National Indian Music Competition

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The National Indian Music Competition (NIMC) is one of the 3 biennial music competitions organised by the National Arts Council in Singapore. First organised in 1998, the Competition has the following main aims:

  • Develop the performing skills of musicians in Singapore
  • Improve musical standards
  • Identify potential music talents

In addition, the Competition aims to be a platform for musical excellence, providing young musicians with opportunities to perform in a competitive situation in front of an international jury.

[edit] National Indian Music Competition 2008

The 2008 NIMC will be held at the Drama Centre from 1 - 6 September. The 2008 Rules and Regulations and Registration Forms are available from the Competition website.

Registration closes on 6 June 2008, 5pm.

[edit] Past Competition Winners

2006

Category Prize Intermediate Open
Carnatic Vocal 1st Radhakrishnan Srikanth P B Madhavan
2nd Rashmi Balasubramanian Sindhu Sundar
3rd Kadayam Suresh Kaushik Sudarshan Narasimhan
Violin 1st Radhakrishnan Srikanth n/a
2nd Sriram Sami n/a
3rd Shreya Gopi Nandita Krishnaswamy
HM* n/a Murali Bharatram
Veena 1st Gautham Viswanadam Abhirami Ramaswamy Sandhya
2nd Aiswarya Mahadevan n/a
3rd n/a n/a
Flute 1st n/a n/a
2nd n/a n/a
3rd n/a Deepthi Prabhakar
Sitar 1st n/a n/a
2nd n/a n/a
3rd Rhea Chatterjea Periya d/o Sundaram
Mridangam 1st Sanjay Vanen Sista Satish Chandra
2nd Ganesh Jayabal Sudarshan Narasimhan
3rd Jayagowtham s/o K Annadurai n/a
Tabla 1st Tan Guo Jun Radha Govinda Dasa n/a
2nd Jayanth Ganapathy Shouri Veluri
3rd n/a Sivanathan Jheevanesh & Varun Ramesh Mani
  • HM - Honourable Mention. Awarded to deserving finalists.

2004

Category Prize Intermediate Open
Carnatic Vocal 1st Trishala Raj Shankar Janani Ganesh
2nd Kadayam Suresh Kaushik Sushma Somasekharan
3rd S. Avanthika Padmanabhan Bindu Madhavan & Radhika Ramakrishnan
Violin 1st Sandeep Ramachandran Raghuraman Lavanya & Sneha Ramesh Mani
2nd Aishwarya Ramesh n/a
3rd Praphulla Chandra n/a
Veena 1st Shenbagavalli Raman Neela Sitaram
2nd n/a n/a
3rd n/a n/a
Sitar 1st n/a n/a
2nd Rhea Chatterjea Sri Vijayakumar Naidu s/o Govinda Rajoo
3rd Keerthigar Perumal Ong Ban Yong
Mridangam 1st Sudarshan Narasimhan Viknash s/o Balakirshnan
2nd Jayagowtham s/o K. Annadurai Pathmanathan s/o Jaganathan
3rd Ganesh Jayabal n/a
Tabla 1st Kumaran s/o Sinniah N. Sathis Kumar & Kamal s/o Sarwan Singh
2nd Veluri Shouri n/a
3rd Jayanth G Hari Sivakumar

2002

Category Prize Intermediate Open
Carnatic Vocal 1st Janani Ganesh Aravind Ratnam Ganesh
2nd Sushma Somasekharan Padmanabhan Bindu Madhavan
3rd Ganesh Venkataraman Lavanya Balachandran
Violin 1st Gangadharan Anirudhan Nandakumar Narasimhan
2nd n/a Kartik Balachandran
3rd Janani Ganesh Sneha Ramesh Mani
Veena 1st Ramaswamy Sandhya n/a
2nd Saranya Seetharaman Ramkumar Vasudevan
3rd Saraswathi D/O Lakshmanan Anparasi Thirugnanam
Sitar 1st n/a Krsna Dasa Tan Guo Ming
2nd n/a Gayatri D/O T P Subramaniam
3rd n/a Vanitha D/O Buthmanaban

Other music competitions organised by the National Arts Council (Singapore):
National Piano and Violin Competition
National Chinese Music Competition

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