Sama Festival of Music & Dance 2026 – Day 1: Concerts, Veena Vaggeyakara Compositions & Dance

The 18th Sama Festival of Music & Dance, dedicated to the Defence Forces of India — two days of Carnatic vocal, violin, veena and flute concerts, dance, and the Sama awards ceremony. Sat 21 – Sun 22 November 2026 Venue: AC Auditorium, Second Floor, Jayarama Seva Mandali, Jayanagar 8th Block, Bengaluru 560070 Sat, 21 Nov 2026 — Day 1 of 2 • 7 AM — Compositions related to "Guru": Vidushi Anjana P Rao (vocal), Vid. Achyut Rao (violin), Vid. Sridhar B R (mridanga), Vid. S Raghavendra Prakash (ghata). Guest: Vid. Thirumale Srinivas • 8 AM — Vid. Manoj Chintalapalli (vocal), Vidushi Amrutha Varshini (violin), Vid. Balasubramanya (mridanga), Vid. Raghavendra Prakash S (ghata). Guest: Sri Prakash G S • 9 AM — Compositions of Vid. Anoor Sooryanarayan: Vid. Anoor Phaneendra Sharma (vocal), Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Anoor Dattatreya Sharma (mridanga), Vid. Raghavendra Prakash S (ghata). Guest: Vidushi Vimala Mani • 10 AM — Distinct features of the Chintalapalli Parampara repertoire: Vid. Srikantham Nagendra Shastri & disciples (Srikantham Naga Deepthi, Srikantham Naga Pranathi, Dr. Ambika Shastry, Vid. Karthikeya Sharma H S, Vid. Sunil Sharma), direction Prof. Srikantham Nagendra Shastry; Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Anand B S (mridanga), Vid. Abhijith R (morsing). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi • 11 AM — Compositions of Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi: Vidushi Archana Bhoj & Vidushi Shruthi Bhaskar (vocal), Vid. Vibhudendra Simha (violin), Vid. Ravishankar Sharma K V (mridanga). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasantha Madhavi • 12 Noon — Devi Krithis: Vidushi Kamala Deepthi (vocal), Kumari Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Phanindra Bhaskara (mridanga). Guest: Vidushi T S Vasundhara • Lunch break • 2 PM — Vid. Bhargav R Ranganath (vocal), Kumari Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Pranav Balakrishna (mridanga). Guest: Dr. M R Sathyanarayan • 3 PM — Vidushi Dr. Shubha Raghu (vocal), Vidushi Shruthi C V (violin), Vid. Pranav Balakrishna (mridanga). Guest: Vid. Venugopal H S • 4 PM — Dance recital by Kumari Vaishnavi H R • 5 PM — Dance ensemble directed by Guru Pulikeshi Kasturi • 6 PM — Veena Vaggeyakara compositions: veena recital by Vidushi Geetha Ramanand, Vid. B R Sreenivas (mridanga), Vid. Omkar (ghata). Guest: Vid. T S Chandrashekhar • 7 PM — Veena Vaggeyakara compositions: veena recital by Vidushi Dr. Manjula M R, Vid. Sreenivas B R (mridanga). Guest: Vid. T S Chandrashekhar