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28 th Annual Thyagaraja Aradhana Raju Soundararajan Memorial Concert by Madurai R. Sundar Rajna Swaminathan Srikanth Mallajosyula Vivek Chellappa Saturday Jan 29, 2011, 5 PM Admission - free Madurai R Sundar(Vocal) was initiated at a very early age into Carnatic music by his aunt Mrs. Ananthalakshmi Sadagopan, herself a musician of repute. Later Sundar came under the tutelage of the musical legend Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan in 1972 and made his debut in 1974. He has won numerous prizes like Sangeetha Rathna and Sarada Krishna Iyer memorial award. Sundar has performed extensively in India, Australia, USA and the Middle East. He is regularly featured in the prime time by Madras Music Academy. He is an Agrade artiste of the All India Radio. He has released several audiocassettes and CDs through Kalavardhani and Sangeetha. Sundar, and his wife Padma Sundar run a music school called ‘Trinity Academy of Fine Arts’ in the metropolitan Detroit area. Sundar holds a B.Tech from IITMadras and MBA from IIMAhmedabad. He has a Master’s degree in IT Project Management from George Washington University. Currently he works for the automobile giant Chrysler at their IT division in Detroit. Srikanth Mallajosyula(Violin) started his music lessons early in violin and was a recipient of the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Govt. of India, in the field of violin and has won several prizes. He has learnt under the front ranking violinist A. Kanyakumari, who is also his maternal aunt. He feels very privileged to have provided violin accompaniment to many senior artists. He has provided violin support to his aunt and Guru, Vidushi A. Kanyakumari, on many occasions. He is also a vocalist and has honed his vocal skills under Sri D. Raghavachary (Hyderabad Brothers), Sri P.S. Narayanaswamy and Sri Nedunuri Krishnamurthy. Rajna Swaminathan(Mridangam) is an upcoming young artiste in the field of Carnatic percussion. She started learning Mrudangam from her father Dr. P. K. Swaminathan at the age of 5 and came under the direct tutelage of Sangeeta Kalanidhi Sri Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman at the age of 8. She has accompanied top artists like Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam, Flute Shashank, Carnatica Brothers (K. N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh), Papanasam Ashok Ramani, Master Balamuralikrishna, and Sikkil Gurucharan. Along with her father Dr. P. K. Swaminathan, she has accompanied high caliber artists such as Dr. N. Ramani, Sikkil Mala Chandrasekhar, Rudrapatnam Brothers, Charumathi Ramachandran, and won their praise. Rajna has performed at the December season in Chennai for many years now at many venues and multiple times at the prestigious Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival. Vivek Chellappa(Kanjira) , began learning mridangam at the age of six from Sri R. Kannan. He has also taken lessons from Sri. Anoor Dattatreya Sharma of Bangalore, Sri Srinath Balasubramaniam of Jayamangala and Kalaimamani Guruvayur Dorai. Vivek is a regular participant in annual music festivals in Washington and Cleveland. S S r r i i S S i i v v a a V V i i s s h h n n u u T T e e m m p p l l e e 6905 Cipriano Road, Lanham MD 20706
