chandrika Pai
27-Mar-2021 – Vid. Smt. NCS Ravali
10-Apr-2021 – Vid. Kum. Roopa Mahadevan
24-Apr-2021 – Harikatha by Vidwan Shri Ashok Subramanian
08-May-2021 – Vocal concert by Vidwan Shri Anil Narasimha
22-May-2021 – Vocal concert by Vidwan Shri Krishna Parthasarathy
Date:
See above
“Mano RaGaRanjani” is an exquisite online vocal duet by
Vidushis Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayathri
Vidwan Rajeev Mukundan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. K. Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
Vidwan S. Krishna - Ghatam
Date:
March 20, 2021, 4pm PDT
Ticketing:
SIFA presents 42nd Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival on February 6th 2021 (Saturday) and takes great pride in featuring the Pancharathna Krithis singing led by Bay Area's revered Vocal Gurus (left-to-right and top-to-bottom in the order of the Pancharathna).
1. Chethulara, Sri Ganapathi Ni - Vidwan Sri. Mohan Rangan
2. Jagadānanda kārakā - Vidushi Smt. Jayashree Varadarajan
3. Duḍukugala - Vidushi Smt. Asha Ramesh
4. Sādhinchane - Vidushi Smt. Padmaja Kishore
5. Kana kana ruci rā - Vidushi Smt. Kasthuri Shivkumar
6. Endarō mahānubhāvulu - Vidwan Sri. Shivkumar Bhat, Vidwan Sri. Hari Devnath
Date:
February 6th 2021, 9am PDT
Trinity" weaves a fabric of three beautiful stories on the legendary Carnatic musicians Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshithar, and Shyama Shastri and has received critical acclaim when it was originally staged in India. It has now been recreated using very high quality theater style video production for online streaming and viewing.
Date:
April 16th 2021, 6.00pm PDT
Available to watch until April 19th, midnight.
Ticketing:
SIFA presents "Margazhi Mela" NavaYuva concert series from Nov28th 2020 - Jan31st 2021, every Saturday at 6.30 p.m. PST .
Join us in celebrating the music festival by listening to the wonderful artists.
Concert Schedule (All concerts will begin at 6.30 PM PST):
28-Nov-2020 - Vocal concert by Ananya Ashok
05-Dec-2020 - Violin concert by Sruti Sarathy
12-Dec-2020 - Vocal concert by Ashwin Srikant
19-Dec-2020 - Vocal concert by Arjun Subramaniam
26-Dec-2020 - Vocal concert by Manasa Suresh
02-Jan-2021 - Violin duet by Vignesh & Aparna Thyagarajan
09-Jan-2021 - Flute concert by Shreyas Bharadwaj
16-Jan-2021 - Vocal concert by Ranjani Ravindrabharathy
23-Jan-2021 - Veena duet by Hrishikesh & Priyanka Chary
30-Jan-2021 - Vocal concert by Vivrd Prasanna
Date:
See Above
2020
Thyagaraja Aradhana
Date: Saturday Feb 6, 2020. 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Quinlan Community Center (near De Anza College)
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Kum. Malavika Sriram - Vocal
"Navayuga 2020 Concerts"
Kum. Malvika Sriram - Vocal Concert
Shreyas Srinivasan - Violin
Ajay Gopi - Mridangam
Achyut Srinivasan - Kanjira
Date: Saturday Feb 6, 2020. 9:30am-4:00pm
Venue: Quinlan Community Center (near De Anza College)
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
2019
Thyagaraja Aradhana
Date: Saturday Jan 26, 2019. 9:00am-5:00pm
Venue: Quinlan Community Center (near De Anza College)
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Vyakrita - Under the Sacred Tree
Excerpts from the many past lives of the Budha on his path towards enlightenment.
Original Music: Smt. Asha Ramesh & Shri. Nachiketa Yakkundi
Javanese Dhalang (Puppeteer): Ki Midiyanto & Gamelan Ensemble
Choreography: Smt. Shreelata Suresh & Senior Vishwa Shanthi Dancers
Date: Saturday, March 2, 2019 - 2:00 pm.& 6:00 pm.
Venue: Quinlan Community Center (near De Anza College)
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Artist Website: Vishwa Shanthi
Vidwan Sri. Gunil Gargyan - Vocal Concert
Co-Artists:
Vidwan Sri. R. Raghul - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, March 23, 2019 - 4pm
Venue: Jain Temple of Northern California
722 S Main St. Milpitas, CA 95035
Vidushi Padmabhushan Smt. Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal Concert
Co-Artists:
Shri. Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin
Shri. Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan - Mridangam
Shri. Sowmiya Narayanan - Ghatam
Date: Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 5:30 pm
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Vidwan Sri. S. Saketharaman - Vocal Concert
Co-Artists:
Vidwan Sri. L. Ramakrishnan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Patri Satish kumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019 - 4 pm
Venue: Independence High School
617 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95133
Vidushis Smt. Ranjani & Smt. Gayathri - Vocal Duet
Co-Artists:
Vidushi Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin
Vidwan Sri. K. Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 7, 2019 - 4 pm
Venue: Independence High School
617 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95133
"Samyoga" The Sublime Union --
Bharathanatyam dance ballet by Sri. Shijith Nambiar, Smt. Parvathy Menon and Troupe
Date: Sunday, Apr. 28, 2019 - 5:00 pm
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Vidwan Sri. Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal Concert
Co-Artists:
Vidwan Sri. Hemmige V Srivatsan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. B Srivatsan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 12, 2019 - 4:30 pm.
