Schedule of Events
The Festival is, as usual, scheduled around the Easter holiday. For 2026, the festival will start on Wednesday April 1st and continue until Sunday April 12th, 2026.
The 2026 Festival is dedicated to the memory of the flutist T.R. Mahalingam and nadaswaram artist Thirumeignanam Natarajasundaram Pillai whose centenary year is being celebrated this year. It is also dedicated to the memory of Nedunuri Krishnamurthy.
The Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Ticketed programs are marked in the schedule. See our ticketing page to for purchase information.
For those who cannot attend in person, the Festival will also be webcast by our partner, iCarnatic. Please check their web site for details.
Our lineup of artists and concert schedule is still in the process of being finalized. Please check back here for updates.
| Wednesday April 1, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 10:00am – 10:30am |
Mangala Isai Thirumeignanam Brothers T.K.R. Ayyappan & T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram) Thirukkadaiyur G. Babu (Special thavil) Nellore S. Nagendran (thavil) |
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| 10:45am – 11:30am |
Haasini Battiprolu of CA (Vocal) Karthik Subramanian of TX (violin) Saketh Prabha of PA (mridangam) |
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| 11:45am – 1:00pm |
Dharini Kalyanaraman of WA (Vocal) C.S. Chinmayi (violin) Akshanan Mayuran (mridangam) |
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| 1:15pm – 2:45pm |
Kala Rathna Dr Aishwarya Shankar (Vocal) Srilakshmi Bhat (violin) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam) |
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| 3:00pm – 4:45pm |
Anahita & Apoorva (Vocal) Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (mridangam) Sowmiya J. Narayanan of VA (ghatam) |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
R. Suryaprakash (Vocal) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) Balaji Chandran of MN (ghatam) |
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| 7:15pm – 9:30pm |
Thirumeignanam Brothers T.K.R. Ayyappan & T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram) Thirukkadaiyur G. Babu (Special Thavil) Nellore S. Nagendran (Thavil) |
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| Thursday April 2, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Saketha Pantula of MD (Vocal) Sudarshan Prasanna of GA (violin) Rishabh Kalyan of WA (mridangam) Sai Bharath (kanjira) |
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| 9:30am – 10:30am |
Veena Pusthaka Dharini A presentation by disciples of Tiruvarur S. Girish |
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| 11:00am – 12:00pm |
Sreerama Vibhakthi krithis of Muthuswamy Dikshitar by Amrithavarshini Academy (Students of Acharya Rathnakara Sherthalai Dr K.N. Renganatha Sharma and Dr Mohana Sharma) |
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| 12:45pm – 1:45pm |
Mridanga Tarangam A talavadyam program conceptualized by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Yella Venkateshwara Rao Coordinated by Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR, Srinath Balasubramanian of CA, Rama Krishna Nethi |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan Presents Thakadhimi thakita — Season 8 "Muruganin Perumai" — A Grand Percussion Ensemble — A confluence of rhythm, melody, and dance Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (Mridangam & konnakkol) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Kala Rathna Abilash Giriprasad (vocal) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) N. Sundar (morsing & tabla) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram R. Thiagarajan (flute) Choreography by Padmini Radhakrishnan and Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Bharathanatyam Students of Meenakshi Ganesan of CA, Akila Rao of CA, Meenakshi Vedantham of CA, Vaishali Ramachandran of CA, Snigdha Venkataramani of CA, Abhirami Shankar of CA, Srividya Chellappan of WA, Shwetha Nirmal of WA, Yamini Varadarajulu of WA, Preetha Subramanyan of GA, Gayathri Sudhakar of GA, Gomathi Manoj of NJ, Ramya Shankaran of NJ, Akila Subramanyam of VA, Shanthi Ashok of VA, Sudha Krishnamurthy of VA, Vimina Bagavath of IN, Aishwarya Chakravarthy of CT, Pragnya Bidarkare Prakash of IA, Preethi Sathyanarayanan of TX, Prasanna Jeer of IL Kuchipudi Students of Madhuri Kishore of CA, Sunita Pendekanti of CA |
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| 4:15pm – 5:15pm |
Shiva Bhakti Vilasam Curated & Presented by Bhargavi Balasubramanian Co-presented by Dharini Kalyanaraman of WA & Anu Suresh of CA |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:30pm – 7:15pm |
Sunil R. Gargyan (Vocal) R. Raghul (violin) Sai Raghavan (mridangam) Nerkunam Dr S. Sankar (kanjira) |
