| Awards 2023 - 2024 * Bharat Kalachar Gnana Kala Bharathi (Dr Mrs YGP Memorial Award) - Dr. Rajkumar Bharathi Viswa Kala Bharathi - Nartaki Nataraj Acharya Kala Bharathi - Urmila Sathyanarayanan Nataka Kala Bharathi - Bala Sundaram Kala Seva Bharathi - Bhagavata Mela Melattur Kumar Yuva Kala Bharathi - Music: Dr. Rangapriya - Violin, Rishabh Ranganathan- Violin, Visvak Kumaran - Mrdngm, Spoorthi Rao - Vocal, Rahul Vellal - Vocal, V.G.Vigneswar - Keyboard Yuva Kala Bharathi - Dance: Bhairavi Venkatesan- BN, Lekha Prasad - BN, Arthi Vasudevan - Kuchipudi, Sharmada Viswanath - BN, Samanvita Sasidharan- All Rounder (Rajam Pushpavanam Memorial Award) Special commendation: Sai Shravanam - Soundscape, VVS Manian - Konnakkol, Lavanya Venugopal - Theatre K Balachander AWARD Of Excellence - S Sureshwar * Kartik Fine Arts  * RR Sabha After a gap of a few years, Chennai’s RR Sabha honoured 13 artistes in the Award function held at the Sabha premises on August 18, 2023. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam (cash award Rs.1,25,000) NRUTYA KALA RATNA: Priyadarsini Govind (cash award Rs.1,00,000) KALA SEVA RATNA: VR Devika (cash award Rs.50,000) NRUTYA YUVA KALA RATNA: Sudharma Vaithiyanathan (cash award Rs.25,000) * Sri Krishna Gana Sabha Nritya Choodamani - Dr. Sreelatha Vinod (Bharatanatyam) Sangeetha Choodamani - Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath * Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Sangeetha Kalasarathy: Violin Maestro NAGAI R. MURALIDHARAN Presenting Palghat Mani Iyer Centenary award to Mridangam Maestro Dr. YELLA VENKATESHWARA RAO Partha Acharya Puraskar: Vainika, Guru & Musicologist Dr. R.S. JAYALAKSHMI Gottuvadyam Narayana Iyengar Award for Musical Excellence to Ghatam Maestro Dr. SURESH VAIDYANATHAN Dwaram Venkataswami Naidu Award to Violin Vidwan VITTAL RAMAMURTHY G. Ramanathan Award to Media Fame, Producer, Arts Curator. SUBHASREE THANIKACHALAM Dr. M.L.V. Award to Sri.Kalyanapuram S. ARAVIND and VITTAL RANGAN * Sri Thyaga Brahma Gana Sabha Vani Kala Sudhakara title Malladi Brothers - Sri Sreerama Prasad & Sri Ravi Kumar - Vocal Dr. Usha Rajagopalan - Violin Neyveli Sri B. Venkatesh - Mrudangam Meenakshi Chitharanjan - Bharatanatyam R.S. Kumar - Theatre * The Music Academy Sangita Kalanidhi - Bombay Jayashri (carnatic vocalist) Nritya Kalanidhi - Vasanthalakshmi Narasimhachari (Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi) Sangita Kala Acharya - Palkulangara Ambika Devi (carnatic vocalist) & K.S.Kalidas (mridangam) TTK award - Thirunageswaram T.R.Subramaniam (Thavil) & Sargurunatha Odhuvar (Thirumurai) Musicologist award - Dr.Arimalam S.Padmanabhan (researcher) |