Venue: Cubberley Auditorium (STANFORD campus)
485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
"New Dimensions to Margam"
Bharathanatyam program by Nrithya Choodamani Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan & Dakshina Vaidyanathan Baghel
Orchestra:
Vocal - Smt. Asha Ramesh
Nattuvangam - Smt. Snigdha Venkataramani
Violin - Sri. Vikram Ragukumar
Mridangam - Sri. Adithya Ganesh
Special Effects - Kum. Sannidhi Vaidyanathan
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2019 - 5:30 pm.
Venue: Independence High School
617 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95133
Vidushi Smt. Vishaka Hari - Musical Discourse (in English)
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sri. B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, June 2, 2019 - 4pm.
Venue: ICC - India Community Center
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Carnatic Epic Choir - Srushti (Seeds of Creativity)
Conceptualized and presented by
Vidwan Sri. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
Date: Sunday, August 25, 2019 - 4pm.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Interactive Vocal Concert by: Vidwan Sri. Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan
with his senior disciples
Vidwan Sri. Shivakumar Bhat
Vidwan Sri. Hari Devanath
Vidushi Smt. Kasthuri Shivakumar
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sri. Hemmige Srivatsan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
Vidwan Sri. Ravindhrabharathy Sridharan - Mridangam
Vidwan Sri. M. Hariharan - Morsing
Date: Sunday, August 25, 2019 - 4pm.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vidushi Dr. S. Sowmya - Vocal Concert
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sri. Embar Kannan - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam
Date: Monday, September 2, 2019 - 4pm.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vidwan Sri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal Concert
Co-sponsored with Sambodh Society (www.sambodh.us)
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sri. H. N. Bhaskar - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Bangalore Arjun Kumar - Mridangam
Date: Saturday,September 7, 2019 - 4pm
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Trichur Brothers
Vidwan Sri. Srikrishna Mohan & Vidwan Sri. Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal Duet
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sri. Sayee Rakshith - Violin
Vidwan Sri. Trichur Mohan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2019 - 4:00 p.m
Venue: Independence High School
617 N Jackson Ave, San Jose, CA 95133
Padmashree Dr. Pu. Thi. Narasimhachar's "Jaya Jaya Vijayee Raghuraama"
Co-artists:
Dance drama produced by: Smt. Alamelu Iyengar
Dance Choreography & Direction: Smt. Ramya Abhijit & Smt. Chinmayi Bettadapura
Music Direction: Smt. Subhapriya Srivatsan
Date: Saturday, November 9, 2019 - 4:00 p.m
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
2018
Thyagaraja Aradhana
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2018 - 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
Venue: Cupertino Community Hall (next to Cupertino Library)
10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
Dr. M. Narmadha - Violin
Co-artists:
Shri. Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Shri. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 3 pm
Venue: Canada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94061
Shri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
CMAY Event co-sponsored by SIFA
Co-artists:
Kum. Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin
Shri. Shree Sundar Kumar - Mridangam
Shri. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 6 pm
Venue: Canada College
4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94061
Kum. Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Trivandrum Sampath - Violin
Shri. Delhi Sairam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 25, 2018 - 4pm
Venue: Independence High School
1776 Educational Park Dr, San Jose, CA 95133
Kum. Pragathi Guruprasad - Vocal
Co-artists:
Kum. Nyantara Narasimhan - Violin
Shri. Amit Ranganathan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Dr. K. Krishnakumar & Smt. Binni Krishnakumar - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. B.V. Raghavendra Rao - Violin
Shri. S.V. Ramani - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2018 - 4:30 p.m
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Shri. Shashank Subramanyam - Flute
Co-artists:
Shri. Mysore Srikant - Violin
Shri. Parupalli Phalgun - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Shri. Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. V. Sanjeev - Violin
Shri. R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, May 5, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. Ganesh / Shri. Kumaresh - Violin Duet
Co-artists:
Shri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam
Shri. Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
Date: May 13, 2018 - 4:00 pm
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Shri. Palghat Ramprasad - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Hemmige V. Srivatsan - Violin
Shri. Trichur Narendran - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, June 3, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Independence High School
1776 Educational Park Dr, San Jose, CA 95133
Shri. Dushyanth Sridhar - Hari Katha - Music Discourse
Discourse on Draupadi, the timeless heroine and will be in English
Date: Sunday, July 22, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Independence High School
1776 Educational Park Dr, San Jose, CA 95133
Smt. Asha Ramesh - Vocal
Co-artists:
Smt. Lakshmi Balasubramanya - Violin
Shri. Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2018 - 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: McAfee Performing Arts, Saratoga High School
20300 Heriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
PARINATI - a dance production by
Smt. Nirmala Madhava & PAMPA Dance Academy
Date: Sunday, August 26, 2018 - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: McAfee Performing Arts, Saratoga High School
20300 Heriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
Date: Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Mysore Brothers - Violin Duet
Mysore Dr. Manjunath & Nagaraj
Date: Sunday, September 9, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Independence High School
617 N. Jackson Ave., San Jose, CA 95133
Shri. Bharat Sundar - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Rajeev Mukundan - Violin
