THE HINDU TEMPLE OF GREATER CHICAGO

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EKANTA SEVA CONCERT

BY
JYOTHSNA SREEDHAR (VOCAL)
VIOLIN: SANDEEP N. BHARADWAJ
MRIDANGAM: DR. RAVI IYER
DATE: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2010, 7.00 PM
VENUE: LORD RAMA SANNIDHI, LEMONT TEMPLE
(THE HINDU TEMPLE OF GREATER CHICAGO)

Jyothsna Sreedhar is a disciple of Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar. Her guru Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar is daugh-
ter in law of Smt. D.K. Pattammal and daughter of mridangam maestro Palgat Shri. Mani Iyer. Jyoth-
sna had a privilege of learning advanced lessons from her guru Smt. Lalitha Sivakumar from early
nineties. She started her basic music lessons from Nanganallur Shri. Ramanathan, disciple of Shri D.
K. Jayaraman. Jyothsna has performed in India in the sabhas like Nayaki, VDS Arts Academy, Nan-
ganallur Thyagaraja Sabha etc. She has also performed a lot of marriage and public concerts in India.
Jyothsna has aired music concerts in the channels like All India Radio, Doordarshan, Raj TV, Num TV
etc Jyothnsa has trained students with the blessings of her guru in India and started taking classes for
students in United States. Jyothsna is married to Sreedhar, who is software consultant and also a mri-
dangam artist, disciple of Shri. T.V. Gopalakrishnan.

Sandeep N. Bharadwaj is a child prodigy at the violin and a WORLD RECORD Holder in Carnatic Mu-
sic. Sandeep Bharadwaj also holds other prestigious awards such as YUVA SHREE KALA BHARATI,
BEST YOUNG VIOLIN ARTIST. Sandeep has won several music competitions in both vocal and violin
including the NATIONAL TALENT CONCERT COMPETITION. Sandeep Bharadwaj has been perform-
ing both solo and accompaniment concerts all over USA and in the Chennai Music Season since year
2007. He has performed in almost all of the prestigious sabha’s in Chennai as an invited artist. San-
deep also performed at other prestigious venues such as Thiruvaiyaru Thyagaraja Aradhana, Chicago
Cultural Center, Millenium Park, and Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana. Sandeep Bharadwaj is a disciple
of Vidhushi A. Kanyakumari and Sangeetha Kala Acharya Smt. Suguna Varadachari.

Dr. Ravi Iyer received extensive training on the Mridangam from Sri Madurai Shanmugam Pillai and
advanced training under the tutelage of Sri Trichy Raghava Iyer at Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan in Mum-
bai. He has accompanied several musicians in India and abroad. Ravi does not confine himself only to
classical music. He has performed several fusion concerts with hindustani and western percussion
instruments.

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