L. Subramaniam

L. Subramaniam ( Lakshminarayana Subramaniam, born July 23, 1947) is an Indian violinist, composer and conductor who is both trained in the Carnatic tradition of South India and the classical European music and is known for his musical crossovers.

Life

L. Subramaniam grew up in Ceylon, where his father V. Lakshminarayana, a trained classical South Indian music violinist and singer, at the Music College of Jaffna taught. A child prodigy, he was taught by Amjad Ali Khansahib. His mother, V. Seethalakshmi, was a recognized musician. He learned to play the violin, but then studied medicine and graduated with a doctorate from. Then he decided to become a professional musician.

His younger brother is also known as a violinist L. Shankar. With him and another brother, L. Vaidyanathan, he founded in the 1960s, a trio that occurred throughout India.

He was with Viji Subramaniam (died February 9, 1995 ), the daughter of Lakshmi Shankar, married. He also performs with their son, Ambi Subramaniam, also a violinist, on. In November 1999, he has a second marriage with the Indian singer Kavita Krishnamurti closed.

Work

Subramaniam is involved in over 150 recordings; he recorded shots with Yehudi Menuhin, Stephane Grappelli, Ruggiero Ricci, but also with Larry Coryell, Stanley Clarke, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Karsten Vogel and other musicians from the fusion jazz, but also with Maynard Ferguson, Hubert Laws and Bud Shank. In the late 1970s he formed with the Californian jazz musician John Handy, the Sarod players Ali Akbar Khan and the tabla player Zakir Hussain, the world-jazz - quartet Rainbow, that was after concerts with the Brazilian guitarist Bola Sete in 1980 and in Europe on tour and recorded.

He also wrote symphonies and Carnatic compositions. Both as a composer and as a conductor he has worked with many major orchestras worldwide. Among his orchestral works Fantasy on Vedic Chant, which was performed by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Turbulence ( Orchestre de la Suisse Romande ) The Concert of Two Violins (Oslo Philharmonic ) and Global Symphony ( Berlin Opera ) belongs.

Subramaniam has also written film music for the films Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala. He was the violin soloist in Bernardo Bertolucci's Little Buddha, and also in the film Cotton Mary. He has also written books on Carnatic music.

He has also accompanied famous Carnatic musician Chembai Vaidyanatha as Bhagavatar or MD Ramanathan and Palghat Mani Iyer played with.

Awards and recognition

Subramaniam has already received the 1963 President's Award as the best violinist of All India Radio and 1972 by the Governor of Madras the title Violin Chakravarthy ( " Emperor of the violinist "). In 1981 he was nominated for a Grammy. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1988, the 1990 Award of the Sangeet Natak Creative Music Akademi and Padma Bhushan 2001.

Discography (selection)

• L. Subramaniam - Raga Hemavathi
• L. Subramaniam: Three Ragas
• Distant Visions
• Pacific Rendezvous
• Electric modes
• All the Worlds Violins
• L. Subramaniam and Yehudi Menhuin in New York
• L. Subramaniam - In Concert
• Shree Priya
• Global Fusion