2026 Music Concerts

Venue for all Concerts (unless called out separately): CVHTS Narayana Auditorium (below Satyanarayana Sanctum), 11 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT

2026 Fall Concerts

Aug 30, 2026 - Sunday, 4 PM ET: Special Sangeetha Kathamrutam Concert - "Relevance of Dasha Avataram in Modern Life" Kalyanapuram S. Aravind - Vocal, accompanied by S. Venkat Raman - Harmonium, S. Krishna - Ghatam.

Embark on a musical and spiritual journey through timeless epics with the concept of Sangeetha Kathamrutam - an immersive concert experience that seamlessly blends Carnatic music, storytelling, philosophy, and practical life lessons. [Purchase Concert tickets]


Kalyanapuram S. Aravind - Vocal	S. Venkat Raman - Harmonium	S. Krishna - Ghatam

September 12, 2026 - Saturday, 4 PM ET: Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal, accompanied by Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Delhi Sairam - Mridangam, Sunil Kumar - Kanjira [Purchase Concert tickets]


Abhishek Raghuram - Vocal	Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin	Delhi Sairam - Mridangam	Sunil Kumar - Kanjira

September 27, 2026 - Sunday, 3 PM ET Special Hearing and listening Concert: Rishabh Kaushik - Vocal, Nivrritii Mahesh - Dance. Venue: Wethersfield High School, 411 Wolcott Hill Rd, Wethersfield, CT 06109. [Purchase Concert tickets]
Sravanum (Hearing) Sruthiyum (Listening) is a first-of-its-kind immersive production that reimagines how audiences experience Indian classical music and dance through accessibility, technology, and inclusion. Blending Bharatanatyam, Carnatic music, assistive technology, visual storytelling, and multi-sensory design, the program creates a multi-lingual, multi-cultural, and multi-ability arts experience accessible to audiences across hearing abilities, languages, and learning styles. Program will be held in 3 Segments:
Segment 1: 60 mins Vocal Concert - Cymatics & real-time sound visualization, Sign language interpretation;
Segment 2: 60 mins Dance Concert - Assistive listening technology (DM system);
Segment 3: 30 mins Audience Interaction
Full details about the Concert - Click Here


Rishabh Kaushik - Vocal	Nivrritii Mahesh - Dance

2026 Music Concerts

Venue for all Concerts (unless called out separately): CVHTS Narayana Auditorium (below Satyanarayana Sanctum), 11 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT

2026 Spring Concerts

March 22, 2026 - Sunday, 4 PM ET: Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal, accompanied by B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin, Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam, Chandrasekara Sharma - Ghatam [Purchase Concert tickets]


Vidya Kalyanaraman - Vocal	B. Ananthakrishnan - Violin	Vijay Ganesh - Mridangam	Chandrasekar - Ghatam

April 05, 2026 - Sunday, 4 PM ET: Anahita & Apoorva - Vocal Duet, accompanied by Bhargav Tumkur - Violin, Akshay Anthapadmanabhan - Mridangam, Sowmiya Narayanan - Ghatam [Purchase Concert tickets]


Anahita & Apoorva - Vocal Duet	Bhargav Tumkur - Violin	Akshay A - Mridangam	Sowmiya N - Ghatam

April 12, 2026 - Sunday, 4 PM ET: Sunil Gargyan - Vocal, accompanied by Raghul Ravichandran - Violin, V S Raghavan - Mridangam, Nerkuram Dr. Shankar - Kanjira. This Concert is co-sponsored by India Arts Foundation [Purchase Concert tickets]


Sunil Gargyan - Vocal	Raghul Ravichandran - Violin	V S Raghavan - Mridangam	Dr.Shankar - Kanjira

May 16, 2026 - Saturday, 4 PM ET: Jayashree Aravind - Veena, accompanied by Anugrah Lakshmanan - Vocal Support, Ashwin Subramaniyan - Mridangam [Purchase Concert tickets]


Jayashree Aravind - Veena	Anugrah Lakshmanan - Vocal support	Ashwin Subramaniyan - Mridangam

We started year 2026 with Special Ragam, Tanam, Pallavi Event "The Trinity of creative expressions" by our awesome and inspiring artists and Music teachers of CT, that we all truly apprecaite;

Date and Time: March 08, 2026 - Sunday, 2:30 PM ET
Venue: CVHTS Narayana Auditorium (below Satyanarayana Sanctum), 11 Training Hill Road, Middletown, CT [View Concert Flyer] [Purchase Concert tickets]

Performance #1: Rasika Murali Mohan - Vocal, accompanied by Pranav Sharoop - Violin, Mali Santhanakrishnan - Mridangam

Rasika Murali Mohan - Vocal	Pranav Sharoop - Violin	Mali Santhanakrishnan - Mridangam
Performance #2: Jayanth Krishnamurthi - Vocal, accompanied by Gautham Umashankar - Violin, Sundar Chakravarthi - Mridangam

Jayanth Krishnamurthi - Vocal	Gautham Umashankar - Violin	Sundar Chakravarthi - Mridangam
Performance #3: Kamakshi Kalyanasundaram - Vocal, accompanied by Kalyan Goplakrishnan - Violin, Siva Ponnudurai - Mridangam

Kamakshi Kalyanasundaram - Vocal	Kalyan Goplakrishnan - Violin	Siva Ponnudurai - Mridangam
Performance #4: Jitendra Kishore - Violin, Siva Ponnudurai - Mridangam

Jitendra Kishore - Violin	Siva Ponnudurai - Mridangam

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Raga Music concerts - Ticket policy:

RAGA member and 3 more persons from immediate family (spouse and two additional immediate family members) are allowed free to RAGA concerts. Co-sponsored concerts and special concerts may have different ticketing arrangements.
Other guests accompanying a RAGA member should buy tickets at $30 per person
Non-Raga Members - tickets are $40 per person

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Title:	Person	Mail Address:
Board Chair	Dr. Sheenu Srinivasan
Past President	Shri. Vir Gopalan
President	Shri. Joseph Getter	joseph@ragact.org
Secretary	Shri. Badri Narayanan	secretary@ragact.org
Treasurer	Shri. Murthy Mamidanna	treasurer@ragact.org
Raga Board		contactus@ragact.org

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