Fondly known as Ambi by all, Lakshminarayana Subramaniam has already, at the age of twelve, begun to follow in the footsteps of his father Dr. L. Subramaniam. He gave his first performance at the age of seven and has already performed in India and abroad. He was part of a special performanc e at the Gateway of India in 2003, featuring the violin greats Dr. L. Subramaniam and Jean Luc Ponty. Ambi plays Western and Karnatic violin with equal ease. Ambi has begun accompanying his father for Karnatic concerts including a concert at the prestigious Dussehra Festival at the Mysore Palace and during the Centenary Celebration of the Banglaore Gayana Samaj. Ambi was recently chosen to represent South Indian Music at a Special Concert at the Sathya Sai Auditorium where there was a satellite link to Carnegie Hall with performers exchanging musical ideas from both sides.na and V. Seethalakshmi were the driving force behind their son and the reason he chose a life in music.