Shri. K. Tanjore Murugaboopathy - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2018 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Independence High School
617 N. Jackson Ave., San Jose, CA 95133
2017
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2017 - 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: Cupertino Community Hall (next to Cupertino Library)
10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014
Kum. Manasa Suresh - Vocal Concert
Co-artists:
Smt. Sandhya Srinath - Violin
Shri. Srinath Bala - Mridhangam
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017 - 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Bharatanatyam Dance Performance:
Chitravali - A picture Book on Krishnamaya
by Smt. Rama Vaidyanathan
With Live Orchestra
Date: Saturday, March 4, 2017 - 4:00 p.m
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Smt. B. Suchitra - Katha Kutcheri
Co-artists:
Shri. VVS Murari - Violin
Shri. NC Bharadwaj - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. T. M. Krishna - Vocal
Fundraiser for "The other media" by TM Krishna
Co-artists:
Shri. Rajeev Mukundan - Violin
Kumari Rajna Swaminathan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2017 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA 94062
Maestro Shri GNB's Varnams and rare Kritis
Lecture Demo by The Trichur Family
Shri. Trichur V. Ramachandran
Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran
Smt. Subhashree Ramachandran
Co-artists:
Shri. Ravindra Bharathi - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
'Sri Thyagaraja Ramayanam' by illustrious vocalists comprising:
Dr. S. Sowmya, Shri. Ashwath Narayanan, Shri. Chandrasekara Sharma, Smt. Brinda Manickavasagam and Smt. Vidya Kalyanaraman
Co-artists:
Shri. M. Rajeev - Violin
Shri. K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. Vishnudev Namboothiri - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. L. Ramakrishnan - Violin
Shri. Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Smt. Nityasree Mahadevan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Parur M. A. Krishnaswamy - Violin
Shri. Cherthala Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam
Shri. Alathur Rajaganesh - Kanjira
Date: Sunday, May 21, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. O. S. Thyagarajan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Shri. Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. HN Bhaskar - Violin
Shri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridhangam
Date: Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Naatak - Mela'17
A festival featuring theater classics from around the world in Tamil, Marathi,
Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali and Hinglish with English supertitles
Date: Friday, September 15, 2017 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Cubberly Theater
4000 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, CA 943030
Smt. Ananya Ashok - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Vignesh Venkatraman - Mridhangam
Shri. Hrishikesh Chary - Veena
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017 - 3:00 p.m. (90 min)
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
SIFA presents in collaboration with Vrindavan Indian Dance Academy
Shri. Renjith & Smt. Vijna - Bharatanatyam duo
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Shri. Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Smt. Lalgudi G. Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duo
Co-artists:
Shri. Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam
Shri. Tripunithura N.Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, October 15, 2017 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
2016
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Sunday, February 28, 2016 - 9.00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Shirdi Sai Parivaar
1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035
Kum. Sruti Sarathy - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Vignesh Thyagarajan - Violin
Shri. Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 2:30 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Neyveli Shri. Santhanagopalan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Shri. Sriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Shri. Ganesh Ramnarayanan - Kanjira
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Mysore Shri. Srikanth - Violin
Neyveli Shri. Skanda Subramanian - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
The Maestro Returns
Living Legend Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. TN Krishnan
with Viji Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan - Violin Trio
Co-artists:
Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam
Shri. KV Gopalakrishnan - Khanjira
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Cañada College Theatre
4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94061
Chinmaya Sisters Smt. Uma and Smt. Radhika - Vocal
Co-artists:
SSmt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Kalladaikurichi Shri. Sivakumar - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
SIFA presents in association with Instant Karma
Sambandh - Confluence of Hindustani-Carnatic Jugalbandhi
Pt. Kartik Seshadri - Sitar
Shri. U. Rajesh - Mandolin
Co-artists:
Thanjavur Shri. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay - Tabla
Date: Saturday, April 9, 2016 - 4:30 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vasanthothsavam - Saturday April 23 and Sunday April 24, 2016
Day 1 - Saturday April 23, 2016
JagadOdhAranA : The Art of Transcendence
A Musical Discourse Tribute to Dr. M. S. SubbulakshmI
Featuring “nAmA nirantarI”: An Ensemble of Leading Bay Area Musicians
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 9:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Fragrance - Dance collaboration
Mohiniattam - Smt. Bindu Pratap
Kuchipudi - Smt. Sunita Pendek
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 12:30 p.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. V Shankaranarayanan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. Nagai Sriram - Violin
Shri. Tanjore K Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Shri. Sundarkumar - Kanjira
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 2:30 p.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi - Violin
Co-artists:
Shri. Patri Satish Kumar – Mridangam
Shri. KV Gopalakrishnan – Kanjira
Date: Saturday, April 23, 2016 - 5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Vasanthothsavam - Saturday April 23 and Sunday April 24, 2016
Day 2 - Sunday April 24, 2016
Venu Vina Duet
Smt. Shantala Subramanyam - Flute
Sri. Vishaal Sapuram - Chitravina