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| 8:00pm – 9:30pm |
Enchantment — A Multi-Genre Play on the
Life and Art of Pt Ravi Shankar Direction & Design by Gowri Ramnarayan Starring Yohan Chacko, Aarabhi Veeraraghavan, and Bhavya Kumaran of NY Featuring music composed by Vishva Sangeetha Pradarshaka Pt Ravi Shankar and the voices of Bombay Jayashri, Aditya Prakash, Vignesh Ishwar, and Chaitra Sairam |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
U.E. Sinddhuja (Harikatha) Tejas Murali of TX (violin) Arnav Sudarshan of OR (mridangam) |
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| Friday April 3, 2026 Cleveland State University & Crowne Plaza Playhouse Square | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 5:00pm |
Music Competition |
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| Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
2025 Concert Competition Winner Madhura Sriram of TX (Vocal) Sanjith Narayanan of NC (violin) Praseed Balaji of MN (mridangam) Sai Bharath (kanjira) |
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| 9:15am – 11:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran (Chitraveena) Pranav Kikkeri of TX (vocal support) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Yella Venkateshwara Rao (mridangam) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam) |
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| 11:45am – 12:45pm |
2025 Advanced Pallavi Competition Winner Vijayanti Pappu of AZ (Veena) Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (mridangam) Sowmiya J. Narayanan of VA (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:30pm |
Kala Rathna Kruthi Vittal (Vocal) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Abhinav Seetharaman of VA (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| 3:00pm – 4:00pm |
Carnatic-Jazz Collaboration by INfusion Kala Seva Mani Prof. Leo Coach (piano) Joe Culley (tabla) Lalit Subramanian (vocal & mridangam) Reed Simon (violin) Medha Lalit Iyer (violin) Kamryn McRory (cello) SreeKrishna Pasumarthy (flute) |
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| 4:15pm – 4:45pm |
Ceremonial Procession and Mallari Traditional Kolattam by students of Shoba Narayan of OH, Nritya Gitanjali School of Dance and students of Kalyani Veturi of OH, Sree Mayuri Dance Academy of Kuchipudi |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:00pm – 7:00pm |
Jugalbandhi Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (Violin) Ashwani Shankar (Shehnai) Sai Giridhar (mridangam) Amit Kavthekar (tabla) |
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| 7:30pm – 9:30pm |
Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena (Bharathanatyam) and her disciples Upanisha Kannan (Bharathanatyam) Shabin Bright (Bharathanatyam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Sripradha Manikantan of CA (Vocal) Sameth Sitaram of NJ (violin) Srivatsan Srinivasan of CA (mridangam) |
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| Saturday April 4, 2026 Wolstein Center, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:00am | Puja and Worship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:15am |
Mangala Isai Thirumeignanam Brothers T.K.R. Ayyappan & T.K.R. Meenakshisundaram (Nadaswaram) Thirukkadaiyur G. Babu (thavil) Nellore S. Nagendran (thavil) |
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| 8:00am – 8:45am | Bhajans by Children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00am – 10:45am | Pancharathna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:15am – 12:15pm |
The Sishyakulam Epic Choir Conceptualized by Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, this ensemble brings together musicians from across North America for the grandest stage event in Carnatic music |
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| Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30pm – 1:30pm |
Harikambodhi — A Tapestry of Grace Concept and Presentation by Jay Shankar Balan of MI |
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| 1:45pm – 3:30pm |
Kala Rathna K. Bharat Sundar (Vocal) Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam) Dr Ravi Balasubramanian of OR (ghatam) |
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| 4:00pm – 6:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Ramnad V. Raghavan Memorial Concert Sustaining Sampradaya — Tribute to T.R. Mahalingam A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival |
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| 6:45pm – 7:30pm |
Book Release 108 Divya Desha Govinda Namavali composed and set to tune by Maheshwari Dixith Complete Works of Mutthuswamy Dikshitar with word-for-word meanings in English, by Kalluri Satya Ramaprasad Felicitation Function
