November 2024

Next Program - 24th November 2024 (Sunday) at 5:30 PM:  Special Program on the occasion of Rajyotsava and Kanakadasa Jayanthi - featuring Vachana Sahitya, Dasa Sahitya and Poems of great Kannada Poets. Artists: Vidushi Krithika Sreenivasan - Vocal; Vidwan Sri Sushruth Kanathur - Keyboard; Vidwan Sri Karthik Bhat - Tabla; Vidwan Pranay Dath - Rhythm Pad.

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Program Venue: Shree Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J. P. Nagar, Bengaluru - 560078.

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For the attention of members of BTM Cultural Academy: 26th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the of the BTM Cultural Academy will be held on Sunday, 22nd September, 2024 at 4 PM at Shree Ramana Maharshi Academy for the Blind, 3rd Cross, 3rd Phase, J. P. Nagar, Bengaluru - 560078. AGM Notice and related documents are available for review [HERE]. Following the AGM, the Veena Concert as given above will commence at 5:30 PM.


Previously Conducted Programs:

22nd September 2024. 5:30 PM: Veena Recital by Vidushi Shubha Santosh (with Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi); Vidwan Renuka Prasad (Mridanga) and Vidwan Vyasa Vittala (Kanjira).

7th July 2024 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vocal Duet - Vid. H. R. Raghavendra Rao and Vid. H. R. Manjunath; Accompanied on the Violin by Vid. S. Yashasvi; Mriganga: Vid. Dattathreya Sharma; Ghata: Vid. A Somashekar. (Complete program leaflet available HERE)

28th April 2024 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vid. Venkat Ayalur (Vocal); Vid. Sri Krishnan (Violin); Vid. B. S. Anand (Mridanga);  Vid. Bhagyalakshmi M Krishna (Morching)

24th March 2024 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vid. J K Yoga Keerthana (Vocal);  Vid. Aditi Krishnaprakash (Violin); Vid. B S Prashanth (Mridanga);  Vid. Shamith S Gowda (Ghatam)

17th to 21st January, 2024 : Annual Aradhana Music Festival. Details here: [Aradhana 2024]

26th November, 2023 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vid. Shreya Kolathaya (Vocal); Vid. Nalina Mohan V (Violin); Vid. Deepika Sreenivasan (Mridanga); Vid. Latha Ramachar (Kanjira)

8th October, 2023 (Sunday) 6:00 PM: Grand Bharatanatyam Dance Programme by Visually Impaired Children (Specially trained by Vidhushi Amrutha Rajesh).

20th August, 2023 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Karnatic Vocal by Vid. Vivek Sadashivam. Accompanied by Vid. Hosahalli Raghuram on the Violin, Vid. N Vasudev on the Mridangam and  Vid. Omkar Rao on the Ghatam.

25th June, 2023 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Karnatic Vocal by Vid. Kruthi Bhat. Accompanied on the violin by Vid. Sindhu Suchetan and on the Mridangam by Vid. B. S. Prashanth.

23rd April, 2023 (Sunday) at 6 PM: Grand Bharata Natya Program by Guru Smt Latha Ramesh & Team 

26th February, 2023 (Sunday) at 5:30 PM:  Vid. Kalyanapuram S Aravind (Vocal); Accompanied by: Vid. Vaibhav Ramani (Violin), Vid. Anoor Vinod Shyam (Mridanga) and Vid. Anil Parashara (Kanjira) - (Program presented in association with Nadasurabhi).

Aradhana  Mahotsava - 18th to 22nd January, 2023.

16th October, 2022 (Sunday) at 5:30 PM: Karnatic Vocal Concert by : Vidwan Vinay Sharva
Accompanied by: Vidwan Vaibhav Ramani (Violin);  Vidwan V. Praveen (Mridangam); Vidwan Bharadwaj Sathavalli (Morsing).

24th-July-2022 (Sunday) 10:30 AM (Morning Concert): Vidushi Sahana Ramachandra (Vocal); Accompanied on the violin by Vidushi Adithi Krishnaprakash, Vidushi Deepika Srinivasan on the Mrudanga.

17-April-2022 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vid. S. Shankar. Accompanied on the violin by Vid. Mathur Srinidhi, Vid. Arjun Kumar on the Mrudanga and Vid. Giridhar Udupa on the Ghata. Vocal Support: Vid. Ramani Shankar.

