Sunday, September 29, 2013
VIJAYALAKSHMY SUBRAMANIAM is
an eminent Carnatic music vocalist. As a student and performer of
classical music for over three decades, she has performed extensively in India
and abroad since the age of twelve. She has conducted numerous workshops and
lecture demonstrations on the various aspects of Carnatic Music. She has
presented papers at international conferences in many countries over the last
decade. She is a serious researcher of music. In June 2007, she brought out a
book “Apoorva Kriti Manjari” – a collection of twenty rare compositions of
the Trinity of Carnatic Music. The book has notations in English and Tamil
by noted musicologist S. Balachander and the audio has been rendered by
Vijayalakshmy. A doctorate in music, Vijayalakshmy was awarded the prestigious
Fulbright Visiting Lecturer Fellowship in 2010. As part of the programme, she
taught the subject ‘An Introduction to Indian Music’ at the Duke University,
North Carolina, USA, as a visiting Fulbright fellow (Aug – Nov 2010).
Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic
Music at the age of five under K. Padmanabhan, a disciple of Harikesanallur
Muthiah Bhagavathar from the Swati Tirunal Academy,Trivandrum.
She learnt detailed aspects of manodharma sangita or
improvisation under the guidance of guru Sangeeta Bhushanam K Krishnaswamy
of Annamalai University. Her gurus also include Vidwans S.Rajam, T. R.
Subramaniam and V. R. Krishnan.
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