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known as Ambi by all, Lakshminarayana Subramaniam has already, at
the age of twelve, begun to follow in the footsteps
of his father Dr. L. Subramaniam. He gave his first performance at
the age of seven and has already performed in India and abroad.
He was part of a special performance at the Gateway of India in 2003,
featuring the violin greats Dr. L. Subramaniam and Jean Luc Ponty.
He also played at the 50th Birthday celebrations of Spiritual Leader
Mata Amritananda Mayi, where there were representatives from all 191
U.N. member countries and thousands of devotees from around the globe.
He has also performed for Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Saraswati in
Mysore, and for the 70th Birthday of Swami Shantanand Saraswathi in
Malaysia. Ambi also performed at a special open-air millennium concert
on New Year’s Eve 1999, where over two hundred thousand people were
present.
Ambi plays Western and Karnatic violin with equal ease, and has already
appeared for the Associated Board Royal School of Music’s violin exams
and has ranked first, securing distinctions and special awards. Ambi
has completed Grade 8 in violin and Grade 5 in theory. He has also
received distinctions while appearing for Piano and Western Theory
exams.
Ambi has begun accompanying his father for Karnatic concerts including
a concert at the prestigious Dussehra Festival at the Mysore Palace
and during the Centenary Celebration of the Banglaore Gayana Samaj.
Ambi was recently chosen to represent South Indian Music at a Special
Concert at the Sathya Sai Auditorium where there was a satellite link
to Carnegie Hall with performers exchanging musical ideas from both
sides.
Ambi also recently performed for the 3rd Annual Bharatiya Pravasi
Divas closing ceremony.
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