The Nada Nidhi Music School, based in Fremont, CA, provides education in the art of playing the Veena, and the intricacies of Carnatic Music. Students undergo rigorous training ranging from the basics of this unique instrument to the complex aspects of musical improvisation and concert performance.
Recent News
Congratulations to Sanika Pande who won 1st place in the "Artiste Season 3 (2022)" Instrumental Music Competition!
Congratulations to Smriti Swaminathanwho won 3rd place in the Gayatri Fine Arts (GFA "Thithikum Tamizhisai" Music Competition!
Congratulations to Akshara Sridhar, who won 1st place in the junior instrumental krithi global competition organized by SaMaa Arts!
Nada Nidhi is honored and thrilled to release the "Train Song" as a tribute to Veena Vidwan Sri Chitti Babu on his 85th birthday. Nada Nidhi artistes: Guru Sri Srikanth Chary, Shruti Shyam, Dhruva Kotikalapudi, Avinash Gajjar, Mekhala Kannappan, Mruthika Praburam, Anand Prabhakar, Shravanaa Sriram, Sreelaasya Kanakadandi, Shruthi Suresh, Anwesha Thurvas, Laasya Chandrapaty, Meera Anand, Pranaya Rishi Vaadhya Vidhyaalayam artistes: Guru Sri Srinath Bala (mridangam), Shivaram Viswanathan (Kanjira) and Suresh Krishnamoorthy (Morsing) Audio mixing and video editing: Priyanka Chary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl80pw-KAls
Nada Nidhi is honored and thrilled to release "Kurai Onrum Illai" as a tribute to Bharat Ratna M. S. Subbulakshmi on her 105th birthday. Nada Nidhi artistes: Guru Sri Srikanth Chary, Shruti Shyam, Dhruva Kotikalapudi, Avinash Gajjar, Mekhala Kannappan, Mruthika Praburam, Anand Prabhakar, Shravanaa Sriram, Sreelaasya Kanakadandi, Shruthi Suresh, Anwesha Thurvas, Laasya Chandrapaty, Meera Anand, Pranaya Rishi, Nandini Raghavan, Neha Venkataraghavan Vaadhya Vidhyaalayam artistes: Guru Sri Srinath Bala (mridangam), Anirudh Rao (Ghatam), and Shraddha Srinath (Kanjira) Audio mixing and video editing: Priyanka Chary https://youtu.be/Jg-aiTOm8Do
Upcoming Performances
Saturday October 7 Sri Guruvayoorappan Temple, Morganville, NJ Dhvani 2003 Veena Concert by Akshara Sridharaccompanied by Keerthi Venkataramani (Mridangam) Organized by: Yuva Sangeetha Lahari
Saturday October 14, 6-8 pm 3700 Washington Blvd., Fremont, CA Sivamani Navarathri Festival Veena Concert by Srikanth Chary and Priyanka Chary
Sunday October 15, 9 am Sri Raja Rajeshwari Temple, 2350 Paragon Drive, San Jose, CA 95131 2023 Navarathri Festival Veena Performances by Nada Nidhi Students: Avinash Gajjar, Anand Prabhakar, Mekhala Kannappan, Mruthika Praburam, Shravanaa Sriram, Srisha Sitaraman, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary
Recent Performances
Sunday September 24, 2-4:30 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Hrushikeshan Ashwin, Anwesha Thurvas, Srisha Sitaraman, Dhruva Kotikalapudi and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Sanjeev Raja (Mridangam)
Sunday September 24, 10:40-11:25 am Grant Elementary School Multipurpose Room, 470 East Jackson St., San Jose, CA 95112 "Ashtamanoharam", A Thematic Showcase Event Veena Ensemble by: Janani Karthik, Shruti Shyam and Dhruva Kotikalapudi, with Rishi Kodungallur (Mridangam) Organized by: RagaN
Saturday September 23 Sanatana Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Ave, San Jose, CA 95132 Monthly Lotus Concert Concert by Dvita Vivek (Vocal), Smriti Swaminathan(Veena), and Kishore Lakshmanan (Mridangam) Organized by: SV Lotus www.svlotus.com/
Sunday September 17, 4-7:30 pm Castro Valley Center for the Arts, 19501 Redwood Road, Castro Valley, CA 94546 Tribute to Sri Lalgudi G Jayaraman, a fundraiser for Badarikashrama Presentation by Nada Nidhi School and Trinity Center for Music Srikanth Chary (Veena), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin), Shriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam), Adambakkam Sankar (Ghatam) Also featuring senior students of Nada Nidhi & Trinity Center: Anirudh Prabhu, Sanika Pande, Akshara Sridhar (veena), Parthiv Mohan, Shriya Anand and Anivartin Anand (violin), with Amit Ranganathan (Mridangam) Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased through https://badarikashrama.eventbrite.com
