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 2023 ON 30th September and 1st October 2023
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 | Saarang Anand / Poongoval V |
| 2nd Prize | Haritha R / Saarang Anand |
| 3rd Prize | Sri Amruthavarshini C / Not Awarded |
| VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Kota Gayathry Varenya |
| 2nd Prize | Sivateja M |
| 3rd Prize | Avantika Saravanan |
| PALLAVI SINGING: Dr.Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Not Awarded |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES : Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 2nd Prize | Ragasudha B |
| 3rd Prize | Jhanvi Shankar |
| COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA : Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Nanditha Kannan |
| 2nd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 3rd Prize | Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi |
| COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRi : Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K.Brahmananda Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Vishnu Priya Indira S |
| 2nd Prize | Ragasudha B |
| 3rd Prize | Sindhu Rageswari M / Prasanna NVSL |
| COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR : Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C.Venkataraman Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Avantika Saravanan |
| 2nd Prize | Prasanna NVSL |
| 3rd Prize | Vishnu Priya Indira S / Anjali V |
| COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 2nd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| 3rd Prize | Gopal Sundaram M |
| ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Sreenivas Abhinav |
| 2nd Prize | Prasanna NVSL |
| 3rd Prize | Mahathi R / Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi |
| COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Anirudh S Iyer |
| 2nd Prize | Abhijay S Pisharodi |
| 3rd Prize | Aishwarya H / Yashwanth Ravi |
| COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi |
| 2nd Prize | Sarang Raghavan |
| 3rd Prize | Balaji Yuvaraj P.V.S. / Swaminathan R |
| PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Anjali V |
| 2nd Prize | Rohan Kumar |
| 3rd Prize | Sreenivas Abhinav |
| MAHARAJA SWATI TIRUNAL & GNB COMPOSITIONS: R.K. Murthy Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Ragasudha B |
| 2nd Prize | Pava Nethra S |
| 3rd Prize | Yadushree V |
| ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY : Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Baanupriya G.K. |
| 2nd Prize | Purva Dhanashree Cotah |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Sreenivas Abhinav |
| 2nd Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 3rd Prize | Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh |
| NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS -GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Not Awarded |
| 3rd 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 | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Baanupriya G.K. |
| 2nd Prize | Shreya Ravikumar |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| PADAM / JAVALI: K Tripurasundari Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Sindhu Rageswari M |
| 2nd Prize | Sanjana Harikumar |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| DIVYA PRABANDHAM & RAMALINGA SWAMIGAL ARUTPAS: Vijayaraghavalu Naidu Memorial Prize & Dr. M.G.Varadarajan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Srivardhan S |
| 2nd Prize | Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh |
| 3rd Prize | Sumedha Vijayaganesh |
| 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 | Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi |
| 2nd Prize | Vishnu Priya Indira S |
| 3rd Prize | Karra Naga Vaishnavi |
| SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Aadarshini V |
| 3rd Prize | Bhavya / Sri Raga Ravinuthala |
| THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR : Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Prahaladh S |
| 2nd Prize | Nithyashree V |
| 3rd Prize | Srivardhan S |
| THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi Kanaka Cadambi | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Anjali V |
| 2nd Prize | Namratha S |
| 3rd Prize | Avantika Saravanan / Kavya P |
| PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Namratha S |
| 2nd Prize | Avantika Saravanan / Ragasudha B |
| 3rd Prize | Sai Shravan S / Kavya P |
| POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS : Soundarya Ladies Association Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Sindhu Rageswari M |
| 2nd Prize | Sanjana Harikumar |
| 3rd Prize | Srilalitha S / Malladi Sivanand Yasasvi |
| TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalammal Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Srivardhan S |
| 2nd Prize | Kavya P / Sriniranjani K |
| 3rd Prize | Priyavadhana S.S |
| VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN : G.N.B. Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Not Awarded |
| 3rd Prize | Not Awarded |
| VOCAL MUSIC FOR LADIES : G.N.B. Memorial Prize | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Not Awarded |
| 2nd Prize | Nanditha Kannan |
| 3rd Prize | Amrita Snigdha Desiraju / Vishnu Priya Indira S |
| SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors | |
|---|---|
| 1st Prize | Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh |
| 2nd Prize | Aadarshini V |
| 3rd Prize | Srivardhan S |
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