The city-based Subramaniams are a family of six musicians, including four-year-old Mahati, who perform all over the world. Recently, the family came together on stage for a smashing performance during the alumni meeting celebrations of Mount Carmel College.
The Subramaniams - Dr. Subramaniam with wife Kavitha Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Bindu, Dr. Narayana, Ambi, and Mahati (daughter of Bindu) – came together to present a smashing performance that left the the audiences awestruck.
Ambi Subramaniam said that Ms. Bolar of Innisfree House School, an alumna of Mount Carmel College, had thought of the family performing together on stage after seeing little Mahati sing at home. “The proceeds from the concert will go to fund women’s higher education and old age homes across Bengaluru,” he said.
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Renowned violinist L. Subramaniam may have trained 500 'shishyas' in Western and Carnatic classical music around the world. He had received the Rama Gana Kala Acharya Award from the Chamarajpet Ramaseva Mandali last year, but his family members are also amongst his students, including his four-year-old granddaughter Mahati who is into vocals.
As the little one started the concert with “Shakti Sahita Ganapathim” accompanied by her grand-father Dr. Subramaniam on the violin, she was cheerfully greeted by the audience and soon joined by Bindu and Ambi for a fusion of Western and Carnatic.
Dr. Narayana collaborated with mother Kavitha for a medley of old film hits. The family's fitting finale was with Dr. Subramaniam's composition, “Motherland” where all the members participated as they explored and improvised on Naatte raga in song and play.
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Dr. Subramaniam has a master’s in Western Classical music and trained in Carnatic music by his father, Violinist M. Lakshminarayana. “My father trained me since I was three-years-old, and fittingly Mahati too has held the mike for the past one year now. We hope the melodic inheritance will continue forever,” says Dr. Subramaniam.