# Two young margazhi winners perform before Vice-President Radhakrishnan 2026-08-26T06:02:46+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Flautist Chiranthan Venkataraman and vainika S Ajitesh, second-prize winners in last year's The Hindu Margazhi Music Competition, performed last week at Lok Bhavan before Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan and Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar. The two teenagers were invited by violin vidhushis M Lalitha and M Nandini, who were the competition's judges and chose them for the concert. The young musicians were not told in advance that dignitaries would attend. They were asked to prepare a list of krithis including Mooladhara Moorthe and Bho Shambo, and were informed only the night before that the performance was at Lok Bhavan. Chiranthan, a class 11 student, and Ajitesh, a second-year engineering student, called the experience a pleasant surprise. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The Margazhi competition run by The Hindu is an annual fixture that has been discovering young Chennai-based instrumentalists since 2019. Performances before constitutional office-holders such as the Vice-President are rare for teenage musicians. The fact that two second-prize winners, not the first-prize winner, were chosen suggests the judging panel deliberately picked rising talent over a single top rank. For the musicians, a Vice-President's audience can open future aliasing from Sabha stages where they currently lack connections. The immediate takeaway: the competition's 2026 edition will open for entries around October, and this precedent of high-profile exposure may draw a larger applicant pool. ## Coverage - thehindu.com Leads with an uplifting cultural story involving constitutional office-holders, no critical framing This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: C P Radhakrishnan, Lok Bhavan, Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, The Hindu Margazhi Music Competition Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/two-young-margazhi-winners-perform-before-vice-president-radhakrishnan/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/two-young-margazhi-winners-perform-before-vice-president-radhakrishnan/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/