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.

Prize Winners

THE MUSIC ACADEMY MADRAS MUSIC COMPETITIONS 2025 ON 04 th October and 05 th October 2025

Supported by the following endowments for conducting and prizes.
a) Sow. Brinda Krishnaswamy Memorial Endowment by Sri. M.Krishnaswamy
b) Smt. K V Shantha – Kenthandapatti V Shantha Endowment by Smt. Yamini Ramesh
VEENA: Dhanammal Memorial Prize / Seshanna Memorial Prize
1st Prize Hiranmayi S Nadathur / Vaidehi Balasubramanian / Sangeetha Narayanan
2nd Prize Dhanyaa V / Vaidehi Balasubramanian / Hiranmayi S Nadathur
3rd Prize Sanjana Kamath Panchmal


VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize
1st Prize Bhargava B
2nd Prize Medha H
3rd Prize Kanyakumari V


PALLAVI SINGING: Dr.Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Mahathi R
2nd Prize Shashank Ganesan
3rd Prize Bhuvana A


TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES : Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize
1st Prize Srihari Karthik
2nd Prize Vibha Ashwin / Mythri Mahesh
3rd Prize Kanyakumari V / Sai Shravan S


COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA : Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize
1st Prize Srihari Karthik / Krishnapriya R
2nd Prize Avantika Saravanan / Medha Udupa
3rd Prize Niranjana Vignesh


COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRI : Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K.Brahmananda Prize
1st Prize Krishnapriya R / Prarthana B
2nd Prize Avantika Saravanan / Varshini Praburaj
3rd Prize Not Awarded


COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR : Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C.Venkataraman Prize
1st Prize Shreya Sandeep
2nd Prize Advaith Arvind / Srihari Karthik
3rd Prize Bhuvana A


COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize
1st Prize Bhuvana A
2nd Prize Srihari Karthik
3rd Prize Avantika Saravanan / Medha Udupa
Consolation Prize Sriraghav N / Shraddha Venkateswaran


ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari prize
1st Prize Ananya Sarala
2nd Prize Abhignya M
3rd Prize Bhargava B
Consolation Prize Srivarshini Vijapurapu / Bharathraj / Kanishka Yadla


COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Sakethram Phani Vedala
2nd Prize Anghiras / Pranav Shriram Iyer
3rd Prize Srinivaas J
Consolation Prize Mithra Mahesh


COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Vamadev Chebiyyam
2nd Prize Athreya S
3rd Prize Shriniketh Balaji
Consolation Prize Auroni Kanti Bhattacharya


PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize)
1st Prize Bhuvana A
2nd Prize Avantika Saravanan
3rd Prize Rohan Kumar


MAHARAJA SWATI TIRUNAL & GNB COMPOSITIONS: R.K. Murthy Memorial Prize
1st Prize Varshini Praburaj
2nd Prize Aadya Venkatesh
3rd Prize Not Awarded


ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY: Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize
1st Prize Sai Krishnapriya T
2nd Prize Bhuvana A
3rd Prize Not Awarded


NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize Bhuvana A
2nd Prize Harini S
3rd Prize Not Awarded


NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Sr. Sec. School, K K Nagar
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


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 Sai Shravan S
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


DIVYA PRABANDHAM & RAMALINGA SWAMIGAL ARUTPAS: Vijayaraghavalu Naidu Memorial Prize & Dr. M.G.Varadarajan Prize
1st Prize Not Awarded
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


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 Ananya Sarala
2nd Prize Abhignya M
3rd Prize Bhuvana A


SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted


THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR : Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt.Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize Advaith Arvind
2nd Prize Aadya Venkatesh
3rd Prize Srihari Karthik
Consolation Prize Sai Krishnapriya T


THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize Bhuvana A
2nd Prize Tapasya Vaidhyanathan
3rd Prize Shreya Sandeep
Consolation Prize Nandita Arun


PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize
1st Prize Varshini Praburaj / Avantika Saravanan
2nd Prize Niranjana Vignesh / Srihari Karthik
3rd Prize Sriranjani B / Bhuvana A
Consolation Prize Shreya Sandeep / Sai Shravan S


POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS : Soundarya Ladies Association Prize
1st Prize Bhavya Ganapathi
2nd Prize Kanyakumari V
3rd Prize Vibha Ashwin


TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalammal Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize
1st Prize Niranjana Vignesh
2nd Prize Srihari Karthik
3rd Prize Nandita Arun


VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES : G.N.B. Memorial Prize
1st Prize Shashank Ganesan
2nd Prize Krishna Sruthi Ivaturi
3rd Prize Bharathraj


SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors
1st Prize Mythri Mahesh
2nd Prize Mahathi Karthik
3rd Prize Harini S / Aadya Venkatesh


Some of the competitions were not conducted as the number of participants did not meet the criteria

Prize Winners from Previous Years

2024


Devotional Music Competition

The Music Academy is organizing Group Singing Devotional Music Competition under an endowment instituted by Rukmini Arts & Music Trust.

2025

Prize Winner
First Prize Tamil Nadu Dr J Jayalalithaa Music and Fine Arts University, Chennai
Second Prize SugAnam, Chennai


Prize Winners from Previous Years

2024