Annual Music Competitions


Thanks to endowments from generous patrons, the Music Academy conducts annual competitions in vocal and instrumental music. Several young talents have become top-ranking stars thanks to these competitions.

Music Competitions Brochure – 2023

Music Competitions Schedule – 2023

Application form for Music Competitions - 2023

THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2022 ON 8th and 9th October 2022

Supported by Sow.Brinda Krishnaswamy Memorial Endowment by Sri. M.Krishnaswamy for prizes in the Music Competition.

VEENA: Dhanammal Memorial Prize / Seshanna Memorial Prize
1st Prize Vidhyashree Vijayakannan / Vidhyashree Vijayakannan
2nd Prize Tejaswi V. Panchagnula / Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded
Consolation Prize Supraja Sudarsanan
VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize
1st Prize V. Mridula
2nd Prize Avantika Saravanan
3rd Prize Not Awarded
PALLAVI SINGING: Dr.Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES : Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize
1st Prize V. Ranjani Radha / Shakthi Muralidaran (Shared)
2nd Prize B. Ragasudha
3rd Prize Not Awarded
COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA : Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize
1st Prize B. Ragasudha
2nd Prize V. Ranjani Radha
3rd Prize S. Namratha / Shakthi Muralidaran (Shared)
COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRi : Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K.Brahmananda Prize
1st Prize Shakthi Muralidaran
2nd Prize V. Ranjani Radha
3rd Prize Dathatreya Mahesh
COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR : Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C.Venkataraman Prize
1st Prize Jhanvi Shankar
2nd Prize V. Ranjani Radha
3rd Prize B. Ragasudha
Consolation Prize R. Hayagreev
COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize
1st Prize R. Hayagreev
2nd Prize Kota Gayathry Varenya
3rd Prize V. Aishwarya
ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari prize
1st Prize S. Varshini
2nd Prize Pruthviraj Manikonda
3rd Prize Preethy Raju
COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Sairam Kumar
2nd Prize Shriniketh Balaji
3rd Prize K. Ramsmaran / S. Jagannathan (Shared)
COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Prahalaad Vijay Varahaswami
2nd Prize Samarth Parameswaran
3rd Prize K.S.R.K.S. Viswanath
PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize
1st Prize V.Yadushree
2nd Prize V. Ranjani Radha
3rd Prize Dathatreya Mahesh
MAHARAJA SWATI TIRUNAL & GNB COMPOSITIONS: R.K. Murthy Memorial Prize
1st Prize Shakthi Muralidaran
2nd Prize Dathatreya Mahesh
3rd Prize R. Hayagreev
ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY : Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize S. Varshini
2nd Prize Shakthi Muralidaran
3rd Prize G.K.Baanupriya
NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS -GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
MAYURAM T.R.VISWANATHA SASTRY, NEELAKANTA SIVAN & Dr.E.S.SANKARANARAYANAN SONGS : TRV Memorial Prize, Smt. Saraswathi Ram Prize & Maragatham Sankaranarayana Trust Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
PADAM / JAVALI: K Tripurasundari Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
DIVYA PRABANDHAM & RAMALINGA SWAMIGAL ARUTPAS: Vijayaraghavalu Naidu Memorial Prize & Dr. M.G.Varadarajan Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
TULSI DAS / MIRA BHAJANS:Rajalakshmi Jagannarayanan Memorial Prize, U. Ramachandra Rao Memorial Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
NARAYANATEERTHA THARANGAM / BHADRACHALA RAMADAS COMPOSITIONS: Tadepalli swarajya Lakshmi, Sri Narayana Teertha Educational & Charitable Trust Prize
1st Prize M. Abhignya
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize
1st Prize M. Abhignya
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted
THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR : Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize
2nd Prize P. Kavya
3rd Prize Rohan Kumar
THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize V. Mridula
2nd Prize V. Ranjani Radha
3rd Prize K.Ramcharan / Venkatakrishnan (Shared)
PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize
1st Prize Lakshana Venkatakrishnan
2nd Prize S. Namratha
3rd Prize V. Yadushree
POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS : Soundarya Ladies Association Prize
1st Prize Vibha Krishnakumar
2nd Prize Archana Murali
3rd Prize B. Ragasudha / Shakthi Muralidaran (Shared)
TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalammal Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize
1st Prize Dathatreya Mahesh
2nd Prize P. Kavya
3rd Prize Not Awarded
VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN : G.N.B. Memorial Prize
1st Prize Not Awarded
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Dathatreya Mahesh
SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors
1st Prize
2nd Prize S. Varshini
3rd Prize Not Awarded
Some of the competitions were not conducted as the number of participants did not meet the criteria