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Indian musician

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L. Subramaniam performing at concert in Bhopal October
Birth name	Subramaniam Lakshminarayana
Born	() 23 July (age&#;77) Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)
Genres	Classical, Carnatic, jazz fusion, Indo jazz, world fusion, Western music
Occupation(s)	Violinist, composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, arranger, record producer, pedagogue
Instrument(s)	Violin, percussion, synthesizers, vocals
Years active	–present

Musical artist

Subramaniam Lakshminarayana (born 23 July )^[1] is an Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition and Western classical music.^{[2][failed verification]}

Early years

Subramaniam was born in Madras, Madras Presidency, British India,^[1] to V.

Lakshminarayana Iyer and Seethalakshmi, both accomplished musicians.^[3]

He lived in Jaffna during his younger years, taking up music studies before the age of five.^[4] He began training in violin under the tutelage of his father, Professor V. Lakshminarayana. "Mani", as he is fondly known by fellow musicians and his family, gave his first public performance at the age of six.

His uncles include Ramnad Raghavan and Ramnad Krishnan.^[5] His brothers are also acclaimed musicians, and include the violinist-composers L. Shankar (alias. Shenkar), and the late L. Vaidyanathan.^[6] He has released recordings with both.

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Subramaniam developed a passion for music as well as science from a young age, studying Medicine and acquiring his M.B.B.S. at Madras Medical College. He registered as a General Practitioner, before deciding to pursue music full-time.^[4] He has a master's degree in Western classical music, which he acquired at the California Institute of the Arts.^[4]

Performing career

Since , Subramaniam has amassed over recordings to his credit, releasing several solo albums, recording collaborations with musicians Yehudi Menuhin, Stéphane Grappelli, Ruggiero Ricci and Jean-Pierre Rampal, further to making albums and performing with Ruggiero Ricci, Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley ClarkeJohn Handy, George Harrison^[7] and several others.^[8]

He has accompanied highly regarded vocalists in Carnatic music on stage including Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, K.

V. Narayanaswamy, Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer, M. Balamuralikrishna, M. D. Ramanathan, and Alathur Srinivasa Iyer. He has also performed many concerts with the venerable Palghat Mani Iyer on the Mridangam, in addition to collaborating with musicians of North Indian Hindustani music and artists of other music systems.^[8]

Subramaniam has written works for orchestras, ballets and Hollywood film scores, and written books on music&#;– such as Euphony&#;– in addition to composing symphonies and Carnatic pieces.^[8][9]

In , he composed a Double Concerto for violin and flute which combined western scales with micro intervals.

Another release, Spring&#;– Rhapsody, was a homage to Bach and Baroque music. Creations with orchestras that have followed include Fantasy on Vedic Chants with the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Djemal Dalgat, Turbulence with The Swiss Romande Orchestra, "The Concert of Two Violins" with the Oslo Philharmonic, and Global Symphony with the Berlin State Opera (broadcast live to 28 nations) among others.^[9] He has also performed a concert tour of China, with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra in Beijing.

His compositions have been used in stage presentations of leading dance companies such as the San Jose Ballet company and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Subramaniam composed the piece "Shanti Priya" for the Mariinsky Ballet.

The release of his albums, including Global Fusion in have brought Subramaniam widespread critical acclaim, and popularity for his advanced playing.

He founded and directs the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, a festival based in India.

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In , he completed a world tour with the festival, including concerts in the US (Lincoln Center, New York), the Asian Pacific region including in Perth, Australia, at the Esplanade, Singapore, the Sri Dewan Penang Hall in Penang and the Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Performing with Subramaniam at the festival in January were violin maestro Arve Tellefsen, the Oslo Camerata, jazz legends Stanley Clarke, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Earl Klugh and Ravi Coltrane.

In September , Subramaniam premiered and played "The Freedom Symphony" with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra, Warrenton Chorale and Carnatic percussionists, which led to a strongly favourable ovation and an encore piece "Flight of the Humble Bee". Subramaniam is on the advisory board of composer A. R. Rahman's KM Music Conservatory in Kodambakkam, Chennai.

In , he was invited to perform at the United Nations. On 24 October , he performed as a Special Guest Artist with Stevie Wonder at the latter's message of peace concert at the UN. Yehudi Menuhin said of Subramaniam:

I find nothing more inspiring than the music making of my very great colleague Subramaniam.

Each time I listen to him, I am carried away in wonderment."^[8]

When asked about his musical accomplishments, Subramaniam has always said,

Music is a vast ocean and no one can claim to know it all. The more you know, the more you realise how little you know. It is an eternal quest.

Film career

He composed the film scores for the films Salaam Bombay () and Mississippi Masala () directed by Mira Nair, in addition to being the featured violin soloist in Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha () and Cotton Mary () of Merchant-Ivory productions.^[8]

Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival

The Lakshminarayana World Music Festival concert was first initiated by his brother, L.

Shankar in in memory of their father V. Lakshminarayana, who passed away in ^[10] The BBC film ‘Bombay and All That Jazz’() was based on the tribute concert that took place in Bombay on New Year’s Day, January 1, , which featured Don Cherry, L. Shankar, TH Vinayakram, Trilok Gurtu and many others.^[10]

Subsequently, on January 11, , Vijayashree and Subramaniam launched the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF) in Madras (Chennai).

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Artists have included the Subramaniam family, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Solo Cissokho, Miya Masaoka, Mark O'Connor, Loyko, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Larry Coryell, Arve Tellefsen, Pandit Jasraj, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna and Corky Siegel.^[12][13]

The festival has centred around special concepts such as Violins for Peace, Visions of India and Sounds of India.^[12]

Honour LokmatSur Jyotsna National Music legends Award ^[14]

Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts

In , the Subramaniam Foundation, a charity run by Subramaniam and his wife set up a music school called the Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SAPA), in Bangalore, India.^[15]

Personal life

Subramaniam was married to Viji Subramaniam (née Vijayashree Shankar), who died on 9 February Since November he has been married to the Indian playback singer Kavita Krishnamurthy.

He has four children with Viji&#;— Gingger Shankar, Bindu Subramaniam, Dr. Narayana Subramaniam and Ambi Subramaniam.

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He continues to perform pieces with his daughter singer/songwriter Bindu Subramaniam,^[16] violin duets with his son, Ambi Subramaniam,^[17]” and has further recorded and given several concerts with Krishnamurthy. Their collaborations have earned them the nickname Subramaniam Gharana.^[18] He also performs with his eldest son Dr.

Narayana Subramaniam.^[19]

Awards and recognition

Compositions

Orchestral Compositions

Fusion Compositions

Carnatic Compositions

Music for films

See Filmography

Discography (partial)

Filmography

Composer

• Surabhi () (composer, music arranger, musician: violinist)
• Salaam Bombay! () (composer, music arranger, musician: violinist)
• Mississippi Masala () (composer, musician: violin, violin synthesizers, percussions)
• Jayate () (composer)
• Ee Snehatheerathu () (composer)
• Banaz: A Love Story () (composer, musician: violin)
• Gour Hari Dastaan () (composer)
• Hey Ram () (composer, left the project before completion)^[22]

Soloist

Additional soundtracks

On Subramaniam

• L.

  Subramaniam: Violin From the Heart (). Directed by Jean Henri Meunier.

References

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