Co-artists:
Sri. Melakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam
Smt. Sukkanya Ramgopal - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Smithwick Theater, Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Saayujya - a collaboration of music and dance by
Carnatic maestro, Shri. T. M. Krishna and
Bharatanatyam exponent, Kalaimamani Smt. Priyadarsini Govind
Sunday, April 24, 2016 - 4:30 p.m.- 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Smithwick Theater, Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Gayakhasikhamani Charithram - Harikatha
Padmabhushan, Sangita Kalanidhi,
Harikatha Siromani Shri. T. N. Seshagopalan
Co-artists:
Papanasam Shri. Gokul Kumar - Violin
Shri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Shri. Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. VVS Murari - Violin
Trivandrum Shri. Balaji - Mridangam
Shri. Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
Date: Saturday, May 21, 2016 - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Shri. R. Suryaprakash - Vocal
Co-artists:
Kum. Sruti Sarathy - Violin
Shri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Shri. A. Mahadevan - Morsing
Date: Sunday, June 12, 2016 - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Yuva Tarangini
Geeta Shankar - Veena
Aditya Satyadeep - Violin
Shreyas Bhardwaj - Flute
Akshay Venkatesan & Santhosh Ravindra Bharathy - Mirdangam
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 2:15 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
Co-artists:
Papanasam Gokul Kumar - Violin
Vignesh Venkatraman - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, September 10, 2016 - 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Grand Vocal Concert - Ranjani and Gayathri
Co-artists:
Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin
Delhi Sairam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 18, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Sangeetha Upanyasam
Shri. Dushyanth Sridhar
Topic: Little Superstars - Nachiketa, Dhruva and Prahlada
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Sangeeta Samyoga
Smt. Srividya Ramanath and Smt. Bhargavi Balasubramanian - Vocal
Co-artists:
Kum. K. P. Nandini - Violin
Shri. Akshay Anathapadmanabhan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Shri. Sandeep Narayan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shri. H N Bhaskar - Violin
Patri Shri. Satishkumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, October 16, 2016 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Violin Maestros Mysore Shri. Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath
Co-artists:
Shri. Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam
Ghatam: Shri. Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, October 23 2016 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center, Elizabeth A. Hangs Theater
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
2015
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Saturday, February 21, 2015 - 9.30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Shirdi Sai Parivaar
1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035
Vidwan Ashvin Bhogendra - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidushi Lakshmi Balasubramanya - Violin
Vidwan Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater, Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Carnatica Brothers (Kalaimamani K.N. Shashikiran & Vidwan P. Ganesh)
with Vidwan Dushyant Sridhar - Katha Kutcheri
Co-artists:
Vidwan Trivandrum Sampath - Violin
Vidwan Tanjore Murugaboopathy - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, March 21, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater, Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Vidwan Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan VVS Murari - Violin
Vidwan Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam
Vidwan K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Vidushi Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena
Co-artists:
Vidushi Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Vidwan Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: West Valley College
14000 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Vidwan Raja Reddy, Vidushi Radha Reddy &
Vidushi Yamini Reddy - Kuchipudi dance
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Jaames Logan High School Center for the Performing Arts
1800 H St., Union City, CA 94587
Vidwan Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
Co-artists:
SVidushi Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin
Vidwan Ananta R. Krishnan- Mridangam
Vidwan Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vidwan Shashank Subramanyam & Vidwan Rakesh Chaurasia - Flute Jugalbandi
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
Vidwan Abhijit Banerjee - Tabla
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Dance Performance: DWITA - Duality of Life by:
Vidushi Rama Vaidyanathan
Vidushi Dakshina Vaidyanathan
With Live Orchestra:
Dr. S. Vasudevan - Nattuvangam and Vocal
Sri. K. Venkateshwaran - Nattuvangam and Vocal
Sri. Ramamoorthy Sriganesh - Mridangam
Sri. Rajat Prasanna - Flute
Date: Sunday, May 10, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vidwan O. S. Thyagarajan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan V. Srikanth - Violin
Vidwan Akshay Anantapadmanabhan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 17, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Vidwan Chertalai K. N. Ranganatha Sharma - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan Tiruvizha Viju Anand - Violin
Vidwan R. Sankaranarayanan - Mridangam
Date: Friday, May 29, 2015 - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Vidwan K. Bharat Sundar - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan V.V.S. Murari - Violin
Vidwan Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
Vidwan K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Vidushi Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan VVS Murari - Violin
Vidwan Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam
Vidwan KV Gopalakrishnan - Kanjira
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: McAfee Theater, Saratoga High School
20300 Herriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
Vidwan Ganesh & Vidwan Kumaresh - Violin Duo
Co-artists:
Vidwan Sankaranarayanan Ramani - Mridangam
Vidwan Trichy Krishnaswamy - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Padma Shri Awardee Aruna Sairam - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin
Kalaimamani J. Vaidhyanathan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2015 - 10:30 a.m.
