Past Indian Performing Arts Events in Singapore

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YEAR 2003
Date
Time
Program Artistes Venue
Organizer
Ticket and Contact Information
Wed, Jan 1
7:30 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal recital and Dance recital M R Lenin (vocal), accompanied by G Manikantan (violin), and T Ramanan (mridangam); Ajit Bhaskaran Dass (dance)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Thu, Jan 2
7:30 p.m.
Vocal and dance recitals Malini Sivaraman (vocal), Somi Somehsa (dance)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Fri, Jan 3
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recital Thiruppampuram S Shanmugasundaram, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Sat, Jan 4 7:00 p.m. Divine Love - dance drama Students of Kesavan Sisters (Apsaras Arts) (Bishan) with Kolam Ayer Orchestra Victoria Theatre Bishan Community Club Tickets: $10, $20, $30; Enquiries: divine_love_dance@yahoo.com
Sat, Jan 4
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recital Thiruppampuram S Shanmugasundaram, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 6337-7957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Sun, Jan 5
7:30 p.m.
Dance and vocal recitals Roshni Pillay (dance), Lavanya Balachandran (vocal)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 6337-7957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Mon, Jan 6
7:30 p.m.
Vocal and Kathak recitals Srividya (vocal),Charan Giridhar and students (Kathak)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 6337-7957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Tue, Jan 7
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recitals Trishala Rajshankar, Soundaranayagi Vairavan
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 6337-7957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Wed, Jan 8
7:30 p.m.
Dance recital Girish Panicker
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 6337-7957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Thu, Jan 9
7:30 p.m.
Vocal and dance recitals Malini Sivaraman (vocal), Somi Somehsa (dance)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Fri, Jan 10
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recital Madurai T N Seshagopalan, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), Thiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Sat, Jan 11
7:30 p.m.
Nadaswaram recital T S Pandian and T R Ramachandran, accompanied by R Manikandan and M S Kalyanasundaram (thavil)
Sri Krishnan Temple, 152 Waterloo street
Sri Krishnan Temple
Tel: 63377957
Email: srikrishnatemple@singnet.com.sg
Fri, Jan 17 Sat, Jan 18
8:00 p.m.
Om Muruga - dance-drama Artistes of Nrithyalaya Aesthetics and Bhaskar's Arts Academy
Tickets: $20, $15, $10 Program hotline: 6336-6537, 6396-4523, 6291-5857, 6337-7800
Wed, Jan 22 7:00 p.m. Tyagaraja Aradhana celebrations Various artistes Ruthra Kaliamman Temple    
Sun, Jan 26
6:30 p.m.
Swara Ranga Rekha - santoor recital accompanied by live painting! Nikhil Bidwalkar, accompanied by Nawaz Mirajkar (tabla), Subhashini Balasubramaniam (painting)
Annalakshmi restaurant, Excelsior Hotel, 5 Coleman street

The performance will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by a vegetarian buffet. Ph: 6339-9993and 6339-0492. Email: tfasing@singnet.com.sg. Pick up invitations at TFA office a the Excelsior hotel.

Fri, Jan 31
7:30 p.m.
Thyagaraja Aradhana celebration Students and staff of alapana arts
Glass Hall, Singapore Art Museum
Free. Ph: 6396-3296
Sun, Feb 2
6:30 p.m.
Purandaradasa Aradhana celebration Various artistes.
Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple, 555, Serangoon Road
All are welcome. Ph: Bhagya Murthy at 6258-8280.

