Athrey performed in multiple concerts during the Dec 2007 and Dec 2009 Chennai music festival at several leading Sabhas in Chennai including the Music Academy, Narada Gana Sabha, Vani Mahal, Hamsadhwani, MGR Janaki college and Raga Sudha. He has provided accompaniment for several leading musicians in Midwestern United States including Seetha Rajan, Trichy Ramesh, K. Gayathri, Manasi Prasad, Brindhammal's grandson S. Girish, Kasaravalli Sisters, B.U. Ganesh Prasad, Flute R. Tyagarajan (son of Flute Ramani), and children from Isai Mazhalai group including Vidya Kalyanaraman, Carnatic Music Idol Bharat Sundar, and K. Dharini. Athrey has accompanied several instrumentalists including violinist Ambi Subramaniam (son of Dr. L. Subramaniam) as well as Vainikas including Jayalakshmi Sekhar, Saraswathy Ranganathan and Rajeswari Pariti.

Athrey has been a regular performer in the Sustaining Sampradaya group starting with the inaugural 2007 concert followed by the Kamalamba Nava Avarnam concert held in Mar 2008, the Gems of Syama Sastri concert held in Apr 2009 and the Swathi Thirunal concert held in Apr 2010.

Athrey has provided accompaniment for several artists across the states of Illinois, Iowa, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Missouri as well as Chennai and Trichy in India.

He has won the first prize in multiple Midwestern USA Music competitions held in the last five years. As the winner of the Cleveland Aradhana Talent Search music competition held in 2009, Athrey has accompanied the other winners -- Kamya Sankar and Keerthana Sankar for Vocal and Kamalkiran Vinjamuri on the violin in concerts held in Chicago, Chennai and Thiruvaiyaru during the Dec 2009 music season.

Athrey and his sister, Arthi Nadhan who plays the Veena are part of SwaraRagaLaya -- a unique team of talented children of Indian origin brought up in the United States.

guru
Athrey with his guru  Srimushnam Sri. V. Raja Rao

 

coaching

Athrey has been regularly going to Chennai for advanced studies in Mridangam from his teacher, Srimushnam Sri V. Raja Rao in Chennai, India.   Over the years, his teachers in the United States include Vinod Gopinath, Rohan Krishnamurthy and Vinod Seetharaman.  He has also attended several Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam Music Camps.  In addition Athrey has received supplementary coaching from H.S.Sudhindra and has been learning to play for the song from B.U. Ganesh Prasad.

Other Accomplishments
Athrey had the unique privilege of performing at the feet of the legendary musician, Smt. D.K.Pattammal.  After his performance, Smt. Pattammal said, ”The child has a very good sense of rhythm and nice fingering techniques – naadam -.  He has my whole-hearted blessings to come up in the world of Carnatic Music.


Won the first prize at

  • Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana 2009 - Talent Search Competition
  • Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana 2009 - Accompaniment Competition
  • Samagana Heritage Foundation 2006 Intermediate Level
  • Samagana Heritage Foundation 2005 Basic Level
  • Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam Competition 2004 Level 3 First Prize 

Athrey supplements his knowledge of playing the Mridangam with training in vocal Carnatic Music and American Classical Music, on the Clarinet, at his local School in Naperville, IL, USA.

history    

Artist

Location

Dates

Nirmala Rajasekhar (Veena) 2nd Annual Veena Conference, Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL Apr 2010
D. Balakrishna (Veena) 12nd Annual Veena Conference, Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL Apr 2010
Kamya and Keerthana Shankar - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin Cleveland Aradhana Apr 2010
SwaraRagaLaya St. Louis, MO,
Chicago, IL,
Feb 2010
Apr 2010
Sustaining Sampradayam Group (Swathi Thirunal) 33rd Cleveland Aradhana Apr 2010
Jayamangala Krishnamani, Jaishankar Balan - violin 33rd Cleveland Aradhana Apr 2010
S.Girish (Brindammal's grandson) and Salem Sriram, V.V.S Murari - Violin 33rd Cleveland Aradhana Apr 2010
Kamya and Keerthana Shankar - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin Vani Mahal, MGR Janaki College, Madippakkam Sabha, Chennai,
HTGC Temple, Chicago,
Dec 2009

