Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival
He started the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival in 1992, to honour the memory of his father Professor V. Lakshminarayana, who passed away in 1990.
The festival has been held across 49 cities in 20 countries and five continents.
Artists have included the Subramaniam family, Al Jarreau, George Duke, Solo Cissokho, Miya Masaoka, Mark O'Connor, Loyko, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Larry Coryell, Arve Tellefsen, Pandit Jasraj, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Corky Siegel .
The festival has centered around special concepts such as Violins for Peace, Visions of India and Sounds of India.
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