iCarnatic, NFP (Not for Profit Organization based in USA)
iCarnatic is a not-for-profit organization formed for promoting Indian classical music, dance and arts through events, concerts, webcasts and educational support.
iCarnatic has been approved as a Section 501(c)(3) organization. Donations to iCarnatic are tax deductible under US Federal Income Tax.
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iCarnatic Summer Music and Dance Festival is scheduled on August 22 & 23, 2026. This year we are partnering with Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam as part of their 50th year celebrations.
The venue for the festival is Sai Samsthan USA, 1101 Foran Ln, Aurora, IL 60506
We received an overwhelming number of applications this year. We thank all the artists for their interest in participating in the festival.
The following artists have been selected to perform in the festival. The actual schedule will be posted closer to the event date. Aadhya Sridharan (AZ) Vocal Aathmika Raghav (OH) Vocal Aditi Arunkumar (IL) Bharatanatyam Aditya Anand (MI) Vocal Ananya Magesh (MA) Bharatanatyam Ananya Narayan (CA) Violin Solo Anjana Sundararajan (NC) Vocal Gowri Salem (IL) Vocal Hrishikesh Ram (CA) Vocal Kiran Prakash (IL) Bharatanatyam Manasa Subramanian (AZ) Vocal Medha Lalit Iyer (OH) Vocal Shalini Namuduri (CA) Vocal Srinidhi Puchha (OH) Veena Vinita Kaushik (CA) Vocal Aadyanth Aravind (IL) Violin Accompaniment Laya Raghav (OH) Violin Accompaniment Pranav Krishna Kumar (NC) Violin Accompaniment Ranjani Parthasarathy (DC) Violin Accompaniment Shalini Namuduri (CA) Violin Accompaniment Tejas Murali (TX) Violin Accompaniment Abhinav Arvind (IL) Mridangam Accompaniment Arnav Sudarshan Mridangam Accompaniment Harish Venkataraman (TX) Mridangam Accompaniment Madhav Manikandan (PA) Mridangam Accompaniment Saketh Prabha Mridangam Accompaniment Tarun Ravi (OR) Mridangam Accompaniment Vageesh Nanduri Mridangam Accompaniment Vaibhav Sourirajan (NY) Mridangam Accompaniment
This year, the MID festival is proud to honor the enduring legacy of the legendary flautist, Sri T.R. Mahalingam (Mali). We invite you to join us for this special tribute, held over the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend (November 26–28). Please note that the schedule may expand to include an opening session on the evening of the 25th and closing performances through noon on the 29th. If you are interested in contributing to this celebration, we welcome you to submit your participation application via the form below (Application window closes on 15th of July).
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