08-March-2020 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Vid. Ranjani Vasuki (Vocal); Vid. Adithi Krishnaprakash (Violin); Vid. Anirudha Bhat (Mrudanga); Vid. Vasavi Taranath (Ghata). A special program on Mahila Vaggeyakars.

09-February-2020 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Special RTP Concert. Vid. L V Mukund (Flute); Vid S R Mahadeva Sharma (Violin); Vid. Mannargudi Easwaran (Mrudanga); Vid. Vyasa Vithala (Khanjari).

6th to 12th January, 2020: ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL 

08-December-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Hindustani Vocal Duet - Smt Shashikala Gurav, Smt Sujatha Gurav Accompanied by Pt Keshav Joshi, Pt Satish Kohli.

03-November-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Flute Duet Concert - Vid Heramba & Vid Hemantha Accompanied by Vid Charulatha Ramanujam, Vid Jayachandra Rao, Vid Narayana Murthy.

06-October-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Devi Compositions - Vid. Yoga Kirthana Accompanied by Vid Venkatesh Joshier, Vid Cheluvaraj & Vid Gurumurthy.

08-September-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Eka Raga Concert (Vocal) - Vid Seetha Satyanarayana Accompanied by Vid Achyutha Rao & Vid Nagendra Prasad.

25-August-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Pt Dr Ravindra Katoli & Pt. Gurumurthy Vaidya - Hindusthani Harmonium Concert.

11-August-2019 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: RTP Concert - Vid. S Ashok & Vid. Hariharan (Vocal) Accompanied by: Vid. H N Bhaskar; Vid. Patri Satishkumar (Mrudanga); Vid. Vazhapalli Krishna Kumar (Ghata).

07-July-2019 (Sunday) 10:30 AM: Venu, Veena & Violin by Vid. Shuba Sanohosh & Team (Vid Shubha Santosh - Veena; Vid. Vani Manjunath - Flute; Vid. Prema Vivek - Violin; Vid. Arvind Ranganatha - Mrudanga; Vid. Omkar Rao - Ghata)

09-June-2019 (Sunday): Vid. Veena Mohan (Vocal); Accompanied by: Vid M P Aditya; Vid. B S Anand; Vid. Raghunandan.

19-May-2019 (Sunday): \"Samskruthi\" - Bharathanatya by Guru Sathyanarayana Raju & Disciples.

21-April-2019 (Sunday): Vid Sindhu Suchetan & Vid. H M Smitha; Accompanied by: Vid. B C Manjunath; Vid. Bharadwaj Sathavalli.

7-April-2019 (Sunday): Compositions of Kerala Vaggeyakaras: Vid. Bhavana Iyer (Vocal); Accompanied by: Vid. Mysore Dayakara; Vid. B R Srinivas; Vid. Gopi Sravan.

17-March-2019 (Sunday): Compositions of Mahila Vaggeyakaras: Vid. Apeksha Appala (Vocal); Accompanied by: Vid Prema Vivek; Vid. Ranjani Venkatesh; Vid Shashikala.

24-February-2019 (Sunday): Special Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi Concert: Vid. Vinay Sharva (Vocal); Accompanied by: Vid. B U Ganesh Prasad; Vid. V V Ramanamurthy; Vid. G Guruprasanna.

09-December-2018: Vid. Venkatesh Sharma - Ekavyakti Vocal Jugalbandi; Vid. B Raghuram (Violin); Vid. N Vasudev (Mridanga); Pt. Adarsh Shenoy (Tabla); Pt. Madhusudan Bhat (Harmonium)

11-November-2018: Vid Dilip Simha & Vid. K A Jagadish (Karnatic Vocal); Vid M P Aditya (Violin); B C Manjunath (Mridanga); Vid S N Narayana Murthy (Ghata)

21-October-2018: Compositions of Mayuram Sri Viswanatha Sastry (Rendering Under the Direction of Vid S Shankar)

7-October-2018: Vid. Srimatha Ramanand (Karnatic Vocal); Vid. Jyotsna Manjunath (Violin); Vid. Deepika Srinivasan (Mridanga); Vid. Bhagyalakshmi Krishna (Morsing)

9-September-2018: Vid. Venkat Ayalur (Karnatic Vocal); Vid. M S Govindaswamy (Violiln); Vid. Dhruvaraj (Mridanga); Vid T N Ramesh (Ghatam)

