16th November, 2024
06th September, 2021SIFF Young Artiste announced the first season winners for the title of “Young Artiste of the Year” on 4th September 2021 in a grand virtual event. The winners – Tamish Pulappadi from Guitar forInstrumental, Akshita Singh Chouhan from Indian Vocal forVocal, Janki DV from Bharatanatyam for Dance were awarded the titles at the event attended by celebrities and artists from the music and dance fraternity. The winners were also awarded acash prize of Rs. 1 lakh each.
Featuring eminent personalities such as Dr. L Subramaniam, Nikhita Gandhi, Ehsaan Noorani, Shalmali Kholgade, Terence Lewis, Shovana Narayan and the Black Ice crew, the show was hosted by Aditya Narayan.
The People’s Choice voting platform received a whopping 22,000 votes and the winner Aatmik Gupta from Jaipur in the Drums category was presented with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000.
The Top 100 finalists were selected in 3 rounds from over 12,000 applications received in a nationwide searchfor India's top performing talent.The performances by these finalists underwent a rigorous screening and evaluation process by adistinguished jury panel. Apart from the winners, all the remaining finalists were also awarded a cash prize of Rs. 10,000 eachas a token of appreciation for their hard work and dedication.
Students from across the country applied for the competition, not just from metros and large cities but also from smaller cities, towns and villages. It has been more than just a mere competition as it also focused on providing training sessions to the Top 100 and contributing to knowledge enhancement in the students’ journey.It is noteworthy that the 100 finalists received mentoring from maestros during the competition under the Young Artiste Advanced Mentorship Programme (YAMP), that was completely sponsored by SIFF Young Artiste, across categories, as part of the 25 Lakhs sponsorship program.
SIFF Young Artiste 2020-21, a national-level talent competition began in Jan 2020 with an aim to encourage and celebrate young talent of the nation by rewarding them with awards and scholarships worth Rs 25 lakhs/-. The competition featured 20 different categories across classical and contemporary forms of vocal, instrumental and dance. With the overwhelming response that the first season has received, SIFF Young Artiste plans to launch the next season in 2022.
The Advisory Panel at Young Artiste consists of Veteran Artists such as Madhavi Mudgal, Nikhitha Gandhi, Dr. N Rajam, the erstwhile HoD and Dean at the Banaras Hindu University, Dr. RudrapatnamThyagarajan, Professor of Carnatic Vocals at Jain University and Uday Bhawalkar, Guru at ITC’s Sangeet Research Academy. The SIFF Comprehensive Curriculum, Pedagogy and Accreditation are developed with their expertise, guidance and mentorship.
Celebrating music and dance in the culmination of the competition in a Grand Finale, National Winner titles across categories were announced and given a cash prizeof Rs. 25,000 each.
Here is the list of National winners’ category-wise:
The Singhal Iyer family foundation (SIFF), is a Bangalore-based philanthropic organization that was set upto work towards a better education and promote their love for Indian music and art.
