Annual Music Competitions
Thanks to endowments from generous patrons, the Music Academy conducts annual competitions in vocal and instrumental music. Several young talents have become top-ranking stars thanks to these competitions.
Some of the competitions were not conducted as the number of participants did not meet the criteria
THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2024 ON 28th September and 29th September 2024
Supported by Sow.Brinda Krishnaswamy Memorial Endowment by Sri. M.Krishnaswamy for prizes in the Music Competition.
| VEENA: Dhanammal Memorial Prize / Seshanna Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Sripradha V / Murari Sudarsanan |
| 2nd Prize | Murari Sudarsanan / Keerthana S |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded / Not Awarded |
| VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Kushal B R |
| 2nd Prize | Vaishnav B |
| 3rd Prize | Niveditha Doraiswamy |
| PALLAVI SINGING: Dr.Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Not Awarded |
| 3rd Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES : Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Jhanvi Shankar / Avantika Saravanan |
| 2nd Prize | Rakshitha R |
| 3rd Prize | Srithika Srinivasan |
| Special Prize | Priyavadhana S S |
| COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA : Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Jhanvi Shankar |
| 2nd Prize | Aadithyadev V / Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 3rd Prize | Rakshitha R / Saraswatee S |
| COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRi : Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K.Brahmananda Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Bharath Raj |
| 2nd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 3rd Prize | Ganduri Lakshmi Harshitha |
| COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR : Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C.Venkataraman Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 2nd Prize | Saraswatee S |
| 3rd Prize | Vishnu Priya Indira S / Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Duddu V Karthika Manaswini |
| 3rd Prize | Siddhanth Anand |
| ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 2nd Prize | Anjali V |
| 3rd Prize | Duddu V Karthika Manaswini |
| Consolation Prize | Satkruth Anand |
| COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Varun K K |
| 2nd Prize | Siddhanth Anand |
| 3rd Prize | Samarth B S |
| COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Sreekrishna Ganesh |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Satkruth Anand |
| 2nd Prize | Bhuvana A |
| 3rd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| MAHARAJA SWATI TIRUNAL & GNB COMPOSITIONS: R.K. Murthy Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Aadithyadev V |
| 2nd Prize | Saraswatee S |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY : Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Haardik Ganesan |
| 2nd Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Kamakshi K / Anjali V |
| 2nd Prize | Advay Venkateswaran |
| 3rd Prize | Haasini V |
| NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS -GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. School, K.K. Nagar |
| 2nd Prize | The Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalitha Music & Fine Arts University |
| 3rd Prize | |
| MAYURAM T.R.VISWANATHA SASTRY, NEELAKANTA SIVAN & Dr.E.S.SANKARANARAYANAN SONGS : TRV Memorial Prize, Smt. Saraswathi Ram Prize & Maragatham Sankaranarayana Trust Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Conducted |
| 2nd Prize | Not Conducted |
| 3rd Prize | Not Conducted |
| PADAM / JAVALI: K Tripurasundari Prize | |
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| 1st Prize | Not Conducted |
| 2nd Prize | Not Conducted |
| 3rd Prize | Not Conducted |
| DIVYA PRABANDHAM & RAMALINGA SWAMIGAL ARUTPAS: Vijayaraghavalu Naidu Memorial Prize & Dr. M.G.Varadarajan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Not Awarded |
| 3rd Prize | Nandita Arun / Jithendra M |
| TULSI DAS / MIRA BHAJANS:Rajalakshmi Jagannarayanan Memorial Prize, U. Ramachandra Rao Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Conducted |
| 2nd Prize | Not Conducted |
| 3rd Prize | Not Conducted |
| NARAYANATEERTHA THARANGAM / BHADRACHALA RAMADAS COMPOSITIONS: Tadepalli swarajya Lakshmi, Sri Narayana Teertha Educational & Charitable Trust Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 2nd Prize | Vishnu Priya Indira S |
| 3rd Prize | Bhuvana A |
| SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Kamakshi K |
| 2nd Prize | Satkruth Anand |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR : Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Nithyashree V |
| 2nd Prize | Rohan Kumar / Varshini Praburaj |
| 3rd Prize | Mahathi Karthik / Nandita Arun |
| THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi Kanaka Cadambi | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Srivardhan S |
| 2nd Prize | Jhanvi Shankar / Duddu V Karthika Manaswini |
| 3rd Prize | Vibha Ragavendra |
| Consolation Prize | Mythri Mahesh |
| PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Aadithyadev V |
| 2nd Prize | Bharath Raj / Avantika Saravanan |
| 3rd Prize | Aishwarya V / Anjali V |
| POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS : Soundarya Ladies Association Prize | |
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| 1st Prize | Avantika Saravanan |
| 2nd Prize | Saraswatee S |
| 3rd Prize | Rakshitha R |
| TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalammal Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Bhavya |
| 2nd Prize | Nandita Arun |
| 3rd Prize | Jithendra M |
| VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES : G.N.B. Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Aadithyadev V |
| 2nd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Srivardhan S |
| 2nd Prize | Rithikeshvar N |
| 3rd Prize | Samaya Ishwarya R |
Devotional Music Competition
The Music Academy is organizing Group Singing Devotional Music Competition under an endowment instituted by Rukmini Arts & Music Trust.
Devotional Music Competition 2024 – Prize Winners
| First Prize | Shishyas of Smt. Savita Sreeram, Chennai |
| Second Prize | Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University, Chennai |
| Special Prize | Students of Kum. Preeti Sethuraman, Chennai |
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