2018 events

2018 concerts:

Nov 17 - IMSOM Aradhana - cohosted
Presented a concert by R Suryaprakash accompanied by K V S Vinay, Trivandrum Balaji and Ghatam Karthick at the Hindu Society of Minnesota Maple Grove MN

Sep 29 - Yuga Purusha Muthuswami Dikshithar -

Layyasaaram Institute of Indian Arts 

Presents

Yuga Purusha - Muthuswami Dikshithar 

reminiscing the Veena playing composer

Schedule:

3:00 pm - Individual/group renditions of Dikshithar compositions

5:00 pm - Dikshithar - a Yuga Purusha - a Vainika's perspective - keynote address by Smt Nirmala Rajasekar.

5.30 pm - 

Carnatic Vocal music concert by Shri Palghat Ramprasad

Accompanied by:

K V S Vinay (Violin)

Sriram N Iyer (Mridangam)

Balaji Chandran (Ghatam)

Vishnupuram Raghu (Morsing)

8:30 pm – Potluck Dinner

Event hosted at a donor family's home in Maple Grove, MN as a chamber music event.

May 28th - 

Layyasaaram Institute of Indian Arts in Collaboration with MN Periyava Satsang jointly present

A musical offering at the holy feet of Mahaperiyava Kanchi Paramacharya Jagadguru Shri Chandrashekharendra Saraswathi

"Guruve Charanam Mama Sharanam"

Rithvik Raja (Vocal)

M Rajeev (Violin)

Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam)

Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)

All are welcome.

This event is made possible by a generous matching contribution from the UHG Giving program and contributions from patrons.

Layyasaaram Institute of Indian Arts is a registered 501 C(3) Public Charity. All donations are tax deductible

Hosted at the Hindu Society of Minnesota Maple Grove, MN

Jan 13th

LAYYASAARAM INSTITUTE OF INDIAN ARTS & MN GOD SATSANG 

jointly present

Our final concert of the 

Spirit of Margazhi concert series 

celebrating DEIVA TAMIZH ISAI.

Padi Thirivai Maname

Kum. Meghana Moorthy in concert –Vocal

Meghana Moorthy Balnad was born in a family of musicians. At the age of 4 she was initiated into formal classical music training under Vid Smt Veena Raghavendra, Puttur. Later she continued with Vid. Smt Rajarajeshwari Bhat, Madanthyar. Most recently, she has been learning from Smt Srividya Ramnath (disciple of Neyveli Shri Santhanagopalan), Sangeetha Kalacharya Shri J Venkatraman, Trichy and Shri Kunnakkudi Balamuralikrishna.

She is presently pursuing her studies at UW Madison.

Accompanied by:

Smt Aparna Srivatsan [Violin] 

Sri Sriram Iyer [Mridangam]

Schedule:

3:30pm Nama Chanting

3:40pm Ashtapadhi Renditions

4:00pm Thiruppavai Renditions

4:15pm Padi Thirivai Maname - Concert

6:30pm Mangalam & Prasadam

Event hosted at a donor family's home in Woodbury, MN

Jan 6th - Double header event - Aradhana + 2 concerts

Layyasaaram Institute of Indian Arts proudly presents our 6th Annual Thyagaraja Aradhana on January 6th 2018

at the Nath Auditorium in Maple Grove

Schedule:

9:00 AM: Thyagaraja's Pancharatnam renditions by Twin Cities and Visiting Musicians

11:00 AM: Flute Recital by Master Vaibhav Iyer 

Accompanied by: Srinath Hariharan on the violin, Sankaran Bhattatiripad on the mridangam and Balaji Chandran on the Ghatam

12:00 PM: Individual/Group renditions of Thyagaraja Krithis

MN GOD Satsang and Layyasaaram Institute of Indian Arts jointly present Kumari Gowri Salem in a concert titled "Naamam Ondre Podume". 

Gowri Salem is a sophomore from Naperville Chicago, a student of Sankari Krishnan. She will be accompanied on the violin by Sasi Madugula and on the mridangam by Sriram Iyer
THIS IS A FREE EVENT

Hosted at the Hindu Society of Minnesota, Maple Grove, MN