Melbourne Veena Festival 2025 – The Boite & Pichumani School of Carnatic Music

Veena is a delicate, beautiful instrument that, in the hands of a master, can express all the nuances of Carnatic vocal and instrumental music from South India. The veena has a unique tonal quality due to its construction, starting with a bass sound in the lower octaves and shriller tones in the higher octaves, very similar to the human voice. The Melbourne Veena Festival is dedicated to showcasing this unique instrument.

Melbourne Veena Festival 2025 will feature the renowned artist from India, Ms Hemalatha Mani. The festival will also showcase Australia’s own Iyer Brothers (Ramnath Iyer OAM & Gopinath Iyer OAM) and their disciples.

Hemalatha Mani, a differently abled artist, is an illustrious disciple of the Veena Virtuoso Dr Chitti Babu. She is known for her tuneful and sweet melodies on the strings. Iyer Brothers are one of Australia’s finest veena players. Six of their disciples: Aneka Srinivasan, Divija Akella, Esha Rohan, Nisha Iyer, Pramodh Sri and Tharyny Sri, will present a 42-string ensemble.

Percussion support will be provided by the younger generation Australian artists, Madhav Sanjeev, Siddharth Dhananjay and Thiyagasamudram G Siddhanth.

The 2025 festival will celebrate the 250th centenary of the renowned composer Muthuswamy Dikshitar.

GET TICKETS HERE: https://www.theround.com.au/veena-festival