National Indian Music Competition
The National Indian Music Competition (NIMC) is one of the three national music competitions organised by the National Arts Council in Singapore. First organised in 1998, the Competition has the following main aims:
- Develop the performing skills of musicians in Singapore
- Improve musical standards
- Identify potential music talents
In addition, the Competition aims to be a platform for musical excellence, providing young musicians with opportunities to perform in a competitive situation in front of an international jury. The competition is open to all Singapore citizens and permanent residents.
National Indian Music Competition 2014
The 2014 NIMC will be held from 16 to 22 June 2014 at the SOTA Drama Theatre. The competition comprises 8 solo categories. Participants may take part in these various solo instrumental categories – Carnatic Vocal, Hindustani Vocal, Veena, Violin, Flute, Mridangam, Sitar and Tabla.
Each solo instrument category is divided into three age categories:
- Open (30 years and below)
- Intermediate (18 years and below)
- Junior (12 years and below)
Past Competition Winners
2011
| Category | Prize | Junior | Intermediate | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnatic Vocal | 1st | Meenakshy Jyothish | Nishanth Thiagarajan | n/a |
| 2nd | Gayathri Krishnakumar | Ganesh Balasubramanian | n/a | |
| 3rd | Sandhya R | Sriram Balasubramanian & Aarthi Devarajan | n/a | |
| Violin | 1st | n/a | Sharanya | n/a |
| 2nd | Surup Sowmithri Thathachar | Ramesh Priyadharshini | n/a | |
| 3rd | Vimalapugazhan Purushothaman | Jyothilakshmy Kavitha | n/a | |
| HM* | n/a | Ashwin Venkatram | n/a | |
| Veena | 1st | n/a | G Visveswari | n/a |
| 2nd | Anjana Giridhar | Nishtha Anand | n/a | |
| 3rd | Swathi Nachiar Manivannan | n/a | n/a | |
| Flute | 1st | n/a | Prajwal Srikanth | Raghavendran s/o Rajasekaran |
| 2nd | Saikrishna | Vibhu Bulusu | Prabu s/o Ramachandran | |
| 3rd | n/a | P Niranjan | Xu Kai Xiang Rit | |
| Mridangam | 1st | n/a | Sriram Sivakumar | n/a |
| 2nd | Prasanna Venkateshwar | Shyama Pushpa Sadashiv | n/a | |
| 3rd | Thilak Pandian | Jaiganesh Charan | n/a | |
| Sitar | 1st | n/a | Anantya Bhatnagar | n/a |
| 2nd | n/a | Sarthak Bhatnagar | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | n/a | |
| Tabla | 1st | Vignesh Sankar Iyer | Thinagar s/o Nanoo Siva Das | Lalit Kumar Ganesh |
| 2nd | Vaishnav Muralidharan | Sivakumar Balakrishnan | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | Hemanth Hariharan | n/a | |
| HM* | n/a | Abishek Srivastava | n/a |
- HM - Honourable Mention. Awarded to deserving finalists.
2008
| Category | Prize | Intermediate | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnatic Vocal | 1st | G S Divya | Rashmi Balasubramanian |
| 2nd | R Shwethambari | Sandhya Ramaswamy | |
| 3rd | n/a | Kavitha Jayaraman | |
| HM* | Nandhitha Gurunath Hari & Poonguzhali Purushothaman | Darshini d/o Yoganathan | |
| Violin | 1st | Sriram Sami | Srikanth Radhakrishnan |
| 2nd | K Sowndarya | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Veena | 1st | n/a | Aparna Mahadevan |
| 2nd | n/a | Gautham Viswanadam Abhirami | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Flute | 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2nd | Vibhu Bulusu | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Mridangam | 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2nd | Akshay Alauddin Lenin | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Tabla | 1st | Pradeep Adhokshaja | Tan Guo Jun Radha Govinda Dasa |
| 2nd | Thinagar s/o Nanoo Siva Das | K Jegatheessh | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a |
- HM - Honourable Mention. Awarded to deserving finalists.
