Since I was very small, the organisers were sceptical, especially because there were thousands of people in the audience. He was also playing there and suddenly announced that I would make my debut. When I was six years old, my father wanted me to perform at a temple during a big festival. Tell us about your journey as a violinist.Ī. You became popular as a child prodigy when you made your live performance debut at the age of six. In 1958, we came back to India from Colombo because of the riots in Jaffna. I had to then learn some instrument and finally I got to learn my favourite, the violin. My father started to teach me vocals initially, but then, when I was two years old, I was diagnosed with diphtheria and doctors said I might lose my voice later on. But my elder brother was already doing it, so I was advised to sing. Looking at him play, I was fascinated and wanted to become a violinist. So my father’s dream was to make the Indian violin acceptable and heard in the greatest concert halls.
That was the kind of impression they had. Westerners thought our music was only ethnic or folk, in which we sit on the floor and play. He created a lot of new techniques for the violin to make it globally acceptable. My father wanted to establish the violin as a solo instrument in the international scene, because during his time, violin was an accompaniment. Tell us about your classical music training under his tutelage.Ī. Y ou organise the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival annually to celebrate the musical legacy of your father, V.
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