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Accolades and praise sit lightly on the shoulders of Ambi Subramaniam, who at the age of nineteen already has a number of major accomplishments under his belt.

 

His greatest musical inspiration remains his father and guru Dr. L. Subramaniam, with whom he tours the world, giving solo and duet performances. Ambi gave his first performance at the tender age of seven and has already performed in several venues in India and abroad.

 

Hailed as the new king of Indian classical violin, Ambi plays Western and Indian violin with equal ease, and has already appeared for the Associated Board Royal School of Music's violin exams and has been ranked first, securing distinctions and special awards. Apart from the violin, Ambi also received distinctions in Piano and Western music theory exams.

 

Ambi was part of a special performance at the Gateway of India in 2003, featuring violin greats Dr. L. Subramaniam and Jean Luc Ponty. He also performed at a special open-air millennium concert on new year's eve 1999 for over two hundred thousand people.

 

Ambi has performed at the prestigious Dussehra Festival at the Mysore Palace, the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, the Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Chicago and at the Centenary Celebration of the Banglaore Gayana Samaj. He has performed with the Orchestra Nationale du Lille, Sinfonia Baltica, Filharmonica du Stadt Sibiu, the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra and the Leipzig Philharmoic Orchestra. Ambi was a featured soloist for the Sounds of India program featuring talented instrumentalists from around the country.