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Sanjay Subrahmanyan (b. Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, January 21, 1968) is a Carnatic music singer from India. Sanjay has performed in many concerts in India and overseas and has won many awards for his excellence. Sanjay has performed with excellence and has enthralled the music loving audiences in Chennai as well as in Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Delhi and other places all over India. He has toured Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, USA, Canada, UK and Oman.

Sanjays Family has many an illusttrious personalities, His dad Burma Shankaran is a brilliant bridge player,his younger brother Shyam(swaminathan) is by qualifaction a Naval Engineer from IIT Kharagpur and an expert Mirudangam player currently in the US, His younger sister Vishalakshi is an expert on the violin and also a proficent Sanskrit Scholar.His patti Rukmini patti was a Genius who just lived a few yards from his old house Sumanth Apartments in Abhiramapuram.His wife Aarthi is also an extremely talented singer who passed out from P.S.Sr.Sec.School(coincidently class mate of Sanjays younger brother in P.S Mylapore)

Sanjay teaches music as well, and has many successful students such as Prashanth Viswanathan, Swarna Rethas, Sandeep Narayan, and Prasanna Venkatraman in the contemporary music field.

Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been the subject of documentary film Aaraar aasaippadaar by filmmaker Prasanna Ramaswamy. It opened to rave reviews in November 2006 in Chennai.

His concert on the 29th December 2008 at the Music Academy, has been considered to be one of the best concerts (critics apparently say it is his peak!!,most rasikas will ignore it) by his rasikas. The crowd for the daily tickets on the morning of his concert was so long that the joke circulating with his rasikas at 4:45 AM when they came to stand in the queue to get the tickets was "Has the US Consulate Shifted to the other end of the Road?". Most of his fans said after the concert that "Sanjay is in the Zone!, Guess we must call him Zone Puri 'Sanjay'! "

Musical training

Sanjay began learning music at the age of seven. Initial training was under V. Lakshminarayana on the violin as well as in vocal music. He later switched to vocal music and was trained by Rukmini Rajagopalan for a period of almost eight years. His skills were further sharpened under Calcutta K.S Krishnamurthy and the training under him led to innovations and blending of tradition and modernity. Sanjay continues to learn from Nadaswaram maestro Semponarkoil SRD Vaidyanathan. His music is greatly influenced by the singer, G. N. Balasubramaniam.

Awards & titles

Sanjay received the prestigious Kalaimamani award from the Tamil Nadu Government for the year 2006.
He is an `A' Grade artiste of All India Radio, Madras
He is the recipient of the Outstanding Junior Musician award from the Annual Conference of the Madras Music Academy.
He received the Spirit of Youth Award for Outstanding Performance from Krishna Gana Sabha under its talent promotion scheme.
He won first prize in the AIR competition held in 1985.
For the period 1987-1988, Sanjay was the recipient of the Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust Scholarship for advanced musical training.
He received the Yuva Kala Bharathi title from Bharat Kalachar, Chennai in 1991.
He received the "Isai Peroli" title from Karthik Fine arts, Chennai in December 2000.
Sanskriti Award from the Sanskriti Prathishthan for performing art in 1997.
Sangeetha Kalasarathy title from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai in December 2006.
Sanjay is a Chartered Accountant and a rank-holding Cost Accountant.

