L. Subramaniam and Global Fusion: Carnatic, African, Arabic and Japanese Blends in 2012! – Madanmohan Rao Talks about the Fusion Music Festival.
18 Wednesday Jan 2012
The world music circuit in India for 2012 kicked off in fine style with the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, starting off in Bangalore and then moving on to Chennai, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune, Trivandrum and Kollam through the month of January. The Bangalore concert on a Saturday evening was also followed by a workshop the following Sunday morning, a real treat!
As part of a 20-year tradition, violin maestro L.Subramaniam brought musicians from around the world for a treat of world music dialogues and jam. The annual concert series is a tribute to his late father, the legendary violinist V. Lakshminarayana.
Madan Mohan Rao reviews the fusion concert for worldmusiccentral.org