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.

THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2025 ON 04 th October and 05 th October 2025

Supported by the following endowments for conducting and prizes..

a) Sow. Brinda Krishnaswamy Memorial Endowment by Sri. M.Krishnaswamy

b) Smt. K V Shantha – Kenthandapatti V Shantha Endowment by Smt. Yamini Ramesh

Music Prize Winners

VEENA: Dhanammal Memorial Prize / Seshanna Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Hiranmayi S Nadathur / Vaidehi Balasubramanian / Sangeetha Narayanan
2^nd Prize	Dhanyaa V / Vaidehi Balasubramanian / Hiranmayi S Nadathur
3^rd Prize	Sanjana Kamath Panchmal
VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Bhargava B
2^nd Prize	Medha H
3^rd Prize	Kanyakumari V
PALLAVI SINGING: Dr. Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Mahathi R
2^nd Prize	Shashank Ganesan
3^rd Prize	Bhuvana A
TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES: Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize
1^st Prize	Srihari Karthik
2^nd Prize	Vibha Ashwin / Mythri Mahesh
3^rd Prize	Kanyakumari V / Sai Shravan S
COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA: Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize
1^st Prize	Srihari Karthik / Krishnapriya R
2^nd Prize	Avantika Saravanan / Medha Udupa
3^rd Prize	Niranjana Vignesh
COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRI: Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K. Brahmananda Prize
1^st Prize	Krishnapriya R / Prarthana B
2^nd Prize	Avantika Saravanan / Varshini Praburaj
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR: Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C. Venkataraman Prize
1^st Prize	Shreya Sandeep
2^nd Prize	Advaith Arvind / Srihari Karthik
3^rd Prize	Bhuvana A
COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Bhuvana A
2^nd Prize	Srihari Karthik
3^rd Prize	Avantika Saravanan / Medha Udupa
Consolation Prize	Sriraghav N / Shraddha Venkateswaran
ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari Prize
1^st Prize	Ananya Sarala
2^nd Prize	Abhigna M
3^rd Prize	Bhargava B
Consolation Prize	Srivarshini Vijapurapu / Bharathraj / Kanishka Yadla
COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Sakethram Phani Vedala
2^nd Prize	Anghiras / Pranav Shriram Iyer
3^rd Prize	Srinivasa J
Consolation Prize	Mithra Mahesh
COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Vamadev Chebiyyam
2^nd Prize	Athreya S
3^rd Prize	Shrinikeeth Balaji
Consolation Prize	Auroni Kanti Bhattacharya
PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize)
1^st Prize	Bhuvana A
2^nd Prize	Avantika Saravanan
3^rd Prize	Rohan Kumar
MAHARAJA SWATI TIRUNAL & GNB COMPOSITIONS: R.K. Murthy Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Varshini Praburaj
2^nd Prize	Aadya Venkatesh
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY: Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize
1^st Prize	Sai Krishnapriya T
2^nd Prize	Bhuvana A
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan Prize
1^st Prize	Bhuvana A
2^nd Prize	Harini S
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan Prize
1^st Prize	Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. School, K K Nagar
2^nd Prize	Not Awarded
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
MAYURAM T.R.VISWANATHA SASTRY, NEELAKANTA SIVAN & Dr.E.S.SANKARANARAYANAN SONGS: TRV Memorial Prize, Smt. Saraswathi Ram Prize & Maragatham Sankaranarayana Trust Prize
1^st Prize	Not Conducted
2^nd Prize	Not Conducted
3^rd Prize	Not Conducted
PADAM / JAVALI: K Tripurasundari Prize
1^st Prize	Sai Shravan S
2^nd Prize	Not Awarded
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
DIVYA PRABANDHAM & RAMALINGA SWAMIGAL ARUTPAS: Vijayaraghavalu Naidu Memorial Prize & Dr. M.G. Varadarajan Prize
1^st Prize	Not Awarded
2^nd Prize	Not Awarded
3^rd Prize	Not Awarded
TULSI DAS / MIRA BHAJANS: Rajalakshmi Jagannarayanan Memorial Prize, U. Ramachandra Rao Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Not Conducted
2^nd Prize	Not Conducted
3^rd Prize	Not Conducted
NARAYANATEERTHA THARANGAM / BHADRACHALA RAMADAS COMPOSITIONS: Tadepalli swarajya Lakshmi, Sri Narayana Teertha Educational & Charitable Trust Prize
1^st Prize	Ananya Sarala
2^nd Prize	Abhigyaa M
3^rd Prize	Bhuvana A
SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Not Conducted
2^nd Prize	Not Conducted
3^rd Prize	Not Conducted
THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi
1^st Prize	Advaith Arvind
2^nd Prize	Aadya Venkatesh
3^rd Prize	Srihari Karthik
Consolation Prize	Sai Krishnapriya T
THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi
1^st Prize	Bhuvana A
2^nd Prize	Tapsya Vaidhyanathan
3^rd Prize	Shreya Sandeep
PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize
1^st Prize	Varshini Priyaaraj / Avanita Saravanan
2^nd Prize	Niranjana Vignesh / Srihari Karthik
3^rd Prize	Sriranjani B / Bhuvana A
Consolation Prize	Shreya Sandeep / Sai Shravan S
POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS: Soundarya Ladasa Association Prize
1^st Prize	Bhavya Ganapathi
2^nd Prize	Kanyakumari V
TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalamma Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize
1^st Prize	Niranjana Vignesh
2^nd Prize	Srihari Karthik
3^rd Prize	Nandita Arun
VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES: G.N.B. Memorial Prize
1^st Prize	Shashank Ganesan
2^nd Prize	Krishna Sruthi Ivaturi
3^rd Prize	Bharathraj
SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors
1^st Prize	Mythri Mahesh
2^nd Prize	Mahathi Karthik
3^rd Prize	Harini S / Aadya Venkatesh

Some of the competitions were not conducted as the number of participants did not meet the criteria

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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