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Tuesday, 16th December 2025 08:20 AM - 09:05 AM

Lecdem 1

Dr Arathi Rao

Traces of History: The raganga raga scheme followed by Muthuswami Diksitar with special reference to Malavagaula and its janya-s

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Tuesday, 16th December 2025 09:20 AM - 10:05 AM

Lecdem 2

Dr Naresh Keerthi

The Sanskrit of Muthuswāmi Dikshitar

Tuesday, 16th December 2025 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Thirumeignanam T.P.N. Ramanathan (Nagaswaram)

Pandamangalam P.G. Yuvaraj (Nagaswaram)

Thanjavur T.R. Govindarajan (Thavil)

Udumalpet V. Manigandan (Thavil)

Tuesday, 16th December 2025 11:45 AM to 01:15 PM

Abhishek Ravishankar (Vocal)

Bhargav Tumkur (Violin)

Sriram Srinivasan (Mridangam)

Tuesday, 16th December 2025 01:30 PM to 03:30 PM

S.Adithyanarayanan (Vocal)

V.S.Gokul (Violin)

L. Sudarsan Srinivas (Mridangam)

Sunaad Anoor (Kanjira)

Tuesday, 16th December 2025 04:00 PM to 06:30 PM

J.B.Sruthi Sagar (Flute)

B.Ananthakrishnan (Violin)

K.V.Prasad (Mridangam)

Trichy Dr.K.Murali (Ghatam)

Tuesday, 16th December 2025 06:45 PM to 09:15 PM

Kalyanapuram S.Aravind (Vocal)

Akkarai S. Sornalatha (Violin)

R.Akshay Ram (Mridangam)

Srinidhi R.Koundinya (Ghatam)

About Music Academy

The Music Academy, Madras is a landmark institution in the history of the fine arts. It emerged as an offshoot of the All India Congress Session held in Madras in December 1927. A music conference was held along with it and during the deliberations, the idea of a Music Academy emerged.

Inaugurated on August 18, 1928 at the YMCA Auditorium, Esplanade by Sir CP Ramaswami Aiyar, it was conceived to be the institution that would set the standard for Carnatic music. In the process, it began in 1929 the practice of hosting annual conferences on music, which in turn spawned the December music festival of Madras, one of the largest cultural events of the world.