Past Events
 

2012 Events
	Thyagaraja Aradhana Day Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 8:30AM - 7:30 PM   Venue: Quinlan Community Center 10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Timing: Pancharatna Krithis: 8.30 AM to 9.30 AM Individual Singing: 9.30 AM to 7:30 PM        Elections: 1:30 PM
2011 Events
	Thyagaraja Aradhana Day Sunday, January 30, 2011 - 8:00AM   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Timing: Pancharatna Krithis: 8.00 AM to 9.00 AM Individual Singing: 9.00 AM to 7 PM Elections: Around Noon
Double Header Concerts Sunday, March 13, 2011   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	Sri. Anil Narasimha - Vocal, Sri. Ajay Narasimha - Violin Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. Sri. Karthik Gopalaratnam - Mridangam
	Carnatica Brothers - Sri. K. N. Shashikiran & Chitravina P. Ganesh - Vocal Sunday, March 13, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Sri V. V. S. Murari - Violin Sri. Thanjavur Murugaboopathi - Mridangam   Artists Website: Click here...
Double Header Concerts Sunday, April 10, 2011   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	An enthralling Mohiniattam ballet by Smt. Vijayalakshmi Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 1:30 p.m. Note: Date has been changed from earlier announcement. Musicians: Sri. Palakal Rajagopalan - Vocal Sri. Sreekumar Kadampatt - Edakka (percussion) Sri. Murali Krishnan - Veena Sri. Jayan Das - Maddalam & Mridangam   Artist Website: Click here...
	Sri. Ganesh and Sri. Kumaresh - Violin Sunday, April 10, 2011 - 4:45 p.m. Sri. Thanjavur Govindarajan - Thavil Sri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam   Artists Website: Click here...
Three day Spring Festival Friday April 15, Saturday April 16 & Sunday April 17, 2011
Day 1 - Friday April 15, 2011   Venue: The Center for Performing Arts 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94025 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	A felicitation & Vocal Concert of Padma Bhushan Dr. R. K. Srikantan Prof. Rudrapatnam R. S. Ramakanth - Vocal Accompaniment Friday, April 15 - 7:00 p.m. Accompaniments: Sri. Hemmige Srivatsan - Violin Sri. Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam   This event is presented as a collaboration with KKNC [Kannada Koota of Northern California]   Artist Website: Click here...
Day 2 - Saturday April 16, 2011   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	An aesthetic approach to Sri Muthuswami Dikshitar's compositions by Dr. T.S.Sathyavathi - Lec-dem & Vocal Concert Saturday, April 16 - 11 a.m. Sri. T. S. Krishnamurthy - Violin Sri. Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam   Artist Website: Click here...
	Nritya Samarchita - Bharatanatyam by Smt. Lavanya Ananth Saturday, April 16 - 2:30 p.m. Musicians: Smt. S. Srilatha - Nattuvangam Sri. Murali Parthasarathy - Vocal Sri. M. S. Sukhi - Mridangam Sri. R. Kalaiarasan - Violin   Artist Website: Click here...
Day 3 - Sunday April 17, 2011   Venue: Spangenberg Theatre 780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94304 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	Sri. Pattabhirama Pandit - Vocal (A legacy of the KVN Bani) Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 1:30 p.m. Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin Sri. Kalladaikurichi Sivakumar - Mridangam
	Generations of Genius:   A unique vocal-instrumental jugalbandhi featuring PadmaVibushan Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna - Vocal Sangeet Samrat Chitravina N. Ravikiran - Chitravina Sunday, April 17, 2011 - 4:45 p.m. Sri. Nagai Muralidharan - Violin Sri. Mannargudi Easwaran - Mridangam   Artists Websites:      Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna...      Chitravina N. Ravikiran...
	Grand Vocal Concert Padmashri Smt. Sudha Raghunathan - Vocal Friday, April 29, 2011 - 7:00 p.m. Sri. Nagai Sriram - Violin Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
Double Header Concerts Sunday, May 8, 2011   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	Sri. Rajhesh Vaidhya - Veena Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 2:00 p.m. Sri. Karaikurichi Mohanram - Mridangam Sri. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam   Artist Website: Click here...
	DKP Generation Thematic Program "Shatharagamalika" (a unique presentation of 100 ragas) Isai Peroli Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar (Daughter of Late Sri. Palghat Mani Iyer and Mother & Guru of Smt. Nithyasree) Kum. Lavanya Sundararaman Sunday, May 8, 2011 - 5:00 p.m. Sri. B. U. Ganeshprasad - Violin Sri. I. Sivakumar - Mridangam Sri. Sivaramakrishnan - Ghatam   Artists Websites:     Nithyasree Mahadevan...     Lalitha Sivakumar...
Double Header Concerts Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. onwards   Venue: ICC (India Community Center) 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...
