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Training
 

  - Initial lessons under noted teacher Smt. Rukmini Rajagopalan

  - Disciple of World renowned musician Maestro Lalgudi Jayaraman for vocal music since 1993

  - Repertoire includes over 500 compositions

  - Proficient in various manodharma (creative) aspects such as Ragam Taanam Pallavi, Neraval, Alapana and Kalpana Swarams

  - Selected to participate in a specialized training program on performing techniques under Padmabhushan Lalgudi Jayaraman organized by Indian Foundation for Performing Arts

Honors   

   -       Director and owner of www.vidyasubramanian.com, one of the top ranked private schools for online Carnatic music learning (Google: “online Carnatic class” or “Skype Carnatic”)

   -     2010 Artist Award from Saratoga Arts and New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) under the Saratoga Program for Arts Funding.

   -     Arts grant award in Oct 2009 from Town of Clifton Park's Community Arts and Culture Commission for notable work in promoting culture and music.

   -     SOS (Strategic Opportunity Stipend) Artist Grants from New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Jun and Sep 2009.

   -     Performed for Ragachitram, a program on Indian music, for Queens Public Television. Performance telecast in public television programming in the NY city Metropolitan area. 

   -     Graded Artiste of All India Radio.

   -        Profiled in Albany Times Union, The Record, Courier Journal, The Saratogian and Saratoga Community News newspapers (2009 and 2010). 

   -        Invited lecture at Department of Ethnomusicology, University of California – Santa Barbara and invited concert at RPI, Troy, NY, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

   -       Invited workshop on Indian Classical Music at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.

   -       Essay on Carnatic music selected for a “Top pick Knol Award” by Google.com. 

   -       Recorded professional album under Kalavardhani label.

   -       Interviewed as a special guest on one of South Asia’s leading TV Channels, Sun TV, in their breakfast show in Jan 2006.

   -       Won prestigious music performance competitions conducted by cultural organizations in India such as Madras Music Academy, Mylapore Fine Arts Society, Youth Association for Classical Music and Narada Gana Sabha.

   -       Recipient of awards for the Best performance of the year from VDS Arts Academy, Chennai, India and Indian Fine Arts Society, Chennai, India.

  -       Awarded merit scholarship for Music by Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, Government of India.

   -       Selected to perform in the Youth music talent promotion program conducted by State of Tamil Nadu, India and in the Youth music concert series conducted by the Music Academy, Madras.

 

 

Concert Experience


Performed numerous concerts in various centers in India and the USA, including the December music festival in Chennai, All India Radio and Doordarshan. Performance Venues include:
 The Directorate of Art and Culture, Madras
 Music Academy, Madras
 Kartik Fine arts, Madras
 Brahma Gana Sabha, Madras
 Ganamukundhapriya, Madras
 The Indian fine arts society, Madras
 Mylapore fine arts, Madras
 Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, Madras
 Narada Gana Sabha, Madras
 Kapali fine arts, Madras
 Rasika Ranjani sabha, Madras
 Tirumala Tirupati devasthanams, Madras
 Ramana Kendra, Madras
 Hamsadhwani, Madras
 Satguru Sangeetha samajam, Madurai
 Tamizh Isai sangam, Karaikkudi
 Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana, Ohio

 Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania
 Badarikashrama temple, San Leandro, California
 Sri Lakshmi temple, Ashland, Massachusetts

 Saratoga County Arts council, Saratoga Springs, NY

 Learnquest Academy of Music, Waltham, Massachusetts

 Hindu Temple of Kentucky, Louisville

 Swaralaya, Tampa Bay, FL

 Sangati Center, San Francisco, CA

 India Cultural Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City
 Hindusthani-Karnatik Music circle, New England
 Pallavi, Troy, NY
 University of CA – Santa Barbara – guest lecture in the Ethnomusicology Department
 Thyagaraja music society, Buffalo, New York
 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY - workshop on Carnatic music
 Hindu temple, Malibu, California
 Fine arts association of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona
 Shiva Vishnu temple, Southwest Ranches, Florida

 Srividya Temple, Rush, NY

 Clifton park-Halfmoon Public library, NY

 Podhigai TV, Chennai
 KCSB 91.9 FM in Santa Barbara, California and WRPI 91.5 FM in Troy, New York

 

Academic Background

B. Com, ACA, MBA, Awarded CFA Charter (2006)

Chartered Accountant (India); Awarded Chartered Financial Analyst (Global CFA) charter in 2006.
Gold medalist - All India 2nd rank in Chartered Accountancy final exam in year 2000
MBA in finance from Boston College, USA – recipient of Dean’s merit scholarship
Selected for membership to National business honor society – Beta Gamma Sigma, USA

Sruti                     6 Kattai ("A")