AIR Kerala stations are conducting Sree Swathi Thirunal Music Festival every year in memory of Sree Swathi Thirunal Maharaja(April 16, 1813 - December 25, 1846) was the Maharaja of the state of Travancore in India. He reigned under the regency of his mother Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi from 1813 till 1815 and henceforth under the regency of his aunt Maharani Gowri Parvati Bayi from 1815 till 1829. In 1829 he turned major and assumed full powers of ruler and ruled Travancore till his demise in 1846.He was the ruler among musicians and the musician among the Rulers.
AIR Thiruvananthapuram,AIR Thrissur, AIR Kozhikkode, are conducting 3 concerts each and AIR Kannur is conducting one Concert. Eminent musicians are participating in these concerts.This year the B'cast of these concerts will 10/04/2019 to 19/04/2019 every day at 9.30 pm. On 20/04/2019 (Swathi Thirunal Jayanthi day) AIR, Thiruvananthapuram is organising a live Broadcast of Music Concerts from Levy Hall, Thiruvananthapuram at 8:30 am to 12.30pm. This year also AIR Thrissur is conducting 3 concerts as invited audience programme at Palakkad on 22nd, at Tripunithura on 23rd and at Thrissur on 24th March 2019 at 6:30pm
Palakkad (Fine Arts Society Hall in association with Palghat fine arts Society)
Dr G Baby-Vocal
Sri N. Sampath-Violin
Sri G. Chandrasekharan Nair-Mridangam
Sri Haripad M S Rajasekharan-Ghatam
Sri K. Harikrishnan-Morsing
Tripunithura (Kalikkotta palace in association with Sree Poornathrayeesa Sangeetha Sabha)
Sri M.K Sankaran Namboothiri-Vocal
Sri A Ajith Kumar-Violin
Sri Palakkad A Ganesan. Mridangam
Sri Manjoor Unnikrishnan-Ghatom
Sri Payyannur T Govindaprasad-Morsing
Thrissur (Chinmaya Neeranjali Hallin association with Sree Thyagabrama Sangeetha Sabha)
Sri S.R Mahadevasarma & S R Rajasree-Violin duet
Dr K Jayakrishnan-Mridangam
Sri Vellattanjur Sreejlth-Ghatam
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