Venue: Smithwick Theater, Foothill College
12345 El Monte Rd., Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Trichur Brothers
Vidwan Srikrishna Mohan and Vidwan Ramkumar Mohan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan Rajeev Mukundan - Violin
Vidwan Trichur Mohan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, October 10, 2015 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Vidwan Rithvik Raja - Vocal
Co-artists:
Vidwan HN Bhaskar - Violin
Vidwan Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Vidwan Anirudh Athreya - Kanjira
Date: Friday, November 6, 2015 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
2014
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014 - 8:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Quinlan Community Center
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Sri. Srikanth Chary - Veena
Co-artists:
Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, March 1, 2014 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater, Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Celebrating Lalgudi
Sri. Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Smt. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin
Co-artists:
Sri. Trichi Sankaran - Mridangam
Sri. Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2014 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Jain Temple
722 S. Main St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Smt. Vishaka Hari - Harikatha
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2014 - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Vasantha Uthsav - a 2 day festival
Day 1 - Saturday April 12, 2014
Sri. Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Sri. Nagai Sriram - Violin
Co-artists:
Sri. Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Sri. Raja Ganesh - Kanjira
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
"Nama Niranthari" - the eternal flow
A musical discourse on the maratha varkari saints and their profound imprint on our spiritual and musical traditions
Sri. K. G. Parameswaran
Smt. Priya Parameswaran
Co-artists:
Sri. Ravi Gutala (tabla and pakhawaj)
Sri. Ajay Narasimha, Sri. Anil Narasimha, Sri. V. K. Vijaykumar, Sri. Karthik Gopalaratnam, Sri. Karthik Lakshminarayanan, Sri. Kaushik Lakshminarayanan, Sri. Manudutt Gurudata, Smt. Lavanya Kothandaraman, Smt. Janani Ganesh, Sri. Jairaj Galagali, Smt. Mahinta Chandiramouli, Smt. Vinita Venkatesh, Kum. Kaanchana Parameswaran
Date: Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 1:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Smt. Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. R. K. Shriramkumar - Violin
Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam
Date:Saturday, April 12, 2014 - 4:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Vasantha Uthsav - a 2 day festival
Day 2 - Sunday April 13, 2014
Smt. K. Gayathri - Vocal
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sri. Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Celebrating her contribution to Bharatanatyam, SIFA presents
Mythili Kumar - "Evolution in Choreography" - A Lecture Demonstration
Friends of Abhinaya and Abhinaya students are welcome for Mythili's program.
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
A Tribute to the great maestro -
An audio visual presentation on
The Late Sri. Lalgudi G. Jayaraman
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Trichur Brothers - Vocal
Sri. Srikrishna Mohan &
Sri. Ramkumar Moha
Co-artists:
Sri. B. K. Raghu - Violin
Sri. Trichur Mohan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2014 - 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Venue: Auditorium, Sunnyvale Temple
420-450 Persian Dr., Sunnyvale, CA 94089
Sri. T. V. Sankaranarayanan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Trivandrum N. Sampath - Violin
Sri. Tanjore K. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2014 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Sri. Saketharaman - Vocal
Co-artists:
Smt. Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin
Sri. Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam
Date: Friday, May 2, 2014 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: CET - Soto Theater
701 Vine St., San Jose, CA 95110
Sifa collaborates with Bhoomija Trust to present:
"Surupa Sen and Bijayini Satpathy" of Nrityagram fame
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 6:00 p.m.
