L. Subramaniam
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L. Subramaniam (b. July 23, 1947 in Madras) is an Indian violinist, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition of southern India, but has dabbled in various other genres: he has recorded with Stéphane Grappelli, Yehudi Menuhin and others, written works for orchestra and film scores, and written books on Carnatic music. His brother is also a well known violinist who goes by the name of Shankar (more accurately L. Shankar).
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.
Born in Sri Lanka into a 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 awarded the Padma Shri in 1988 and Padma Bhushan in 2001.
He was married to Viji Subramanian (who passed away in 1996) and is now married to the popular Indian playback singer Kavita Krishnamoorthy (Nov 1999)
[edit] Films
- 1999 - L. Subramaniam: Violin From the Heart. Directed by Jean Henri Meunier.
