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