2006
| Category | Prize | Intermediate | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnatic Vocal | 1st | Radhakrishnan Srikanth | P B Madhavan |
| 2nd | Rashmi Balasubramanian | Sindhu Sundar | |
| 3rd | Kadayam Suresh Kaushik | Sudarshan Narasimhan | |
| Violin | 1st | Radhakrishnan Srikanth | n/a |
| 2nd | Sriram Sami | n/a | |
| 3rd | Shreya Gopi | Nandita Krishnaswamy | |
| HM* | n/a | Murali Bharatram | |
| Veena | 1st | Gautham Viswanadam Abhirami | Ramaswamy Sandhya |
| 2nd | Aiswarya Mahadevan | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Flute | 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2nd | n/a | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | Deepthi Prabhakar | |
| Sitar | 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2nd | n/a | n/a | |
| 3rd | Rhea Chatterjea | Periya d/o Sundaram | |
| Mridangam | 1st | Sanjay Vanen | Sista Satish Chandra |
| 2nd | Ganesh Jayabal | Sudarshan Narasimhan | |
| 3rd | Jayagowtham s/o K Annadurai | n/a | |
| Tabla | 1st | Tan Guo Jun Radha Govinda Dasa | n/a |
| 2nd | Jayanth Ganapathy | Shouri Veluri | |
| 3rd | n/a | Sivanathan Jheevanesh & Varun Ramesh Mani |
- HM - Honourable Mention. Awarded to deserving finalists.
2004
| Category | Prize | Intermediate | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnatic Vocal | 1st | Trishala Raj Shankar | Janani Ganesh |
| 2nd | Kadayam Suresh Kaushik | Sushma Somasekharan | |
| 3rd | S. Avanthika | Padmanabhan Bindu Madhavan & Radhika Ramakrishnan | |
| Violin | 1st | Sandeep Ramachandran | Raghuraman Lavanya & Sneha Ramesh Mani |
| 2nd | Aishwarya Ramesh | n/a | |
| 3rd | Praphulla Chandra | n/a | |
| Veena | 1st | Shenbagavalli Raman | Neela Sitaram |
| 2nd | n/a | n/a | |
| 3rd | n/a | n/a | |
| Sitar | 1st | n/a | n/a |
| 2nd | Rhea Chatterjea | Sri Vijayakumar Naidu s/o Govinda Rajoo | |
| 3rd | Keerthigar Perumal | Ong Ban Yong | |
| Mridangam | 1st | Sudarshan Narasimhan | Viknash s/o Balakirshnan |
| 2nd | Jayagowtham s/o K. Annadurai | Pathmanathan s/o Jaganathan | |
| 3rd | Ganesh Jayabal | n/a | |
| Tabla | 1st | Kumaran s/o Sinniah | N. Sathis Kumar & Kamal s/o Sarwan Singh |
| 2nd | Veluri Shouri | n/a | |
| 3rd | Jayanth G | Hari Sivakumar |
2002
| Category | Prize | Intermediate | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnatic Vocal | 1st | Janani Ganesh | Aravind Ratnam Ganesh |
| 2nd | Sushma Somasekharan | Padmanabhan Bindu Madhavan | |
| 3rd | Ganesh Venkataraman | Lavanya Balachandran | |
| Violin | 1st | Gangadharan Anirudhan | Nandakumar Narasimhan |
| 2nd | n/a | Kartik Balachandran | |
| 3rd | Janani Ganesh | Sneha Ramesh Mani | |
| Veena | 1st | Ramaswamy Sandhya | n/a |
| 2nd | Saranya Seetharaman | Ramkumar Vasudevan | |
| 3rd | Saraswathi D/O Lakshmanan | Anparasi Thirugnanam | |
| Sitar | 1st | n/a | Krsna Dasa Tan Guo Ming |
| 2nd | n/a | Gayatri D/O T P Subramaniam | |
| 3rd | n/a | Vanitha D/O Buthmanaban |
Other music competitions organised by the National Arts Council (Singapore) are the National Piano and Violin Competition and the National Chinese Music Competition.