	Lecture Demonstration on Pallavis Vidushi Smt. Suguna Purushothaman Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 1:00 p.m. Smt. Anuradha Sridhar - Violin Sri. Sriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam
	Flute Maestro Sri. Shashank Subramanyam Sunday, May 22, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Kum. Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi - Violin Sri. Parupalli S. Phalgun - Mridangam   Artist Website: Click here...
	Vibrant Saxophone concert by Padmashri Sri. Kadri Gopalnath & party Friday, September 16, 2011 - 7:00 p.m. Kalaimamani A. Kanyakumari - Violin Sri. B. Harikumar - Mrigandam Sri. Rajendra Nakod - Tabla   Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Sri. Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Sri. H. K. Venkatram - Violin Sri. Tiruvarur Bhaktavatsalam - Mridangam   Venue: Center for Performing Arts Menlo-Atherton High School 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan presents "VIBRATIONS" (A percussion ensemble) Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Sri. B. V. Raghavendra Rao - Silent Violin Sri. Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam and Konnakkol Sri. Kashyap Mahesh - Vocal Sri. R. Janardhan - Double Guitar and Saxaphone Sri. N. Guruprasad - Ghatam Sri. N. Sundar - Tabla, Morsing and Effects   Venue: India Community Center 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Sri. Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal Sunday, October 30, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Sri. Vittal Ramamurthy - Violin Sri. Trivandrum V. Balaji - Mridangam   Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Pkwy., Santa Clara, CA 95054 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Sri. Mysore Srikanth - Violin Sri. Neyveli Skanda Subramanian - Mridangam   Venue: India Community Center 525 Los Coches St., Milpitas, CA 95035 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Lecture Demonstration Series by Sri. T.M. Krishna Friday, November 11, 2011 - Sunday November 13, 2011   SIFA in collaboration with Pallavita presented Vidwan TM Krishna's Lecture Demonstration series organized as part of Pallavita's VivRti-2011 Fall Festival.   Friday, November 11, 2011 - 6:30 p.m.     Topic: History and Evolution of Melakartas       Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 5:30 p.m.     Topic: Compositional Forms and Patantharam     Sri. T. M. Krishna & Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar     Sri. L. Ramakrishnan - Violin     Sri. Melakaveri Balaji - Mridangam       Sunday, November 13, 2011 - 4:00 p.m.     Topic: Ragam Tanam Pallavi:     In honor of Sri Chengelpet Ranganathan     Sri. Nishant Chandran - Violin     Sri. Patri Satish Kumar - Mridangam       Venue: Smith Center, Ohlone College 43600 Mission Blvd., Fremont, CA 94539 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...
	Smt. Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal Sunday, November 20, 2011 - 3:30 p.m. Kum. Akkarai. S. Subhalakshmi - Violin Sri. Melakkaveri K. Balaji - Mridangam   Venue: Center for Performing Arts Menlo-Atherton High School 555 Middlefield Rd., Atherton, CA 94027 Map/Driving Directions: Click here...   Artist Website: Click here...

2010 Events
Nov. 21, 2010	Asha Ramesh - Carnatic Vocal - 2:30 PM Mahesh Kale - Hindustani Vocal - 5:00 PM
Nov. 7, 2010	Rama Vaidyanathan - Dance
Oct. 31, 2010	Pantula Rama - Vocal
Oct. 9, 2010	Instrumental Duet -- Sangeet Sangam Dr. Mysore Manjunath - Violin Pandit Ronu Majumdar - Bansuri
Oct. 3, 2010	Ranjani & Gayatri - Vocal
Sep. 25, 2010	Maharajapuram Ramachandran - Vocal
Sep. 19, 2010	A. Kanyakumari & Embar S. Kannan - Violin Duet
Sep. 18, 2010	Shijith Nambiar & Parvathy Menon - Dance
Jun. 12, 2010	Bombay Jayashri - Vocal
May 2, 2010	Charumathi Ramachandran - The "GNB - MLV" Music and Magic Lecture Demonstration Kunnakudi Balamurali Krishna - Vocal Trichur V. Ramachandran - Vocal
