Swathi Sangeethotsavam

Swathi Sangeethotsavam
Rama Varma performing at Swathi Sangeethotsavam
Dates	Every year from January 4 to January 13
Location(s)	Thiruvananthapuram, India

Swathi Sangeethotsavam (Swathi Music Festival) is a ten-day festival of music celebrating the compositions of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal. The festival is held from 4 to 13 January every year at the courtyard of Kuthira Malika, Trivandrum. The festival is a tribute to Swathi Tirunal and is exclusively dedicated to his compositions.^[1] The concerts are not ticketed. The festival is conducted by Rama Varma Maharaja of Travancore Trust under the helm of Prince Rama Varma.^[2]

History

The Government of Kerala used to conduct the festival in Kuthiramalika in memory of Swathi Thirunal. In the late 90s they decided to hold it in different places all over Kerala and discontinued the festival at Kuthiramalika. In 2010 Rama Varma Maharaja took initiative to organize and continue the annual festival under the Travancore Trust.^[3]

List of events

Year	Date	Headliners
2000	Jan. 6–14
2001[4]	Jan. 1–6
2002[5]	Jan. 6–12
2003[6]	Jan. 6–12
2004[7]	Jan. 6–12	Kudamaloor Janardanan, Mysore Manjunath, Bangalore Praveen, P. Unni Krishnan,
2005[8]	Jan. 6–12	Kudamaloor Janardanan , Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma ,Kiranavali Vidyashankar, Pantula Rama ,V.Vamanan, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, T. M. Krishna
2006[9]	Jan. 6–14	V.V. Subramanyam, Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Malladi Brothers,K. Omanakutty
2007[10]	Jan. 6–14	Sanjay Subrahmanyan, S.K.S. Hariharasubramanian,Sangeetha Sivakumar, T. M. Krishna,Trichy B. Sivakumar
2008[11]	Jan. 6–13	Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, G. J. R. Krishnan and Vijayalakshmi, Parasala B. Ponnammal
2009[12]	Jan. 6–14	Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Malladi Suri Babu, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Parasala Ponnammal, Prasanna Venkataraman
2010[13]	Jan. 6–14	Mavelikkara Subrahmanian, Pandit Venkatesh Kumar, Balasai, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Seetha Rajan and Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna
2011[14]	Jan. 6–14	Ajoy Chakraborty, violin duet by siblings S.R. Mahadeva Sharma and S.R. Rajashree, R.K. Padmanabha, Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Amrutha Venkatesh
2012[15]	Jan. 6–14	Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Bangalore S. Shankar, Venkataramanan, Abhradita Banerjee,
2013[16]	Jan. 4–13	Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Ramakrishnan Murthy, Avaneeswaram S R Vinu, Venkataramanan, Debapriya Adhikary, O.S. Arun
2014[17]	Jan. 4–13	Sanjay Subrahmanyan, Prince Rama Varma, Amrutha Venkatesh, Parassala B. Ponnammal, Venkataramanan, T.V. Gopalakrishnan, S. Varadarajan(violin solo), Saurabh Kadgaonkar, O.S. Arun

Gallery

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  Kuthiramalika during Swathi Sangeethotsavam

See also

• List of Indian classical music festivals
• Chembai Sangeetholsavam
• Kuthira Malika
• Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram

References

1. "Swathi Sangeethotsavam begins on January 6". The Hindu. December 30, 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
2. "Swathi Sangeethotsavam @ Kuthiramaika". swathithirunal.in. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
3. "Royal musical treat". The Hindu. Jan 4, 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
4. "Govt. not ready to oppose hartals by small outfits". The Hindu. Dec 14, 2001. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
5. "A royal feast of fine music". themusicmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
6. "KUTHIRAMALIKA FESTIVAL 2003 - A MUSICAL FEAST". themusicmagazine.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
7. "A rare musical treat". The Hindu. January 3, 2004. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
8. "Rich music fare on the cards". The Hindu. Jan 5, 2005. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
9. "On the wings of music". The Hindu. Jan 20, 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
10. "Lyrical homage". The Hindu. Jan 19, 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
11. "Celebration of melody and rhythm". The Hindu. Jan 18, 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
12. "When music reigned supreme". The Hindu. Jan 16, 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
13. "Festive treat of Swati kritis". The Hindu. Jan 22, 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
14. "Vintage melodies". The Hindu. Jan 21, 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
15. "Swathi Sangeethotsavam begins on January 6". thiraseela.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
16. "Swathi sangeethotsavam 2013". thiraseela.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
17. http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/thiruvananthapuram/Swathi-Music-Fest-Begins-Today/2014/01/04/article1981263.ece

External links

• Media related to Swathi Sangeethotsavam at Wikimedia Commons