Saturday, March 19 7 pm EST
A tale of lost souls from the Mahabharata
presented by JustUs Repertory & Dhvani India Performing Arts Society
FREE for Annual Members
Friday, April 2 8 pm EDT | 7 pm CDT | 5 pm PDT
Saturday, April 3 7 pm EDT | 6 pm CDT | 4 pm PDT
EXCLUSIVE NORTH AMERICA PREMIERE presented by JustUs Repertory & Dhvani India Performing Arts Society
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
Friday, February 19 – 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST) Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
Friday, March 19 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Friday, April 16 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
Saturday, November 19, 2022 8:00 PM EST
Written and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan
Co-sponsored by: Ektaa Center – Irvine, CA | Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego, CA | Kalavandanam – St Paul MN | SciArt Services – Madison, WI
Free for 2022 Annual Members
Saturday, April 1, 2023 7:00 PM EDT
Co-sponsored by: Ektaa Center – Irvine, CA | Kalavandanam – St Paul, MN | SciArt Services – Madison, WI | Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego – CA | Kalapriya Foundation – Chicago
Free for 2023 Annual Members
Sunday, July 25 1:00 pm EDT
War or Peace; story from the Mahabharatha
by Theater Nisha
Sauti, Vaishampayana, and Sanjaya were present at the Kaurava court when Sri Krishna came to broker peace between the Pandavas and Kauravas. These three observers have agreed to join us on Zoom to narrate the story from the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata.
FREE for Dhvani Annual Subscribers.
Sunday, September 13 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
A Dhvani Exclusive: A short solo veena recital by the talented young musician followed by a virtual reception with the artist. Ramana plays solo and sings along.
V K Arun Kumar accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 17, 2021
August 8th 1 PM EDT | Noon CDT | 1 1 AM MDT | 10 AM PDT | 10:30 PM IST
Utsaaha – the annual music program by the Students of Dhvani Music School
Two years since the start of DMS, we are excited to have our get-together to celebrate our pursuit of musical knowledge and excellence.
No fee. Once you register you can check it out and access the zoom event link at no charge.
Sunday, August 161:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We often think of ragas as being a structure of notes in a structured sequence. As with our understanding of colors, we realize that just as colors are both more and less that their chromatic numeric codes. so it is with ragas.
Friday, April 30 6:30 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents
Trinity – a Carnatic musical play in English
A Madras Players production
with Vidwan Vijay Siva, Vidushi Gayathri Venkataraghavan and Vidwan Dr. Sunder in the title roles.
Available from Friday, April 30 – till Sunday, May 2nd
Saturday, May 29 7:30 pm EDT
This is a story that weaves together the compositions popularised by the legendary Veena Dhanammal and her lineage of exemplary musicians.
Aishwarya Raghunath – vocal | RK Shriramkumar – violin | K Arun Prakash – mridangam
Available from Saturday, May 01 at 5:30 PM PDT – till Tuesday, May 4th 5:30 PM PDT ( 8.30 pm EDT | 6.00 am IST next day)
Through the eyes of the Apsaras
Exclusive Premiere presented by the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Sunday September 12 1:00 pm EDT
The Year of Silence – stories from the Mahabharata
The year of incognito. Well hidden from Duryodhana’s spies, an event bears the risk of exposing them to the Kurus.
Sunday, June 20 1 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents The Song of the Tambura a lecture demonstration on the exceptional qualities of this ancient and sonorous instrument by Ranjani Sivakumar.
Sunday, August 2 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
An introduction to ghatam, the instrument, and its music will be presented by Vidvan Sri N. Guruprasad.
Sunday, April 25 1:00 pm EDT
The art of the storyteller
Ami Majmudar is the consummate storyteller. She will share one of her favorite stories from the Puranas.
FREE for Annual Subscribers
Charumathi Chandrashekar
Duration: 1 hr 6 min | Year: 2023 | Video
Saturday, April 10 7:00 pm EDT
a solo concert by Nisha Rajagopalan
T N Arunagiri accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Saturday, February 12, 6:30 PM EST | 3:30 PM PST | 5:30 CST
A Symphony of Emotions is a riveting Bharatanatyam program presented by Ramya Harishankar to solo voice rendered by her student and talented singer Visalini Sundaram.
FREE for 2022 Annual Members
Saturday, March 6 6:30 pm EST
RK Shriramkumar – violin | J Vaidhyanathan – mridangam | Dr. S Karthick – ghatam | Nandita Kannan – tambura
Sunday, October 11 10:00 am EDT
vivēkĀvivēka; appreciating the timeless message of Gopalakrishna Bharathi
Special feature on Dikshitar by Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, and Archana Upadhyaya & Samanvi Udupi Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 15, 2021
Sowmya Acharya accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sunday, September 18, 2022 4:00 PM EDT
Phil Scarff – saxophone | Pranav Ghatraju – tabla
Venue: Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
Sikkil Gurucharan accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Shilpa Sathyanathan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sapna Ganesh Prasad accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sunday, November 1 11:30 am EST
A discussion and demonstration on the art, science and techniques of singing swarakalpana in concerts.
Samarth Anantuni accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sai Govind Vijayaraghavan (Mandolin) accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Saturday, March 12 2022, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
Venue: Dublin Community Recreation Center
Click here to view competition rules. The deadline for registration will be February 19.
Renuka Suryanarayanan accompanied by Apoorva Ravindran Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Saturday, May 8 – Monday, May 10 7 pm EDT | 4 pm PDT
Bharatanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai interprets five emotions
Sunday, August 30 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Amritha Murali will share some insights into approaches to Raga Alapana. She will show us how different types of ragas can be handled In accordance with their intrinsic flavor.
R Suryaprakash accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 16, 2021
Sunday, September 20 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We will be introduced to the bamboo flute and playing techniques by Jayanth.
Prithi Narasimhan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Prameela Mandyam accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Friday, April 16 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
When Eyes Speak – Indian Choreography Festival 2021
Friday, March 19 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Mylai M Karthikeyan – Nagaswaram Gummidipoondi R Gnanavel – Nagaswaram Mangalam M K Aasan – Tavil R Thandavamoorthi – Talam Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 14, 2021
Saturday, October 30, 9:30 PM EDT | 6:30 PM PDT | 7 AM IST (on 31st)
Tanjavur Quartet Compositions and their current-day relevance, a panel discussion with Bharathi Ramasubban, Charu Chandrasekar, Christopher Gurusamy, Ganesh Vasudeva and Preethi Ramaprasad.
Saturday, October 30, 7:30 PM EDT
This concert will celebrate the music of the four brothers, Chinnayya, Ponnayya, Sivanandam and Vadivelu whose contributions transformed many aspects of what we now call Bharatanatyam.
Bharathi Ramasubban – vocal | Vittal Rangan – violin | NC Bharadwaj – mridangam | Anirudh Athreya – kanjira