Dr. L. Subramaniam, renowned in his field, is a violinist, composer, and creator of the Global Fusion concept. He has performed and recorded Carnatic Classical Music, Western Classical Music, composed for and conducted orchestras, scored for films, and also collaborated with a wide range of some of the greatest musicians from different genres of music. Dr. Subramaniam completed his MBBS from Madras Medical College and has been awarded many honorary doctorates for his contributions to the field of music. He completed his thesis on Raga and Harmony, and received his PhD. He is also the founder and director of the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF), the biggest global music festival in India, and the Subramaniam Academy of Performing Arts (SaPa), a premier institute for musical education. He co-founded, with his wife Kavita Krishnamurti Subramaniam, the Lakshminarayana Global Centre of Excellence (LGCE). The LGCE, in collaboration with Jain University & Vishwakarma University, offers Music Honors degrees. He has collaborated extensively with other illustrious musicians such as Stéphane Grappelli, Ruggiero Ricci, Jean-Pierre Rampal and Yehudi Menuhin.