Dr. Nishanth Chandran
(Violin)
Violinist Nishanth Chandran is proficient in Carnatic Music. He gave his first public concert at the age of 9 and has since then given over 500 concerts all over India and in the United StatesA disciple of the renowned violinist A. Kanyakumari, Nishanth is an A grade artist of the All India Radio (AIR). He has accompanied some of the leading artists in the field such as Saxaphone Shri. Kadri Gopalnath, Shri. T. V. Gopalakrishnan and so on. Apart from being an accompanist, he has also performed as a solo artist. He has several accolades to his name, including the best violinist award from the Music Academy, Chennai and the best violinist award from Shri. Krishna Gana Sabha. Nishanth received the Cultural Talent Search Scholarship from the Government of India at the age of 9. In the year 2001, he won the AIR first prize in Instrumental Music (violin) at the National level. Nishanth is known for his outstanding tonal quality and control over the instrument. The great music critic Subbudu once remarked The knowledge of swaraprastharatechnique he revealed was hard to describe His bowing is perfect, with not a single harsh phrasing. Nishanth is the descendant of Thillaisthanam Rama Iyengar (the direct disciple of Saint Thyagaraja) and is a classically trained vocalist under Shri P. S. Narayanaswamy. At present, Nishanth Chandran is doing his doctoral studies in Computer Science at UC.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin V. Sai Raghavan-Mridangam Udupi. S. Srikanth-Kanjira | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 22/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Trivandrum V. Balaji-Mridangam Shri Sainath-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 17/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. Sai Giridhar-Mridangam Vazhappally R. Krishnakumar-Ghatam | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 16/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Arjun Ganesh S. J-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 06/12/2025 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 09/01/2025 |
(Violin) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Bangalore N. Amrit-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Malladi Sree Aravind-Mridangam Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan-Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 29/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin R. Sankaranarayanan-Mridangam | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 20/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Trichur Narendran-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam | Swamys School | 14/12/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Kishore Ramesh-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 04/05/2024 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam H. Sivaramakrishnan-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 31/12/2023 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Sukanya Ramgopal-Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 26/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Poongulam S. Subramanian-Mridangam Alathur T. Rajaganesh-Kanjira | Arkay Convention Center | 25/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Poongulam S. Subramanian-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 23/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 21/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Dr. Trichy Sankaran.-Mridangam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 20/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 11/12/2023 |
(Lec-Dem) Nisha P. Rajagopalan-Lec-Dem Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin N. Manoj Siva-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Indira Ranganathan Trust | 05/12/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 20/10/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Sringeri Bharathi Vidyashram | 18/10/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin R. Sankaranarayanan-Mridangam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 18/02/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Neyveli R. Narayanan-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Raghavendra Swami Sannidhanam - Sri | 08/01/2023 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Tripoonithura Radhakrishnan-Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 27/12/2022 |
(Veena) Shantala Subramanyam-Flute - Ca Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Melakaveri K. Balaji-Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 26/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin N. Manoj Siva-Mridangam Alathur T. Rajaganesh-Kanjira | Asian College of Journalisam | 23/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. Sai Giridhar-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 22/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Trivandrum V. Balaji-Mridangam Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 18/12/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin N. Guruprasad-Mridangam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan - Mini Hall | 17/09/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Aishwarya Shankar-Vocal - Ca Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 18/06/2022 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 27/12/2021 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Nanjil A. R. Arul-Mridangam Payyanur T. Govindaprasad -Moorsing | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2021 |
(Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Bhagyalakshmi M. Krishna-Moorsing | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 30/12/2020 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. GanapathyRaman-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 31/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 27/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar-Kanjira | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 24/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin | Arkay Convention Center | 22/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Parupalli Subbaraya Phalgun-Mridangam G. Guruprasanna-Kanjira | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 21/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 20/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Guru Raghavendra-Mridangam Nerkunam Dr. S. Sankar-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 19/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam | Arkay Convention Center | 17/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam Trichy S. Krishnaswamy-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 16/12/2019 |
(Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 16/12/2019 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin R. Sankaranarayanan-Mridangam Trichy S. Krishnaswamy-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 31/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Sivaraman-Mridangam C. P. Vyasavittala -Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 30/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 20/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Sivaraman-Mridangam Trivandrum D. Rajagopal-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 17/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Vijay B. Natesan-Mridangam Dr. S. Karthick-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 14/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Parupalli Subbaraya Phalgun-Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 09/12/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Poongulam S. Subramanian-Mridangam | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 30/06/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Indira Ranganathan Trust | 07/01/2018 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin | Arkay Convention Center | 30/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 29/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 27/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Sivaraman-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 27/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin V. V. Ramanamurthy -Mridangam N. Guruprasad-Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 24/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin R. Sankaranarayanan-Mridangam | P.S. Dakshinamurthy Hall | 24/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Arjun Ganesh S. J-Mridangam A. S. Krishnan -Moorsing | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 21/12/2017 |
(Flute - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Sherthalai Ananthakrishnan-Mridangam Trichy Dr. Murali-Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 19/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 17/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam V. Anirudh Athreya-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 17/12/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Sivaraman-Mridangam K. V. Gopalakrishnan-Kanjira | Ragasudha Hall | 10/12/2017 |
(Violin) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 03/09/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Melakaveri K. Balaji-Mridangam | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 17/07/2017 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Arjun Ganesh S. J-Mridangam S. SunilKumar-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Swami Haridhos | 29/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Kallidaikurichi S. Sivakumar-Mridangam S. Venkataramanan -Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam Trichy S. Krishna-Ghatam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 20/12/2016 |
(Vocal - Carnatic) Dr. Nishanth Chandran-Violin B. Sivaraman-Mridangam G. Chandrasekar Sharma-Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 16/12/2016 |