Venue: The California Theater
345 S. 1st St., San Jose, CA 95113
Kum. Ananya Ashok - Vocal
Co-artists:
Kum. Sruti Sarathy - Violin
Sri. a.m.it Ranganathan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014 - 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
"Shivaanubhavam", a thematic solo Bharatanatyam recital by
Kalaimamani Guru Smt. Rhadha
Accompanied by live orchestra:
Smt. Asha Ramesh - Vocal
Smt. Vidya Balan - Nattuvangam
Sri. Ashwin Krishnakumar - Flute
Sri. Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, June 21, 2014 - 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghvan- Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Sri. Tanjore K. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, September 13, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Sri. Palghat Dr. R. Ramprasad - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Hemmige V. Srivatsan - Violin
Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, October 11, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Renjith & Vijna - Bharatanatyam duo
Co-artists:
Sri. Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Sri. Tanjore K. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Youth Concert - 'Divine Light'
Thematic presentation by students of
Sri Lalitha Gana Vidyalaya
(Smt. Latha Sriram, Artistic Director)
Co-artists:
Violin: Nyantara Narasimhan and Shriya Anand
Mridangam: Amit Ranganathan and Santhosh Ravindrabharthy
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Sri. Mysore Nagaraj & Sri. Mysore Manjunath - Violin Duet
Co-artists:
Sri. Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam
Sri. Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, October 19, 2014 - 3:45 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Kalakshetra's Smt. Ananda Shankar Jayant & group
in 'Nrityopahara' - Dance
Co-artists:
Sri. Srimushnam Raja Rao - Mridangam
Sri. Giridhar Udupa - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2014 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: McAfee Theater, Saratoga High School
20300 Herriman Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070
2013
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Sunday, February 24, 2013 - 8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: Quinlan Community Center
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Kum. Sindhu Natarajan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Lakshmi Balasubramania - Violin
Vignesh Venkatraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Trichur Brothers - Vocal
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Trichur Ramachandran Mohan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 17, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
Co-artists:
B.U. Ganeshprasad - Violin
Thanjavur Murugabhoopathy - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Malladi Brothers - Vocal
Co-artists:
R.K. Sriram Kumar - Violin
Tumkur B. Ravishankar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 7, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Morning Raga - Performed by
Padmashri Sudha Raghunathan Ensemble
Presented by SIFA
Co-artists:
Amit Heri - Acoustic Guitar
B. V. Raghavendra Rao - Violin
Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam
Keith Peters - Bass Guitar
N. Guru Prasad - Ghatam
Arun Kumar - Western Drums
Date: Sunday, April 14, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theater, Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
Mambalam Sisters - Vocal
Co-artists:
S.V. Ananthapadmanabhan - Violin
B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Carnatica Brothers - Vocal
Co-artists:
Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
"SANKARA"
Rhythmical - Musical - Instrumental
By Sri. T. H. Subash Chandran
Co-artists:
Featuring
Vidwan Sri. T. H. Subash Chandran - Ghatam / Konnakol
Sri. Ganesh Kumar - Synthetic Kanjira
Sri. S. Hari Krishnan - Keyboard
Sri. Hindol Chattopadhyay - Sitar
Sri. Sankar Viswanathan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 5, 2013 - 2:30 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theater
Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
SPANDA - Bharatanatyam
choreographed & danced by
LEELA SAMSON & BRAGHA BESSELL
along with their team from India
presented by SIFA
in collaboration with VRINDAVAN ACADEMY
Co-artists:
Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 21, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Sri. Ramakrishnan Murthy - Vocal
Co-artists:
V.V.S. Murari - Violin
Arun Prakash - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, May 11, 2013 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. U. Shrinivas & Sri. U. Rajesh - Mandolin
Co-artists:
Madirimangalam Swaminathan - Mridangam
Trichy K. Murali - Ghatam
Date: Saturday, May 18, 2013 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theater
Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
Bharatanatyam - Theme - Krishna
Choreographers - Sri. Shijith Nambiar & Smt. Parvathy Menon
Nidheesh Kumar
Sreenath K.R.
Bhavajan Kumar
Divya Shiva Sundar
Sruthy Jayan
Sharanya Varma
Venkatesh Krishnan (Stage Lighting Designer)
Date: Sunday, May 19, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Sri. Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Nagai Muralidaran - Violin
Sri. Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Eagle Theater
Los Altos High School
201 Almond Ave., Los Altos, CA 94022
Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam
presented by SIFA in collaboration with SEWA International USA - www.sewausa.org and
Isha Dance Company
Theme - Mad & Divine: The Voice of two Women Mystics of India
Co-artists:
Asha Ramesh - Vocal
Snigdha Venkatramani - Nattuvangam
Sreenivas Ponnappan - Mridangam
Vikram Raghukumar - Violin
Date: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 5:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. Maharajapuram Ramachandran - Vocal
Co-artists:
Hemmige V. Srivatsan - Violin
Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 8, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Nadhayogi Prof. Sri. V. V. Subrahmanyam &
Sri. V.V.S. Murari - Violin Duet
Theme - Nadhadhwani
Co-artists:
Tirupunitura Radhakrishnan - Mridangam
Ravi Balasubramanian - Ghatam
