CARNATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC

Musician Dr. L. Subramaniam

Dr. L. Subramaniam is one of the best violinists of India and is widely acclaimed and recognized all over the world.

His prodigious talent was evident at the early age of two, when he could repeat musical phrases that he heard his father sing. He gave his first violin performance at the tender age of six.

Through his superb blending of Carnatic and Western classical music, Dr. Subramaniam has taken many a venues, like the Bolshoi Theater, the Lincoln Center, Royal Albert Hall and United Nations, by storm. He was also a featured soloist in "All the world's violins" held in Belgium along with Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli.

Dr. Subramanium has also scored the music for movies like Salaam Bombay and Mississipi Masala, besides featuring as a soloist in the film Little Buddha by Bernardo Bertolucci. He was also the music advisor for Peter Brook's historic stage production of the Mahabharata.

He has also recorded his East-West fusion compositions with jazz greats like Stephane Grappelli, Herbie Hancock, Joe Sample, Maynard Ferguson, Hubert Laws, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Larry Coryell, and Tony Williams.