December 2007 was eventful for CFA with the twelve-day grand music festival. The festival featured concerts and lectures on the themes of Vaggeyakara Vaibhava, Visesha Vadyanubhava, Ragam Tanam Pallavi and Yuvakala Vaibhavam. A spectrum of artistes ranging from the veterans to the amateurs was part of the festival. Shri M. Krishnaswamy presided over the inaugural function. Shri Raghunathan of Bhimas Hotel Tirupathy was the Chief Guest and Shri Nadopasana Srinivasan was the Guest of Honor. Legal consultant Shri Parameswara Iyer lit the lamp. The inaugural concert was performed by Smt. Bushany Kalyanaraman.
Apart from the December festival, CFA also organized a special lecture on Nagasvaram on the 21st of July, 2007. Dr. B.M. Sundaram presented the lecture which was followed by an exclusive concert by Shri Kalyanapuram Srinivasan and party. The seminar was inaugurated by Mr. Ramji of Makkal Kural. Noted musicians and musicologists like Dr. N. Ramanathan were among the dignitaries present.
Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam aimed at exposing various great composers of Carnatic music apart from the well-known trinity, pre-trinity and post-trinity composers is held every year in which a lecture on the musical contributions of a particular composer is presented by a scholar. This is followed by the rendition of a few of his/her compositions. During the year under consideration, seven lectures and concerts were held categorized under Vaggeyakara Vaibhavam.
| Date | Topic | Concert by |
|---|---|---|
| 12.12.2007 | Compositions of Dandapani Desikar | Bushani Kalyanaraman |
| 13.12.2007 | Compositions of Neelakanta Sivan | Thiruvaiyaru Brothers - Narasimhan & Venkatesan |
| 14.12.2007 | Compositions of Thiruvarur Ramasamy Pillai | Dr Subhashini Parthasarathy |
| 15.12.2007 | Compositions of Kavikunjara Bharati | Shertalai Ranganatha Sharma |
| 16.12.2007 | Compositions of Thiruvotriyur Tyagayyar | Suguna Purushothaman |
| 17.12.2007 | Compositions of Madurai G S Mani | Madurai G S Mani |
| 18.12.2007 | Compositions of Dr. V V Srivatsa | Neela Ramgopal |
This program acts as a platform for instrumental music – more specifically of instruments which belong to the south Indian classical music genre. Chennai Fine Arts has remained one of the pioneers in supporting instrumental music concerts.
| Date | Artists | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| 19.12.2007 | Nirmala Rajasekar | Veena |
| Allam Durgaprasad | Gotuvadyam | |
| 20.12.2007 | N Anantanarayanan | Veena |
| Atul Kumar | Flute | |
| Jayanthi Kumaresh | Veena |
Pallavi rendition is considered one of the most challenging aspects of Carnatic music. A special programme featuring Ragam Tanam Pallavi (RTP) was organized in which young artistes performed. The series of concerts enthralled the audience and performers alike.
| Date | Artists | Ragam - Talam |
|---|---|---|
| 13.12.2007 | Charulatha Mani – Kandadevi Vijayaraghavan, Melakkaveri Balaji | Saveri – Adi (Kanda nadai) |
| 14.12.2007 | Sikkil Gurucharan – S Varadarajan, Neyveli Skandasubramaniam | Lathangi – Misra Triputa |
| 15.12.2007 | Nandita Ravi – Padma Shankar, S J Arjunganesh | Shanmukhapriya – Khanda Triputa |
| 16.12.2007 | V Sankaranarayanan – V Sanjeev, Mannarkoilt J Balaji | Kalyani – Misra Jhampa (Tisra gati) |
| 17.12.2007 | Nisha Rajagopal – Shertalai Sivakumar, Kallidaikurichi Sivakumar | Ranjani – Misra Triputa |
| 18.12.2007 | Kalpana Venkat – Kalyani Shankar, Neyveli Narayanan | Bhairavi – Chatusra Jhampa (4 Kalai) |