Founded by violin legend Dr. L. Subramaniam and Viji Subramaniam, the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF) into its 31st year in 2022, was initially launched by Bharat Ratna MS Subbulakshmi in 1992. Since its inception, LGMF has hosted some of the biggest names in the music industry including Lord Yehudi Menuhin, Bismillah Khan, Gangubai Hangal, Pandit Jasraj, George Duke, Stanley Clarke, Al-Jarreau, Steven Seagal and Symphony Orchestras. LGMF is the only music festival that has been able to showcase talent from around the world and provide a platform for myriad styles of music; it has presented Indian Classical (Carnatic and Hindustani), Jazz, Rock, Western Classical, Orchestral, Indian Folk, Ghazals, Hindi Film music, and different Classical and Folk styles from five different continents.
The Festival has been held in 55 cities across 20 countries, drawing massive crowds. One such `open to all` concert witnessed a gathering of nearly 200,000 people at the venue, bearing testimony to the popularity of these events.
This year
Dr. L. Subramaniam has been commissioned to write a special composition for the 75th year of India’s Independence celebrations which will be held in different cities in the USA and Europe from August 2022.
The composition – Mahatma Symphony will feature soloist Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam with the orchestra.
The festival director Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam says that the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival will celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav in India and abroad. It begins with the first youth festival of classical music followed by some of the greatest performers featured from India and abroad. On August 6, 2022 the Mahatma Symphony will be premiered in Houston and then performed in different parts of the world followed by a tour in India with a full Symphony orchestra.
Dr. L. Subramaniam will also be releasing a composition Times Must Change to bring in positivity during these difficult times and a hope that the situation will get better going forward.
