Sanjay Subrahmanyan
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| Background information | |
| Born | 21 January 1968 |
| Origin | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Genres | Carnatic music – Indian Classical Music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 1987– |
Sanjay Subrahmanyan (born 21 January 1968) is a Carnatic vocalist from India. He was awarded the title of Sangita Kalanidhi by the Madras Music Academy in December 2015. This is the highest honour that can be bestowed on a Carnatic musician and Sanjay Subrahmanyan is one of ten musicians who have been bestowed this honour before they turned 50 years of age.
Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (India).
Sanjay Subrahmanyan began learning music in the year 1976, when he was just eight years old. After learning to play the violin from V. Lakshminarayana and vocals from his aunt late Sukanya Swaminathan, he proceeded to learn Carnatic vocal music from Rukmini Rajagopalan for a period of almost eight years, until 1988. From the year 1989, his skills were further sharpened by the renowned guru, Calcutta K. S. Krishnamurthi (KSK). It is during this phase, which lasted until KSK’s demise in 1999, that he started first developing and then mastering an innovative style of singing that blended tradition and modernity.
In this phase of his musical journey, Sanjay Subrahmanyan continued to pursue two parallel careers; as a musician and as a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant. However, in the year 2000, he decided to step back from these parallel careers and chose, instead, to focus fully on establishing himself as a professional musician.
It was during this period that Sanjay Subrahamanyan, along with several of his young contemporaries founded the Youth Association of Carnatic Music (YACM). YACM was created for the purpose of promoting Carnatic music amongst the youth, and provided a platform for young Carnatic musicians to showcase their talents.
Sanjay Subrahmanyan continued to study from the nadaswaram (or, nagaswaram) maestro Semponarkoil S. R. D. Vaidyanathan from the year 2002, until the latter's demise in 2013.
In this period, Sanjay Subrahmanyan started to explore vivadi (dissonant) ragas. He sang ragam-tanam-pallavis in Hindusthani ragas. He explored several rare raga-s that are not often sung in concerts.
Today, Sangita Kalanidhi Sanjay Subrahmanyan has created a unique style of his own
He has toured countries such as Malaysia, Australia, USA, Canada, Singapore, Indonesia, Switzerland, Europe, Dubai, Spain, France,Oman,Bahrain.
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