Fri, Feb 7 Sat, Feb 8

7:30 p.m.
Nautanki - 2003, featuring The Mirror has Two Hands Written by Mohit Sindhwani and featuring the music of Levee
Society of Indian Scholars, NUS
Tickets: $12 ($10 for SOIS members)
Ph: 9696 5727
Mon, Feb 10
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal Eelanallur Sathyalingam, accompanied by Kannan (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Tue, Feb 11
8:00 p.m.
Violin duet Ganesh and Kumaresh, accompanied by Prapancham Ravindran (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Wed, Feb 12 Thu, Feb 13
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal Bhushany Kalyanaraman, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin) and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Fri, Feb 14
7:30 p.m.
Veena arangetram Anparasi Thirumurugan (student of Dr. Y Bhagavathi), accompanied by Prapancham Ravindran (mridangam), S Paskaran (ghatam)
Singapore Power Auditorium, 111, Somerset Road
Admission by invitation. Ph: Kamala Nair (6753-7347), Sarojini Chandran (6353-8504), Saraswathy Pillai (9559-8026)
Sat, Feb 15
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal S Pathmalingam, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin) and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sun, Feb 16
8:00 p.m.
Music Ensemble Vinnoli Orchestra
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Mon, Feb 17
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Poornima Ashok
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Tue, Feb 18
8:00 p.m.
Flute recital Ghanavenothan Retnam, accompanied by Kannan (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Wed, Feb 19
7:30 p.m.
Revelations: dance recital in Bharata Natyam and Odissi styles Sharmila Gunasingham, Ramli Ibrahim, Sonny Lim, accompanied by the Singapore Indian Orchestra Contact Mariska at 6531-7231 for invitations to this public performance. Another performance on Fri, Feb 21 is a private one.
Wed, Feb 19
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal S Pathmalingam, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin) and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Thu, Feb 20
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal Mangalam Shankar, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin) and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Fri, Feb 21
7:30 p.m.
Veena arangetram Rathi Radhakrishnan (student of Dr. Y Bhagavathi), accompanied by Prapancham Ravindran (mridangam), S Paskaran (ghatam)
Singapore Power Auditorium, 111, Somerset Road
Admission by invitation. Ph: Kamala Nair (6753-7347), Sarojini Chandran (6353-8504), Saraswathy Pillai (9559-8026)
Fri, Feb 21
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Nrityalaya dance troupe
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sat, Feb 22
6:30 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal recital; Mridangam arangetram T M Krishna, accomapanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), and Sanjay Vanen (mridangam student of Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan)
Islamic Centre of Singapore Auditorium, 273, Bradell Road
SIFAS Academy, Kalai Vanen and Harjinder Kaur
Invitations may be obtained by calling 9003-9169.
Sat, Feb 22
8:00 p.m.
Veena recital Kalpagam Swaminathan, supported by Dr Y Bhagavathy, accompanied by Shertallai Sivakumar (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sat, Feb 22
7:30 p.m.
Ghazal recital Jagjit Singh
Esplanade Concert Hall
Esplanade
Tickets: $126, $101, $76, $51. Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg.
Sun, Feb 23
6:00 p.m.
Abhinaya
Nanyang Auditorium, Nanyang Technological University
Indian Social and Cultural Society, NTU
Tickets:$10. Call 91087004 or 9109-7359.
Sun, Feb 23
6:30 p.m.
Krishna Leela - Carnatic vocal recital Sai Vigneshwar and Chitra Poornima, accompanied by Shri Ghanavenothan ( flute), Shrimathi Sankari (violin), Sai Akileshwar (mridangam), Shivanesh (ghatam)
Annalakshmi restaurant, Excelsior Hotel, 5 Coleman street
