CTU 2007 Music Competition Results

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam received a total of 110 recorded demo entries this year.

The first round of judging was conducted by Malladi Brothers after which 34 contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition on Saturday, 6th Oct 2007.

List of selected contestants

All the 30 contestants who performed were judged by Embar Kannan and Neyveli Narayanan and were given a silver CTU Tyagaraja pendant and a CTU Certificate of Performance.

Each winner was awarded a CTU plaque, CTU Certificate of Merit as well as the respective cash prize as detailed below:

1st Prize: $250, 2nd Prize: $100 and Third Prize: $50.

The results for the various levels and categories are listed below:

Level	Category	Prize	Name
One	Vocal	1st Prize	Shrikrishna Shivakumar
One	Vocal	2nd Prize	Supraja Chittari
One	Vocal	3rd Prize	Preethi Kesavan
One	Instrument	1st Prize	Sandeep Bharadwaj
Two	Vocal	1st Prize	Suthikshna Veeravalli
Two	Vocal	2nd Prize	Anand Salem
Two	Instrument	1st Prize	Sasidhar Madugula
Two	Percussion	1st Prize	Sanjay Subramanian
Three	Vocal	1st Prize	Shilpa Sadagopan
Three	Vocal	2nd Prize	Nakita Raghunath
Three	Vocal	3rd Prize	Vidhya Raghavan

Special Recognition Certificates were awarded to the following contestants listed in alphabetical order of their last name:

Contestants received their prizes and certificates from Malladi Brothers. Contestants who were not present to receive their certificates may pick them up at future CTU events and/or practice sessions.