Monday September 4, 4:15-5:45 pm Sanatana Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Ave, San Jose, CA 95132 Sri Krishna Janmashtami Music Festival VVV Concert by Srivathsa Pasumarthi (Venu), Hrishikesh Chary (Veena), and Vignesh Thyagarajan (Violin), accompanied by Amit Ranganathan and Santhosh Ravindrabharathy (Mridangam)
Friday September 1, 7:30-9 pm 18325 San Carlos Way, Morgan Hill, CA 95037 Vaadhya Vidhyaalayam Chamber Concert Series Concert by Pramati Bharat (Vocal), Sanika Pande(Veena), and Ambika Ramadurai (Mridangam)
Sunday August 20, 10:45 am San Jose High School, 275 N 24th St., San Jose, CA 95116 Pallavi Darbar 2023 Veena Duet by Hrishikesh and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Santhosh Ravindrabharathy (Mridangam)
Saturday June 10, 7-9:30 pm Residence of Pat & Godha Krishnan, 10677 Amulet Place, Cupertino, CA Sri Ramanavami Celebrations VVV Concert by Srikanth Chary (Veena), Mohanrangan Govindraj (Venu) and Sandhya Srinath (Violin), with Srinath Bala (Mridangam) and A. V. Krishnan (Ghatam)
Sunday June 4, 3-5 pm Hindustani Concert by Smt. Rita Sahai, with Nikhil Pandya (Tabla), Srikanth Chary (Veena), Rachel Unterseher (Viola) and Ragini Kaur Momo (Harmonium) Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center, Hutchinson Dr. & Cushing Way, UC Davis
Sunday May 28 Old Fellows Lodge, 20589 W Homestead Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014 Maarga USA presents "Spring Strings" 11 am: Veena Trio by:Srikanth Chary, Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Shriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam) 5:35 pm: Veena Duet by: Sanika Pande and Akshara Sridhar, accompanied by Ambika Ramadurai (Mridangam) and Ramasubramaniam Ramachandran (Kanjira)
Monday May 22, 5 pm Virtual Veena Concert by Sanika Pande, accompanied by Lalit Kovvuri (Mridangam) Hosted by: YSTCA
Sunday May 14, 2-5 pm Shirdi Sai Parivaar, 1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA CCC Monthly Series Nada Nidhi Accompanists: Sanika Pande Hosted by: Carnatic Chamber Concerts (CCC)
Sunday May 7, 3:30-4 pm Cupertino Senior Center, 21251 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino 2023 Annual Sri Annamacharya Day Nada Nidhi Performers: Krishna Kotikalapudi, Srisha Sitaraman, Gayatri Avvari, Janani Karthik, Shruti Shyam and Dhruva Kotikalapudi Hosted by: Sri Ahobila Mutt
Sunday April 30, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Pragati Shamarayar, Swami Shyam, Anand Prabhakar, Mekhala Kannappan, Hrishikesh Chary, accompanied by Prabhav Nadella and Ajay Gopi (Mridangam)
Saturday April 15, 7-9:30 pm (EDT) Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH "Oozh: The Divine Destiny" Lyrics & Music by Sri Lalgudi G.J.R. Krishnan and Smt. Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi Orchestra: Smt. Padmini Krishnamurthy (Nattuvangam), Bhargav Hariharan and Laya Raghav (Vocal), Arvind Kaushik (Mridangam), Prahlad Saravanapriyan (Violin), Sanika Pande (Veena)
Sunday April 2, 1-2 pm Badarikashrama, 15602 Maubert Avenue, San Leandro, CA Sri Ramanavami Music Festival Nada Nidhi Performers: Amudhan Varadarajan, Mayuri Shamarayar, Pragati Shamarayar, Hrushikeshan Ashwin, Aaradhna Sundararajan, Nandini Raghavan, Neha Venkataraghavan, Pranaya Rishi, Mekhala Kannappan, Mruthika Praburam, Shravanaa Sriram, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Dhruva Kotikalapudi, Janani Karthik, Anagha Mandayam
Sunday March 26, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Amudhan Varadarajan, Aaradhna Sundararajan, Shravanaa Sriram, Anagha Mandayam, Akshara Sridhar, accompanied by Vaibhav Prakash (Mridangam)
Sunday March 19, 2-5:30 pm Carrington Hall, Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Ave., Redwood City, CA Sangeetha Vaibhavam featuring Guru Sri Srikanth Chary Hosted by: Carnatic Chamber Concerts (CCC)
Sunday March 12, 1-4 pm Shirdi Sai Parivaar, 1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA CCC Monthly Series Nada Nidhi Accompanists: Akshara Sridhar, Sanika Pande Hosted by: Carnatic Chamber Concerts (CCC)
Sunday March 5, 2:30-3:25 pm Sanatana Dharma Kendra, 3102 Landess Avenue, San Jose, CA Guru Samarpanam and Vadya Mela Samarpanam Instrumental Music Concert by: Srikanth Chary (Veena), Anuradha Sridhar (Violin) and Shriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam) Hosted by: SV Lotus