19-August-2018: Vid. Anagha Bhat (Hindustani Vocal); Pt. Gurumurthy Vaidya (Tabla); Pt. Bharath Hegde (Harmonium)

5-August-2018 : Vid Kanchana Sriranjani & Vid Kanchana Srutiranjani (Kanchana Sisters)- Special RTP Concert; Vid Mysore Srikanth (Violin); Vid. Jayachandra Rao (Mridanga); Vid G Guruprasanna (Kanjira)

15-July-2018: Grand Instrumental Ensemble by Vid Shivashankaraswamy & Troupe

1-July-2018 at 10:30 AM (right after the General Body Meeting of BTMCA): Vid. M. S. Sheela (Vocal) Accompanied by: Vid. Vittal Rangan (Violin); Vid Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridanga); Vid Sukanya Ramgopal (Ghata)

17-June-2018: Vid. Ashwini Satish (Vocal) - Composition of various composers extolling Music! Accompanied by: Vid. Adithi Krishna Prakash (Violin), Vid B S Anand (Mridanga), Vid Gururaj (Morching)

3-June-2018: Vid Jyothi Chetan (Veena) Accompanied by: Vid. B R Sridhar (Mridanga), Vid Dayananda Mohite (Ghata) 

13-May-2018: \"Natya Niketan\" - Bharathanatya Guru Revathi Narasimhan & Disciples

22-April-2018: Violin Trio : Vid T S Krishnamurthy, Tarun Ravikumar & Vibhudendra Sinha. Accompanied by: Vid Ananthakrishna Sharma (Mridanga), Vid G. Guruprasanna (Khanjari) & Vid. Arun Kumar (Morching)

08-April-2018: Vid. Bhargavi Venkataram  (Vocal) Accompanied by: Vid. Achyutha Rao, Vid. Vinod Shyam, Vid. Sunad Anoor

11-March-2018: Vid. Krithika Srinivasan (Mahila Composers Krithis) Accompanied by: Vid. Adithi Krishnaprakash, Vid. Ranjani Venkatesh & Vasavi Tharanath

25-February-2018 5:30 PM : Smt. Prathima Ramanath Athreya - Hindustani Vocal Accompanied by: Pt. Karthik Krishna (Tabla) ; Pt. Madhusudhan Bhat (Harmoniun)

11-February-2018: 5:30 PM : Vid. D Balakrishna  & Vid. Manjula Surendra (Veena Duet, RTP Concert) Accompanied by: Vid. H S Sudheendra (Mridangam), Vid. S N Narayana Murthy (Ghatam)

24th December, 2017 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: A Vocal Concert by Vidushi Aparna Balaji; Vidwan Mysore Dayakar on Violin; Vidwan Ravishankar Sharma (Mridanga); Vidwan Dayananda Mohite (Ghata). 

10th December, 2017 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: A Jugalbandhi Concert by Vidwan Mysore Nagaraj and Vidwan Prakash Sontakke. Accompanied by Vidwan Praveen and Pt. Adarsh Shenoy.

5th November, 2017 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: A Special Music Concert by Vidushi Kalavathy Avadoot; Violin: Vidwan Mathur Srinidhi; Mridamgam: Vidwan Tumkur Ravishankar; Ghatam: Vidwan Phanidra Bhaskar

8th October 2017 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Devi Compositions by Vidushi Anjana P Rao; Violin: Vidwan Vaibhav Ramani; Mridangam: Vidushi Deepika Srinivasan; Ghatam: Vidwan B S Raghunandan.

17th September 2017 (Sunday) 5:30 PM: Hindustani Vocal by Vidushi Sujatha Gurav. Vidwan Nanikeshwar Gurav (Tabla); Vidwan Vyasamurthy Katti (Harmonimum)

20th August 2017 (Sunday): Grand Vocal Concert by Vidushi Thanmayee Krishnamurthy;Violin: Vidushi Adithi Krishnamurthy; Mridangam: Vidwan C Cheluvaraj; Ghatam: Vidwan R Karthik

13th August 2017 (Sunday): Special Ragam-Thanam-Pallavi Concert by Vidwan S. Shankar. Violin: Vidwan S R Mahadeva Sarma; Mridangam: Vidwan Mannargudi Eswaran; Ghatam: Vidwan Ranganath Chakravarthy.