Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Background

Sanjay Subrahmanyan was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Career

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.

He learnt from senior Guru Calcutta K.S.Krishnamurthy for 10 years until his demise in 1999.

He then continued to study under Nadaswaram maestro Semponarkoil South. R. Doctorate. Vaidyanathan until the latter"s demise in 2013. Outside of music, Sanjay is an avid cricket fan.

Sanjay teaches music, 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.

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He has performed in Chennai as well as in Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Delhi and other places in India. He has toured Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland and Oman.

Achievements

• He received the prestigious "Sangita Kalanidhi" award for 2015 from the Music Academy. He received the title of "Gaana Padhmam" from the Brahma Gana Sabha in December 2013 He received the title "Vani-kala-sudhakara" from Tyaga Brahma Gana Sabha in 2010. Sanjay received the prestigious Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu Government for the year 2006. He is an "A Top" Grade artiste of All India Radio, Madras He is the recipient of the Outstanding Junior Musician award from the Annual Conference of the Madras Music Academy. He received the Spirit of Youth Award for Outstanding Performance from Krishna Gana Sabha under its talent promotion scheme. He won first prize in the Associated Independent Recording competition held in 1985. Foreign the period 1987–1988, Sanjay was the recipient of the Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust Scholarship for advanced musical training. He received the Yuva Kala Bharathi title from Bharat Kalachar, Chennai in 1991. He received the "Isai Peroli" title from Karthik Fine arts, Chennai in December 2000. Sanskriti Award from the Sanskriti Prathishthan for performing art in 1997. Sangeetha Kalasarathy title from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai in December 2006. Indira Sivasailam Endowment Medal from the Indira Sivasailam Foundation and Music Academy, Chennai on 6 October 2011. Sanjay is a Chartered Accountant and a rank-holding Cost Accountant.