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Schedule
for the
Cleveland
Thyagaraja Aradhana 2005
Dates
The Aradhana is scheduled, as always, for
the Easter weekend. This year, those dates, including the concerts following
the Aradhana, fall between the dates March 26 - April 3 , 2005 .
Music Competition
The music competition is being held the
Friday before the Aradhana, on March 25 . It is held at
Cleveland
State
University
. It will begin at
9:00am
and proceed until all the competition entrants have performed (last year, it
lasted till
9:00pm).
People registered in the competition are
requested to be present at the venue at least a half an hour before the event
begins to help us schedule the various categories.
Thyagaraja
Aradhana & Concerts
This schedule is only tentative. We will
try to update it with changes as and when they occur.
A few concerts in the Aradhana are
designated as either Smt. M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial concerts, or Semmangudi
Sri Srinivasa Iyer Memorial concerts. Some concerts will also feature a theme,
honoring either a particular composer, or krithis in a certain language,
and so on. Please see below for details.
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Saturday
March 26, 2005
(Waetjen Auditorium, CSU,
2001 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland,
Ohio,
44115)
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7:00am
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Mangala
Isai by
Seshampatti Sri Sivalingam (Nadaswaram),
Sri G. Ramesh (Nadaswaram) accompanied by Sri M.
Subramanian (thavil) and Sri S. Gajendran
(thavil)
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8:00am
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Prayer
and Worship
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8:00am
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Bhajans by
children
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8:45am
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Pancharatna
Krithis - Group
singing of St. Thyagaraja's five greatest
compositions
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10:00am
-
3:45pm
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Individual Singing
The Individual Singing will be inaugurated by Adyar Sri
K. Lakshman.
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4:00pm
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M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial concert: Sangeetha
Rathnakara Dr. N. Ramani (Flute) and Sri A.K.C. Natarajan (Clarionet)
accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan (violin), Trichy Sri Sankaran (mridangam)
and Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam (ghatam).
This concert will highlight Composers from Karnataka
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6:30pm
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Awards
Ceremony
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7:00pm
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Smt. Aruna
Sayeeram (Vocal)
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin),
Vellore Sri Ramabhadran (mridangam), and Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam
(ghatam)
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Sunday
March 27,
2005
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9:00am
(ticketed)
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M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial Concert: Smt. Sudha
Raghunathan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri R.K. Shriramkumar (violin),
Tanjore Sri Murugabhoopathy (mridangam), and Sri B.S. Purushothaman (kanjira)
This concert will feature krithis by
Annamacharya.
(Sponsored by R.M.K.V. Silks, of Chennai)
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1:00pm
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Prize
Distribution
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1:45pm
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Sikkil Sri C.
Gurucharan (Vocal)
accompanied by Sri Srikanth Venkataraman (violin),
Sangeetha Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao
(mridangam), and Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam
(kanjira)
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4:00pm
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Smt. Gayathri
Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin),
Toronto Sri B. Gowrishankar (mridangam), and Sri
Karthik Venkataraman
(kanjira)
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6:30pm
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Shakthi
Darsanam, a dance
recital by Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam, and Baby
Mahathi Kannan, with a live orchestra featuring Dr.
Gayatri Kanna (Vocal), Smt. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar (Vocal),
Smt. Uma Sriram (Nattuvangam), Nellai Sri A.
Balaji (mridangam), Sri B. Kannan (veena
and suddha maddalam, and Master K. Shyamakrishnan
(kanjira). Sri V. Balakrishnan is the Technical
Director, and Smt. Vijayalakshmi Ayyar provides costume
assistance.
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Monday
March 28,
2005
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9:00am
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Mohiniyattam by Dr.
Neena Prasad, with a live orchestra featuring Sri
Ajit Prasad (Nattuvangam), Sri Madhavan
Nampoothiri (Vocal), Sri V.K. Haridas (violin), Sri P.M.
