awadees
Annual Conference and Concerts 2009 - Awardees
S.No. Name of the  Award Recipient Endowment
1 Sangita Kalanidhi Valayapatti AR Subramaniam Sangita Kalanidhi Musiri Subramania Iyer Award –  Gold Medal
2 Sangita Kala Acharya Trivandrum R. Venkataraman Meenakshi and Asthana Vidwan Enjikollai Chidambaram Ganapatigal Memorial Award – Gold Medal
T.T. Vasu Memorial Cash Award
3 Sangita Kala Acharya N.S. Jayalakshmi P. Obul Reddy Charitable Trust – Gold Medal
T.T. Vasu Memorial Cash Award
4 T.T.K. Memorial Award Trichy R. Thayumanavan T.T.K. Trust
T.T. Vasu Memorial Cash Award
5 T.T.K. Memorial Award Akella Mallikarjuna Sharma In memory of Late M. Seshadri Iyengar M.D. Brothers
T.T. Vasu Memorial Cash Award
6 Musicologist Award B.M. Sundaram Nerur Srinivasachariar contemporary Vaggeyakara / Musicologist Award – Gold Medal
T.T. Vasu Memorial Cash Award
7 Senior Violinist Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanadam Pappa Venkataramaiah Award
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment
VOCAL –  SENIOR
1 Senior Best Vocalist Sanjay Subramaniam Yogam Nagaswamy Prize
2 Senior Outstanding Vocalist S. Sowmya Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Prize
Dr. Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar Memorial Prize
M.L. Vasanthakumari Memorial Prize  &
Sarada Krishna Iyer Memorial Prize
3 Senior Outstanding Vocalist T.M. Krishna Padmashri Rajam Ramaswamy Prize
N. Sivaswamy Prize
Palghat Rama Bhagavathar Prize
T.S. Rajagopala Iyer Prize
Dr. S. Ramanathan Memorial Prize
Musiri Subramania Iyer Memorial Prize
P. Obul Reddy’s Prize
T.S. Sabhesa Iyer and Thanjavur K. Ponniah Pillai Prize
Padmashri Srirangam Gopalaratnam Prize
Semmangudi Narayanaswamy Iyer Memorial Prize
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Memorial Prize  &
B.V. Lakshmanan Memorial Prize
4 Senior Vocal
– Best Pallavi Singing		 Malladi Brothers –
Sreerama Prasad & Ravikumar		 P.R. Chari Memorial Prize  &
Vinjumuri Varadaraja Iyengar Memorial Prize
– Gold Medal
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment
V O C A L –  S E N I O R
1 Senior Best Vocalist Sanjay Subramaniam Yogam Nagaswamy Prize
2 Senior Outstanding Vocalist S. Sowmya Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Prize
Dr. Raja Sir Annamalai Chettiar Memorial Prize
M.L. Vasanthakumari Memorial Prize  &
Sarada Krishna Iyer Memorial Prize
3 Senior Outstanding Vocalist T.M. Krishna Padmashri Rajam Ramaswamy Prize
N. Sivaswamy Prize
Palghat Rama Bhagavathar Prize
T.S. Rajagopala Iyer Prize
Dr. S. Ramanathan Memorial Prize
Musiri Subramania Iyer Memorial Prize
P. Obul Reddy’s Prize
T.S. Sabhesa Iyer and Thanjavur K. Ponniah Pillai Prize
Padmashri Srirangam Gopalaratnam Prize
Semmangudi Narayanaswamy Iyer Memorial Prize
Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Memorial Prize  &
B.V. Lakshmanan Memorial Prize
4 Senior Vocal
– Best Pallavi Singing		 Malladi Brothers –
Sreerama Prasad & Ravikumar		 P.R. Chari Memorial Prize  &
Vinjumuri Varadaraja Iyengar Memorial Prize
– Gold Medal
5 Senior Best Vocal Concert Ranjani & Gayatri,
B.U. Ganeshprasad,
M. Manoj Siva & N. Guruprasad		 Alleppey Parthasarathy Memorial Prize
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment
S U B – S E N I O R
6 Sub-Senior
Outstanding Vocalist		 S. Saketharaman G. Ramakrishna Iyer Prize
7 Sub-Senior
Outstanding Vocalist		 T.N.S. Krishna Pankajam Rajan Prize
Nyayapathi Rangamannar Prize
K. S. Ramaswamy Sashtiabdapoorthy Prize  &
Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. S. Pinakapani Prize
8 Sub-Senior
Outstanding Lady Vocalist		 Nisha P. Rajagopal P. Obul Reddy Prize  &
