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Indian vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyan can be partially credited with the late-'80s resurgence of the popularity of the South Indian classical vocal music called carnatic, due in part to his great knowledge of the tradition and his impressive voice. His musical training, which he began at seven, was initially in violin, during which he was also introduced to the foundations of carnatic music. However, after an accident impaired his ability to play the violin, he moved to singing at age 14, taking lessons for seven years from his great aunt, Smt. Rukmini Rajagopalan, an important Indian voice teacher. Though Subrahmanyan performed around the globe, introducing much of the world to carnatic music (2000's Kutcheri Live in the USA or 2004's December Season 2001, recorded in India, both capture the power of his live shows), he also continued his work as an accountant in his home country the entire time. In 2003 he released Tillai: Compositions of Gopalakrishna Bharat, followed by Tunga Tarange...On the Banks Of in 2004.
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Sanjay Subrahmanyan (born January 21, 1968) is a Carnatic music singer from India. He performed in many concerts in India and overseas and has won many awards for his excellence. He believes that listening takes a musician closer to perfection.He is very simple and very open. He is a strong cricket fan.
Early life and background
Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He began learning music at the age of seven. Initial training was under V. Lakshminarayana on the violin as well as in vocal music. He later switched to vocal music and was trained by Rukmini Rajagopalan for a period of almost eight years. His skills were further sharpened under Calcutta K.S Krishnamurthy and the training under him led to innovations and blending of tradition and modernity. Sanjay continues to learn from Nadaswaram maestro Semponarkoil SRD Vaidyanathan.
Career
Sanjay teaches music as well, and has many successful students such as Prashanth Viswanathan, Swarna Rethas, Sandeep Narayan, and Prasanna Venkatraman in the contemporary music field.
Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been the subject of documentary film Aaraar aasaippadaar by filmmaker Prasanna Ramaswamy. It opened to rave reviews in November 2006 in Chennai.
He has performed with excellence and has enthralled the music loving audiences in Chennai as well as in Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Delhi and other places all over India. He has toured Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, US, Canada, UK, Switzerland and Oman.
