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The Nataraj Cultural Centre proudly supported by the Arts Centre presents the world-renowned violin virtuoso L Subramaniam and son Ambi Subramaniam, a child prodigy like his father, in a rare double-bill with the north Indian classical singer Kalapini Komkali.
Dr Subramaniam is re­cognised in his own country as ‘Emperor among violinists' (Violin Chakravarty). In  the West, Subramaniam is best known as one of the foremost composers of East-West orchestral music and as a superb Jazz fusion artist, having worked with some of the leading jazz artists like Herbie Hancock and Stephane Grappelli. He is equally at home with Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar  and Ali Akbar Khan, with whom he h...

The Nataraj Cultural Centre proudly supported by the Arts Centre presents the world-renowned violin virtuoso L Subramaniam and son Ambi Subramaniam, a child prodigy like his father, in a rare double-bill with the north Indian classical singer Kalapini Komkali.
Dr Subramaniam is re­cognised in his own country as ‘Emperor among violinists' (Violin Chakravarty). In  the West, Subramaniam is best known as one of the foremost composers of East-West orchestral music and as a superb Jazz fusion artist, having worked with some of the leading jazz artists like Herbie Hancock and Stephane Grappelli. He is equally at home with Yehudi Menuhin, Ravi Shankar  and Ali Akbar Khan, with whom he has  collaborated.
He has written for the New York Philharmonic and the Kirov Symphony Orchestra. He wrote the musical score for the film Salaam Bombay  and was musical adviser for Peter Brook's production of the 9-hour Indian epic The Mahabharata, which toured Australia in ‘88. His renderings of traditional Carnatac ragas and compositions of the three famous religious composers of Southern India have left audiences spell-bound and critics in raptures.
With her beautiful voice and almost perfect pitch, Kalapini Komkali has a distinguished place among the younger contemporary singers. Her classical songs are both romantic and devotional. She chooses songs with very lively and playful language. She had her training from her mother Vasundra and father, the great Kumar Gandharva. She is the inheritor of a noble style of singing bequeathed by her famous father, Kumar Gandharva, who sang Mahatma Gandhi' favourite hymn, " Raghupati Raja Ram", sung at his daily prayer meetings.
 
"I find nothing more inspiring than the music-making of my very great colleague Dr Laxminaryan Subramaniam."- Yehudi  Menuhin