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Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam - Carnatic Vocal / MITHAS
Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam - Carnatic Vocal
with Avaneeswaram Vinu on Violin
Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam is an 'A' grade artiste with the All India Radio. She has performed in the prestigious Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan Concerts and sings regularly over the Chennai Station of All India Radio.
Born in a family with a rich musical heritage, started her training in Carnatic Music at the age of five under the tutelage of Shri K. Padmanabhan, a disciple of Harikesanallur Shri Muthiah Bhagavathar from the Swati Tirunal Academy, Trivandrum.. Her keen sense in grasping musical nuances was evident from a young age. A captivating, melodious and rich voice, good control on rhythm, diction and bhava have earned her noteworthy attention in the music field.
Under the guidance of guru Sangeeta Bhushanam Shri K Krishnaswamy of Annamalai University, Vijayalakshmy learnt detailed aspects of manodharma sangita or improvisation. Vijayalakshmy further honed her skills under the guidance of eminent Vidwans Shri S.Rajam, Shri T.R.Subramaniam and Shri V.R.Krishnan. Vijayalakshmy enhanced her proficiency for classicism and developed into a musician with a vivid sense of proportion, as evident in her concerts and the rousing reviews that her concerts attract.
Appearing in her first concert at the age of twelve, Vijayalakshmy has an impressive record of performance with several concerts in India and abroad. Vijayalakshmy performed at the prestigious Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival, April 2006 and gave a number of concerts in various places in the United States of America, the Nehru Center in London (U.K), and has also toured widely performing in Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, France,United Arab Emirates, Germany and Switzerland. She participated in the Asia Pacific Music Festival in New Zealand in 1992. She is a serious researcher of music and has been invited to conduct many workshops by prestigious institutions like the University of Cambridge, UK, Victoria Academy, Wellington, World Vocal Music Festival and the International Musicological Society, Australia SahityaPriya, Tulasivana Puraskaram, Sangeetha Shikhamani and Gaana Seva Rathnam are some of the awards conferred on Vijayalakshmy. The intense training under eminent gurus like Sangita Bhushanam Sri K. Krishnaswamy, Prof. T.R. Subramaniam, Sri V. R. Krishnan, Sangita Kala Acharya Sri S. Rajam and her uncle Sri S. Balachander and the constant encouragement and dedication of her family has been instrumental in shaping Vijayalakshmy into the fine artist she is today.
Avaneeswaram Vinu is a Grade A artist of AIR,Trivandrum. In his very first appearance at the senior slot in the Madras music academy he won two awards as the Best Violinist - Lalgudi.V.R.Gopala Iyer award and Lalgudi Jayaraman award in the years 2004 and 2005.
Avaneeswaram Vinu hails from a family of musicians. He had his initial training from his father, Shri. Avaneeswaram .N. Ramachandran, the famous musician and retired principal of R.L.V. College Thripunithura. Later he continued his training under the violin maestro Shri. Mysore .M. Nagaraj.
Vinu holds a Ganabhooshanam diploma and Gana Praveena post diploma from Sree Swathithirunal College of Music, Trivandrum. Vinu is a regular performer in the Navarathri Mandapam in Trivandrum Palace. He has participated in the Akashavani Sangeetha Sammelan programmes.
Vinu has quietly established himself as a leading accompanist and has provided accompaniment to artistes like Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna, Dr.K.J.Yesudas. Madurai. Shri.T.N.Sheshagopalan, Shri. T.V.Sankaranarayanan, Dr .N. Ramani, Shri. Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Shri. Sanjay Subramaniam, Shri.Thrissur.V.Ramachandran, T.K.Govindrao, Shri T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Shri. Ravikiran , Smt. Sudha Raghunathan, Smt. Sowmya, Smt.Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam,Smt.Bombay.Jayasree,Bombay Sisters and several eminent artists.
Date: 09/21/2008
Location: Wong Auditorium, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Time: 4:00 pm
Cost: Non-members/General Admission- $ 20
Seniors & Existing Members - $15
Non-MIT Students- $ 10
New Members* & MIT Students- FREE
Contact: 617.258.7971
Web: www.mithas.org
Email: mithas@mit.edu
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