Isai Vizha (16-12-2025 to 5-1-2026 and ) Schedule

ISAI VIZHA SCHEDULE of
16-12-2025 to 1-1-2026 @ Vidya Bharathi Venue and 2-1-2026 to 5-1-2026 @ Narada Gana Sabha Hall

SRI PARTHASARATHY SWAMI SABHA

ISAI VIZHA

(16-12-2025 to 1-1-2026)

125TH YEAR CELEBRATIONS

VIDYA BHARATHI, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai – 4.

(Ph: 24997269)

Inauguration

16-12-2025 at 5.00 p.m.

Srimad Paramahamsethyadhi

SRI MADHURAKAVI RAMANUJA JEEYAR SWAMIGAL

Sri Vanamamali Mutt, Nanguneri

Graces the occasion

Inaugurates and Confers Awards

“SANGEETHA KALASARATHY ”

Prof. Sri. V.V. SUBRAHMANYAM (Violin Maestro)

Smt. VISHAKHA HARI ( Harikatha Exponent)

Life time contribution

“ACHARYA SARATHY”

Vid. RAMA RAVI

Vid. Dr. R. K. PADMANABHA

Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary Award

Vid. T.G. MUTHUKUMARASAMY (Thavil)

Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Award

Vid. V.V.S. MURARI

Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Musical Excellence

Vid. NIRMALA RAJASEKAR

Veena Pichumani Iyer Centenary Award

Vid. Mudikondan S. N. RAMESH

Kalpagam Swaminathan Award

Vid. MANGALAM SHANKAR

Isai Methai G. Ramanathan Award

Vid. VIDYA KALYANARAMAN

Dr. M.L. Vasanthakumari Award

Vid. SHRUTHI SHANKAR KUMAR

Pudukkottai Dakshinamurthy Pillai Award

Vid. M. MANOJ SIVA (Mrudangam)

Vid. B. GANAPATHY RAMAN (Mrudangam)

Felicitation By
‘Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Mrudanga Pithamaha Dr. T.K. MURTHY
Cleveland Sri. V.V. SUNDARAM

2.45 p.m. MangalaIsai
Pazhayaseevaram Sri.G.Kalidass- Nadaswaram
Sri.G.Vinodkumar – Nadaswaram
Sri.G.Silambarasan- Thavil
Sri.Gummidipoondi R .Jeeva- Thavil

6.45 p.m. Chitravina N. RAVIKIRAN (Chitravina) & S. SHASHANK (Flute) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – B. Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira)

17-12-2025 (Wednesday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Understanding Rare Ragas of Dikshitar from his Kritis” – Dr.Sriram Parasuram

10.00 a.m. Sunil R. Gargyan (Vocal) – H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Sai Raghavan (Mridangam) – Chandrashekara Sharma (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Madhuri Kaushik (Vocal) – Krithik Kowshik (Violin) Nandan Kashyap (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. Vivek Moozhikulam (Vocal) – Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin) – Burra Sriram (Mridangam) – Sowmya Narayanan (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. Cherthala Dr. K.N. RENGANATHA SHARMA (Vocal) – Embar S. Kannan (Violin) – Tanjore Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam) – H. Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. AKKARAI SISTERS S.Subhalakshmi and S. Sornalatha (Vocal) – Tumkur Bargav (Violin) – Shree Sundar Kumar (Mridangam) – B.S. Purushotham (Kanjira)

18-12-2025 (Thursday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “The Effective use of Kalapramanam in Musical Expressions” by Vid. Rama Ravi, Vid. Suguna Varadachary with Vid.K. Arun Prakash & Supported by Dr. Nanditha Ravi and Vid. Aishwarya Shankar