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| 7:45pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Kala Seva Mani Dr David Nelson of CT (mridangam) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Yuva Sangeeta Seva Anirudh Raja of CA (Vocal) Sanjay Suresh of WI (violin) Akshay Venkatesan of CA (mridangam) |
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| Sunday April 5, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Carnatic Symphony Presented by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Manodharmamum Kalpita Sangeethamum A thematic presentation by North American students Presented by Sangeetha Rathnakara Papanasam Ashok Ramani |
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| The highlighted program below is covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:30am – 1:00pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr S. Sowmya (Vocal) Kala Rathna Kamalakiran Vinjamuri of VA (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam) Kala Rathna G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| 1:15pm – 2:15pm | Music Competition Prize Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:45pm – 3:45pm |
Veena Ganam presented by Naadharasa Center for Music Curated by Nirmala Rajasekar of MN |
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| 4:15pm – 5:15pm |
Bhakti Vijayam presented by Gayatri Fine Arts Global Curated by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram P. Ganesh |
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| The highlighted programs below are covered by the extended weekend pass. A limited number of individual tickets will also be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:45pm – 7:45pm |
Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev (Vocal) B. Ananthakrishnan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 8:00pm – 9:30pm |
Nrithya Pradarshanam Kala Rathna Medha Hari (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Pragadeesh Shanmugharajah (Vocal) Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin) Navneeth Gopinath of PA (mridangam) |
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| Monday April 6, 2026 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Vivahapriya — Traditional & Original Wedding Compositions Concept & Direction: Sangeetha Rathnakara N. Ravikiran Musical Training & Content Vanitha Suresh of WI, Dhruv S. Pathangi, Prameela Mandayam of WA, in partnership with Malladi Dr S. Ravikumar, Kala Rathna Dr K. Gayatri, and Acharyanet Dance Choreography and Presentation Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena, Meenakshi Ganesan of CA, Shwetha Nirmal of WA featuring a team of 75 artists including Lavanya Madhavan of OR, Manasa Suresh of CA, Neha Murthy of GA, Prameela Mandayam of WA, Pranav Kikkeri of TX, Dr Renuka Suryanarayanan, Vanitha Suresh of WI, Sanjay Suresh of WI, Varunika Raja of CA, Sindhu Naidu of IL, Preethi Sathyanarayanan of TX, Aadhya Sridharan of AZ, and Bhargav Sampath Kumaran of IL Guest Artists Kala Rathna K.S. Vishnudev, Vasudha Ravi, Dr V.K. Arun Kumar of IL, Kala Seva Mani Sriram N. Iyer of MN, Kala Seva Mani Vijay Ganesh of VA, Sunil Kumar |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Rhea Rajesh of TX (Vocal) Somanath Dhandibhotla of VA (violin) Srikar Chittari of VA (mridangam) Srikrishna Prasannan of OR (ghatam) |
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| 10:30am – 12:00pm | Nrithya Rathnakara Roja Kannan (Bharathanatyam) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:30pm – 2:00pm |
Swarathmika Srikanth (Vocal) Srilakshmi Bhat (violin) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Srikanth Duraiswamy of MI (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal) Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin) Vinod Seetharaman of MI (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 4:30pm – 7:00pm |
Sustaining Sampradaya — Tribute to Nedunuri Krishnamurthy A concert by the torch-bearers of the Cleveland Festival |
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| The highlighted program below is ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7:30pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Papanasam Ashok Ramani (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) Ethirajan Ramanujan of MN (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Indiana Brothers Suragh and Sarvagh Shrianandh (Vocal) Visesh Uppoor of VA (violin) Tarun Ravi of OR (mridangam) |