Satheesan (mridangam), and Sri T.A. Krishna Kumar
(Edakka). Make-up and costumes by Smt. Lalitha
Prasad
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11:10am
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Contributions
of Composers from Karnataka, a
Lecture-Demonstration by Sangeetha Kala Sagaram Sri Ramarathnam, accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan
(violin), and Sri Vinod Seetharaman
(mridangam)
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1:30pm
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Toronto
Kum. Radha
Subramaniam (Vocal)
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Sri
Vijay Ganesh (mridangam), and Sri Karthik
Venkataraman
(kanjira)
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2:40pm
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Students of
Dr. N. Ramani (Flute
ensemble) accompanied by Sri R.K. Shriramkumar (violin),
Dr. Venkat Nataraj (mridangam), Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam (ghatam), and Sri Karthik
Venkataraman (kanjira)
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4:15pm
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Seshampatti
Sri Sivalingam
(Nadaswaram) and Sri G. Ramesh
(Nadaswaram), accompanied by Sri M. Subramanian
(thavil), and Sri S. Gajendran
(thavil)
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7:00pm
(ticketed)
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Sri Sanjay
Subrahmanyam (Vocal)
accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan (violin), and
Vellore Sri Ramabhadran
(mridangam)
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Tuesday
March 29,
2005
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9:00am
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Shyama Sastry
and His Traditions, a
Lecture-Demonstration by Sri A. Sundaresan with
Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan, accompanied by Sri R.K.
Shriramkumar (violin), and Sri Arun Prakash
(mridangam)
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1:00pm
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Neyveli Smt.
Ramalakshmi Krishna (Vocal),
accompanied by Kum. Divya Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
(mridangam)
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2:15pm
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Sri Madhavan
Nampoothiri (Vocal),
accompanied by Sri V.K. Haridas (violin), Sri P.
Satheesan (mridangam), and Delhi Sri R.
Srinivasan
(kanjira)
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4:00pm
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Carnatica
Brothers Sri N. Sashikiran & Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal), accompanied by
Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Sangeetha Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao (mridangam),
and Tanjore Sri Murugabhoopathy (mridangam)
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6:45pm
(ticketed)
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Semmangudi
Srinivasa Iyer Memorial Concert: Sri T.M. Krishna (Vocal), accompanied
by Sri R.K. Shriramkumar (violin), Sri Arun Prakash (mridangam), and Sri
B.S. Purushothaman (kanjira)
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Wednesday
March 30,
2005
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9:00am
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Smt. Jayanthi
Umesh (Vocal),
accompanied by Smt. Deepa Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Bala Srinath
(mridangam)
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10:10am
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Radhika
Anand (Vocal),
accompanied by Smt. Deepa Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Bala Srinath
(mridangam)
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11:20am
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Sri
Ramakrishnan Murthy (Vocal),
accompanied by Kum. Divya Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
(mridangam)
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1:20
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Preetha
Narayanaswamy
(Veena), accompanied by Sri Jayanth
Balasubramaniam (mridangam), and Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam
(ghatam)
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2:30pm
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Smt. Aparna
Balaji (Vocal),
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), and
Sri Vijay Ganesh
(mridangam)
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4:15pm
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Sri R.
Thiagarajan (Flute),
accompanied by Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Sangeetha
Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao
(mridangam), and Sri B.S. Purushothaman
(kanjira)
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6:45pm
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Sri N.
Ravikiran
(Chitravina), accompanied by Akkarai Kum.
Subhalakshmi (violin), Vellore Sri Ramabhadran
(mridangam), Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam
(ghatam), and Sri Karthik Venkataraman
(kanjira)
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Thursday
March 31,
2005
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9:00am
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Thanam
Singing and its Aspects, a
Lecture-Demonstration by Sangeetha Rathnakara Smt. R. Vedavalli, accompanied by Smt. R. Ramani
(veena), Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), and Sri Vinod
Seetharaman
(mridangam)
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10:30am
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Smt.