10.00 a.m. Jayashree Vaidyanathan (Vocal) – Thirumarugal Dinesh (Violin) – Mannikudi Chandrasekar (Mridangam) – H Sivaramakrishnan (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Abhishek Ravishankar (Vocal) – M. Siva Teja (Violin) – Suriya Nambisan (Mridangam) – G. Ganapathy (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. Abilash Giriprasad (Vocal) – Keerthana Sankar (Violin) – B.S. Prashanth (Mridangam) – M. Phanindra (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. . PRINCE RAMA VARMA (Vocal) – Avaneeswaram Vinu (Violin) – B. Harikumar (Mridangam) – Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. Dr. PANTULA RAMA (Vocal) – MSN Murthy (Violin) – Kotipalli Ramesh (Mridangam) – Harish Chandra (Kanjira)

19-12-2025 (Friday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Sangeetha Shastra Margamu” through Thyagaraja Kritis by Malladi Brothers Vid. Sreeramprasad & Ravikumar

10.00 a.m. Kruthi Vittal (Vocal) – Vittal Rangan (Violin) – N. C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam) – S. Krishna (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Sri Sri Sisters Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal Duet)) – Sindu Rageswari (Violin) – Navaneet Gopinath (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. S. Aishwarya & S. Soundarya (Vocal Duet) – Parur M.K. Ananthalakshi (Violin) – Sunaada Krishna (Mridangam) – Ramya Ramesh (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. NISHA RAJAGOPALAN (Vocal) – H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – J. Vaidhyanathan (Mridangam) – S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. Kunnakudi M. BALAMURALIKRISHNA (Vocal) – Sruti Sarathy (Violin) B. Shree Sundarkumar S Sivaramakrishna(Kanjira)

20-12-2025 (Saturday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Voice Culture, Care & Cure – Healthy Voice Technics & Fitness Methods” – Dr. Shyamala Vinod (Voxologist) Supported by Vid. Shruthi Shankar Kumar, Keshav Vinod Kumar, and Anirudh Venkatesh.

10.00 a.m. “Shatpadiyum Saptapadiyum” By U. Ve. Dushyanth Sridhar Swamigal

12.30 p.m. Anirudh Subramanian (Vocal) – C.S. Chinmayi (Violin) – Malladi Aravind (Mrudangam) – Hariharasubramaniam (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. R.P. Shravan (Vocal) – Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin) – Akshay Ram (Mridangam) – Sumukh Karanth (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. CARNATICA BROTHERS K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal) – Nagai Muralidharan (Violin) – Thanjavur Murugaboopathi (Mridangam) – Payyanur Govindaprasad ( Morsing)

6.30 p.m. RAMAKRISHNAN MURTHY (Vocal) – Vittal Rangan (Violin) – Vijay Natesan (Mridangam) .

21-12-2025 (Sunday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Decoding Laya aspects of Pallavi” – Vid.Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna with Vid.Shree Sundar Kumar

10.00 a.m. Dr R. Suryaprakash (Vocal) – VVS Murari (Violin) -Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi (Mridangam) – K V Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

12.30 p.m. Swarathmika Srikanth (Vocal) – Haritha Narayanan (Violin) – Prajwal Bharadwaj (Mridangam) – Satish Gowtham (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. Shruthi Shankar Kumar (Vocal) – Bhargav Tumkur (Violin) – B.N. Kasinadh (Mridangam) – S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. Papanasam ASHOK RAMANI (Vocal) – B U Ganesh Prasad (Violin) – Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) – N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. N. VIJAY SIVA (Vocal) – R. K. Shriramkumar (Violin) -N C Bharadwaj (Mrudangam) Tirupanithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam) ; S R Vikneswaran and Vaibhav Prakash- (Vocal Support)

22-12-2025 (Monday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Musical Aesthetics – Clarity of Pure Notes and Vibrant Gamakas – Musical Aesthetics” – Vid.Prince Rama Varma & Vid. Amrutha Venkatesh

10.00 a.m. V. K. Mani Maran (Vocal) – VVS Murari (Violin) – B. Sivaraman (Mridangam) – N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Sudarshan Muralidharan (Vocal) – Dr. Badri Narayanan (Violin) – Mumbai Rohit Prasad (Mridangam) – Vishnu V. Kamath (Kanjira)

