Mark your calendars for Carnatica’s annual flagship event! Back this year with a fabulous set of artistes from all over India to make up the Ultimate Festival of Indian Classical Arts!

Venue: NARADA GANA SABHA, Alwarpet, Chennai

Sat., Oct. 29th 2011

5.00 pm: Inauguration

5.30 pm: Sudha Ragunathan, R. K. Shriramkumar, K. V. Prasad, S. Ganapathy
7.15 pm: Amaan Ali Khan & Ayaan Ali Khan (Sons & disciples of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan)

Sun., Oct. 30th 2011
2.45 pm: Jugalbandi – V. Shankaranarayanan & Shaunak Abhisheki with V. V. S. Murari, Vyasmurthi Katti, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Ravindra Yavagal
5.00 pm: S. Sowmya, Dr. M. Narmada, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan
7.00 pm: S. Shashank & Sanjeev Abhyankar, ______________ (TBC), Ravindra Yavagal

Mon., Oct. 31st 2011 (Palghat Mani Iyer Remembrance)
3.00 pm: V. R. Dileepkumar & G. Ravikiran with M. A. Sundaresan, Trichur Narendran
5.00 pm: Nithyasree Mahadevan, M. A. Krishnaswamy, I. Sivakumar, Trichy Murali
7.00 pm: Malladi Brothers, S. Varadarajan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, S. V. Ramani

Tue., Nov. 1st 2011 (Madurai Mani Iyer Remembrance)
3.00 pm: K. Gayatri & Sriranjani Santhanagopalan with V. V. S. Murari, B. Sivaraman, Madipakkam Murali
5.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi Prof. T. N. Krishnan & Viji Krishnan with Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan
7.00 pm: Sangita Kalanidhi T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Mahadevan Sankaranarayanan, S. Varadarajan, Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam, Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

Wed., Nov. 2nd 2011
3.00 pm: “Seetha Kalyanam” a Katha-Kacheri by B. Suchitra & Bharathi Ramasubban with R. Rahul, B. Ganapathyraman
5.00 pm: Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Mannargudi A. Easwaran, E. M. Subramaniam
7.00 pm: Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Nagai R. Muralidharan, Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, N. Govindarajan

Thu., Nov. 3rd 2011
3.00 pm: K. Bharat Sundar & R. Raghavendra with B. U. Ganesh Prasad, Trichur Narendran, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma
5.00 pm: Chitravina N. Ravikiran & Lalgudi G. J. R. Krishnan, Haridwaramangalam A. K. Palanivel, Anantha R. Krishnan
7.00 pm: The Manganiyars from Rajasthan

Fri., Nov. 4th 2011
3.00 pm: Vidya Kalyanaraman & Amrita Murali with Padma Shankar, B. Ganapathyraman, G. Chandrasekhara Sarma
5.00 pm: N. Vijay Siva, Lalgudi J. Vijayalakshmi, Neyveli R. Narayanan, B. S. Purushotham
7.00 pm: ‘Uttar-Dakshin’ by Subhasree Thanikachalam & the Hariyudan Naan Team

Sat., Nov. 5th 2011
3.00 pm: Shertalai K. N. Ranganatha Sarma & Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna with M. A. Sundaresan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, E. M. Subramaniam
5.00 pm: Priya Sisters, M. A. Krishnaswamy, Delhi Sairam, B. S. Purushotham
7.00 pm: Subha Mudgal, Sudheer Naik, Aneesh Pradhan

Sun., Nov. 6th 2011
10.00 am: Sangita Kalanidhi R. K. Srikantan, Sangita Kalanidhi M. Chandrasekharan, Sangita Kalanidhi Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, Dr. S. Karthick
3.00 pm: Nisha P. Rajagopalan & S. Saketharaman, Padma Shankar, Neyveli R. Narayanan, K. V. Gopalakrishnan
5.00 pm: Ranjani & Gayatri, H. N. Bhaskar, K. V. Prasad, K. V. Gopalakrishnan
7.00 pm: O. S. Arun & Party

Mon., Nov. 7th 2011
3.00 pm: Manasi Prasad & Savitha Sreeram with Krishnan, M. S. Venkatasubramanian, Thyagarajan
5.00 pm: P. Unnikrishnan, Embar S. Kannan, K. V. Prasad, B. S. Purushotham
7.00 pm: Fusion Dreams – Jyotsna Srikanth & Party

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All the 3.00 pm concerts and the 10.00 am concert on Nov. 6th are FREE!

For the evening programs (5.00 pm and later), 50% seats will be free. Seating will be strictly on a first-come first-served basis and cannot be reserved beforehand.

The remaining 50% will be for donor pass holders who wish to reserve a confirmed seat beforehand.

Donor passes will be available at the following denominations:
Season Pass – Rs. 3000 (couple), Rs. 2000, Rs. 1000, Rs. 500
Daily Pass – Rs. 300, Rs. 200, Rs. 100, Rs. 25

Passes will be available from Oct. 20th onwards at Narada Gana Sabha lobby and through the Carnatica

Online shopping cart (http://www.carnatica.com/)

Webcast: At the moment there are no plans for a live webcast of the festival. We are however working on the modalities for a one-time deferred webcast. Stay tuned to this page for updates!