Apr. 23, 2010	Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal
Apr. 18, 2010	Vijay Siva - Vocal
Apr. 9, 2010	Shashank Subramanyam & Shahid Parvez Khan - Jugalbandhi
Mar. 28, 2010	U. Shrinivas & Rajesh - Mandolin Duet
Mar. 7, 2010	Double Header: Roopa Mahadevan - Vocal Geetha Bennett - Veena
Feb. 7, 2010	Tyagaraja Day Celebrations
Jan. 17, 2010	Gokula Nirgamana - Dance Drama
2009 Events
Nov. 1, 2009	Hyderabad Brothers - Vocal
Oct. 25, 2009	Sanjay Subramaniam - Vocal
Oct. 9, 2009	Dr. Kadri Gopalnath - Saxaphone
Oct. 4, 2009	Jayanthi Kumaresh & Gaurav Mazumdar - Jugalbandhi
Oct. 2, 2009	T.V. Sankaranarayan - Vocal
Sep. 13, 2009	GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin
Jun. 7, 2009	Lalitha Prabhavam - Dance Drama Choreography: Kalaimamani Ranganayaki Jayaraman
May 30, 2009	V. V. Subrahmanyam & V. V. S. Murari - Violin - 1:30 PM S. Sowmya - Vocal - 4:30 PM
May 17, 2009	Srikanth Chary - Veena - 1:30 PM Neyveli Santhanagopalan - Vocal - 4:30 PM
May. 3, 2009	Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
Apr. 12, 2009	T. M. Krishna - Vocal
Apr. 4-5, 2009	SIFA 30th Anniversary Spring Festival Apr. 4 o Devi Mahatmyam by Sri. Paramesh Gopi - HariKatha o Smt. Suguna Varadachari - Vocal o Sri. M.S.Gopalakrishnan - Violin Apr. 5 o Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal o Nandanar Charitram - Geetha Nrithyam
Mar. 22, 2009	S. Shashank - Flute
Feb. 28, 2009	Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal
Feb. 8, 2009	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations
2008 Events
Nov. 9, 2008	Double Header: Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal Mala Chandrashekar - Flute
Nov. 2, 2008	Priyadarshini Govind - Bharathanatyam
Oct. 19, 2008	Ranjani & Gayatri - Vocal
Oct. 12, 2008	Shrimathi Lalgudi Brahmanandam - Lecture Demonstration Maharajapuram Ramachandran - Vocal
Sep. 28, 2008	Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam Dance
Sep. 20, 2008	Sanjay Subramanian - Vocal
Sep. 7, 2008	Mysore Nagaraj & Mysore Manjunath - Violin
Jul. 13, 2008	Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal
Jun. 8, 2008	Bombay Sisters - Vocal
Jun. 1, 2008	O.S. Tyagarajan - Vocal
May 18, 2008	Srekala Bharath - Bharathanatyam Dance
May 4, 2008	T.M. Krishna - Vocal
Apr. 20, 2008	Aruna Sairam - Vocal
Apr. 13, 2008	Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal Ashok Ramani - Vocal
Mar. 23, 2008	Abhishek Raghuraman - Vocal
Mar. 9, 2008	Sikkil Gurucharan - Vocal
Mar. 2, 2008	Chitravina N. Ravikiran
Feb. 24, 2008	Morning of Carnatic Music - SIFA and ICC Joint program   Vadya Vrindha: An ensemble of senior instrumentalists Anuradha Sridhar - Violin Mahidhar Thirumala - Veena Mohan Rangan - Flute Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam Ravi Gutala - Tabla A. Mahadevan - Morsing   Vocal Concert: Asha Ramesh - Vocal Shanthi Narayanan - Violin N. Narayanan - Mridangam
Feb. 16, 2008	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations
2007 Events
Nov. 4, 2007	T. N. Seshagopalan - Vocal
Oct. 14, 2007	Hyderabad Brothers - Vocal
Sep. 30, 2007	T. N. Krishnan - Violin
Sep. 23, 2007	Malladi Brothers - Vocal
Sep. 16, 2007	Gayathri Venkataraghavan - Vocal
May 20, 2007	SIFA Youth Program Dharini Kalyanaraman - Vocal Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal K. Bharath Sundar - Vocal Anil Narasimha - Vocal Parur Ananthakrishnan - Violin Ajay Narasimha - Violin Karthik Gopalratnam - Mridhangam Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridhangam
May 6, 2007	Dr. Ananda Shankar Jayant - Dance
Apr 21 - 22, 2007	SIFA Spring Music Festival Hemmige Srivatsan - Vocal Mayavaram Sisters - Vocal M. Chandrasekaran & Bharati Gopal - Violin Duo Gayathri Girish - Vocal Carnatica Brothers - Vocal Chitra Visweswaran - Bharatanatyam
Apr. 15, 2007	Ganesh and Kumaresh - Violin Duo
Mar. 31, 2007	Shashank - Flute
Mar. 25, 2007	Nithyasree Mahadevan - Vocal