Sunday February 26, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Mayuri Shamarayar, Pranaya Rishi, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Shruti Shyam, and Omsri Bharat, accompanied by Pranav Tirumalai (Mridangam)
Saturday February 25, 4 pm Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA "Saravanabhava", a thematic music concert Veena Support by: Sanika Pande Presented by: Nadalaya School of Music Saturday February 18, 4:30-6 pm Wing A, Lake Elizabeth Age Well Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Pkwy, Fremont, CA 94538 RagaN Musical Fundraiser "Mobilize Music Therapy" Nada Nidhi Performances by: Sreelaasya Kanakadandi, Anwesha Thurvas, Mekhala Kannappan, Mruthika Praburam, Anand Prabhakar, Shravanaa Sriram, Dhruva Kotikalapudi, Shruti Shyam, Janani Karthik, Akshara Sridhar and Sanika Pande. Accompanied by Kishore Lakshmanan and Umesh Gopi (Mridangam) Hosted by: RagaN
Saturday February 11, 5-6 pm Center for Spiritual Living, 1195 Clark Street, San Jose, CA 95125 Yuva Tarangini 2023 Veena Concert by: Karthik Sista, accompanied by Anirudh Rao (Mridangam) Hosted by: SRFA
Sunday January 29, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Navtej Talari, Sreelaasya Kanakadandi, Gayatri Avvari, Deisha Adhishesh, Sanika Pande, accompanied by Rishi Kodungallur (Mridangam)
Saturday January 21, 3:30-6:30 pm Guru-Shishya Concert Series Balaji Temple, 5004 N First Street, San Jose, CA Concert by: Omsri Bharat (Veena) and Akshay Venkatesan (Mridangam) Concert by: Guru Srikanth Chary (Veena) and Guru Natarajan Srinivasan (Mridangam) Hosted by: MahaPeriyava Fine Arts
Saturday January 7 6:30 am PST - YouTube Premiere 8 am PST: Facebook Scheduling Margazhi Sangeetha Utsavam 2022 Veena & Vocal Concert by Akshara Sridhar, accompanied by Prahlad Saravanapriyan (Violin) and Rishi Kodungallur (Mridangam) Hosted by and presented on FB pages of: Kala Prashala and Homage to Mysore Vasudevacharya
Sunday January 1, 2023, 6 pm Veena Trio by Srikanth Chary, Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan (Mridangam) Margazhi in the Bay Area Series hosted by the Chandrasekar Family YouTube Streaming Site: https://www.youtube.com/c/MargazhiUtsavam2015
Saturday December 31, 7:45 am IST Swagatham Festival Raghavendra Swami Temple, Mylapore, Chennai, India Veena Concert by Akshara Sridhar, accompanied by Ram Siva (Mridangam) and Nila Souprayan Cauvery (Morsing) Organized by: VVS Foundation & SaMaa Arts
Friday December 30, 6 pm IST Sri Varasidhi Vinayagar Temple, Hindu Colony (near Nanganallur Bus Stand) Veena Concert by: Anand Prabhakar
Sunday December 25, 3-5 pm Badarikashrama, 15602 Maubert Avenue, San Leandro, CA Christmas Veena Concert by Srikanth Chary and Anirudh Prabhu, accompanied by Natarajan Srinivasan (Mridangam)
Sunday November 27, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Hrushikeshan Ashwin, Meera Anand, Avinash Gajjar, Janani Karthik, Smriti Swaminathan Mridangist: Niranjan Ravichandran (disciple of Natarajan Srinivasan)
Saturday, November 26, 8:45-9:30 am PST Margazhi in Detroit Music Series Veena Concert by Akshara Sridhar, accompanied by Rohit Ashok (Mridangam)
Sunday November 20, 2:30 - 4:30 pm Kartika Masa Shiva Sangeeta Aradhana Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple, 37270 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536 "Om Namah Shivaya", A Veena Concert by SrikanthChary, accompanied by Shriram Brahmanandam (Mridangam)
Sunday October 30, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Neha Venkataraghavan, Laasya Chandrapaty, Mruthika Praburam, Nisha Prabhakar, Usha Srinivasan Mridangists: Aditya Kota, Mahesh Shivakumar (disciples of Srinath Bala)
Saturday October 29, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Kartika Masa Shiva Sangeeta Aradhana Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple, 37270 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536 Vocal Concert by Ashwin Srikant, accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
Friday October 28, 5:30-6:30 pm Kartika Masa Shiva Sangeeta Aradhana Sri Ashtalakshmi Temple, 37270 Niles Blvd, Fremont, CA 94536 Vocal Concert by Ganesh Raman, accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Ajay Gopi (Mridangam)
Sunday October 9, 8 am - 1 pm Age Well Senior Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538 Nada Nidhi Vijayadasami Celebrations
