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South Indian Music Academy (SIMA), Los Angeles Premier Carnatic Music Organization featuring South India's Pre-eminent Carnatic Musicians
Buy your ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP online: http://simala.net/

Current committee :

Nirmal Narayan - Prresident
Kalyan Ramanathan - Treasurer
Committee members : Visalini Sundaram, Anupama Gunapudi, Deepa Sreenivasa, Pakshirajan Desigar, Vinay Chandrasekhar, Dilip Swaminathan

The South Indian Music Academy is a non-profit organization whose main motto is 'Service to Music; Service through Music.' The SIMA not only endeavors to foster one of the world's gre

atest melodic art forms - Carnatic music, but also strives to promote mutual appreciation, goodwill and peace between peoples of diverse countries and cultures. It has constantly aimed to de-regionalize culture and has sought to benefit people from all walks of life. The SIMA has embraced an imaginative 3-E formula of Exposure, Education and Excellence, and has pioneered several projects that have set benchmarks in the world of culture. It has endeavored to complement the work of like-minded organizations and has collaborated with many of them in areas of joint interest and featuring South India's pre-eminent Carnatic Musicians.

SIMA is thrilled to present an exclusive workshop hosted by Sriranjani Santhanagopalan this weekend on the topic of Mano...
05/06/2025

SIMA is thrilled to present an exclusive workshop hosted by Sriranjani Santhanagopalan this weekend on the topic of Manodharmam Through Varnams! Participants will learn how to understand Varnam structure, apply hidden mathematical concepts, dive into manodharmam, and more.
If you are still interested in signing up, visit our website (simala.net) for more information and sign up as soon as possible!
The workshop will be held on Saturday, June 7 from 4-6 p.m. and Sunday, June 8 from 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at Tiburon Clubhouse 12230 Cedarcrest Dr., Cerritos, CA 90703.

SIMA is excited to present our second Community Concert of 2025, featuring upcoming musicians in our community. The firs...
04/06/2025

SIMA is excited to present our second Community Concert of 2025, featuring upcoming musicians in our community. The first concert will be given by Sandhiya and Swetha Somasundaram on vocal, Dhruti Kulkarni on violin, and Mathavan Arumugham on mrudangam. They will be followed by our second concert, performed by Sahana Murali on saxophone, Shreya Kalyanaraman on violin, and Vivek Chellappa on mrudangam.
Please come show your support and encouragement for these talented artistes on June 8, 2025 at 3:00 pm at Tiburon Clubhouse 12230 Cedarcrest Dr. Cerritos, CA 90703.
Refreshments will be available and admission is FREE.

SIMA presents the 4th annual RTP Fest featuring Ragam Tanam Pallavi concerts by talented artistes of the SIMA community,...
25/05/2025

SIMA presents the 4th annual RTP Fest featuring Ragam Tanam Pallavi concerts by talented artistes of the SIMA community, plus a fun interactive lec-dem featuring over a dozen members of the SIMA Youth Committee. Come support our amazing artistes and students on May 31, 2025 at 4:00 pm at Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellflower, CA.

SIMA is excited to present a much anticipated concert by veena virtuoso Ramana Balachandran, accompanied by mrudangam vi...
08/05/2025

SIMA is excited to present a much anticipated concert by veena virtuoso Ramana Balachandran, accompanied by mrudangam vidwan Patri Satish Kumar - May 10, 2025, 5 pm at Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellflower, CA

Get your tickets now! Link in bio for more info 🔗🔗🔗

SIMA is proud to feature the world renowned duo RANJANI & GAYATRI, Live in concert, accompanied by Rajeev Mukundan (viol...
30/04/2025

SIMA is proud to feature the world renowned duo RANJANI & GAYATRI, Live in concert, accompanied by Rajeev Mukundan (violin), N. Manoj Siva (mrudangam), and S. Krishna (ghatam) on Sunday, May 4, 2025, 4:30 pm at Kennedy Performing Arts Center in La Palma, CA.

Reserve your seats now for this blockbuster event while tickets last!
Link in bio for more info 🔗
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SIMA in collaboration with  and  presents a Bharatha Natyam workshop taught by .kumar on May 18th in Santa Monica, CA! B...
23/04/2025

SIMA in collaboration with and presents a Bharatha Natyam workshop taught by .kumar on May 18th in Santa Monica, CA!

Bhavajan will be teaching Aparam Najānāmi, a rare composition of Oothukadu Venkata Subayyar. The workshop is open to students of Bharatha Natyam (minimum of 6 years of experience required).

Link in bio for tickets to his performance and workshop registration. FREE admission to the perfomance for all 2025 SIMA members.

Continuing our Spring 2025 season with Amrutha Venkatesh accompanied by L. Ramakrishnan on violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh on ...
22/04/2025

Continuing our Spring 2025 season with Amrutha Venkatesh accompanied by L. Ramakrishnan on violin, S.J. Arjun Ganesh on mrudangam, and Chandrasekara Sharma on ghatam on April 26 at 5pm at Hoover Middle School in Lakewood, California! It’s not too late- go get your 2025 SIMA membership today! Link in bio for more info 🔗

Join us at our annual Thyagaraja Aradhana 2025 on April 5, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to hear renditions of beautiful...
29/03/2025

Join us at our annual Thyagaraja Aradhana 2025 on April 5, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. to hear renditions of beautiful Thyagaraja compositions and Pancharatna Krithis by our very own SIMA members! There will also be games, food, and prizes! It will be held at Hoover Middle School (3501 Country Club Lakewood, CA 90712) so make sure to come, support, and enjoy!

Friends, SIMA is excited to present our first Community Concert of 2025, featuring local stars Vivek Thyagarajan on voca...
20/03/2025

Friends, SIMA is excited to present our first Community Concert of 2025, featuring local stars Vivek Thyagarajan on vocal, Keerthana Sankar on violin, and Shuba Chandramouli on mrudangam.
Please come show your support and encouragement for these talented artistes on March 23, 2025 at 3:00 pm at Tiburon Clubhouse 12230 Cedarcrest Dr. Cerritos, CA 90703. Refreshments will be available and admission is FREE 🙂

Continuing our Spring 2025 season with the flute bros 🪈  accompanied by Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi on mrudangam and  on g...
06/03/2025

Continuing our Spring 2025 season with the flute bros 🪈 accompanied by Thanjavur Murugabhoopathi on mrudangam and on ghatam on March 15th at 5pm at Bristol Civic Auditorium in Bellflower, California! It’s not too late- go get your 2025 SIMA membership today! Link in bio for more info 🔗

SIMA in collaboration with  and  presents a solo Bharatha Natyam performance by .kumar on May 17th at 5pm at Chinmaya Mi...
01/03/2025

SIMA in collaboration with and presents a solo Bharatha Natyam performance by .kumar on May 17th at 5pm at Chinmaya Mission of Los Angeles! Bhavajan will also be offering a unique workshop for students of dance- more info to follow! Link in bio for tickets. FREE admission for all 2025 SIMA members.

Get ready! We are excited to kick off the SIMA spring season 2025 with , , & ! Get your membership today and join us nex...
11/02/2025

Get ready! We are excited to kick off the SIMA spring season 2025 with , , & ! Get your membership today and join us next Saturday, February 22nd at 5 PM!

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