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Mylai Karthikeyan
(Nadhaswaram)
Mylai
M Karthikeyan is a young torchbearer of the
Nadaswaram tradition. He started learning
Nadaswaram at the age of eight from his father
Mylai Sri S.Mohanraj, and then proceeded to
learn from Nadaswaram Vidwan Mylai Sri
Rajendran, at the age of ten. He then joined the
Adyar Music College, and went on to complete his
Diploma in Nadaswaram under Nadaswaram Vidwan
Vysarpadi Sri G. Kothandaraman. He remains under
the tutelage of Sri Vysarpadi Kothandaraman,
with a view to further enhance his skills.
Karthikeyan completed his Diploma from Adyar
Music College, as a Gold Medallist. He was
subsequently awarded the title “Vaadya
Visaaradha”. He has also been awarded the titles
of “Vaadhya Kalaimani” and “Nadaswara Eilaval”.
He is an A Grade Artiste of the All India Radio,
winning the 1st place in their annual
competitions. He was also awarded the Bharat
Ratna Dr. M.S.Subbulakshmi Fellowship Award from
Sri Shanmukhanada Fine Arts and Sangeetha Sabha,
Mumbai.
Sreya
Devnath (Violin)
Shreya
Devnath is a student of the legendary Sri Lalgudi
Jayaraman and strives to be a worthy
representative of this prestigious school of
music. She is a well-established solo violinist,
who has earned much appreciation for her
distinctive music. She balances alongside, a
parallel track, as a regular accompanist to
various artistes, to name a few Vijay Siva, Sikkil
Gurucharan, Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Gayathri
Venkatraghavan, S Mahathi, B Kannan (veena) and
many others. She also presents diverse
instrumental duets. Her recent collaborative
ventures include Violin-Nadaswaram duets,
Violin-Chitravina duets, Violin-Flute duets,
Violin-Sitar duets and a collaboration with Tabla
Virtuoso Ms. Anuradha Pal in the prestigious
Chakradhar Samaroh Festival in Raigarh. Shreya
also curates, performs and tours with “A Carnatic
Quartet”, an Carnatic Instrumental Ensemble, as
also “An Experiment with Sound and Music”, a duet
with musician Praveen Sparsh.
A capable vocalist, and committed teacher, Shreya
handles students from different parts of the
world. She was most recently invited as Violin
Faculty of the prestigious Summer School Program
(Violin) of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, London. Shreya
has toured the US and UK extensively, as also
Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Sri
Lanka and Dubai for concerts and workshops. She
has also toured extensively with the productions
of noted writer, playwright and musician Dr. Gowri
Ramnarayan, including “MS Subbulakshmi: Born to
Sing”, “DK Pattamal: Her music Her life” and
“Songs of Peace - A tribute to the Mahatma”. She
also scored and performed the music for Dr
Ramnarayan’s play “Kurukshetra: When Things Fall
Apart”, staged at the prestigious Madras Music
Academy.
Shreya is the architect of two outreach
programmes: The Special Project for the Armed
Forces, is dedicated to taking music to the base
camps of the Armed Forces, wherever they may be
stationed. The second is a Music Appreciation
Program for underprivileged children, taking them
on a journey from sound, to music, to classical
music. The intent behind both these initiatives,
is to spread and share the joy that music brings
us far, wide and deep. Recognition has also come
in the form of awards and titles like the ‘Bharat
Ratna Dr. MS Subbulakshmi Fellowship’, ‘Parur
Sundaram Iyer Award’, ‘Maharajapuram Viswanatha
Iyer Award for Youth Excellence’, ’Yuva Kala
Bharathi’, ‘Nada Ratna’, ‘Visesha Pratibha
Puraskaram’ ‘RMKV Award of Excellence’, ‘Best
Performer Award’, ‘Yuva Shakthi Youth
Achiever Award’, ‘Best Violinist’, ‘Best
Instrumental Artiste’, ‘Outstanding Woman
Achiever’, ‘Ministry of Culture Scholarship for
Young Artistes' amongst others. Shreya holds
a Masters Degree in Economics. She is a gold
medalist with a brilliant academic record. She is
also a talented painter, poet and a short story
writer. She was awarded the RK Narayan Award for
Creative Talent and her work of fiction was chosen
by famed author Ruskin Bond, for publication in a
collection of short stories. However, her interest
in other art forms aside, she remains deeply
passionate about music. Her music is characterised
by substance and freshness with paramount
importance given to aesthetics. It is music for
the mind and soul, a journey for the artiste and
the audience.
Jeevanantham
(Thavil)
R. Jeeva is a
well regarded Tavil artiste, and a disciple of
Gurus Sri Sozhavaram Nathan and Sri Vetharanyam
V.G.Balasupramaniyam. He has completed his Music
Diploma in Raja Annamalai Mandram, earning the
title Vaadya Visaaradha upon completion. He has
also been awarded the title of Sangeetha Seva
Rathna. Jeeva is a ‘B High’ graded artiste of
the All India Radio.
