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L. Subramaniam

Born:
Jul 23, 1947 in Madras, India

  • Alternative Name: Lakshiminarayana Subramaniam
  • Genre: World
  • Active: '70s - 2000s
  • Instrument: Violin

Biography

A gifted South Indian counterpart of Jean-Luc Ponty on the electric violin, and endlessly curious about all kinds of music, Subramaniam has been a pioneer in exploring intelligent fusions between European classical music, American jazz, rock, and South Indian music. His father, a master Indian violinist, and mother, who played the Indian vina, were his first musical influences, and after abandoning a career in medicine, he formed a violin trio with his two brothers while still in India. He toured America and Europe with Ravi Shankar and ex-Beatle George Harrison in 1974, made his first fusion album in Copenhagen (Garland), and wrote material for Stu Goldberg and Larry Coryell in 1978. He settled in the Los Angeles area in the late '70s in order to earn a doctorate in Western music at the California Institute of the Arts, where he also taught South Indian music. He led a group with Coryell, George Duke, and Tom Scott in the 1980s, and recorded several fascinating LPs for Milestone -- including an LP with Stephane Grappelli -- that fused classical music, electric and acoustic jazz, and South Indian music. Subramaniam has also written works for classical orchestras; his Violin Concerto juxtaposes naïve Hollywood-ish romantic music with South Indian instruments and structures. His debut for the Erato Detour label, Global Fusion, followed in 1999. ~ Richard S. Ginell, All Music Guide

Representative Albums:

Conversations, Southern Indian Violin, Spanish Wave

Similar Artists:

Lakshminarayana Shankar, Egberto Gismonti, Collin Walcott, Oregon, Hugh Masekela, Didier Lockwood, Trilok Gurtu, Don Cherry, Naná Vasconcelos, Paul Winter

Worked With:

Emil Richards, Larry Coryell, Ravi Shankar
 
 
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L. Subramaniam in action at a 2003 concert in Chennai.
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L. Subramaniam in action at a 2003 concert in Chennai.

L. Subramaniam (b. July 23, 1947) is an acclaimed Indian violinist, composer and conductor, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition of southern India, and Western classical music, and renowned for his music and compositions in orchestral fusion.

Summary of Career

With over 150 recordings to his credit, he has recorded with Yehudi Menuhin, Stéphane Grappelli, Ruggiero Ricci and many others,[1] in addition to composing symphonys and Carnartic compositions.[1]

He has accompanied some of the most famous names in Carnatic music such as Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar, M. D. Ramanathan, among others. He has performed many concerts with the venerable Palghat Mani Iyer on the Mridangam too, in addition to collaborating with other South Asian artists.[1]

Subramaniam has written works for orchestras and Hollywood film scores, and written books on Carnatic music.[2] His brother is also a well known and acclaimed violinist - L. Shankar.

Subramaniam 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.[1]

Creations with orchestras include ‘Fantasy on Vedic Chant' with the New York Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, ‘Turbulence' with the The Swiss Romande Orchestra, ‘The Concert of Two Violins' with The Oslo Philharmonic, and ‘Global Symphony with the The Berlin Opera among others.[2]

Throughout his career he has won several awards, and received a Grammy nomination in 1981. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988 and Padma Bhushan in 2001.

The renowned violinist 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.”[1]

Personal life

Born into a Tamil musical family, "Mani," as he is fondly known to fellow musicians, gave his first public performance at the tender age of six. Both his father, V. Lakshminarayana, and his mother, V. Seethalakshmi were accomplished musicians. He acquired a doctorate in Medicine, but chose to remain a violinist by profession. He was married to Viji Subramanian (who passed away on February 9, 1995) and is now married to the popular Indian playback singer Kavita Krishnamoorthy (Nov 1999)

Selected discography

  • 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
  • Le Violon de l'Inde du Sud
  • L. Subramaniam - In Concert
  • Shree Priya
  • Global Fusion

Selected filmography

Composer

Soloist

On Subramaniam

  • 1999 - L. Subramaniam: Violin From the Heart. Directed by Jean Henri Meunier.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e L. Subramaniam: Short Biography. Sampad (February 2005). Retrieved on 20 February, 2007.
  2. ^ a b L. Subramaniam: Official Site. Official Site. Retrieved on 20 February, 2007.

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