Ph: 6339-9993and 6339-0492. Email: tfasing@singnet.com.sg. Pick up invitations at TFA office at the Excelsior hotel.
Sun, Feb 23 Mon, Feb 24
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal T M Krishna, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin) and Srimushnam Raja Rao(mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Tue, Feb 25
12:45 p.m.
Sitar, Vocal, violin recital by National Indian Music competition prize winners Krsna Dasa Tan Guo Ming (sitar), Janani Ganesh (vocal), Sneha Ramesh Mani (violin)
Esplanade Concert Hall
Esplanade
Free
Tue, Feb 25
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recital Srimushnam Raja Rao
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
SIFAS
All are welcome. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Tue, Feb 25
8:00 p.m.
Vocal recital K S Ganapathy, accompanied by Kannan (violin), Devarajan (mridangam), S Kumaran (tabla)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Wed, Feb 26
8:00 p.m.
Cultural program Seetha and students Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Wed, Feb 26
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal Priya Sisters, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin) and Tirukokaranam R Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Thu, Feb 27
8:00 p.m..
Carnatic Vocal N R Prashanth, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin) and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Thu, Feb 27
8:00 p.m..
Cultural program SIFAS troupe Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Fri, Feb 28
7:00 p.m.
Hindi Bhajans Vibha and Vivek Kumra Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Fri, Feb 28
7:30 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal Ashok Ramani, accompanied by Radhika (violin), Srimushnam Raja Rao (mridangam) alapana arts, 450 Serangoon Road, #02-01 (opposite Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple)
Tickets: $10. Ph: 6396-3296; email:alapana@pacific.net.sg
Fri, Feb 28
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Chitra Shankar and students Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Fri, Feb 28
7:30 p.m.
Musical Nite - an evening with the legends Kalpagam Swaminathan (Veena), Mangalam Shankar (vocal), Prapancham Ravindran (mridangam), P Kannan (violin)
Singapore Power Auditorium, 111, Somerset Road
Tickets: $10. Ph: Kamala Nair (6753-7347), Sarojini Chandran (6353-8504), Saraswathy Pillai (9559-8026)
Fri, Feb 28
8:00 p.m.
Katha Prachangam Pramila Gurumurthy, accompanied by T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Fri, Feb 28
9:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Mahanadhi Shobhana Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Sat, Mar 1
8:00 p.m.
Veena recital R Parthasarathy, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin), Tirukokaranam R Krishnamurthy (mridangam), S Krishnan (ghatam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sat, Mar 1
10:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Mahanadhi Shobhana Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Sat, Mar 1
Midnight
Orchestra Vinnoli Orchestra Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Sun, Mar 2
2:30 a.m.
Vocal recital Mahanadhi Shobhana Free admission. Ph:6743-4566. Email: hub_sst@pacific.net.sg
Sun, Mar 2 5:15 p.m. Veena recital Kalpagam Swaminathan, accompanied by T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
SIFAS
Free admission. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Mar 2
8:00 p.m.
Katha Prachangam Pramila Gurumurthy, accompanied by T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Mon, Mar 3
8:00 p.m.
Sitar recital Sushanta Chowdhury, accompanied by Ahmad Sarfraz (tabla)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Tue, Mar 4
7:30 p.m.
Vocal recital Ashok Ramani, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), T R Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
SIFAS
All are welcome. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Tue, Mar 4
8:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Prema Ganeson, accompanied by Kannan (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Wed, Mar 5 Thu, Mar 6
