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 Akshara Sridhar who made it to the Finals round of the Jhankrithi Instrumental Music Competition!
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 Smriti Swaminathan and Akshara Sridhar who won 1st place prizes in the Papanasam Sivan veena competition. Smriti won 1st place for Senior Krithi rendition. Akshara won 1st place for Sub-Senior krithi and manodharmam categories!
Congratulations to Smriti Swaminathan, Akshara Sridhar and Sanika Pande who qualified for the semi-finals round in the "Thithikum Tamizhisai" Online Music Competition organized by Gayatri Fine Arts!
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
2022
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)
Saturday December 31, 8:30 am IST Raghavendra Swami Sannidhi, Mylapore, Chennai, India Veena Concert by Akshara Sridhar Organized by: SaMaa Arts
2023
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 January 21, 2023 MahaPeriyava Fine Arts Event
Sunday January 29, 2023, 2-4 pm Nada Nidhi House Concert Series Nada Nidhi Performers: Navtej Talari, Sreelaasya Kanakadandi, Gayatri Avvari, Deisha Adhishesh, Sanika Pande
Saturday February 11, 2023, 5-6 pm Veena Concert by: Karthik Sista, accompanied by Anirudh Rao (Mridangam) Hosted by: SRFA
Recent Performances
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