2.00 p.m. Bhargav Hariharan & Krupa Lakshmi (Vocal Duet) – Madan Mohan (Violin) – Trivandrum V. Balaji (Mridangam) – Samyukta Sriram (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. AMRITHA MURALI (Vocal) – L. Ramakrishnan (Violin) – N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam) – Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. ABHISHEK RAGHURAM (Vocal) – Vittal Rangan (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Vazhapally Krishnakumar(Ghatam)

23-12-2025 (Tuesday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Mathemusic- Melding Music & Maths” – Vid. Ramana Balachandhran with Vid. Kamalakiran Vinjamuri

10.00 a.m. Amrutha Venkatesh (Vocal) – Rajeev Mukundan (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Rishabh Kaushik (Vocal) – R. Srikriti (Violin) – Myan Sudarshan (Mridangam) – Ram Siva (Kanjira)

2.00 p.m. Aditya Madhavan (Vocal) – Bhargav Tumkur (Violin) – Vijay Ganesh (Mridangam) – D.V. Venkatasubramanian (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. . VIGNESH ISHWAR (Vocal) – Sayee Rakshith (Violin) – Delhi Sairam (Mridangam) –N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. TRICHUR BROTHERS Srikrishna Mohan and Ramkumar Mohan (Vocal) – Gokul (Violin) – Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam) – Sunaad Anoor (Kanjira)

24-12-2025 (Wednesday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Relevance of Raga Classification Janaka- Janya System” moderated by Dr. Radha Bhaskar. Panelists : Dr.R.S.Jayalakshmi , Dr.Renganatha Sharma, Dr.Gayatri Kamakoti

10.00 a.m. Rithvik Raja (Vocal) – M. Rajeev (Violin) – N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)- G. Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. S. Srivathsan (Vocal) – Somanath Dandibhotla (Violin) – A. Rohith (Mridangam) – K. Ranganathan (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. Gayathri Sathya (Vocal) – Dr. M. Narmadha (Violin) – Arjun Ganesh (Mridangam) – Nerkunnam S. Manikandan (Morsing)

4.00 p.m. ASWATH NARAYANAN (Vocal) – Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin) – N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam) – K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. MALLADI BROTHERS Sriramprasad and Ravikumar (Vocal) – B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) – Parupalli Phalgun (Mridangam) – Dr. V. Suresh (Ghatam)

25-12-2025 (Thursday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Innovative methods to take Carnatic Music to Next Gen” – Vid. S. Saketharaman with Vid. Mahesh Raghvan

10.00 a.m. “Draupadi Sharanagathi” (Musical Discourse) By Smt. VISHAKHA HARI with B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin) – Vijay Ganesh (Mridangam)- Trichy Murali (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Bharath Narayanan (Vocal) – Sreelakshmi Bhat (Violin) – Ashwinn Balachandran (Mridangam) – Shamit S. Gowda (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m ‘Bakthi Sangeet’ By Sooryagayathri – S. Rangapriya (Violin) – V.G. Vigneshwar –(Keyboard) – P.V. Anil Kumar (Mridangam) – V. Ganapathy (Tabla)

4.00 p.m. S. MAHATHI (Vocal) – Jyotsna Srikanth (Violin) – Vijay Natesan (Mridangam) – S. Sunilkumar (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. Sikkil C. GURUCHARAN (Vocal) – L. Ramakrishnan (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam)

26-12-2025 (Friday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Reflecting on the Composers intent to understand the purpose of Carnatic Music” – Vid. Vishaka Hari & Vid. Palghat Ramprasad

10.00 a.m. K.S. Vishnudev (Vocal) – Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Pathangi Brothers (Dhruv & Dathre) (Vocal Duet) – Vishal Sowmyan (Violin) – Srikkar Chittari (Mrudangam)

2.00 p.m Vivek Sadasivam (Vocal) – Delhi Sridhar (Violin) – Nirmal Narayan (Mridangam) – Utham Shantharaju (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. . K. GAYATHRI (Vocal) – Alamkode Gokul (Violin) – J. Vaidyanathan (Mridangam) – S. Krishna (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. P. UNNIKRISHNAN (Vocal) – Sayee Rakshith (Violin) – Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam(Mridangam) – Tripunithura Radhakrishnan (Ghatam)