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2013 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Smt. M. S. Sheela - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin
Sri. B. Sivaraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Dr. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxaphone
presented by SIFA in collaboration with
Yoga Bharati - www.yogabharati.org
Co-artists:
SKum. A. Kanyakumari - Violin
Sri. B. Harikumar - Mridangam
Sri. Rajendra Nakod - Tabla
Date: Sunday, September 22, 2013 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Smt. Akkarai Subhalakshmi &
Smt. Akkarai Swarnalatha - Vocal
Co-artists:
Shertalai Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam
Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam
Saravanapriyan Sriraman - Violin
Date: Saturday, October 19, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Shiridi Sai Parivaar
1221 California Cir., Milpitas, CA 95035
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina Sri. N. Ravikiran - Chitra Veena
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sangeeta Kalanidhi Sri. Trichy Sankaran - Mridangam
Date: Friday, November 1, 2013 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theatre, Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
Sri. Abhishek Raghuraman - Vocal
presented by SIFA in collaboration with
Sambodh Society (West Chapter) - www.sambodh.us
Co-artists:
Sri. B. U. GaneshPrasad - Violin
Sri. Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, November 3, 2013 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
2012
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 8:30AM - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Quinlan Community Center
10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014
Kum. Shanthala Subramanyam - Flute
Co-artists:
Sri. Avaneeswaram Vinu - Violin
Sri. Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam
Sri. Sai Giridhar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 4, 2012 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Master Sidharth Sriram - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Ajay Narasimha - Violin
Master Vignesh Venkataraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Sri. O. S. Thyagarajan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Mullaivasal Chandramouli - Violin
Sri. Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 25, 2012 - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Bharathanatyam:
Pranaamyam - "A Salutation to Poetry and Dance"
By Smt. Priyadarsini Govind
With live orchestra:
K. S. Balakrishnan - Nattuvangam
Gomathi Nayagam Ratnam - Vocal
Deepu Karunakaran Nair - Violin
Vedakrishnan Venkatesan - Mridangam
Murugan Krishnan - Lights
Date: Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Sri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan &
Kum. Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal Duet
Co-artists:
Smt. Charulatha Ramanujam - Violin
Sri. B. Ganapathiraman - Mridangam
Date: Sunday April 15, 2012 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Sri. P. Unnikrishnan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Embar Kannan - Violin
Sri. Anantha R. Krishnan - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 22, 2012 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Sri. Sandeep Narayan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Mysore V. Srikanth - Violin
Sri. Neyveli B. Venkatesh - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. R. K. Shriramkumar - Violin
Co-artists:
Sri. K. Arunprakash - Mridangam
Sri. B. S. Purushotham - Kanjira
Date: Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. R. Suryaprakash - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Nagai Sriram - Violin
Sri. Tanjore Murugabhoopathy - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Strings Attached - featuring:
Sri. R. Kumaresh - Violin & Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh - Veena
Co-artists:
Sri. Neyveli Narayanan - Mridangam
Sri. Trichy Krishnaswami - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2012 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. S. Saketharaman - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. S. Varadarajan - Violin
Sri. Neyveli B. Venkatesh - Mridangam
Date: Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Smt. Vishakha Hari - Harikatha (music discourse)
Co-artists:
Sri. Balaji Ananthakrishnan - Violin
Sri. S. J. Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam
Date: Monday, May 28, 2012 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Dr. Pantula Rama - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. MSN Murthy - Violin
Sri. Tanjore Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Smt. Mala Ramadorai - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Abhay Prabhakar Datar - Tabla
Sri. Anant Shrikrishna Joshi - Harmonium
Date: Sunday, September 9, 2012 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. S. Varadarajan - Violin
Sri. Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam
Date: Friday, September 21, 2012 - 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theater
Gunn High School
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94306
Sammilan - Fusion Concert
Unique blend of Carnatic, Hindustani and Indian Folk Music
Co-artists:
Sri. Shashank Subramanyam - Flute / Vocals
Sri. Anwar Khan Manganiar - Vocal
Sri. Feroz Khan Manganiar - Dholak
Sri. Purbayan Chatterjee - Sitar
Sri. P. Satish Kumar - Mridangam, Khanjira and Konnakol
Date: Sunday, October 7, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. Mysore Nagaraj & Dr. Mysore Manjunath - Violin Duet
Co-artists:
Sri. Srimushnam Rajarao - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. T. V. Sankaranarayan - Vocal
Celebrating 100 years of Madura Mani Iyer
Co-artists:
Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin
Sri. Thiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 4:00 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
Kum. Alarmel Valli - Bharatanatyam
Co-artists:
Nandini Anand Sharma - Vocal
C.K.Vasudevan - Nattuvanar
Sakthivel Murugananthan S - Mridangam
Sigamani Natarajan - Violin
Murugan Krishnan - Lights
Date: Friday, November 9, 2012 - 8:00 p.m.
