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 the Nada Nidhi participants and winners at the 2018 Bay Area Papanasam Sivan Music Competition Sanika Pande: 3rd prize in Veena Subsenior Krithi Anagha Balaji: 2nd prize in Veena Subsenior Krithi Deisha Adhishesh: 1st prize in Veena Senior Krithi Omsri Bharat: 1st prize in Veena Special Category (Manodharmam)
Congratulations to the Nada Nidhi participants and winners at the 2018 Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Music Competition Anagha Balaji: 3rd prize in Veena Junior Krithi Ananya Devanath: 1st prize in Veena Junior Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi
Upcoming Performances
Sunday May 20, 2018: 6:00 pm Roble Theater, 351 Santa Teresa St, Stanford, California 94305 "Pehchaan: Unravelling Identities" Veena Peformance by Anirudh Prabhu, accompanied by Deepak
Sunday May 27, 2018: 4:00 pm Sri Kamakshi Community Center, 2350 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Maha Periyava Jayanthi, Veena Duet by Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Arun Shriram (Mridangam)
Monday May 28, 2018: 4:00 pm Newark Pavilion, 6430 Thornton Ave, Newark, CA 94560 Maha Periyava Jayanthi Group Rendition Nada Nidhi Participants: Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary
Recent Performances
Saturday May 19, 2018: Maha Periyava Jayanthi Sri Kamakshi Community Center, 2350 Walsh Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051 3:30 pm: Vocal concert by Malavika Sriram, accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Ajay Gopi (Mridangam) 5:00 pm: Vocal Concert by Harish Ganapathy, accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Gopal Ravindhran (Mridangam)
Sunday May 13, 2018: 2:00 pm Shirdi Sai Parivar, 1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035 Carnatic Chamber Concerts (CCC) Monthly Event Nada Nidhi Accompanist: Ananya Devanath
Sunday May 6, 2018 House Concert , San Ramon, CA Veena Performance by: Sridevi Vaidyanathan accompanied by Achyut Srinivasan (Mridangam)
Saturday May 5, 2018 Community of Infinite Spirit, 1540 Hicks Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 Papanasam Sivan Music Competition Nada Nidhi Participants: Sanika Pande, Anagha Balaji, Deisha Adhishesh, Omsri Bharat
Saturday April 21, 2018: 12:00 pm Indian Community Center (ICC), 525 Los Coches Street, Milpitas, CA 95035 Vocal Concert by Smt. Ravali Nallan, accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Sri Natarajan Srinivasan (Mridangam) Sri Annamacharya 610th Jayanthi Utsavam hosted by Silicon Andhra
Sunday April 8, 2018: 2:15-3:15 pm Evergreen Valley High School, 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95148 Bay Area Thyagaraja Aradhana Veena Ensemble by Srikanth Chary, Hrishikesh Chary and Priyanka Chary, accompanied by Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan (Mridangam) and Santhosh Ravindrabharathy (Mridangam) Hosted by: Kalalaya
Sunday April 7, 2018 OSAAT Music Competition Nada Nidhi Participant: Sanika Pande
Saturday April 7, 2018: 10:30-11:30 am Evergreen Valley High School, 3300 Quimby Road, San Jose, CA 95148 Bay Area Thyagaraja Aradhana Srikanth Chary performs with Bay Area Music Gurus Hosted by: Kalalaya
Friday March 30, 2018: 9:00 am Room G17, CSU Music Building Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Music Competition Nada Nidhi Contestants: Sanika Pande, Anagha Balaji, Deisha Adhishesh, Ananya Devanath
Sunday March 11, 2018: 2:00 pm Shirdi Sai Parivar, 1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035 Carnatic Chamber Concerts (CCC) Monthly Event Nada Nidhi Accompanist: Hrishikesh Chary
Sunday February 25, 2018: 3:30-5:30 pm Shirdi Sai Parivar, 1221 California Circle, Milpitas, CA 95035 Concert by students of Raagalaya School of Music Nada Nidhi Accompanists: Shreya Ramachandran, Vishrant Prabhu
Saturday February 24, 2018: 4:30-5:30 pm Akella Hall, Shiva Vishnu Temple, Arrowhead Avenue, Livermore, CA 2nd Annual Karnataka Composers Day Nada Nidhi Performers: Srikanth Chary, Hrishikesh Chary, Usha Srinivasan, Ananya Devanath, Preetika Ashok, Nisha Prabhakar, Saranya Rajagopalan, Kavya Kodungallur, Anagha Mandayam, Vishrant Prabhu, Shreya Ramachandran, Sumedh Vaidhyanathan, Sridevi Vaidhyanathan, Gayatri Avvari, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Srisha Seetharaman, Priyanka Murali Hosted by: Livermore Temple and Namaha Foundation for the Arts
Saturday February 17, 2018: 2:15-4:45 pm Community of Infinite Spirit, 1540 Hicks Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 Concert by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Sruti Sarathy (Violin), accompanied by Amit Ranganathan (Mridangam) and Ajay Gopi (Mridangam) Hosted by: SRFA
Sunday February 11, 2018: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Sri Mahakaleshwar Mandir, 2344A Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Mahashivarathri Music Festival Nada Nidhi Performers: Srisha Seetharaman, Krishna Kotikalapudi, Priyanka Murali, Shreya Ramachandran, Nisha Prabhakar, Anagha Mandayam, Omsri Bharat, Usha Srinivasan, accompanied by Akshay Aravindan (Mridangam)
Saturday February 3, 2018: 6:25-7:40 pm Community of Infinite Spirit, 1540 Hicks Avenue, San Jose, CA 95125 Yuva Tarangini 2018: Concert by Shreya Gopala and Maya Gopala (Vocal), accompanied by Ananya Devanath (Veena) and Varchas Bharadwaj (Mridangam) Hosted by: SRFA
Saturday February 3, 2018: 4:30-5:30 pm Sugarland, TX 20th Century Composers Day organized by MaargaUSA Compositions of Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) accompanied by Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam)
Saturday February 3, 2018: 9:15 am - 4:15 pm Sugarland, TX 20th Century Composers Day organized by MaargaUSA Nada Nidhi Accompanist: Hrishikesh Chary (Veena)
Sunday January 14, 2018: 2:15-3:45 pm Sri Guruvayoorapan Temple, 31 Wooleytown Road, Morganville, NJ Fifth Annual Carnatic Youth Festival Concert by Ashwin Srikant (Vocal), accompanied by Hrishikesh Chary (Veena) and Vignesh Venkataraman (Mridangam) Hosted by: Brindavani
Saturday January 13, 2018: 5:00-6:30 pm Sri Guruvayoorapan Temple, 31 Wooleytown Road, Morganville, NJ Fifth Annual Carnatic Youth Festival Veena Concert by Hrishikesh Chary, accompanied by Gopal Ravindhran (Mridangam) and Samyuktha Sreeram (Ghatam) Hosted by: Brindavani
