CTU 2008 Music Competition Results

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam is glad to announce the results of the 5th Annual Music Competition held at the HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL on Saturday, 20 Sep 2008.

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam received entries from a total of 91 contestants this year.

The first round of judging was conducted by Smt. Seetha Narayanan from Chennai, India after which 34 contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition on Saturday, 20 Sep 2008.

List of selected contestants

All the contestants who performed were judged by H.N. Bhaskar and Delhi S. Sairam and were given a silver CTU Tyagaraja pendant and a CTU Certificate of Performance.

Each winner was awarded a CTU plaque and a CTU Certificate of Merit. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of a CTU well-wisher, the winners were given cash prizes as detailed below:

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

Ranjani and Gayatri distributed the prizes and certificates to the contestants. 

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

Level	Category	Prize	Name	State
One	Vocal	1st Prize	Anaha Raghunathan	California
One	Vocal	2nd Prize	Shrikant Shivakumar	Michigan
One	Vocal	3rd Prize	Kalyani R Pillai	Virginia
One	Instrument	1st Prize	Sahitya Vishwanath	Virginia
Two	Vocal	1st Prize	Priyadarshini Rathakrishnan	Georgia
Two	Vocal	2nd Prize	Shrikrishna Shivakumar	Michigan
Two	Vocal	3rd Prize	Janani Iyer	Illinois
Two	Instrument	1st Prize	Sushmitha Ravikumar	Ohio
Two	Instrument	2nd Prize	Sandeep Bharadwaj	Illinois
Two	Instrument	3rd Prize	Sri Nitya Pariti	Illinois
Two	Percussion	1st Prize	Gopal Ravindran	California
Three	Vocal	1st Prize	Vidya Raghavan	Illinois
Three	Vocal	2nd Prize	Manasa Suresh	California
Three	Instrument	1st Prize	Keerthana Sankar	Michigan

The following contestants were selected to perform in the Live Competition but did not make it to the competition. These contestants will be awarded Certificates of Selection:

Special Recognition Certificates were awarded to some contestants among those who were not selected to perform in the Live Competition.  The names of these contestants in alphabetical order of their last name are listed below:

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