Venue: School of Arts & Culture at Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose, CA 95116
SIFA Diwali Concert
Sri. Mohan Rangan Govindraj and
Sri. Ravi Kiran Govindaraj - Flute
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
2011
Thyagaraja Aradhana Day
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 8:00AM
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. Anil Narasimha - Vocal, Sri. Ajay Narasimha - Violin
Co-artists:
Sri. Karthik Gopalaratnam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Carnatica Brothers -
Sri. K. N. Shashikiran & Chitravina P. Ganesh - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri V. V. S. Murari - Violin
Sri. Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
An enthralling Mohiniattam ballet
by Smt. Vijayalakshmi
Co-artists:
Sri. Palakal Rajagopalan - Vocal
Sri. Sreekumar Kadampatt - Edakka (percussion)
Sri. Murali Krishnan - Veena
Sri. Jayan Das - Maddalam & Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 1:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. Ganesh and Sri. Kumaresh - Violin
Co-artists:
Sri. Thanjavur Govindarajan - Thavil
Sri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 4:45 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035
Spring Festival
Day 1 - Friday April 15, 2011
A felicitation & Vocal Concert of
Padma Bhushan Dr. R. K. Srikantan
Prof. Rudrapatnam R. S. Ramakanth - Vocal Accompaniment
A collaboration with Kannada Koota of Northern California
Co-artists:
Sri. Hemmige Srivatsan - Violin
Sri. Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam
Date: Friday, April 15 - 7pm
Venue: The Center for Performing Arts
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94025
Spring Festival
Day 2 - Saturday April 16, 2011
An aesthetic approach to Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions
by Dr. T.S.Sathyavathi - Lec-dem & Vocal Concert
Co-artists:
Sri. T. S. Krishnamurthy - Violin
Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Saturday, April 16 - 11 a.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Nritya Samarchita - Bharatanatyam
by Smt. Lavanya Ananth
Co-artists:
Smt. S. Srilatha - Nattuvangam
Sri. Murali Parthasarathy - Vocal
Sri. M. S. Sukhi - Mridangam
Sri. R. Kalaiarasan - Violin
Date: Saturday, April 16 - 11 a.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Spring Festival
Day 3 - Sunday April 17, 2011
Sri. Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal
(A legacy of the KVN Bani)
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sri. Kalladaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 1:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Generations of Genius:
A unique vocal-instrumental jugalbandhi featuring
PadmaVibushan Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna - Vocal
Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N. Ravikiran - Chitravina
Co-artists:
Sri. Nagai Muralidharan - Violin
Sri. Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 4:45 p.m.
Venue: Spangenberg Theatre
780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304
Sri. Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal
(A legacy of the KVN Bani)
Co-artists:
SSmt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sri. Kalladaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 1:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. Rajhesh Vaidhya - Veena
Co-artists:
Sri. Karaikurichi Mohanram - Mridangam
Sri. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 2:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
DKP Generation Thematic Program
"Shatharagamalika" (a unique presentation of 100 ragas)
Isai Peroli Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan
Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar (Daughter of Late Sri. Palghat Mani Iyer and Mother & Guru of Smt. Nithyasree)
Kum. Lavanya Sundararaman
Co-artists:
Sri. B. U. Ganeshprasad - Violin
Sri. I. Sivakumar - Mridangam
Sri. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 5:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Lecture Demonstration on Pallavis
Vidushi Smt. Suguna Purushothaman
Co-artists:
Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin
Sri. Sriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 1:00 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Flute Maestro Sri. Shashank Subramanyam
Co-artists:
Kum. Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi - Violin
Sri. Parupalli S. Phalgun - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: ICC (India Community Center)
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Vibrant Saxophone concert by
Padmashri Sri. Kadri Gopalnath & party
Co-artists:
Kalaimamani A. Kanyakumari - Violin
Sri. B. Harikumar - Mrigandam
Sri. Rajendra Nakod - Tabla
Date: Friday, September 16, 2011 - 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Sri. Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. H. K. Venkatram - Violin
Sri. Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027
Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan presents
"VIBRATIONS" (A percussion ensemble)
Co-artists:
Sri. B. V. Raghavendra Rao - Silent Violin
Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam and Konnakkol
Sri. Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal
Sri. R. Janardhan - Double Guitar and Saxaphone
Sri. N. Guruprasad - Ghatam
Sri. N. Sundar - Tabla, Morsing and Effects
Date: Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: India Community Center
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Sri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin
Sri. Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
Co-artists:
Sri. Mysore Srikanth - Violin
Sri. Neyveli Skanda Subramanian - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: India Community Center
525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035
Lecture Demonstration Series by Sri. T.M. Krishna
SIFA in collaboration with Pallavita presented Vidwan TM Krishna's Lecture
Demonstration series organized as part of Pallavita's VivRti-2011 Fall Festival.
Friday, November 11, 2011 - 6:30 p.m.
Topic: History and Evolution of Melakartas
Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 5:30 p.m.
Topic: Compositional Forms and Patantharam
Sri. T. M. Krishna & Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar
Sri. L. Ramakrishnan - Violin
Sri. Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam
Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.
Topic: Ragam Tanam Pallavi:
In honor of Sri Chengelpet Ranganathan
Sri. Nishant Chandran - Violin
Sri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam
Venue: Smith Center, Ohlone College
43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539
Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal
Co-artists:
Kum. Akkarai. S. Subhalakshmi - Violin
Sri. Melakkaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 3:30 p.m.
Venue: Center for Performing Arts
Menlo-Atherton High School
555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027