Rajeswari Satish (Vocal),
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), and
Sri Jayanth Balasubramaniam
(mridangam)
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1:00pm
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Sri Aswin
Chandrasekharan (Vocal),
accompanied by Smt. Deepa Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Ravi Subramanian
(mridangam)
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2:15pm
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Sri Prashanth
Radhakrishnan (Saxaphone),
accompanied by Kum. Divya Ramachandran (violin), and Sri
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
(mridangam)
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4:00pm
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Smt. Geetha
Raja (Vocal),
accompanied by Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), and Sri Vinod
Seetharaman (mridangam)
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6:45pm
(ticketed)
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Lalgudi Sri
G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt.
Vijayalakshmi (Violin),
accompanied by Neyveli Sri B. Venkatesh
(mridangam), and Thiruppunithura Sri
Radhakrishnan
(ghatam)
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Friday
April 1,
2005
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9:00am
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Nama
Sankeerthanam by
Papanasam Sri Ramani Bhagavathar, accompanied by
Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Sangeetha Rathnakara
Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao (mridangam), and
Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam
(kanjira)
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11:00am
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Smt. Kalyani
Ramani (Vocal),
accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), and
Sri Akshay Anantapadmanabhan
(mridangam)
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1:00pm
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Smt. Deepa
Ramachandran & Kum. Divya
Ramachandran (Violin),
accompanied by Kum. Rajna Swaminathan
(mridangam), and Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam
(kanjira)
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2:15pm
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Smt.
Sangeetha Swaminathan (Vocal),
accompanied by Akkari Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Sri
Jayanth Balasubramaniam (mridangam), and Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam (ghatam)
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4:00pm
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Trivandrum
Sri Venkataraman
(Veena), accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan
(violin), Sangeetha Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja
Rao (mridangam), and Sri Karthik Venkataraman
(kanjira)
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6:45pm
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Sangeetha
Rathnakara Smt. R. Vedavalli (Vocal),
Smt. Meenakshi Krishnan (Vocal Support), accompanied by
Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Vellore Sri Ramabhadran
(mridangam), and Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam
(ghatam)
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Saturday
April 2,
2005
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9:00am
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Sangeetha
Rathnakara Sri R.K. Srikantan (Vocal), Sri
R. Ramakanth (Vocal Support), accompanied by Sri
Srikanth Venkataraman (violin), Sangeetha Rathnakara
Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao (mridangam), Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam (ghatam), and Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam (ghatam)
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1:00pm
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Kum. Mathura
Jaya Sridharan (Vocal),
accompanied by Kum. Divya Ramachandran (violin), and
Kum. Rajna Swaminathan
(mridangam)
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2:15pm
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M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial Concert: Kum. Savitha
Narasimhan (Vocal), accompanied by Smt. Sandhya Srinath (violin), and
Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam)
This concert will feature Tamil Krithis
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4:00pm
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Talavadyas - an
ensemble of percussion instruments, led by Sangeetha
Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja
Rao
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5:30pm
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Sri
Manimaran (Vocal)
accompanied by Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Sri Vinod
Seetharaman (mridangam), and Cleveland Sri R.
Balasubramaniam
(kanjira)
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6:45pm
(ticketed)
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Sri O.S.
Thiagarajan (Vocal),
accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan (violin),
Sangeetha Rathnakara Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao
(mridangam), Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam
(ghatam), and Sri Karthik Venkataraman
(kanjira)
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Sunday
April 3,
2005
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9:00am
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M.S. Subbulakshmi Memorial Concert: Neyveli Sri
Santhanagopalan (Vocal), accompanied by Smt. Kalpana Venkat (violin),
Sri Rohan Krishnamurthy (mridangam), and Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam (ghatam)
This concert will highlight Dikshitar Krithis
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1:00pm
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Competition
Winner Concert, with
accompanists
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2:15pm
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Smt. Raji
Gopalakrishnan (Vocal),
accompanied by Smt. Sandhya Srinath (violin), Tanjore
Sri Murugabhoopathy (mridangam), and Cleveland
Sri R. Balasubramaniam
(kanjira)
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4:45pm
(ticketed)
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Sri P.
Unnikrishnan (Vocal),
accompanied by Nagai Sri Muralidharan (violin), Vellore
Sri Ramabhadran (mridangam), and Sri Ravi
Balasubramaniam (ghatam)
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