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal S R Darshanan, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin) and T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Fri, Mar 7
8:00 p.m.
Kathakalatchebam Girija, accompanied by T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sat, Mar 8
8:00 p.m.
Rhythms & Rhapsodies 2003 - Bharat Culture: orchestra
NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble Tickets: $9. Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg.
Mon, Mar 10
8:00 p.m..
Dance recital Teachers and students of SIFAS Academy
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Tue, Mar 11
8:00 p.m.
Music ensemble Nrityalaya Music Ensemble
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Wed, Mar 12
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Artistes of Temple of Fine Arts
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Thu, Mar 13
8:00 p.m.
Violin and Sitar jugalbandi Raghavendra Rao (violin) and Rama Krishna Rao (sitar), accompanied by N Ramakrishnan (mridangam) and Ahmad Sarfraz (tabla)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Fri, Mar 14
8:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Sudha Ragunathan, accompanied by Raghavendra Rao (violin), Ramakrishnan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sat, Mar 15
7:30 p.m.
Nritya Tarangini - "Ripples of mime and rhythm": dance recital Choreographed by the Dhananjayans
Khoo Auditorium, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, 190, Dunearn Road
Tickets: $25 (for one), $40 (for 2), $75 (for four); Ph: 6396-3296; email:alapana@pacific.net.sg
Sat, Mar 15
8:00 p.m.
Violin and Sitar jugalbandi Raghavendra Rao (violin) and Rama Krishna Rao (sitar), accompanied by N Ramakrishnan (mridangam) and Ahmad Sarfraz (tabla)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63459175
Sun, Mar 16 Noon Keyboard recital Vidya Sriram; musical arrangement by Radha Vijayan
Palawan Beach, Sentosa Island
Fun and Food Fiesta 2003
Sun, Mar 16
10:30 a.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Visakha Hari
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
SIFAS
All are welcome. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Mar 16
8:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Sudha Ragunathan, accompanied by Raghavendra Rao (violin), Ramakrishnan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Mon, Mar 17
8:00 p.m.
Thrayee Shakti - dance drama on the theme of female empowerment highlighting the lives of Sita, Draupadi and Kannagi Choreographed by Balagurunathan and Gayatri Bala
SIFAS Performing Arts Company Limited
Tickets: $50, 35, 25, 15, 10 available at the SIFAS office, 2A Starlight Road. Program Hotline: 6299-1587. Email: tspacl@singnet.com.sg
Mon, Mar 17
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Lavanya Raghuraman
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Tue, Mar 18
8:00 p.m.
Musical program Singapore Indian Orchestra
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Wed, Mar 19
8:00 p.m.
Vocal recital Bhagya Murthy, accompanied by Kannan (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Thu, Mar 20 Fri, Mar 21
8:00 p.m.
Flute recital Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, accompanied by Shertallai R Sivakumar (violin), Tirukokaranam R Krishnamurthy (mridangam), S Krishnan (ghatam)
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Sat, Mar 22
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Apsaras Arts
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Sat, Mar 22 7:30 p.m. Encounter!: Percussion ensemble featuring Indian, Latin, African, Western and Brazilian percussion Rhythm Masala Amphitheatre, in front of Parkway Centre, Marine Parade Central Free. Ph: 7837-9560
Sun, Mar 23
11:00 a.m., 4:00 and 6:00 p.m. (half hour each time)
Gagandhara Rang De - celebratiopn of Holi; semi-classical Hindustani vocal music (Thumri, Hori, Kajavi, Jhola, Ghumar, Tarana).
Students of Temple of Fine Arts
Annalakshmi restaurant, Excelsior Hotel, 5 Coleman street

