Endowment Programmes

Many endowments have been instituted for the promotion of music, harikatha and dance. Scholarships and prizes are also awarded under these endowments to the winners in the concerts. Certain days of the year are observed in the memory of composers thanks to these endowments with concerts comprising their songs. Music competitions, both vocal and instrumental are held under the endowments as also financial support to indigent musicians.

The Music Academy observes the Tyagaraja Aradhana on February 4, 2024

Time Programme
9.00 a.m. to 9 30 a.m. Puja
9.30 a.m. to 10.15 a.m. Nadaswaram by Sri. MKS Natarajan & Sri. S. N. Manikandan
10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. Goshti Ganam of Pancharatna Kritis

Endowment Programmes Photo Gallery

Bharatanatya Manjari
Bharatanatyam endowment programme in memory of Sri. K. Chandrasekaran
Endowment instituted by Late Smt. Chitra Venkataraman
Artist: Divya Ravi
ARISI : RICE
‘ARISI : RICE’ Grains of Life by Apsara Arts Dance Company, Singapore

Date & Time Endowment Main Artist Violin Mridangam Upa Pakka Vadhyam Endower
10.01.2024 Bharatanatya Manjari – Endowment instituted by Late Smt. Chitra Venkataraman – Bharatanatyam recital endowment in memory of Sri.K.Chandrasekaran Divya Ravi Late Smt. Chitra Venkataraman
15.01.2024 Usha Marti Subrahmanyam Dance Endowment programme ‘ARISI : RICE’
Grains of Life
by Apsara Arts Dance Company, Singapore
Sri. Marti Subrahmanyam
27.01.2024 Annual Music Concert Abhishek Raghuram Akkarai S Subhalakshmi Sangita Kalanidhi Trichy Dr Sankaran Chandrasekhara Sharma (Ghatam) Endowment instituted by Mridu Sekhar and Jagdish Dore in memory of Smt. Vijaya Srinivasan
04.02.2024 Thyagaraja Aradhana T M Krishna R K Sriramkumar K Arun Prakash N Guruprasad (Ghatam) Endowment instituted by Late Obul Reddy and Smt. P. Gnanamba, co-sponsored by Sri. P. Seshadri, Managing Trustee, Thyagaraja Music Festival Trust
17.04.2024
6.00 – 8.00 p.m.
Sri Rama Navami Day G. Ravikiran V Deepika Vijay B Natesan Endowment instituted by Smt. Madhavi Rajagopalan in memory of Smt. R. Seethammal
18.04.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Bhadrachala Ramadas Compositions G.K. Baanupriya, Shreya Ravikumar, Sanjana Meenakshi, K. Kamakshi, Snigdha Desiraju, K.R. Shruthika (ASCM Students) V Nandhika M Sarvajit Krishna Endowment of Dr. B. Dayananda Rao in memory of his wife Smt. B. Subhadra
07.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Harikatha Rajagopal Hari C S Chinmayi Trichy S G Venkatraman Endowment instituted by Sri Maruthi Bhakta Samajam Trust in memory of Srirangam Shri V.S. Venkataramana Rao
08.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Purandaradasar Day Maharajapuram S. Ganesh Viswanathan M Shrikanth B Ganapathyraman Endowment of Sri. P.Seshadri, Managing Trustee, Thyagaraja Music Festival Trust
09.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Shyama Shastri Day Anjana P Rao Chidambaram G Badrinath Burra Sriram Endowment under Alibhoy Haiderbhoy Chitalwala Charitable Trust by Sri. B Natarajan
17.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Gopalakrishna Bharathi Compositions Brindha Manickavasakan Shraddha Ravindran Kishore Ramesh Endowment instituted by Dr. Malathi Rangaswami in memory of Sri. T.T. Rangaswami
24.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Swathi Tirunal Day Dr. Shankar Srinivas R Raghul Mannarkoil J Balaji Endowment by M/s Arun Fabricators
27.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Narayanatirtha Compositions Chinmaya Sisters – Uma & Radhika Usha Rajagopalan S J Arjun Ganesh Endowment instituted by late Sri. Obul Reddy & Smt. P Gnanamba
28.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Young Talented musician Vignesh Krishnamurthy Mantha Sriramya B Sivaraman Endowment instituted by Shri K. Vivekanandan in memory of his grandfather Sangita Kalanidhi Dr Semmangudi R Srinivasa Iyer
31.05.2024
6.00 – 7.30 p.m.
Mysore Vasudevachar Day Kolkata Padmavathi Saranathan Pavani Mallajosyula Palayamkottai B. Guru Raghavendra Endowment instituted by late Smt. Gomathi Visvanathan – through Kala Mandir Trust