I want to focus this post on the various artists whom I believe you should attend at least one concert of during Margazhi (or even anytime during the year!).
The artists' names on the lists below are arranged alphabetically. These lists are not to be treated as any sort of ranking. If you have any helpful suggestions of other artists or performances, please comment below the post or send me a message.
THE MUST-NOT-MISS LIST
MUSIC
Malladi Brothers
Ranjani & Gayatri
Sanjay Subramanyan
Vijay Siva
DANCE
Kalakshetra group performance
Mavin Khoo
Nrithyagram
Parshwanath Upadhye
Priyadarsini Govind
A VARIETY OF TOP PERFORMERS
If you want to attend a concert everyday, here is a list of the top artists today.
MUSIC
Abhishek Raghuram
Akkarai Sisters (Violin)
Aruna Sairam
Bharat Sundar
Bharathi Thirumagan (Villupattu) (Tamil)
K. Gayatri
Jayanthi Kumaresh (Veena)
Ghatam Karthik (Ghatam)
Mysore Srikanth (Violin)
S. Saketharaman
Sandeep Narayan
RK Shriramkumar(Violin)
Sikkil Gurucharan
Sumithra Vasudev
Delhi P Sundar Rajan (Violin)
Umayalpuram K Sivaraman (Mridangam)
Vishaka Hari (Tamil)
DANCE
Aditi Mangaldas (Kathak)
Jyothsana Jaganathan
Kirti Ramgopal
A. Lakshman Swamy
Lakshmi Parthasarathy Athreya
Mythilli Prakash
Navia Natarajan
Shijith and Parvathy
FUTURE CLASSIC PERFORMERS
Young Rising Stars
MUSIC
Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath
Akshay Anantapadmanabhan (Mridangam)
Ananya Ashok
Anirudh Athreya (Kanjira)
Ashwath Narayanan
Brinda Manivasagar
Chandrasekara Sharma (Ghatam)
T Kalaimagan (Villupattu/Carnatic) (Tamil)
S. Mahathi
Rithvik Raja
Shreya Devanath (Violin)
Sruti Sagar (Flute)
Sriranjini Santhanagopalan
Sruti Sarathy (Violin)
Vidhya Raghavan
Vignesh Ishwar
Vikram Raghavan
DANCE
Apoorva Jayaraman
Arushi Mudgal (Odissi)
Bhavajan Kumar
Christopher Gurusamy
Mahathi Kannan
Meera Sreenarayanan
Pranathi Ramadurai
Thilagavathi Palani (Kattaikkuthu)
Update: Now that you have these recommendations, check out my blog entry with tips on how to navigate the various top sabhas, here.
Author: Shreya Nagarajan Singh
Shreya is the founder of this blog and arts management company of the same name. She has a strong background in the performance arts, as a Bharathnatyam dancer and comes from a family of performers. She has been a regular patron of music, dance and theatre for a decade and a half. Through her company she helps artists in navigating the management of their careers and art organisations in curating and executing business plans and events alike.