Anayampatti G VENKATASUBRAMANIAN

Early Life: Venkatasubramanian was born in an illustrious family of great musical lineage. His Grandfather is Sri Jalatharangam K Subbaiyer, the Great Jalatharangam maestro and also Asthana Vidwan of the then Mysore Samasthanam and his uncle Anayampatti Sri S Dandapani, a great Jalatharangam and Violin Vidwan. His father Anayampatti Sri S Ganesan, a renowned Vocal, Violin and Jalatharangam Vidwan. He started learning Violin from his father at the age of 7. In 1992 he came under the tutelage of great Violin Maestro Parur Sri M. S. Anantharaman and obtained Govt. of India Cultural Scholarship for advance training in violin (1998 to 2000). He also learnt from Parur M A Krishnaswamy. Venkatasubramanian is now under the tutelage of Parur Sri M A Professional Life: He holds a Master’s Degree in Music- from University of Madras He is an “A”- Grade Artist of All India Radio & Doordarshan He has given many violin duet concerts with his father and with his Guru. He has been accompanying on the violin for his father in his Jalatharangam concerts. He has also performed violin concerts with his gurus: • Brahmasri Vidwan Parur Sri M.S.Anantharaman • Vidwan Sri M.A.Sundareswaran • Vidwan Sri M.A.Krishnaswamy He is a regular performer of All India Radio & Doordarshan and gave many other private audio and video recordings both in India and abroad He also accompanies vocal stalwarts such as: • Thiruvengadu Sri A Jayaraman • Clarinet Sri A.K.C Natarajan • Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan • Kadri Sri Gopalnath • Neyveli Sri Santhanagopalan • Sri O.S. Thyagarajan • Sikkil Sisters Smt Neel & Smt Kunjumani • Bombay Sisters Smt Saroja and Smt Lalitha • Sri Kunnakudi M Balamuralikrishna He has also played along with Mridangam stalwarts such as • Mahavidwan Sri Dr. T.K.Murthy • MahaVidwan Sri Guruvayur Dorai • Vidwan Sri Trichy Sankaran • Vidwan Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao • Vidwan Sri Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam Foreign performance trips: • He visited France with his Father to accompany him for his Jalatharangam programme in an International Music Festival, Paris 2006. • Visited Australia with Sri Maharajapuram Ramachandran in 2007 for a performance • Visited Sri Lanka along with Bengaluru Vidwan T.V.Ramprasadh for ICCR in 2014 Awards & Recognition: Some of the awards and recognitions received by him include • Music Competition - 1st Prize from The Music Academy, Chennai (1996) • Best Concert Accompanist prize from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai (1999 and 2010) • Best Accompanist Award from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha (Dec 2005) • Blessed by The Acharyas of Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam as the “Asthana Vidwan” in 2006. • Best Concert Prize from The Music Academy, Chennai • Received VANI KALA NIPUNA from Sri Thyagabhramma Gana Saba “VaniMahal”- in August 2024.