L. Subramaniam

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L. Subramaniam (2012)
At a concert in Chennai in 2003

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

Life

L. Subramaniam in Bhopal , 2015

L. Subramaniam grew up in Ceylon , where his father, V. Lakshminarayana, a violinist and singer trained in classical South Indian music , taught at the Jaffna Music College . As a child prodigy , he received lessons from 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. Only then did he decide to become a professional musician.

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

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

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

He has also written symphonies and carnatic compositions. Both as a composer and as a conductor he has worked with numerous major orchestras around the world. His orchestral works include Fantasy on Vedic Chant , performed by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta , Turbulence ( Orchester de la Suisse Romande ), The Concert of Two Violins (Oslo Philharmonic) and Global Symphony (Berlin Opera).

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

He has also accompanied well-known carnatic musicians such as Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar or MD Ramanathan and played with Palghat Mani Iyer .

Awards and recognitions

Subramaniam received the Presidents Award for best violinist from All India Radio in 1963 and the title Violin Chakravarthy ("Emperor of the Violinists") from the Governor of Madras in 1972 . In 1981 he was nominated for a Grammy . He received the Padma Shri in 1988 , the Creative Music Award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1990 and the Padma Bhushan in 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 Menuhin in New York
  • Le Violon de l'Inde du Sud
  • L. Subramaniam - In Concert
  • Shree Priya
  • Global fusion

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West: Bhairavi 2006, p. 217
  2. ^ Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West: Bhairavi 2006, p. 312
  3. ^ Peter Lavezzoli The Dawn of Indian Music in the West: Bhairavi 2006, p. 311
  4. Web presence of Dr. L. Subramaniam