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| Tuesday April 7, 2026 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Trishakthi A thematic presentation conducted by R. Suryaprakash |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Sri Vaikunta Vaibhavam A thematic group presentation curated by Chithra Vaidyanathan, Dhivyadhwani School of Music, AZ |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Malladi Suri Babu (Vocal) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.V.S. Murari (violin) Myan Sudharsanan of WA (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Sri Sri Sisters Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal) Laya Raghav of OH (violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Srikanth Duraiswamy of MI (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Bhargavi Balasubramanian (Vocal) Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Kala Rathna G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Nirmala Rajasekar of MN (Veena) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara R. Thiagarajan (Flute) Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Yella Venkateshwara Rao (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Anjali Prabhala of TX (Vocal) Sumedha Mahesh of OH (violin) Abhinav Arvind of IL (mridangam) |
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| Wednesday April 8, 2026 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Villianur G. Lalitha of VA (Veena) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Improvisation in Indian Classical Music and Dance A Lecture-Demonstration led by Sangeetha Rathnakara Dr S. Sowmya Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Kala Rathna Medha Hari (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram V.K. Manimaran (Vocal) Sruti Sarathy of CA (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Arun Mahadevan of CA (Vocal) C.S. Chinmayi (violin) Akshanan Mayuran (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Trichy K. Ramesh (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) R. Sankaranarayanan of ON (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Kala Rathna Vidya Kalyanaraman (Vocal) B. Ananthakrishnan (violin) Kala Seva Mani Vijay Ganesh of VA (mridangam) Kala Rathna G. Chandrasekara Sharma (ghatam) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Carnatica Brothers Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh (Vocal) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathi (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Sarada Karthik of TX (Vocal) Sumedha Mahesh of OH (violin) Krish Mohan of TX (mridangam) |
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| Thursday April 9, 2026 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (Flute) C.S. Chinmayi (violin) Mauran Manogaran of ON (mridangam) Sathya Ganesan of CA (ghatam) |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Group Bharathanatyam presentation by Nrithyapooja Dance Academy, students of Kala Rathna Pooja Kumar Shyam of MI |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan & Dr D. Badrinarayanan (Violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) N. Guruprasad (ghatam) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Lakshmi Vijayaraghavan (Vocal) Srilakshmi Bhat (violin) Myan Sudharsanan of WA (mridangam) Sai Bharath (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 4:00pm |
Kumbakonam S. Sankararaman (Vocal) B.V. Raghavendra Rao (violin) Akshanan Mayuran (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:45pm |
Tiruvarur S. Girish (Vocal) Sahana Vasudevan of MA (violin) R. Sankaranarayanan of ON (mridangam) N. Sundar (morsing) |
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| 7:00pm – 9:30pm |
Acharya Rathnakara Shertalai Dr K.N. Renganatha Sharma (Vocal) Dr D. Badrinarayanan (violin) Sangeetha Rathnakara Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Tejasvi Subramanya of MD (Vocal) Laya Raghav of OH (violin) Aashrith Aravind of IL (mridangam) |
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| Friday April 10, 2026 Drinko Recital Hall, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:00am – 9:00am |
Shakthi Mahima — A Thematic Dance
Presentation Concept by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.N. Shashikiran Curated by Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Choreography by Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena & Meenakshi Ganesan of CA Orchestra Swarathmika Srikanth (Vocal) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Srilakshmi Bhat (violin) Dance by students of Meenakshi Ganesan of CA, Gomathi Manoj of NJ, Preethi Sathyanarayanan of TX, Nirupamaa Chandrasekaran of NJ, Indhumadhi Gopalakrishnan of DE, Shobha Vasudevan of CA, Meenakshi Janarthanan of MN, Jyothi Heddese of TX |
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| 9:15am – 10:15am |
Arunagiri Aruliya Thiruppugazh —
Arpudha Sthalangalum Ariya Thaalangalum by the North America Thiruppugazh Anbargal, Students of "Guruji" A.S. Raghavan led by Mahalakshmi Krishnan of TX |
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| 10:30am – 12:30pm |
Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Delhi P. Sunder Rajan (Vocal) Sangeetha Rathnakara Nagai R. Muralidharan (violin) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Neyveli R. Narayanan (mridangam) Sangeetha Kala Sagaram K.V. Gopalakrishnan (kanjira) |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Oothukadu Ratnamala A dance presentation by New Jersey Natyasangamam Students of Anuradha Renganathan of NJ, Aparna Ram of NJ, Chitra Ramaswamy of NJ, Lavanya Mahadevan of NJ, Rubina Sudarman of NJ, Shobita Arun of NJ, Rekha Srinivasan of NJ, Sushama Shreyas of NJ, Divya Chandrashekar of NJ, Akila Subramanyam of VA |
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| 2:30pm – 4:00pm |
Kala Rathna Akshay Padmanabhan (Vocal) Vishal Sowmyan of NJ (violin) Ashwinn Balachandran of ON (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:30pm – 6:00pm |
Margam — Varnam Workshop Performance featuring North American dancers Choreography by Nrithya Rathnakara Dr Narthaki Nataraj |
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| 6:30pm – 7:30pm |
2025 Choreography Competition Winner Divya Rajan of MA (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 8:00pm – 9:30pm | Vidhya Subramanian (Bharathanatyam) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Muthuswamy Dikshitar's Approach to Ragas Lec-Dem by Dr V.K. Arun Kumar of IL Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin) Dr Ajay Ravichandran of OH (mridangam) |
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| Saturday April 11, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30am – 9:30am |
Gita Sangita — Teachings of the
Bhagavad Gita through Carnatic compositions Conceptualized & Presented by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Delhi P. Sunder Rajan and Divya Ramesh of CA |
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| 10:00am – 12:30pm |
Meenakshi Pancharathnam A dance-drama composed by Dr Rukmini Ramani Orchestra Sriya Srinivas & Sreeja Srinivas (Vocal) J.P. Suriya Nambisan (mridangam) Srikar Satish of TX (flute) Sanika Pande of CA (veena) Dance by students of Suba Parmar, Vidya Sankaranarayanan, Sree Lakshmanan, Indhumadhi Gopalakrishnan, Aparna Ram, and Lavanya Mahadevan |
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| 1:00pm – 2:00pm |
Odhuvar M. Muthukumaran & C. Sivakumar (Vocal) Avaneesh Muralidharan of GA (violin) M. Sivakumar (mridangam) Ashok Gurumurthy of MI (kanjira) |
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| 2:15pm – 3:45pm |
Flute Ensemble Presented by J.A. Jayant and his disciples C.S. Chinmayi (violin) Toronto B. Gowrishanker (mridangam) Sunil Kumar (kanjira) |
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| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:15pm – 6:00pm |
Lokabhiramam Shri Ramam A Dance Ballet presented by the Trinity Center of Music (CA) Dance Choreography by Vidya Krishnan of CA Music by Anuradha Sridhar of CA |
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| 6:15pm – 7:15pm |
2025 Performance Competition Winner Anjali Gowri Talluru of PA (Bharathanatyam) |
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| 7:30pm – 9:30pm |
Dvayam — Both Sides of Truth Based on Kalki's Epic Historical Novel, Ponniyin Selvan Composer: Kala Ratha K. Bharat Sundar Side 1: Adithya Karikalan Choreographer: Kala Rathna Navia Natarajan Side 2: Nandini Choreographer: Kala Rathna Aishwarya Balasubramanian of NH Orchestra Vilasini Gopal of VA (Nattuvangam) S. Adithyanarayanan (Vocal) Manasa Suresh of CA (Vocal) Punnur Arvind Kaushik (mridangam) Srivathsa Pasumarthi of CA (flute) Karthik P. Iyer of IL (violin) Dancers Akshath Piram of DE Chinmayee Ramaswamy of OH Isha Jiju of ON Janisha Thurairajah of ON Nandita Srikumar of OH Priyanka Mosur of GA Ramya C. Joshi of VA Sahana Ramkumar of NJ Kala Rathna Sharanya Balaji of MA Sharanya Swaminathan of MI Shreeya Suriyanarayanan of NJ |
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| Comfort Inn Ballroom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:00pm – 11:00pm |
Surya & Sathya Ganesan of CA (Vocal) Lavanya Karthikeyan of NJ (violin) Madhav Parthasarathy of CA (mridangam) |
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| Sunday April 12, 2026 Waetjen Auditorium, CSU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The highlighted programs below are ticketed. Tickets will be available at the venue on a first-come first-served basis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8:30am – 1:30pm | Dance Competition — Advanced Categories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:45pm – 2:15pm | Dance Competition Prize Distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm |
Margam Workshop Performance featuring North American dancers Choreography by Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena Orchestra Nrithya Kala Sagaram Dr S. Divyasena (Nattuvangam) Lalit Subramanian of OH (Vocal) Dr Ajay Ravichandran of OH (mridangam) Laya Raghav of OH (violin) SreeKrishna Pasumarthy of OH (flute) |
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