Pappu Kamakshiamma Prize
9 Sub-Senior
Best Vocal Concert		 Amritha Murali
Nishant Chandran
Nellai A. Balaji		 K.R. Sundaram Iyer and Kameshwari Ammal Prize
J U N I O R
10 Junior Outstanding Vocalist Prasanna Venkataraman D.K. Pattammal Prize
T.V. Subba Rao Memorial  Prize
Chidambaram V.V. Swarna Venkatesa Dikshitar Prize
The Carnatic Music Association of North America Prize  &
H. Natarajan Memorial Prize
11 Junior Best Vocal Concert D.B. Ashvin, R. Raghul &
Aswin Sridharan		 T.T. Rangaswamy Prize  &
Charubala Mohan Trust Prize
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment
V E E N A
12 Senior Veena Artist Kalayani Ganesan Veenai Shanmugavadivu Memorial Prize
Chalapathy Ranga Rao Prize  &
D. Padmavathy Ammal Memorial Prize
13 Sub-Senior Veena Artist Nirmala Rajasekar Vissa Satyavathamma  Prize  &
Lakshmi Sundaram Prize
V I O L I N
14 Senior Best Violinist R.K. Shriramkumar Parur Sundaram Iyer Prize 
Maduram Narayanan Charitable Foundation Prize  &
Pappa Venkataramiah Prize
15 Sub-Senior Best Violinist Charumathi Raghuraman M.S. Sivakamu Prize
Abhiramasundari Prize
Lalgudi V.R. Gopala Iyer prize  &
Lalgudi G. Jayaraman Prize
16 Junior Best Violinist R. Raghul N. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize
C.S. Endowment Prize
V. Lakshminarayanan Memorial Prize
Sangita Kalanidhi T.V. Subbarao Prize
Semmangudi Narayanaswamy Iyer Memorial Prize
Dr. T. S. Trimurthi Prize
P. Obul Reddy Prize
Naum Lichenberg Prize  &
Tirukodikaval R. Krishna Iyer Prize
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment
M R I D A N G A M
17 Senior Best Mridangist Patri Satishkumar Thanjavur S. Vaidyanatha Iyer Memorial Prize
18 Sub-Senior Best Mridangist Trivandrum V. Balaji Palani Subramania Pillai Memorial Prize
19 Junior Best Mridangist A.V. Manikandan Vaikom Krishna Iyer Prize
Dr. Henry Cowell Prize
Coimbatore Ramaswamy Pillai Prize
Vellore Gopalachari Prize  &
Charubala Mohan Trust Prize
F L U T E
20 Sub-Senior Flautist V.K. Raman M.D. Ramanathan Prize  &
Nyayapathi Sriranganayakamma Prize
G H A T A M
21 Uppapakkavathyam – Ghatam V. Suresh Budalur Krishnamurthy Sastrigal Prize
Prof. B. Ramamurthy Prize
Kamala Krishna Iyer Prize  &
Sangita Kalanidhi Dr. Sheikh Chinna Moula Prize
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment

LECTURE  /  DEMONSTRATION
22-A Best Lecture Somanathan  N Guruguhanjali Prize
K.S. Ramaswamy Sashtiabdapoorthy Prize
A.C. Rangarajan Prize
Suryakanthamma Memorial Prize
T. Kumaresan Prize
S. Krishnaswamy Prize  &
Prof. R.C. Mehta Endowment Prize
22-B Best Demonstration T.M. Krishna
SPIRIT  OF  YOUTH
(i) Best Dancer Prithivija Balagopalan The Gutty Vasu Memorial Prize
endowed by Srinivasa Prasad International Foundation
for the Performing Arts
(ii) Second Best Dancer Pooja Kumar
(iii) Best Female Vocalist R. Kalpalathika
(iv) Best Male Vocalist Vignesh Ishwar
(v) Best Violinist Sudha R.S. Iyer
(vi) Best Mridangist Sumesh S. Narayanan
(vii) Best Instrumentalist J.A. Jayant
(viii) Dance Guru Award –
Guru of Best Dancer		 Kalakshetra Foundation P. Obul Reddy Prize
S.No. Category  of  Prize Recipient Endowment

DEVOTIONAL  MUSIC  COMPETITION
(i) First Prize Isai Mazhalai Group Rukimini Arts and Music Trust
(ii) Second Prize Balabrundam Sangita Gurukulam
(iii) Consolation Prize Triveni Group
(iv) Consolation Prize S. Vijayalakshmi Group
RESEARCH  FELLOWSHIP
(i) Research Fellowship Nanditha Ravi Dr. Raghavan, Research Centre Endowment
S. Ramaswamy  &  Prema Krishnaswamy
(Sandeep Therapy Centre)
(ii) Sasirekha Raammohan
(iii) Lakshmi Ramaswamy N.S.S. Mani, Saroja Mani  and
Uma Narayanan
(iv) Subha Ganesan