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 2026 ON 03rd October and 04th October 2026

Supported by the following endowments for conducting and prizes.
a) Sow. Brinda Krishnaswamy Memorial Endowment by Sri. M.Krishnaswamy
b) Smt. K V Shantha – Kethandapatti V Shantha Endowment by Smt. Yamini Ramesh
VEENA: Dhanammal Memorial Prize / Seshanna Memorial Prize
1st Prize Mahati Karthik Shastry / Vaidehi Balasubramanian
2nd Prize Not Awarded / Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded / Not Awarded


VIOLIN: Kasturi Ranga Iyengar Memorial Prize
1st Prize Sumedha Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


PALLAVI SINGING: Dr.Sankaranarayana Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Srihari Karthik
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


TAMIL SONGS FOR GENTLEMEN & LADIES : Kalki Ninaivu Trust and V Natarajan Prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize R Rakshitha
3rd Prize Niranjana Vignesh / Aadya Venkatesh


COMPOSITIONS OF TYAGARAJA : Vedagiri Memorial Prize, Swaminathan Prize and Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramaniam Pillai Prize
1st Prize Sriraghav Jayaram Kirti
2nd Prize V Dhanyatha / R Rakshitha
3rd Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh / Duddu V Karthika Manaswini


COMPOSITIONS OF SHYAMA SASTRI : Uttaram Chamba, Sacchidananda and V.S.S.K.Brahmananda Prize
1st Prize Duddu V Karthika Manaswini
2nd Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh / Hayagreev R
3rd Prize Not Awarded


COMPOSITIONS OF MUTHUSWAMY DIKSHITAR : Bhikshandarkoil Rajagopala Pillai Memorial Prize, Indira Ramadurai Prize and C.Venkataraman Prize
1st Prize Mahathi Karthik K
2nd Prize V Dhanyatha / Srithika Srinivasan
3rd Prize Maduvanthi Vijayaganesh / R Rakshitha / Aadya Venkatesh
Consolation Prize Advay Venkateswaran / Abhignya


COMPETITION IN VARNAMS: Chowdiah Memorial Prize
1st Prize Sriraghav Jayaram Kirti
2nd Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh / Aadya Venkatesh
3rd Prize Rukmini Srinath / Niranjana Vignesh


ANNAMACHARYA KIRTANAS: Bulusu Parameswari prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Abhignya
3rd Prize H Dheeptha / R Rakshitha


COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – JUNIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize V Advaith Rishikesh
2nd Prize V Raghav Ram
3rd Prize J Srinivaas / Keshav Ram


COMPETITION IN MRIDANGAM – SENIOR: S.A. Venkatarama Iyer Memorial Prize
1st Prize Not Conducted
2nd Prize Not Conducted
3rd Prize Not Conducted


PURANDARADASA PADAS, MYSORE VASUDEVACHAR: (K Seethalakshmi Memorial and V.S.S.K Brahmananda Prize, and Dr. Sinnathambi Prize)
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


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


ELOCUTION IN MUSICOLOGY: Dr. Rangaswamy Iyer Prize
1st Prize Advay Venkateswaran
2nd Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
3rd Prize Not Awarded


NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - INDIVIDUALS: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Niranjana Vignesh / Ananya Mahadevan
3rd Prize Not Awarded


NATIONAL INTEGRATION SONGS - GROUP: Dr. M.G. Varadarajan prize
1st Prize Balabrundam Gurukulam
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 Advay Venkateswaran
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 Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Not Awarded
3rd Prize Not Awarded


NARAYANATEERTHA THARANGAM / BHADRACHALA RAMADAS COMPOSITIONS: Tadepalli swarajya Lakshmi, Sri Narayana Teertha Educational & Charitable Trust Prize
1st Prize Abhignya
2nd Prize Duddu V Karthika Manaswini
3rd Prize Not Awarded


SANSKRIT COMPOSITIONS: Dr. V. Raghavan Memorial Prize
1st Prize S Urjitha Patel
2nd Prize Mahathi Karthik
3rd Prize Not Awarded


THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - JUNIOR : Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt.Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize Srihari Karthik
2nd Prize Vishrutha K Iyer / Niranjana Vignesh
3rd Prize N Janavi / Aadya Venkatesh


THAMBIRAJAN PRIZE - SENIOR: Smt. Meenakshi Shankar and Smt. Kanaka Cadambi
1st Prize Not Awarded
2nd Prize Mahathi Karthik
3rd Prize S R Shree Bala


PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS: Alamelu Viswanathan Prize & Gowri Mahadevan Prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Aadya Venkatesh / Duddu V Karthika Manaswini
3rd Prize Bhavya Ganapathi / Sriraghav Jayaram Kirti


POST TRINITY COMPOSITIONS : Soundarya Ladies Association Prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize S Srilalitha
3rd Prize Ananya Mahadevan


TEVARAM & TIRUPPUGAZH: Smt. Mangalammal Ganesa Iyer Prize, Parthasarathy Memorial Prize, Shanmugasundaram Prize & Sangita Kalanidhi Chittoor Subramanyam Pillai Prize
1st Prize Sahana Karthik
2nd Prize Bhavya Ganapathi
3rd Prize Not Awarded


VOCAL MUSIC FOR GENTLEMEN AND LADIES : G.N.B. Memorial Prize
1st Prize Madhuvanthi Vijayaganesh
2nd Prize Hayagreev R
3rd Prize Avantika Saravanan / Advay Venkateswaran


SUBRAHMANIA BHARATI SONGS: Bharath Film Distributors
1st Prize Niranjana Vignesh
2nd Prize Aadya Venkatesh
3rd Prize Mahathi Karthik


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

Prize Winners from Previous Years

2025
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