SEP 2026 LIVE concertS

We have three concerts this month including a 75-min concert. Please attend, encourage the artists and enjoy the concerts.

DATE: Saturday, Sep 26th, 2026

TIME: 1:30 PM to 5:00 PM

VENUE: SANATHANA DHARMA KENDRA, 3102 Landess Ave, San Jose, CA 95132

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVTU_tIYZIQ

Naren Sriram (Vocal)

Naren Sriram is a sophomore at Branham High School in San Jose. He has been learning vocal music over the past 10 years from Sri Paduka Academy under the able guidance of guru Sri. Hari Devanath. Naren has participated and won prizes in Cleveland, Papanasam Sivan and other local competitions.  He is also learning mridangam from Sri Ganesh Ramanarayanan for the past 9 years. Naren has a 3rd degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, serves as first chair Oboist in his school band and enjoys playing Cricket.

Avanija Vangala (Violin)

Avanija is a rising senior at Stratford Preparatory School. She has been learning Carnatic Violin from her Guru Kalaimamani Padma Shankar (Student of Sri Lalgudi Jayaraman). She has won prizes in multiple competitions including BAKU Concert Slot, and Cleaveland Aradhana and regularly performs solos and accompaniment concerts around the Bay Area.

Anirudh (Mridangam)

Anirudh has been learning mridangam for the past 11 years from Sri. Ravindra Bharathy Sridharan, founder and director of Nadhopasana Academy of Fine Arts. In May 2024, he had his mridangam arangetram accompanying Sri. Bharat Sundar, and since then, he has played in the December Margazhi season in various sabhas and is a regular accompanist in the Bay Area and has supported various concerts organized by many different schools. He has also won prizes in the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, Sivan competitions, OSAAT, Bay Area Kala Utsavam, and many more. Anirudh has also been learning vocal music for the past 7 years and currently learns from Sri. TN Arunagiri. Anirudh is a senior at Milpitas High School.

Shreya Preetham (Vocal)

Shreya is a sophomore at Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose. She has been learning music from Sri Hari Devanath for the last nine years. Shreya regularly participates and performs in music events and competitions including the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana. She loves playing basketball and is actively involved in the Boy Scouts of America.

Sahana Karthik (Violin)

Sahana has been learning violin for ~6 years from Vaadhya Vidhyaalayam under the guidance of Guru Smt. Sandhya Srinath. Sahana has participated and won in Cleveland, Saptami, BAKU, SIFA Papanasam Sivan and OSAAT competitions. She is learning vocal from Sri Paduka Academy under the guidance of Shri Hari Devanath.

Sahana is a 9th grader at Evergreen Valley HighSchool, San Jose. Apart from music she loves to code and is a passionate programmer.

Kedar Shankarram (Mridangam)

Kedar is a 12th grader at Leigh High School in San Jose. He learns mridangam from KalaimAmaNi Sri.Delhi Sairam. He is also a Carnatic vocal student of Sri Paduka Academy, learning from Sri.Hari Devanath. He regularly performs and has accompanied at concerts for various Bay Area organizations and during the margazhi season at Chennai. Kedar enjoys biking, solving puzzles and listening to music.

Srinidhi Sampath (Vocal)

Srinidhi has been learning carnatic vocal for the past 13 years under gurus Anu Suresh and Manasa Suresh. She has given concerts in many venues in the Bay Area and nationally as well. She has participated and won prizes at places like the Papanasam Sivan festival, Cleveland Tyagaraja Festival, and Bay Area Kala Utsavam. Srinidhi completed her vocal arangetram in June of 2024. She is currently studying physiological science and global health at the UCLA, on the pre-medicine track.

Deeksha (Violin)

Deeksha is a senior at San José State University and has been learning Carnatic violin since the age of 9. She is currently training under Smt. H.M. Smitha and is a regular accompanist for Carnatic vocalists and musicians in the Bay Area.

Kishore (Mridangam)

Kishore has been learning mridangam under Guru Shri Gopi Lakshminarayanan and has performed with several music schools across the Bay Area. He has received awards at the Cleveland Aradhana, Papanasam Sivan, and Saptami competitions, and completed his Mridangam Arangetram last year. He is also an active member of UC Berkeley’s Laya organization and continues his Carnatic vocal training under Guru Shri Kolkata Vijayaraghavan. Kishore is a sophomore at UC Berkeley studying Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.