Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival
06 August 2004
The Lakshminarayana Global
Music Festival had come to Western Australia for the first time.
The festival of fusion music featured some of the most popular
names in Indian music, such as Dr. L. Subramaniam on the violin,
and singing sensation Kavita Krishnamurthy.
Founded by renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam in 1992, in memory of his late father, Professor V. Lakshminarayana, the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festivals held annually and has been hosted by India, the United States, Germany in conjunction with the Berlin Festival, Sri Lanka, Norway and other countries. The festival has seen the coming together of the finest musicians from all around the globe.
The festival is the only global music festival where eminent artists around the world share the stage in a mélange of cultural and musical traditions. In the past, the festival had featured collaborative works of L. Subramaniam, his wife Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Steven Seagal, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Stanley Clarke, Pandit Jasraj , Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty, Miya Masaoka, Chris Rhyne, Ghulam Ali, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Roar Engelberg and others.
The tour which culminated in Malaysia, was presented by The Temple of Fine Arts International. The tour had presented a 14-member fusion orchestra by some of the world’s best musicians. Utilising a plethora of instrumentation such as the Indian violin, sarangi, bass guitar and keyboards, the show came together as an exciting package, that comprised of the finest fusion of artists and their music, that reached out to cultural audiences in Western Australia.
Artists from Temple of Fine Arts had the opportunity to accompany Dr. L. Subramaniam, his troupe and Kavita Krishnamurthy to Singapore and Malaysia as a part of the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival. The Temple of Fine Arts was given the opening act for the evening, and at other times accompanied the mellifluous voice of Kavita Krishnamurthy, through movement - as she churned out her Bollywood hits.
Founded by renowned violinist Dr. L. Subramaniam in 1992, in memory of his late father, Professor V. Lakshminarayana, the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festivals held annually and has been hosted by India, the United States, Germany in conjunction with the Berlin Festival, Sri Lanka, Norway and other countries. The festival has seen the coming together of the finest musicians from all around the globe.
The festival is the only global music festival where eminent artists around the world share the stage in a mélange of cultural and musical traditions. In the past, the festival had featured collaborative works of L. Subramaniam, his wife Kavita Krishnamurthy Subramaniam, Steven Seagal, Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Stanley Clarke, Pandit Jasraj , Billy Cobham, Jean Luc Ponty, Miya Masaoka, Chris Rhyne, Ghulam Ali, Pandit Anindo Chatterjee, Roar Engelberg and others.
The tour which culminated in Malaysia, was presented by The Temple of Fine Arts International. The tour had presented a 14-member fusion orchestra by some of the world’s best musicians. Utilising a plethora of instrumentation such as the Indian violin, sarangi, bass guitar and keyboards, the show came together as an exciting package, that comprised of the finest fusion of artists and their music, that reached out to cultural audiences in Western Australia.
Artists from Temple of Fine Arts had the opportunity to accompany Dr. L. Subramaniam, his troupe and Kavita Krishnamurthy to Singapore and Malaysia as a part of the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival. The Temple of Fine Arts was given the opening act for the evening, and at other times accompanied the mellifluous voice of Kavita Krishnamurthy, through movement - as she churned out her Bollywood hits.