Given below is a list of carnatic music concerts in Chennai. I will keep updating the list as frequently as possible. The list is as per information received from different sources. Some of the programs might change without my getting to know about the same, in which case, I will not be able to update this page with the changes. I have put a ? wherever I am not sure of the timings (mostly these concerts should be in the evening). A list of sabhas with address and phone no is given at the bottom of this page.
{Source: Artist websites, newspapers (The Hindu), schedules released by sabhas, word of mouth etc}
You can use Ctrl+F in your Internet Explorer/Mozilla Firefox window to search for a particular artist/ sabha
Please refer to this link for directions to the venues (thanks to Bharath for the excellent work with the map)
Please refer to this link for a list of concerts that happened in the past in Chennai.
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MAY 2012
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1st May 2012 (Tuesday)
6:00 PM – Bhavana Iyer (Vocal), B. Ananthakrishnan (Violin), S.J. Arjun Ganesh (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Music Circle) **Free**
5th May 2012 (Saturday)
6:00 PM – Thamarakkad Govindan Nambudiri (Vocal), V.V. Ravi (Violin), Trichur Narendran (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
6th May 2012 (Sunday)
6:00 PM – Prasanna Venkatraman (Vocal), B.U. Ganesh Prasad (Violin), R. Shankaranarayanan (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
9th May 2012 (Wednesday)
6:00 PM – Varalakshmi Anandkumar (Vocal), Karaikal Venkatasubramanian (Violin), R. Ramkumar (That’s me!) (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
10th May 2012 (Thursday)
6:00 PM – J.B. Sruti Sagar (Vocal), M. Rajeev (Violin), Akshay Anand (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
12th May 2012 (Saturday)
6:00 PM – V.L.V. Sudarshan & Group (Sri Rama Darshan) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha) **Free**
21st May 2012 (Monday)
5:30 PM – Padma Shankar (Vocal – Kritis of Janaki Ramachandran) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
22nd May 2012 (Tuesday)
6:00 PM – Archana & Arathi (Vocal), M. Vijay (Violin), N.C. Bharadwaj (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
25th May 2012 (Friday)
6:00 PM – R. Ganesh (Vocal), Madurai Balasubramaniam (Violin), Chidambaram S. Balashankar (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Irai Isai Payanam – Concert in benefit of the renovation of Kalavai temple) **Free**
27th May 2012 (Sunday)
6:15 PM – M.V. Simhachala Sastri Bhagavatar (Harikatha in Telugu – Syama Sastri’s Shri Kamakshi Vaibhavam), Neela Jayakumar (Violin), V.R. Jayakumar (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
29th May 2012 (Tuesday)
6:00 PM – Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal), K.P. Nandini (Violin), Tanjavur Praveen Kumar (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Mylapore (Naada Inbam) **Free**
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JULY 2012
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7th July 2012 (Saturday)
6:00 PM – Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam (Vocal – Kshetra Sangeetham Episode 12) @ Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall, TTK Road, Alwarpet **Free**
10th July 2012 (Tuesday)
6:30 PM – Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam (Vocal), Anayampatti G. V enkatasubramaniam (Violin), Mannarkoil Balaji (Mrudangam), Trichy Murali (Ghatam) @ Sankara Mutt, Kanchipuram
20th July 2012 (Friday)
6:00 PM – Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam (Vocal), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (Mrudangam), N. Guruprasad (Mrudangam) @ Ragasudha Hall, 85/2, Luz Avenue, Myalpore (Sathur Subramaniam Day Concert) **Free**
I have been benefitting from your site for some years now..
Is the TM Krishna concert being held at Sri Kapaleeswarar temple part of a Rama navami series ?
I am a devotee and have been visitng there for fifty years now !
But last time I was so disheartened to see the premises not clean at all. I heard the same comment from others who visited. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
If there are enough like-minded people we can take the initiative to have it cleaned up , starting with Ram Navami clelbrations
Akhila
Not sure if it is a part of the Rama Navami series.
The initiative to keep the premises clean is a very noble one. Wish the initiative a great success!
thank u so much for such a informations. please keep it up.
Today’s concert of Abhishek Raghuram at Ayodhya Mandapam is cancelled (There is a concert of another singer, I couldn’t get the full name). It was announced yesterday.
Thanks for the info. I got to know about this in the morning and have updated the same now. Smt. Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam will be singing today.
Hi i am visiting chennai on 30th april and first may.Can you tell me if there are any concerts during that time.
regards
Dr E S Krishnan
Is JB Sruthi Sagar’s concert on May 10th a Vocal one? I thought he is only a flautist.
Thanks