V SUBRAMANIAM

[KNV1955]

Vidwan V Subramaniam (79 Years) mama died of heart attack today morning. A thorough gentleman. Virtually worshiped his Guru Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer. A great devotee of Sringeri Sankaracharya. Personally a sad day for me & my family. May his soul rest in rest in peace.

KNV

[venkatakailasam]

sad to learn

RIP

[PUNARVASU]

Very sad news. I have heard so many concerts of Shri SSI and Shri Subramaniam, Shri Palai Ramachandran and Shri PSN were always there singing with him.
Heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and his near and dear.

[pattamaa]

very sad, this year has been most cruel so far, another 6 weeks to go, not sure what else is in store

For SSI, there were two tanpuras in the form of V.Subramanyam and Palai Ramachandran in his concerts....

[Rsachi]

KNV,
Condolences to the family.
RIP

[thanjavooran]

A very sad news.
Heartfelt condolences to his family and friends and his near and dear.
Thanjavooran
12 11 2013

[Ramasubramanian M.K]

Very shocking news--a good friend of our family.As recently as in August,I saw him.Good Teacher and preserver of the SSI bani.A great devotee of Sringeri Shankaracharya. He and his wife are active members of the Music Academy

RIP. Condolences to the family.

[rshankar]

Condolences to the family! May his soul RIP. 79 is so young -

[rajeshnat]

Condolences to his family and his performing disciples. I have attended few of his lecdems and last year had a chance to hear his concert. He has also tuned few numbers especially on Sringeri deity

[mahavishnu]

Sincere condolences. I am shocked to hear this.

Sri V Subrahmaniam participated in the rasikas.org interactive session with Sri Trichy Sankaran. His questions and insights that day were extremely valuable. During that conversation, he expressed that he had not had the good fortune of Sri Sankaran's accompaniment despite having shared the stage with him when he was singing backup vocals for SSI on hundreds of occasions. IIRC, the very next season, VS and TS performed together!

Sri VS was a treasure trove of musical knowledge, a great teacher and person deeply devoted to his musical guru (SSI) and spiritual guru (Sringeri Acharya).

He was a very good friend of our family. I always enjoyed running into him at the Music Academy during the season where he was a regular presence. He was always courteous, generous and he would even sometimes ask a nobody like me what I thought of the concert. I remember telling him on some random occasion that I liked Western Classical music. And when Zubin Mehta performed the Tsunami relief concert at the academy (2005), he sent me his personal ticket!

He breathed music and you could always catch him humming a ragam (he does an amazing hemavati). A sharp critic but a very kind soul. His presence in the great halls of the academy will be sorely missed. I will miss him personally a great deal.

Sincerely,

Ramesh Balasubramaniam
Livermore, California.

[vs_manjunath]

Sincere Condolences to the family. Pray almighty for the departed soul to rest in peace.

[mahavishnu]

Here is VS mama singing Swati Tirunal's janani mAmava in bhairavi (with MS Anantharaman & UKS).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkVntoS_nFk

[badari]

Sincere Condolences to the family. May his soul rest in peace

[visakhan]

Very Sad to note the sudden demise of Sri. V. Subramaniam Disciple of Semmangudi Mama.
My Sincere Condolences to the family. I Pray the Almighty for the departed soul to rest in peace.

[rajeshnat]

tribute to shri V Subramaniam
http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday ... 379189.ece

[rshankar]

Beautifully written by Sriram, as always.