Ph: 6339-9993and 6339-0492. Email: tfasing@singnet.com.sg. Performances complemented by lunch buffet (11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.) and tea buffet (4:30-6:00 p.m.). Pay as you wish for concert and food.

Sun, Mar 23
8:00 p.m.
Dance recital Roopa Iyer
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Mon, Mar 24
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital S Sowmya
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Tue, Mar 25
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Bombay Jayashri
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Wed, Mar 26
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital P Unnikrishnan
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
19 Ceylon Road
Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
All are welcome. Ph: 63453783
Fri, Mar 28 8:00 p.m. Carnatic flute recital Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, accompanied by Shertallai Sivakumar (violin), T Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Mar 28 Sat, Mar29 Sun, Mar 30
8:00 p.m. (Fri,Sat), 3:00 p.m. (Sat, Sun)
"Sensuous too": an experimental dance recital, combining Bharata Natyam, Odissi and ballet, and various other Asian styles (Chinese, Malay, Indonesian) Choreographed and presented by Veshnu Narayanasamy, in collaboration with Lasalle-SIA School of Dance students
42, Waterloo Street
Tickets: $18, $15 (students), $16 (for block booking of 10 or more tickets). Contact: 9239-6574. Email: sensuoustoo_2003@yahoo.com.sg
Sat, Mar 29
6:30 p.m.
Hindustani vocal and sitar, and Carnatic violin; Tabla and mridangam arangetram Medha Pendharkar (sitar), Monica Joshi (vocal), K Sivaraman (violin) accompanied by arangetram performer Hari Sivakumar, mridangam student of Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan and tabla student of Dattatreya
Khoo Auditorium, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, 190, Dunearn Road
SIFAS Academy
All are welcome. Program Hotline: 6299-1587. Email: tspacl@singnet.com.sg
Fri, Apr 4
7:35 p.m.
Music Box; among other performances: Carnatic Vocal Aravind Ratnam Ganesh
Esplanade Concert Hall
Esplanade
Tickets: $21, $11 (students), $15 (seniors and NSmen). Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg.
Fri, Apr 4
8:20 p.m.
Music Box; among other performances: Carnatic Violin Nandakumar Narasimhan
Esplanade Recital Studio
Esplanade
Tickets: $21, $11 (students), $15 (seniors and NSmen). Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg.
Thu, Apr 10
7:30 p.m.
Veena recital Trivandrum Venkatraman, accompanied by Thirukokaranam Krishnamurthy
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 11
5:45 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Santhi Mahadevan, accompanied by Srividya Sriram ((violin), Balasubramaniam (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 11
7:30 p.m.
Bharata Natyam recital V Balakrishnan, accompanied by Girish Kumar Panicker (nattuvangam), M R Lenin (vocal), Srividya Sriram (violin), Deva (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
9:30 a.m.
Hindustani vocal recital Minal Bede, accompanied by Kalyani Puranik (harmonium), Nawaz Mirajkar (tabla)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
11:15 a.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Srividya Sriram, accompanied by Radhika R (violin), Balasubramaniam (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
2:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Rukmani Narasimhan, accompanied by Balaji (violin), Sudarshan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
3:45 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Lavanya Balachandran, accompanied by Karthik Balachandran (violin), Krishnan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
5:30 p.m.
Bharata Natyam recital Minal Merai S. and Shilpa Chandar, accompanied by Girish Panicker (nattuvangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 12
7:30 p.m.
Folk and Modern Dance competition
Singapore Polytechnic Auditorium, 500, Dover Road
Society of Kalai Pithers, Dover CCMC and Telok Blangah CC (IAEC)
Contact Kuna 92052880 Email: kalaipithers@hotmail.com for details on how to participate. $50 fee per group. Deadline: Feb 28th, 2003
Sat, Apr 12
7:30 p.m.
Shraddha
- An Evening Of Melodies
Shankar Mahadevan (Vocal), Mandolin U. Srinivas (Mandolin) ,
Sivamani (Drums) ,
Loy Mendonca (Keyboard)
Esplanade Concert Hall
Arte Compass
Tickets: $151, $126, $101, $86, $61, $41, $26. Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg.
Sat, Apr 12
7:30 p.m.
Hindustani vocal recital Moitreyee Mukherjee-Roy, accompanied by Susanta Chowdhury (harmonium), Sarfraz Ahmed (tabla)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
9:30 a.m.
Bharata Natyam recital Lavanya Raghuraman, accompanied by Girish Kumar Panicker (nattuvangam), Shertallai Sivakumar (vocal), Balakrishnan (violin), Deva (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
11:15 a.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Trishala Raj Shankar, accompanied by Srividya Sriram (violin), Sai Akhileshwar (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
2:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital R Pavan, accompanied by Radhika (violin), Sathish Chandra Sista (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
3:45 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Sushma Somasekaran, accompanied by Srividya Sriram (violin), S Krishnan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
5:30 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Sai Vigneshwar, accompanied by Karthik Balachandran (violin), Sai Akileshwar mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 13
7:30 p.m.
Odissi recital Chitra Shankar
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Mon, Apr 14
7:00 p.m.
Festival inauguration, followed by Flute recital (at 7:30 p.m.) Sikkil Sisters accompanied by Embar Kannan (violin), Kallidaikuruchi S Sivakumar (mridangam)
Khoo Auditorium, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, 190, Dunearn Road
Season ticket for SIFAS Music and dance festival: $50, free for children below ten years, $40 for SIFAS members. Daily ticket $15. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Tue, Apr 15
6:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Janani Ganesh, accompanied by Radhika R (violin), Sathish Chandra Sista (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Tue, Apr 15
7:45 p.m.
Santoor recital Nikhil Bidwalkar, accompanied by Nawaz Mirajkar (tabla)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Wed, Apr 16
6:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Usha Hariharan, accompanied by Sneha Ramesh Mani (violin), S Krishnan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Wed, Apr 16
7:45 p.m.
Veena recital Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Malaysia), accompanied by T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Thu, Apr 17
6:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Priya Swaminathan, accompanied by Sneha Ramesh Mani (violin), Deva (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Thu, Apr 17
8:00 p.m.
Sitar recital Debu Chaudhuri, accompanied by Sarfraz Ahmed
Khoo Auditorium, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, 190, Dunearn Road
Season ticket for SIFAS Music and dance festival: $40, free for children below ten years, $30 for SIFAS members. Daily ticket $15. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 18
9:30 a.m.
Bharata Natyam Lecture demonstration Srekala Bharath
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 18
1:30 p.m.
Bharata Natyam recital Vibhushitha Chandrasekaran and Anand Satchidanandan
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 18
3:45 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Bharathi Muralidharan, accompanied by Srividya Sriram (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 18
5:30 p.m.
Carnatic veena recital R Parthasarathy, accompanied by Shertallai Sivakumar (violin),
T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, Apr 18
7:30 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal recital Malladi brothers, accompanied by Embar Kannan (violin), Kallidaikuruchi S Sivakumar (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Season ticket for SIFAS Music and dance festival: $40, free for children below ten years, $30 for SIFAS members. Daily ticket $15. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 19
9:30 a.m.
Colours – A presentation of Morning Ragas on Carnatic violin and sitar M Balakrishnan and Shertallai Sivakumar (violin) and Susantha Chowdhury (sitar), accompanied by Sarfraz Ahmad (tabla) and T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 19
11:15 a.m.
Lecture demonstration on veena N Charumathy
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 19
2:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Gowri Gokul
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 19
3:45 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Padmavathy Nagarajan, accompanied by M Balakrishnan (violin), Tirukokaranam Krishnamurthy (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sat, Apr 19
7:30 p.m.
Bharata Natyam recital Srekala Bharath, accompanied with Balagurunathan (nattuvangam), Chitrambari Krishna Kumar (vocal), M Balakrishnan (violin), T Ramanan (mridangam)
Khoo Auditorium, Singapore Chinese Girls' School, 190, Dunearn Road
Daily ticket $15. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 20
9:30 p.m.
Mummoorthigal Vizha - commemoration of anniversaries of Carnatic trinity Congregational Singing and Group presentations by SIFAS Students
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 20
5:00 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Aravind Ratnam Ganesh, accompanied by Radhika R (violin),T Ramanan (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 20
7:15 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital N Vijay Siva, accompanied by Embar Kannan (violin), Kallidaikuruchi S Sivakumar (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Daily ticket $15. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Sun, Apr 27 6:30 p.m. Chaitra Pallavi: dance items in Bharata Natyam, Odissi and other styles Staff and students of Temple of Fine Arts
Annalakshmi restaurant, Excelsior Hotel, 5 Coleman street

