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This
section has all the buzz on the December Season. You
can also read interviews with some of the awardees of
this season and exclusive features on various themes.
 Sangita
Kalanidhi for T. N. Seshagopalan
Tamil Isai Sangam award for Bombay Sisters
MFAC honours dancer Chitra Visweswaran
Annual awards by The Indian Fine Arts Society
Bharat Kalachar announces awards for 2006
'Isai Peroli' for Malladi Brothers
Tamil Isai Sangam award for Bombay Sisters
Title for violinist Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Brahma Gana Sabha awards for the year 2006
Sangeetha Kala Sarathy for Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Awards for dancers Ananda Shankar Jayant and Jayanthi Subramaniam
Sangita Kalanidhi for T. N. Seshagopalan
The Music Academy will be conferring the title
Sangita Kalanidhi on the senior vocalist T. N.
Seshagopalan this year. He will be presiding over the
Academy's 80th annual conference to be held from
December 15 to January 1.
The other awards that will be conferred during the 80th
conference are: Sangita Kala Acharya on senior dancer C.
V. Chandrasekhar and vocalist Seetha Rajan. TTK awards
on A. Kanyakumari (violin) and Padmavathy Ananthagopalan
(veena); Vaggeyakara award on vocalist - guru Suguna
Purushothaman.
The above awards will be conferred at the 'Sadhas' on
conclusion of the conference on January 1, 2007
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Tamil Isai Sangam award for Bombay Sisters
The Tamil Isai Sangam has chosen the Bombay Sisters to receive its Isai Perarignar Award for 2006. The sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are known for their musical concerts on the Thiruppugazh, Thiruppavai, Thiruvembavai and Divyaprabhandam.
The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held at Raja Annamalai Hall on December 21, the inaugural day of the 64th edition of the Tamil music festival of the Sangam.
The award will consist of a gold medal, a silver citation and a cash prize.
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MFAC honours dancer Chitra VisweswaranThe
Mylapore Fine Arts Club will honor Bharatanatyam dancer
Chitra Visweswaran with the title Nritya Kala Nipuna.
The function takes place at MFAC Auditorium on December
13, 2006.
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Annual awards by The Indian Fine Arts Society
The sabha will confer the award 'Sangeetha Kalashikhamani'
on senior vocalists Bombay Sisters - C. Saroja and C.
Lalitha at the inaugural function of annual music
festival on Dec.16
Dancer Revathy Ramachandran will receive the award 'Natya
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Bharat Kalachar announces awards for 2006
Bharat Kalachar has announced the awards for this
year.
`Gnana Kala Bharathi' will be conferred on veteran
dancer Vyjayanthimala Bali for dance and on Bombay
Sisters - C. Saroja and C. Lalitha for music;
The awrad `Viswa Kala Bharathi' will be conferred on
dancers Sudharani Raghupathy, V. P. Dhananjayan and
Shantha Dhananjayan;
Stage and film actor Sowcar Janaki and Poornam
Viswanathan will receive the award `Natya Kaladhar' ;
`Kala Seva Bharathi' will be recieved by 'Isai Mazhalai'
Ramjhi and Roja Kannan;
The script writer Vietnam Veedu Sundaram and stage actor
'Typist' Gopu will receive the award 'Nataka Kala
Bharathi'
Thw award `Yuva Kala Bharathi' for young artistes go to
M. Balamuralikrishna, Chinmaya Sisters - Uma and Radhika
in the vocal category, G. Ramesh (nagawaram), Nagamani
Raju (mandolin), Shertalai Sivakumar (violin), K. V.
Gopalakrishnan (mridangam), Bangalore Amrith (kanjira),
Lavanya Ananth, R. Vineet, Nritya Jagannathan and
Anwesha Das (bharatanatyam), S. Divyasena (all-rounder
in bharatanatyam, nattuvangam and choreography) and
Nagalakshmi (dramatics).
The awards will be conferred on the inauguration of
Margazhi Mahotsav on Dec.15
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'Isai Peroli' for Malladi BrothersThis year's
Isai Peroli award goes to Malladi Brothers (vocal),
Nadanamamani title will be recieved by Bhargavi gopalan.
The sabha's title Tamil Isai Vendar will be conferred on
senior vocalist D. K. Pattammal.
The awards for the youngsters will be received by K.
Gayathri for music and Aswini Viswanathan for dance.
D. K. Pattammal award for excellence goes to young
musician (Master) Balamuralikrishna. The 'Kartik'
Rajagopal Best organizer award will be given to
R.Yegnaraman, secretary, Sri Krishna Gana Sabha,
Chennai.
Sirkazi Govindarjan Memorial award will be received by
senior violinist Sikkil Bhaskaran
The awards and titles will be conferred on the artistes
during the annual music and dance festival to be held
during December / January.
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Tamil Isai Sangam award for Bombay Sisters
The Tamil Isai Sangam has chosen the Bombay Sisters to receive its Isai Perarignar Award for 2006. The sisters, C. Saroja and C. Lalitha, are known for their musical concerts on the Thiruppugazh, Thiruppavai, Thiruvembavai and Divyaprabhandam.
The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held at Raja Annamalai Hall on December 21, the inaugural day of the 64th edition of the Tamil music festival of the Sangam.
The award will consist of a gold medal, a silver citation and a cash prize.
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Title for violinist Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan
Sri Rama Bhakthqa Jana Samaj , K.K.Nagar will be conferring the title Sangita Maamani on the eminent violinist . Kunnakudi R.Vaidhyanathan on its 10th annual music festival to be held from December 17, 2006 Top
Brahma Gana Sabha awards for the year 2006
During the December Art Festival of Brahma Gana Sabha, this year, the title, Gaana Padhmam will be receive by mridangam maestro Umayalpuram Sivaraman. Dancer- guru Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy will receive the title 'Naatya Padhman'. Senior drama artist Koothapiran will receive the title 'Naataka Padhmam'
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Sangeetha Kala Sarathy for Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will confer the title Sangeetha Kala Sarathy on Sanjay Subrahmanyan this year. The award will be conferred on the day of inauguration of their 106th annual music festival on Dec. 16.
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Awards for dancers Ananda Shankar Jayant and Jayanthi Subramaniam
Sri Krishna Gana Sabha confers the title 'Nritya Choodamani' on dancer Ananda Shankar Jayant and 'Acharya Choodamani' on senior dancer-guru Jayanthi Subramaniam. The awards will be conferred on the dancers at the inauguration of their annual Art and Dance festival on Dec.7.
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