Uma Murthy sparkles - (Dec 18th 2006)
Uma Murthy sang a varnam in Behaag as the curtain-raiser at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 – ‘Vanajaksha’...

Dr Ganesh and team were brilliant - (Dec 18th 2006)
Dr Ganesh, recipient of the Chennaionline Isai Vendhar Award for vocalist, rendered his programme...

Gayathri casts a spell - (Dec 14th 2006)
Gayathri Venkatraghavan’s varnam in Begada at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 was followed by a kriti in Sriranjani, ‘Broche Vaarevare’...

Smitha Madhav’s rich voice marked concert - (Dec 14th 2006)
A lawyer and musician, Smitha Madhav, a young belle from Hyderabad, is a shining star in the musical firmament...

Kashyap Mahesh sings with verve - (Dec 14th 2006)
Kashyap Mahesh, a whiz kid, started his concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 with a sloka on Dakshinamurthy...

Lilting concert by Vasundhra Rajagopal - (Dec 13th 2006)
The charming Vasundhra began her concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 with a varnam followed by a song in Mayamalavagowla – ‘Jaya Jaya Padmanabha Murare’...

Aesthetic presentation by Jayanthy Sridharan - (Dec 13th 2006)
Jayanthy Sridharan’s ‘Ganamurthi’ in Ganamurthi raga was followed by vritham – the musical Sanskrit interludes enhanced the concert at Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 at Ragasudha hall...

Jaishankar’s rich voice elates audience - (Dec 13th 2006)
Karaikal Jaishankar started his concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 with ‘Ninne Bajana’ in Nattai....

Sikkil Mala’s soul-stirring concert - (Dec 12th 2006)
Mala belongs to an erudite musical family. An offshoot of the Sikkil family tree, Mala has accumulated the ingenuity of her mother and aunt, flautists Sikkil Kunjumani and Neela...

Wholesome music from Jayalakshmi Sekar - (Dec 12th 2006)
Jayalakshmi is as charming as the instrument she plays. A vainika, her sensitive fingers on the frets, left an imprint to be cherished at the Chennaionline Music...

Salem Gayathri presented mellow music - (Dec 12th 2006)
Salem Gayathri’s curtain raiser at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 was a Varnam in Behaag – Vanajaksha. This melodious Varnam was rendered with élan by Gayathri

Sikkil Gurucharan mesmerises - (Dec 11th 2006)
A crowd-puller, young Sikkil Gurucharan’s curtain raiser at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Fest 2006 was a Varnam

‘Double Violin’ Radhakrishna delights - (Dec 11th 2006)
The Double Violin, a new musical creation of Neyveli S Radhakrishna, is creating ripples in the musical fraternity

Vilasini captivates audience - (Dec 11th 2006)
Vilasini’s Seranunatha in Nattai was m ore or less a warming up for the rest of the concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Fest 2006 at Ragasudha hall, Mylapore

Haunting performance by Suryaprakash - (Dec 11th 2006)
R Suryaprakash started his concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Fest 2006 with a composition by Periaswamy Thooran ‘Gananaadhane’ in Saranga

Lalitha, Nandini excel - (Dec 11th 2006)
The violin-duo – Lalitha-Nandini – are an off-shoot of the Lakshminarayana musical tree. Performing at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Fest 2006

Nisha proved why she is a rising star - (Dec 11th 2006)
Nisha, a rising star in the musical horizon, warmed up with a Pantuvarali Varnam followed by the famous ‘Vallabha Naayaka’ in Begada by Muthuswamy Dikshitar. As expected, Nisha swam in Begada with swaras

Akshay showcases talent - (Dec 11th 2006)
Akshay Padmanabhan began his concert at the Chennaionline Music and Dance Festival 2006 with a Varnam in Vasantha, ‘Ninnukori’ -- a warming up exercise

U P Raju and Nagamani scintillate - (Dec 9th 2006)
The husband and wife duo thrilled the audience with their mandolin kutcheri