Vocalist Sanjay Subrahmanyam Awarded 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi Award

Renowned south Indian classical vocalists Sanjay Subrahmanyam has been awarded with prestigious 2015 Sangita Kalanidhi award. The prestigious award was bestowed upon him by renowned mathematician Manjul Bhargava at 89th annual conference of the Madras Music Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Subrahmanyam became seventh artistes to be presented with this award before completing 50 years of age.

Sanjay Subrahmanyam

  • By profession he is Charted Accountant but in 2000 became full-time musician.
  • He had started performing Carnatic music from 1987.
  • He was conferred with Gaana Padhmam (2013), Vani Kala Sudhakara (2010) and the title Kalaimamani by Tamil Nadu Government (2006) etc.

Sangita Kalanidhi

  • It is a prestigious award bestowed annually upon an expert of Carnatic Music by the Madras Music Academy.
  • The award’s name has been derived from Sanskrit which means treasure of Music and art in English.
  • This honour is considered one of the highest awards in Carnatic music.

 


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