| 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 * 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) * 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) |