Restless performs with son Ambi at The Times of India Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival

He weaves magic with the violin, plucking the chords with ease and seamlessly moving the bow, tugging at heart strings all the time. On Wednesday evening, Dr L Subramaniam cast a spell on city’s music connoisseurs at The Times of India Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, held at a city auditorium.
Be it the conversation, Restless, played to perfection along with son Ambi, or jamming with Froy Aagre on the saxophone, the maestro knew how to keep the audience engaged.Few in the city have seen a performance where the musician uses multiple bows to play the violin once the conversation reaches a crescendo. DSR Murti was a delight on the mridangam. So was Preetam Koilpillai on the piano. “This is a privilege for me, I hope you like this,” said Froy, before her solo number, You and me, on the sax. And when she was joined by Bindu with her jazz number, Baby I am a fool, it was sheer magic.
Kavita Krishnamurti Subramanian is well-loved in the city — the loud applause as she took to the stage was testimony to this as was the warm reception after she rendered the Meera bhajan, Jo tum toro piya, mein na tore and her malhar-based song, Badal barse. The young and always smiling Ambi was a treat. Be it his playing in sync with Alwyn Fernandes on the guitar or being in perfect musical harmony with Sathyasai on the morsing, the lad surely impressed all. His solo, Watch your step, was proof of his musical talent. A dream-like lull followed as L Subramaniam performed his number, Walking in a dream. Bad miss for those who couldn’t make it to the concert!