The outcomes of The Hindu Margazhi Competitors 2025 are out and the checklist of winners in each Hindustani and Carnatic types is now accessible on its web site.
A complete of 139 prizes, together with 43 first prizes, 43 second prizes, and 27 third prizes, have been awarded by the panel of judges. There are additionally particular point out certificates for kids who did effectively and earned appreciation from the vidwans and vidushis who marked their performances.
A complete of 1,063 video entries had been acquired from Carnatic and Hindustani music lovers for The HinduMargazhi Music Contest that ended mid-January 2026.
The entries had been sorted and despatched to the judges in March 2026, who watched the displays to verify if the raga, krithi, and thala had been excellent and took powerful choices to finalise the marks.
Violin vidushis and composers LN Sisters – M. Lalitha and M. Nandini – who judged entries within the instrumental class, stated: “Over time, we now have been seeing an increasing number of devoted college students taking part on this competitors. We’re in a position to see that also they are very educated. This can be a very distinctive platform for college students of music for this class to showcase their expertise and onerous work and get recognition from The Hindu. We want the individuals all the perfect to maintain the custom alive and take it ahead.”
Vocalist Varalakshmi Anandkumar, senior disciple of late vidwan D.Ok. Jayaraman, stated: “It has been a privilege to evaluate the Margazhi competitions of The Hindufor the previous a number of years and I’ve by no means ceased to be amazed by the wealth of expertise exhibited by the contestants. The truth is, judging these competitions is each an aural delight and an agonising dilemma, as every singer demonstrates their expertise in numerous dimensions. To decide on the greatest amongst these formidable line-ups usually requires a number of listening periods. It’s superb to take heed to a lady or boy, barely out of the kids, sing a Dhanyasi or Thodi with the form of understanding that one may achieve solely with years of singing and listening. In the identical approach, it’s superb that good singers emerge from areas which might be seldom heard of, in Kerala, Andhra, Karnataka, and even within the U.S. Hats off to The Hindufor selling strong musical values by the Margazhi Music Competitions.”
Hindustani guru and vocalist Lalita Sharma, who educated beneath Pandit Jasraj, stated: “I’m very glad to see extra variety of singers and instrumentalists taking part on this competitors yearly. I see that over one-third of the individuals are good and have a sound base in music. It is vitally promising to see such children, who’re singing with a lot consciousness.”
Two new judges
The panel of judges this time had two new faces — mridangam vidwan Sridharan Sankaran, who began studying mridangam from Thiruvarur S. Janakiraman within the Palani Subramanya Pillai lineage and acquired superior coaching from Mannargudi Easwaran, and Carnatic vocalist Sajeev Chandramana, who began studying music on the age of 4 and underwent superior coaching beneath Varkala C.S. Jayaraman.
Each musicians stated that they’d loved watching the entries and giving marks. They had been additionally fascinated by how younger kids had patiently learnt to carry out and despatched of their entries.
For the total checklist of winners, click on on newsth.dwell/winnerslist.
Revealed – July 09, 2026 12:59 am IST