The performance will be followed at 8:30 p.m. by a vegetarian buffet. Ph: 6339-9993and 6339-0492. Email: tfasing@singnet.com.sg. Pick up invitations at TFA office a the Excelsior hotel.

Fri, May 2 - Mon, May 5

8:00 p.m. May 2,3,5

3:00 p.m. May 3,4

Tales from the Pancha Tantra "an exciting mix of traditional dance and contemporary drama"
Director: Roger Jenkins Choreographer: Santha Bhaskar. Music: Ghanavenothan Retnam Narrator: Jeeva Raghunath
Esplanade Theatre Studio
3.14 Company - Production Arm of Dramaplus Arts Ltd
Tickets $22, $32 for evening performances ($22 for matinee). Available at all SISTIC outlets, by phone at the SISTIC hotline Ph: 6348-5555; online at www.sistic.com.sg or through mobile ticketing at wap.sistic.com.sg. Concessions: $16 for students, 15% for seniors, 10% for ASA, NTUC Card and SDEA members, 15% for DPA voucher holders, and Science Park Privilege card holders
Sun, May 4
7:30 p.m.
Appooppanu 100 Vayasu: Malayalam play By Benny Nayarambalam Tickets: $15. Ph: Mrs. Kamala Nair (6748-5555), Mrs. Sivaraman Nair (6274-0744), Mrs. Sarojini Chandran(6353-8504),
Wed, May 7
8:00 p.m.
Carnatic Vocal concert R Hemalatha, accompanied by Shertallai Sivakumar (violin) and R Krishnamoorthy (mridangam)
SIFAS Auditorium, 2 Starlight Rd
Free admission. Contact: 6299-5925 Email: sifas@sg.super.net
Fri, May 9
8:00 p.m.
Cultural program including Bharata Natyam recital on a Buddhist theme Dr. Siri Rama and Sarikha Shetty (senior disciple of Dr Siri Rama)
Open ground opposite Serangoon Plaza on Serangoon Road
Little India Shopkeepers and Heritage Association (LISHA)
Free admission
Fri, May 9 Sat, May 10
8:00 p.m.
Quest: "a mystic dance drama" Concept and Script: Dr. Sreedhara A. R. ; Music composed by: B V Balasai; Choreographer: Dr. Saraswathi Sundaresan; Vocal: Dr M Balamurali Krishna; Dancers: Dr Sreedhara, Subhashini and dancers from Nrityalaya Tickets: $30, $20 ($10 for seniors and students) available at Nrityalaya (155 Waterloo St); Bhaskar's Arts Academy (19 Kerbau Rd and 29A Campbell Lane), Substation Box Office (Armenian St) Ph:6336-6537, 6396-4523, 6291-5857, 6337-7800. Email: nas@pacific.net.sg
Thu, May 15 (Vesak Day)
6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Maya Dhwani: dance-drama based on a Jataka tale about a previous life of the Buddha, at 6:00 p.m., followed by Hindustani vocal recital, at 7:30 p.m. Choreography: Dr. Siri Rama; Dancers: Shobhinya Karthikeyan, Subbalakshmi Manian, Rajalakshmi Raghavan, Sarikha Shetty, Low Kok Wai, Choo Poh Kim, Yeo Bee Loon, Shubhra and Soumya Ojha, Fazlyna Aziz, and Zahidah Qurratulain, accompanied by Bhagya Murthy (vocal), Ghanevenothan Retnam (flute), T Ramanan (mridangam); Hindustani vocal recital by Prof. Sugata Marjit, one of the very few exponents of Bhindibazaar and Rangeela gharanas, accompanied by Ujjal Roy (tabla)

Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place

SIFAS Performing Arts Company Ltd.
Tickets: Dance : $10, $20. Music: $10, $20. Ph: Hotline: 6299-1587, 6238-8706Email: tspacl@singnet.com.sg. Tickets also available at Jothi Stores and Flower Shop, Campbell Lane, and at the Substation Box Office (Substation, Armenian Street)
Thu, May 15
7:30 p.m.
Nadaswaram recital Vidwans of the Sri Srinivasa Perumal temple
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Thu, May 15
8:00 p.m.
Instrumental and vocal carnatic recital C N Tyagaraju and students
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Thu, May 15
8:30 p.m.
Instrumental recital Violin - Neranjan
Mridangam - Bala
Ghatam- Parandaman
Bass Guitar - Mani
Accoustic Guitar - James Rozario
Western Drums - Charlie
Krishna Mandir, Norris Road
Krishna Mandir
Free admission.
Fri, May 16
7:30 p.m.
Carnatic vocal recital Srividya Sriram
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Fri, May 16
8:45 p.m.
Dance recital Anuradha, Sindhu and Sahithi, students of Smt. Shobha Srinivasa Rao, accompanied by Priya Swaminathan (vocal), Niranjan Srinivasan (violin), Devarajan (mridangam)
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Sat, May 17
7:30 p.m.
Carnatic vocal and dance Kannada Sangha artistes
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Sun, May 18
8:00 p.m.
Vocal and veena recital Temple of Fine Arts Artistes
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple, 397 Serangoon Road
Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Free admission. Tel: 62985771 Fax: 62989884
Email: heb_sspt@pacific.net.sg
Mon, May 19
7:30 p.m.
Hindustani sitar and vocal recitals Sushanta Chowdhury (sitar), Moitreyee Mukherjee-Roy (vocal), Sarfraz Ahmed (tabla)</