Mar 2010
Rajeswari Pariti (Veena) Raja Veena Annual Day, Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL Mar 2010
Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, 163rd Tyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru, Jan 2010
Shashank Subramaniam, Shruthi Subramaniam and Anirudh Sreedhar - Flute, Arthi Nadhan - Veenai, a) Ramani Academy of Flute, Naradagana Sabha, Chennai,
b) 163rd Tyagaraja Aradhana at Thiruvaiyaru.
Jan 2010
Kamya and Keerthana Shankar - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, 163rd Tyagaraja Aradhana, Thiruvaiyaru. Jan 2010
Kamya and Keerthana Shankar - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, a) MGR Janaki College, Chennai,
b) Madipakkam Sabha, Chennai,
c) Vani Mahal, Chennai.
Dec 2009
Sustaining Sampradayam Group, a) Raga Sudha, Chennai
b) MGR Janaki College, Chennai
c) Madipakkam Sabha, Chennai
d) Music Academy, Chennai
e) Naradagana Sabha, Chennai
f) Sharadambal Temple, Trichy,
Dec 2009
Manasi Prasad - Vocal, Kamalakiran Vinjamuri - Violin, Raga Sudha Dec 2009
V. Shankaranarayanan - Vocal, V.V. Ravi - Violin Hamsadhwani, Chennai, Dec 2009
Vikram Raghavan Madison, WI, Oct 2009
Ambi Subramaniam (s/o Dr. L. Subramaniam) WFMT Radio, Chicago, IL, Sep 2009
Arthi Kumar HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, Sep 2009
Harsha Nagarajan HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, July 2009
K. Gayatri Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL June 2009
Seetha Rajan HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL and Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL May 2009
Trichy Ramesh Chicago, IL May 2009
Anisha Gururaj Talent Search Competition, Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana Apr 2009
Gems of Syama Sastri concert Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, Cleveland, OH Parashakti Temple, Detroit, MI Sep 2009 and Apr 2009
Janani Ganesh HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA Dec 2008

Shri L.R. Bharata Narayana

HTGC Rathi Auditorium, Lemont, IL, USA

Nov 2008

Shruthi and Shriya Raj

Purandara Dasa Day, HTGC, Lemont, IL

Oct 2008

Maithreyi Sharma

St. Louis, MO, USA

Oct 2008

Sharanya Shivakumar

HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA

Oct 2008

Kamalaamba Nava Avarnam concert,

Balaji Temple, Aurora, IL Parashakti Temple, Detroit, MI Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana, Cleveland, OH

Oct 2009, Oct 2008 and March 2008

Ashvin Bhogendra

SPICMACAY

Sep 2008

Kasaravalli Sisters

World Kannada Conference, Chicago, IL

Aug 2008

Jayalakshmy Sekhar (Veena) Tyagaraja Sangeetha Vidwath Samajam, Chennai, India and Naperville Public Library, Chicago, IL Aug 2008 and May 2009

K.R. Srivats

Chakara Amman Kovil, Chennai, India

July 2008

Dr. Niramala Sundarajan and Dr. Subashini Parthasarathy

Balaji Temple , Aurora, IL.

April 2008

Priya Krishnamurthy HTGC Temple, Chicago and Sai Mandir, Chicago Feb 2008 & Aug 2008

Pallavi Sriram (Student of P.S.Narayanaswami)

HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA

Jan 2008

Sustaining Sampradaya Group

Vani Mahal, Chennai

Jan 2008

Sustaining Sampradaya Group

Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai

Jan 2008

Sustaining Sampradaya Group

Music Academy, Chennai

Dec 2007

Shiv Subramanian

Hamsadhwani, Chennai HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL

Dec 2007, Oct 2009

Priya Krishnamurthy

Kannada Kuta, Chicago

Oct 2007

Vidya Kalyanaraman

Chicago Tamil Sangam, Aurora, IL, USA

May 2007

K.Dharini

Chicago Tamil Sangam, Aurora, IL, USA

May 2007

Bharat Sundar

Chicago Tamil Sangam, Aurora, IL, USA

May 2007

Bharat Sundar

Iowa Hindu Temple, Cedar Rapids

May 2007

B.U. Ganesh Prasad

HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA

May 2007

Sustaining Sampradaya Group

Inaugural Concert, Cleveland Tyagaraja Aradhana

Apr 2007

Shankar Jagadeesaiyer

Kanchi Kamakoti Seva Foundation, Aurora, IL, USA and HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA.

Mar 2007

Flute R. Tyagarajan (son of Flute Ramani)

HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA

Feb 2007

Sangeetha Menon

HTGC Temple, Lemont, IL, USA

Oct 2006

Saraswathi Ranganathan (Veenai) HTGC Temple, Chicago and World Kannada Conference, Chicago Sep 2006, Sep 2007 ,Feb 2008 and Aug 2008
 

 

contact

E-mail: enadhan@wideopenwest.com

  • Phone # (USA) - 1-630-904-7454
  • Phone # (Chennai) - 91-44-2441-5148
  • Phone # (Mumbai) -  91-22-2171-2683