Bamboo flute artist Shantala Subramanyam performs on Sunday, February 24 at 7:00 p.m. with violinist Akkarai Sornalatha and Sai Giridhar on mridangam. Born into an illustrious music family, Subramanyam began formal training in Carnatic (South Indian) Classical vocal music at the tender age of 4, and she took to playing flute at age 11. She has toured extensively across South India and in the USA and Europe, and is the sister of famed flutist Shashank. At a time in India where women flutists are only a few, Shantala is bound to emerge as a dominant contributor to this field owing to her diligence and hard training. This view has been echoed by music critiques, as she has been highly appreciated for her melodic presentations combined with complex rhythmical patterns.

Akkarai Sornalatha is a very promising and talented young violinist as well as a vocalist. She has toured widely across India, the USA, Austrailia and Sri Lanka, and is a recipient of many awards and titles in South India. She has accompanied many reputed artists from South India, and performs duet concerts both as a vocalist and a violinist with her elder sister Subhalakshmi.

Mridangam performer Sai Giridhar has performed extensively in India with many famed musicians and fusion groups in over 500 concerts. He began performing at the age of 18, and has won gold medals in many youth music competitions held across India. Giridhar has also had the opportunity to be a part of the Jungle Orchestra, a fusion group from Denmark.

South Indian Classical vocal music graces the stage on Saturday, April 27 at 8:00 p.m. with Sikkil Gurucharan. Gurucharan has performed all over the world, regularly touring the USA, UK, Australia, Singapore, and the Middle East, along with maintaining his busy schedule in India. He is among the foremost young performing musicians of Carnatic music in India today. The grandson of Sikkil Kunjumani, elder of the internationally acclaimed flautists the Sikkil Sisters, Gurucharan has been under the tutelage Vaigal Shri S. Gnanaskandan and is currently being mentored by Shri B. Krishnamurthy. He is an 'A' grade All India Radio artist; the magazine India Today featured him among 35 Game Changers Under (the age of) 35 in India. He was won dozens of awards since first performing at the Music Academy in India, under the aegis of the Gnanaskandan Trust, in 1994.