Carnatic Symphony 2025 | Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival | CarnatiCalifornia

The lively Carnatic Symphony rung in its 15th year with a houseful audience and the largest-ever 150-strong performing contingent, at the 48th year of the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival (CTF) - ‪@clevelandthyagarajafestiva5464‬ . A brain-child of Kalaimamani KN Shashikiran, an assorted selected of songs - Carnatic and otherwise - varnam, bhajans, bandish, hymn, and even an English pop number - are presented in an Orchestral musical arrangement live - sometimes Western, sometimes oriental, and sometimes other forms of world music.

Conceptualized & Presented by : Kalaimamani KN Shashikiran
Supported by : Chitravina Ganesh, Vasudha Ravi, and SV Ramani
Western Orchestra set by : Professor Leo Coach
Western Instruments led by : Genevieve Gilbert
Violin maestro : BV Raghavendra Rao, assisted by Sameth Sitaraman
Tabla : N Sundar
Rhythms : Sunil Kumar
Music Arrangement : Keyboard Sathyanarayanan
Programme Coordinator : Usha Ramachandran
Conductors : Prithi Narasimhan (Carnatic choir) + Rhea Rajesh (Western orchestra)
Vocal Coach : Surabhi Vijay
MC : Lalitha Ravi

PIECES PRESENTED :

1. 1:49 - Vanamali Vasudeva - Composer KS Rajagopala Bhagavathar - Nama Sankeerthanam
2. 8:07 - Varnam - Ragam Kunthala Varali (Sri Rangapura Vasa) - Composer KN Shashikiran
3. 16:30 - Nritham Adu Krishna - Ragam Jonpuri - Composer Krishna Dhooli - Malayalam folk
4. 21:55 - Naan Oru Vilayattu Bommaya - Ragam Navarasa Kannada - Composer Papanasam Sivan - Krithi
5. 28:30 - Maraya Beda - Ragam Mohanam - Composer Purandhara Dasa - Devarnama
6. 34:12 - Aaduvome Pallu Paaduvome x Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Ragam Desh - Composers Bharathiyar x Tears for Fears - Patriotic Song x Canadian Pop
7. 41:28 - Tu Jag Me - Ragam Yaman - Popularized by Ustad Rashid Khan - Hindustani Bandish
8. 47:03 - Agaramum Agi - Thiruppugazh - Ragam Shuddha Saveri - Composer Arunagiri Nathar - Tamil Hymn
9. 49:39 - Veera Maruthi - Ragam Madhuvanthi - Bhajana Sampradhaya
10. 53:49 - Hari Mhana - Ragam Brindhavani - Marathi devotional

CarnatiCalifornia student-performers :
Aadhya Subramaniam, Aanya Alapati, Aarav Reddy Chilukuri, Aarunyasri Pradeep, Anjalika Sriwastava, Arav Arunan, Avanti Praveen, Avni Alapati, Ishaan Sriram, Meenakshi Ganesh, Rohit Pandravada, Ridhi Koppula, Sahahsra Gumlapuram, Sahana Muralidharan, Sathvika Govindaraju, Shobha Subramaniam, Sindhu Nair Ravindran, Soumya Narayan, Swara Chincholi, Taanvi Ajith Kumar, Taran Arunan, Vibha Veeraraghavan

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