Mar. 4, 2007	Aishu Venkataraman - Violin
Mar. 4, 2007	Thyagaraja Aradhana Special Program
Feb. 18, 2007	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations
2006 Events
Nov. 19, 2006	Sangeetha Sivakumar - Vocal - 2:00 PM Prof. T.N. Krishnan - Violin - 5:00 PM
Nov. 12, 2006	OS Arun - Vocal - 4:00 PM
Oct. 29, 2006	Sudha Ragunathan - Vocal - 4:00 PM
Oct. 22, 2006	Kadri Gopalanath - Saxophone - 4:00 PM
Sep. 24, 2006	Navarathri Festival Concerts Rasika Kumar - Bharatnatyam Dance - 10:00 AM Subhapriya Srivatsan - Vocal - 1:00 PM Vidwan D. Balakrishna - Veena - 3:30 PM
Sep. 23, 2006	Livermore Temple - Namasankeerthanam - 4:00 PM
Sep. 17, 2006	Priyadarshini Govind - Bharathanatyam Dance - 4:00 PM
Jun. 11, 2006	Mysore Nagaraj & Manjunath - Violin Duet - 4:00 PM Manda Sudha Rani - Vocal - 2:00 PM
May 13-14, 2006	Spring Music Festival May 13, 2006 Anuradha Sridhar - Violin Jayanthi Umesh - Vocal Padmaja Kishore - Vocal Srikanth Chari & Akhilesh Sista - Veena Duet Ashok Ramani - Vocal May 14, 2006 Asha Ramesh - Vocal M.S. Sheela - Vocal T.V. Ramprasad - Vocal
Apr. 28, 2006	T.M. Krishna - Vocal
Apr. 16, 2006	S. Sowmya - Vocal
Apr. 9, 2006	Ranjani & Gayathri - Vocal
Apr. 1 - 2, 2006	Spring Music Festival - SIFA felicitates Sri. Umayalpuram Sivaraman on 60 years of Mridangam career click here for more details...   Subhan Kasim & Subhan Babu - Nadaswaram R. Suryaprakash - Vocal Mala Chandrasekhar - Flute Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman - Lecture/Demo Ravikiran - Chitraveena Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam - Vocal Nitya Venkateswaran - Bharathanatyam O. S. Tyagarajan - Vocal
Feb. 18, 2006	Sanjay Subrahmanyam - Vocal
Feb. 4, 2006	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations
2005 Events
Nov. 13, 2005	Ganesh & Kumaresh - Violin Duet
Nov. 6, 2005	Urmila Sathyanarayana - Bharathanatyam Dance
Oct. 29, 2005	Master Balamuralikrishna - Vocal
Oct. 22, 2005	Malavika Sarukkai - Bharathanatyam Dance
Sep. 18, 2005	heArtbeat - Music Ensemble S. Karthick and party
Sep. 11, 2005	Aruna Sairam - Vocal
May. 22, 2005	Amalgamation of Strings - Veena Sitar Jugalbandi Veenai Jayanthi and Sitar Gaurav Mazumdhar
May. 15, 2005	"Shakthi Dharshan" - Bharatha Natyam Dr. Padma Subramaniam and group
Apr. 24, 2005	Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin duet - 4:00 PM Sikkil Guru Charan - Vocal - 2:00 PM
Apr. 17, 2005	Geetha Govindam - Bharatha Natyam Dance Abinaya Exponent Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan with Priyadarshini Govind and group - 4:00 PM Mrs. Ramamani - Vocal - 2:00 PM
Mar. 13, 2005	Malladi Brothers
Mar. 6, 2005	T.M. Krishna
Feb. 20, 2005	N. Ravikiran
Feb. 13, 2005	SIFA & Basanth Bahar Youth Day
Jan. 29, 2005	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations
2004 Events
Dec. 4, 2004	SIFA Youth Day
Nov. 14, 2004	Rama Vaidhyanathan - Bharatha Natyam
Nov. 7, 2004	Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal - 2:00 PM & Sanjay Subrahmanyan - Vocal - 4:00 PM
Oct. 17, 2004	Ragavan Manian - Vocal - 2:00 PM & Hyderabad Brothers - Vocal - 4:00 PM
Oct. 3, 2004	Unnikrishnan - Vocal
Aug. 22, 2004	Maharajapuram Ramachandran - Vocal
May 28-31, 2004	SIFA 25'th Anniversary Celebrations (Click for details...)
May 9, 2004	A. Kanyakumari & S. Kannan - Violin
May 9, 2004	Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal
May 2, 2004	S. Sowmya - Vocal
Apr. 30, 2004	Bombay Jayashri - Vocal
Apr. 25, 2004	Vijayasiva - Vocal
Apr. 18, 2004	Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi - Violin Duo
Apr. 11, 2004	Hemmige Srivatsan & Party - Vocal - 2:00 PM & Shashank & Party - Flute
Mar. 28, 2004	P. S. Prabhakar Rao and P. N. Sirisha - Vocal - 2:00 PM & T. V. Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
Mar. 14, 2004	Vidwan B Balasubramanian - Vocal
Feb. 8, 2004	Mohan Rangan - Flute - 2:00 PM & Hyderabad Sisters - Lalitha and Haripriya - Vocal - 4:00 PM
Jan. 31, 2004	Thyagaraja Day Celebrations