27-12-2025 (Saturday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Role of Chittaswarams in Melodic Enhancement of a Composition” – Dr. Gayatri Girish, Vid. G. Ravikiran, Vid. K.S. Vishnudev & Dr. N.J. Nandini

10.00 a.m. J.A. Jayant (Flute) – L. Ramakrishnan (Violin) – N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam)- Giridhar Udupa (Ghatam) – S. Sunil kumar (Kanjira)

12.30 p.m. Akshara Samskriti (Vocal) – Prahlad Sriyagna Priyan (Violin) – Pazhani Balaji (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. Rahul R. Vellal (Vocal) – Keshav Mohan Kumar (Violin) – Kaushik Sridhar (Mridangam) – K.R. Sivaramakrishna (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. SRIRANJANI SANTHANAGOPALAN (Vocal) – Sayee Rakshith (Violin) – N.C. Bharadwaj (Mridangam) – Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. K. BHARAT SUNDAR (Vocal) – Kamalakiran Vinjamuri (Violin) – Thiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam (Mridangam) – Alathur Rajaganesh (Kanjira)

28-12-2025 (Sunday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Exploring Raga Music” – A journey from Abstract to Form – Vid. K. Bharat Sundar & Vid. L. Ramakrishnan

10.00 a.m. Kalyanapuram S. Aravind (Vocal) – Vittal Rangan (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – S. Krishna (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Sai Sisters Kiran Nivi (Vocal) – Gayatri Vibhavari (Violin) – B.N. Kasinandh (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. Spoorthi Rao (Vocal) – Vibhav Ramani (Violin) – S. Hariharan (Mridangam) – Sheeharsha Udupa (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. Dr. B. VIJAYAGOPAL ( Flute) – B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin) – Akshay Ananthapadmanabhan (Mridangam) – K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. SID. SRIRAM (Vocal) – H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) -Kanjiraman (Kanjira)

29-12-2025 (Monday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Sangeetha Alankaram” – Enhancing the grandeur of Carnatic concerts – Vid. Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Vid. Nagai R. Muralidharan, Vid. Delhi Sundarrajan & Vid. Mannargudi A.Easwaran

10.00 a.m. V. Sankaranarayanan (Vocal) – M.A. Sundareswaran (Violin) – R. Sankaranarayanan (Mridangam) – N. Guru Prasad (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. V. Deepika & V. Nandika (Vocal Duet) – Chetana Sekhar (Violin) – Aduthurai Guruprasadh (Mridangam) – Sainath (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal) – VSP Gayatri Sivani (Violin) – Ajay Gopi (Mridangam) – Sathya Ganesan (Ghatam)

4.00 p.m. PALGHAT Ramprasad (vocal) – H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Patri Sathish Kumar (Mridangam) – Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. S. SAKETHARAMAN (Vocal) – H.N. Bhaskar (Violin) – Vijay Natesan (Mridangam) – Dr. S. Karthick (Ghatam)

30-12-2025 (Tuesday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Exploring Taanam in Carnatic Music” – Techniques , Styles and Expressions : Vid. Manda ( Alamuru) Sudharani with Vid. M.A.Sundareswaran & Vid. Nirmala Rajasekar

10.00 a.m. Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran (Vocal) – Sayee Rakshith (Violin) – Vijay Natesan (Mridangam) – B S Purushottam (Kanjira)

12.30 p.m. Aditya Narayanan (Vocal) – Sameth Sitaraman (Violin) – Gopal Ravindran (Mridangam) – Srikrishna Prasanna (Ghatam)

2.00 p.m. ‘Sriranga Mahatmyam’

4.00 p.m. RAMANA BALACHANDRAN (Veena) – Sai Giridhar (Mridangam) – K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. GAYATHRI VENKATARAGHAVAN (Vocal) – Mysore Srikanth (Violin) – Neyveli Narayanan (Mridangam)- S. Sunil Kumar (Kanjira)

