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Lakshminarayana Global Music
Festival
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L. Subramaniam and the late Viji Subramaniam as a tribute
to Dr. Subramaniam's father and guru Professor V. Lakshminarayana
launched the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival in 1992.
Professor V. Lakshminarayana belonged to the Guru-Shishya
Parampara (Master-Disciple Tradition) of Sri Baluswamy Dikshitar,
who is believed to have introduced the violin to the Indian
Tradition.
The Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival is unique because
it is the only festival where eminent artists from around
the globe perform on the same stage. Different cultural traditions
blend harmoniously to spread the message of peace. The Lakshminarayana
Global Music Festival has been held in India, the United States,
Germany in conjunction with the Berlin Festival, Sri Lanka,
Norway and. It has featured musicians from countries including:
Baluchistan, China, Cuba, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India,
Iran, Ivory Coast, Japan, Norway, Pakistan, Russia, Sweden,
Senegal, UK and USA. Artists who have participated in the
Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival include: Steven Seagal,
Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Ustad Allah Rakha,
Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Arve Tellefsen, Pandit Ram Narayan,
Ghulam Ali, Malavika Sarukai, Roar Engelberg, Iver Klieve,
and Christian Eggen.
In 1997, the Lakshminarayana International award was instituted.
The first award was given to Lord Yehudi Menuhin and
was presented by The President of India, His Excellency Sri
K. R. Narayanan. The other artists who received this award
are Pandit V. G. Jog in 1999, Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa
Iyer in 2001, Smt. M.S. Subbalakshmi in 2002 ,Jean
Luc Ponty in 2003, Pt Jasraj in 2004, Al Jarreau,
George Duke, Stanley Clarke and Arve Tellefsen in 2005,
Ivry Gitlis and Pt Birju Maharaj in 2006.
So far LGMF
has been conducted in the following countries.
AUSTRALIA, BAHRAIN,
DUBAI, FRANCE, GERMANY, INDIA , KUWAIT , MALAYSIA, MAURITIUS,
NORWAY, POLAND, QATAR, Re Union ISLAND, ROMANIA, SINGAPORE,
SRILANKA , SWITZERLAND and USA.
The Government
of India released a Commemorative Postage Stamp on Prof. V.
Lakshminarayana as a tribute for his contribution to the World
of Music.
Date of Issue April 14th, 2004.
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Polska Filharmonia Sinfonia Baltica (Baltica Symphony orchestra
)conducted by maestro Bohdan Jarmolowicz
2006
Ivry Gitlis (France), Pt Birju Maharaj , Miguel Czachowski
(Poland), Jan Kubek (Poland), Ulrika Nilsson (Sweden) and
Anna Schulze (Sweden).
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Arn with Oslo Camerata Orchestra, Al Jarreau,
George Duke, Stanley Clarke , Earl Klugh and Ravi Coltrane.
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Stanley Clarke, George Duke,
Pandit Jasraj, Ustad Sultan Khan and many others. |
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Jean Luc Ponty, Billy
Cobham, Stian Carstensen,
Frode Haltli, Ingebrigt
Haaker Flaten, Kavita Krishnamurti
Subramaniam , Seetaa
Subramaniam |
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2002
Pt. Ram Narayan,
Roar Engelberg,
Stein-Erik Olsen, Astrid
Van Helden, Lourdes Pfeiffer,
Kavita Krishnamurti |
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2001
Steven Seagal,Chris Rhynes,Ray Brinker,Premik
Russel Tubbs,Jerry Watts,Gundecha Brothers, Astrid Van Helden,Sanjay
Subrahmanyam,Mahesh Krishnamurthy |
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2000
Kavita Krishamurthi,Larry Corryel,Lucky Ali |
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1999
Tom Roy Neilsen,Kim Menzer,Iver Klieve,Knut
Reiersrud,Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,Zhang Zhulian,Seetaa Subramaniam,Sanjay
Wandrekar,Dominic Fernandes,Anandan Sivamani,Vikku Vinakaram,K.
Sekar,K. Gopinath,R.Yogaraja |
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1998
Arve Telefsen,Christian Eggen,Solo Cissokho,Sinnika
Langeland,Abdorahaman Surizehi,Kristen Skjolaas,Javed Afsari
Rad,Marcus Svennson,Micklaus Roswall |
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1997
Ustad Bismillah Khan and ensemble,Veena Doraiswamy Iyengar,Tone
Hulbaekmo,Hans Fredric Jacobsen,Daniel Due Tonesson,Torgeir
Straand,Guro Adnesgard Skaastard,Dariel Peres Carrero,David
Echiveira Martinez,Sadio Cissokho,Sekou Keita,M.Lalitha,M.Nandini |
Important
Concerts:
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1999 |
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15th Royce Hall, Los Angeles CA, USA |
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August
7th- Chowdaiah Hall, Bangalore, India |
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January
11th - Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference
Hall. |
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| April
14th San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Houston,
TX, USA |
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April
25th Washington DC |
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| January
3rd, Music Academy, Chennai, India |
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Tampa,
FL, USA |
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May
1st Houston, TX |
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Columbia,
OH, USA |
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May
8th Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Atlanta,
Georgia, USA |
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May
16th Boston, MA Berklee Performance Centre
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Seattle,
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June
20th Chicago,
IL (Chicago Symphony Hall). |
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Phoenix,
Arizona, USA |
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December
31st Necklace Road, Hyderabad, India |
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Austin,
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December 10th Strand Theatre, New Jersey, USA
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Boston,
MA, USA |
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27th
Jan - Music Academy, Chennai, India |
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