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