31-12-2025 (Wednesday)

8.30 a.m. Lect. Demo. “Evolution of teaching methods in Carnatic & Hindustani Music” – Gurukul to Cyber Vidyalaya – Dr.Sangeeta Shankar – Hindustani Violinist with Dr. R. Suriya Prakash, Dr. R. Hemalatha, Vid. V.V.S.Murari

10.00 a.m. Nirmala Rajasekar (Saraswathi Veena) – Trivandrum Sampath (Violin) – Thanjavur K Murugaboopathi (Mridangam) – N. Guruprasad (Ghatam)

12.30 p.m. Subhathra Sridharan (Vocal) – Sanchith Narayanan (Violin) – Lalit Kovvuri (Mridangam)

2.00 p.m. Heramb & Hemanth (Flute Duo) – Sanjay Suresh (Violin) – Puttur Nikshith (Mridangam) – Sriram Natrajan (Kanjira)

4.00 p.m. Neyveli R. SANTHANAGOPALAN (Vocal) – M.A.Sundareswaran (Violin) – K.V.Prasad (Mridangam) – Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. SANDEEP NARAYAN (Vocal) – S. Varadarajan (Violin) – Dr. Trichy Sankaran (Mridangam) – K.V. Gopalakrishnan (Kanjira)

1-1-2026 (Thursday)

10.00 a.m. “Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam” By Sri. U.Ve. Velukkudi Krishnan Swamigal

12.30 p.m. Vishruthi Girish (Vocal) – Aparna Thyagarajan (Violin) – Aashrith Aravind (Mridangam) – Sai Bharath (Kanjira)

2.00 p.m. Pattabhirama Pandit (Vocal) – T.K. V. Ramanujacharlu (Violin) – Bangalore V Praveen (Mridangam) – Paravoor Gopakunar (Morsing)

4.00 p.m. . Dr. GAYATHRI GIRISH (Vocal) – R. Raghul (Violin) – R. Sankaranarayanan – (Mridangam) – S.Krishna (Ghatam)

6.30 p.m. Dr. NITHYASREE MAHADEVAN (Vocal) – B.V. Raghavendra Rao (Violin) -I. Sivakumar (Mridangam) – Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghatam)

125th Year Celebrations Programme at Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet

2-1-2026 (Friday)

2.00 p.m. MangalaIsai followed by “Sri Thyagaraja Pancharatna Kritis ”–Gosti Ganam Featuring over 100 artistes

5.30 p.m. 125th year Commemorative Celebration Function – Address by Esteemed Guests

6.30 p.m. “Nava-VidhaBakthi” Presented By Vid. SUDHA RAGUNATHAN and U.Ve.DUSHYANTH SRIDHAR, Embar Kannan (Violin) – Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Sowmiya Narayanan (Ghatam)

(All are Welcome)

3-1-2026 (Saturday)

4.00 p.m. ANIL SRINIVASAN (Piano) & U. RAJESH (Mandolin) with Praveen Narayan (Tabla) – Swaminathan Selvaganesh (Kanjira)

6.30 p.m. Special Concert By Vid. RANJANI GAYATRI– Rajeev M (Violin) –Delhi Sairam (Mridangam) – Krishna Sriram (Ghatam)

4-1-2026 (Sunday)

6.00 p.m. “Sabari Moksham” A Ramayana Dance Drama Production by KALAKSHETRA Foundation, Choreographed by Smt. RUKMANI DEVI ARUNDALE

5-1-2026 (Monday)

4.00 p.m. Dr. A. KANYAKUMARI Presents a Special Event ‘VIOLIN WAVES’ with disciples. Patri Satish Kumar (Mridangam) – Shree Sundar Kumar (Kanjira) – S. Ganapathy (Tabla )

7.00 p.m. ANITHA GUHA’s Bharathanjali Present “Mahadevam Mahasenam Bhaje” Dance Drama. Concept & Choreography Guru Anitha Guha. Lyrics & Music Dr. P R Venkatasubramian

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