Praveen Sparsh (Mridangam)
Praveen Sparsh is
a multi percussionist and a music producer who
started learning the art of Mridangam playing at
the age of 5 from Mridangam Maestro Guruvayur
Sri Dorai. He is the grandson of Mridangam
exponent Tanjore Sri Upendran and great grandson
of Tavil exponent Valangaiman Sri
Shanmugasundaram Pillai.
Praveen is one of the most sought after
Mridangam exponents in the field of Carnatic
music, and performs regularly with stalwarts
like Sri TM Krishna, Smt. Aruna Sairam, Smt.
Bombay Jayshree, Smt. Sowmya, Sri. Sikkil
Gurucharan, amongst others. He has toured the
United States extensively, as also, countries
like Luxembourg, Germany, Belgium, Amsterdam,
Singapore, Malaysia, Jakarta, Sydney, Melbourne,
Israel and Palestine.
Praveen has most recently, released his solo
percussion album, ‘UNRESERVED’, a mridangam
centric album that explores the sounds of
everyday life. The album has since received
critical acclaim from the music and
entertainment fraternity at large.
As a music producer, Praveen has scored and
performed music for the play ‘Kurukshetra - When
things fall apart’, directed by noted playwright
Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan where he single handedly
played instruments like the Mridangam, Kanjira,
Guitar, Cajon, Darbuka along with Konnakol
(Vocal Percussion) and and other ambient
percussion instruments. He has also scored music
for short films and ad jingles, and has worked
with famed director Rajeev Menon.
Prestigious awards and titles from revered
institutions in the field of Carnatic Music have
also added to the recognition he has earned.
These include “Laya Ratna”, “Palani Subramania
Pillai Memorial Award”, “Bharat Ratna Dr.M.S.
Subbulakshmi Fellowship in Music”, “Yuva Kala
Bharati”, “Best Performer Award”, “Palghat Mani
Iyer's Endownment Award”, “Central Govt
Scholarship for Mridangam”, “Best Mridangam
Artiste” and “The carnatic idol”, amongst
others.
Praveen has collaborated and toured with world
music bands like, “House of Waters”, “Sid Sriram
live”, “Sean Roldan and Friends”, “Aditya
Prakash Ensemble”,“Poorvaa”, and many others. He
has performed in various independent music
festivals like the NH7 Weekender, Frostbite
Festival, Riff Festival, Covelong Surf Festival,
DAM Festival and MAD festival. He curated and
led a percussion ensemble with Parai artistes
(traditional folk percussion) at the Urur Olcot
Music Festival. At the same festival, he also
presented a performance with a group of students
from Avvai Home, a school for underprivileged
girl children, that he trained for upto 3 months
prior to the performance.
Praveen also performs as part of the Carnatic
instrumental ensemble, ‘A Carnatic Quartet’, as
also ‘An Experiment with Sound and Music’, a
duet with violinist Shreya Devnath. Shreya
Devnath and Praveen Sparsh have also curated a
Music Outreach program for economically
underprivileged children. In addition, they have
curated and performed a concert exclusively for
the Armed Forces of the country, in their
‘Special Project for the Armed Forces'.
Praveen, along with a team of sensitive
artistes, curated “No’mad Projekt”, a platform
for musicians where they are placed in a
pristine environment and recorded with a single
microphone capturing the ambience and the music
as one. They then, proceeded to curate,
“Orisai”, an offset of No’mad Projekt which
brings the listener an immersive concert
experience in a minimalistic concert design
through ambient micing.
Praveen has also been performing with his
Indo-Fusion music band called the ‘Sparsh
Quartet’, for the last five years. He is an avid
trekker and traveller and does a music
travelogue called ‘Projekt Peragro’.
His perception of music is as nuanced as it is
precise, and his boundless artistic curiosity
reflects in his wide array of musical
explorations.
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About the Venue:
Hindu Temple of
Minnesota is located at :
10530 Troy Ln N, Maple Grove, MN 55311
To get to Hindu
Temple of Minnesota, follow the directions
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Acknowledgments:
IMSOM's Spring
2023 Concert Series has been made possible, in
part, by voters of Minnesota through grants from
The Minnesota State Arts Board and The
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a
legislative appropriation from the Arts and
Cultural Heritage Fund. Support also comes
from UHG "Dollars for Doers" Grant, matching
grants from Honeywell and US Bank, generous
donations from Dr Dash Foundation, late Dr V
Premanand & Family, generosity of IMSOM's
members and donors. All concerts are
co-sponsored by KFAI Radio (90.3 FM/106.7 FM)
and localfiles.com.

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