Karaikudi S. Subramanian

In this Indian name, the name Sambasiva Iyer is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Subramanian.
Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer Subramanian
Background information
Born (1944-10-23) 23 October 1944 (age 79)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
GenresCarnatic music
Occupation(s)Music educationist
Instrument(s)Saraswati veena
Websitehttp://www.brhaddhvani.com

Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer Subramanian (born 23 October 1944) is a veena player in the Karaikudi Veena Tradition.[1][2] He is the grandson of Karaikudi Subbarama Iyer and adoptive son of Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer.

Karaikudi Subramanian has been designated the title "Top-Grade artist" by All India Radio and has performed numerous radio concerts as well as live concerts at various venues around the world.[3][4] He has performed with fellow veena player Ranganayaki Rajagopalan and his sister Rajeswari Padmanabhan, both disciples of Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer. He has also accompanied artists such as flutist T. Viswanathan and vocalist K. V. Narayanaswamy.[5] Furthermore, he has engaged in cross cultural performances with prominent musicians of other genres such as the Irish fiddler Martin Hayes and the Finnish composer Eero Hämeenniemi.[6]

Subramanian later turned his focus to education, exploring ways to make music accessible to everyone regardless of their background. In 1989, he founded the institute 'Brhaddhvani – Research and Training Centre for Musics of the World' in Chennai. A few years later, as a result of his vigorous training with Karaikudi Sambasiva Iyer and his own research at Wesleyan University and later at Brhaddhvani, he developed a pedagogic system of music learning called 'Correlated Objective Music Education and Training' (COMET).

  1. ^ Wolf, Richard K (1991). "Style and Tradition in Karaikkudi Vina Playing". Asian Theatre Journal. 8 (2): 118–141. doi:10.2307/1124539. JSTOR 1124539.
  2. ^ K, Richard K. (2013). "South India: Ranganayaki Rajagopalan – Continuity in the Karaikudi Vina Style". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
  3. ^ "Lunchtime Concert – Karaikudi S. Subramanian – Veena". Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.
  4. ^ "SYDINDISK KLASSISK MUSIK". PAPAYA.
  5. ^ Berlin, Gabriele; Simon, Artur; Karaikudi, S. Subramanian (2009). "Continuity and Change in Music Tradition in Contemporary South India – A Case Study of Brhaddhvani". Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung (Music Archiving in the World).
  6. ^ "Karaikudi Subramanian, Matthew Noone and Martin Hayes @ Masters of Tradition". The Journal of Music.