Discography

Title	Contents	Accompaniments
Carnatic vocal	Kanada, Jaganmohini, Khamas, Aahiri, Sankarabharanam, Kapi	Vittal Ramamurthy, Violin; K Arun Prakash, Mridangam
Live concert in Melbourne, Australia	Kalyani, Ramapriya, Sahana ragam, Veera Vasantham, Kuntalavarali, Ragam Thanam Pallavi in Bhairavi. 2 CD set.	Sriramkumar, Violin; K Arunprakash, Mridangam
Rasaanubhavam	Thulasidhala (Mayamalavagowla), Paramapaavani, Ammaraavamma, Gaanaamudapaanam, Saragunapaalimpa, Thillana, Thiruppugazh, Vidajaaladura, & Thikkutheriyada	Sriramkumar, Violin; K Arunprakash, Mridangam
The Magic Of The Trinity (Charsur)	Thyagaraja - Manasa Yetulo / Muthuswami Dikshitar - Geeti Chakra / Shyama Shastri - Palintsu Kamakshi (Madhyamavathi)	Mridangam: K Arunprakash / Violin: S Varadarajan
Blissful Harmony	Upacharamu, Needhaya, Gaana Murthe, Bhajare, Aadiyapaadhathai	Mridangam: K Arunprakash / Violin: Sriramkumar R K
Chakravaham Ragam Thanam Pallavi (Charsur)	Chakravaham RTP	Mridangam: Srimushnam Raja Rao/ Violin: Mysore Manjunath
Sri Nataraja Temple: Ksetra Cidambaram (Charsur)	Slokam - Anandanatana Prakasam, Derisittalavil, Govindarahena Raksitoham, Kanavendamo, Enneramum, Viruttam -thilaisthalam	Mridangam: K Arunprakash / Violin: Sriramkumar R K
Kalyani (Charsur)	karunai kadale, matim dehi, lambodara, paarengum, kanti mati, entati Kuluke	Mridangam: B Ganapathyraman/ Violin: Sriramkumar R K
Ksetra-Kanchi (Charsur)	Devi Brova, Vinayakuni, Kamakshi, Tiruviruttham, Adutanai, Arivil Appittar, Batti Mudalam	Mridangam: K Arunprakash / Violin: Sriramkumar R K
Kutcheri - Live In Concert-Kalakshetra (Charsur)	Kalyani Varnam, Anandanatana Prakasham, Eppadimanam, Sri Chamundeswari, Maramanan, Ragamalika Slokam, Govardhana giri, Mangalam	Mridangam: Trichy Sankaran / Violin: Nagai Muralidharan / Kanjira: G. Harishankar
DVD - December Season 2004 (Charsur)	Todi Varnam, Maakelara, Raamaabhi Raama, Velum Mayilume (Sucharitra), Evari Maata, Ettanai Sonnaalum, Virruttam - Kundram Yendhi, Orutti Maganaai, Karpuram Naarumo, Viruttam - Vizhikkutthunai, NaadiTedi, Mangalam	Violin: Nagai Muralidharan / Mridangam: Karaikudi Mani / Ghatam: V. Suresh
tamizh moovar (Charsur)	Tillai Cidambarame - Kapi Narayani, Annai Janaki - Saveri, Arumarundoru - Kambhoji, Eppadi Manam - Huseni, Kaalai thookki - Yadukulakamobji, Aaraar aasaippadaar - Nadanamakriya	Violin: M.R. Gopinath / Mridangam: Neyveli Venkatesh

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 '''Sanjay Subrahmanyan''' (b. [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]], [[January 21]], [[1968]]) is a [[Carnatic music]] singer from [[India]]. Sanjay has performed in many concerts in India and overseas and has won many awards for his excellence. Sanjay has performed with excellence and has enthralled the music loving audiences in Chennai as well as in Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Delhi and other places all over India. He has toured Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, USA, Canada, UK and Oman.
+Sanjays Family has many an illusttrious personalities, His dad Burma Shankaran is a brilliant bridge player,his younger brother Shyam(swaminathan) is by qualifaction a Naval Engineer from IIT Kharagpur and an expert Mirudangam player currently in the US, His younger sister Vishalakshi is an expert on the violin and also a proficent Sanskrit Scholar.His patti Rukmini patti was a Genius who just lived a few yards from his old house Sumanth Apartments in Abhiramapuram.His wife Aarthi is also an extremely talented singer who passed out from P.S.Sr.Sec.School(coincidently class mate of Sanjays younger brother in P.S Mylapore)
 Sanjay teaches music as well, and has many successful students such as Prashanth Viswanathan, Swarna Rethas, Sandeep Narayan, and Prasanna Venkatraman in the contemporary music field.
 Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been the subject of documentary film ''Aaraar aasaippadaar'' by filmmaker Prasanna Ramaswamy. It opened to rave reviews in November 2006 in Chennai.
+His concert on the 29th December 2008 at the Music Academy, has been considered to be one of the best concerts (critics apparently  say it is his peak!!,most rasikas will ignore it) by his rasikas. The crowd for the daily tickets on the morning of his concert was so long that the joke circulating with his rasikas at 4:45 AM when they came to stand in the queue to get the tickets was "Has the US Consulate Shifted to the other end of the Road?".
+Most of his  fans said after the concert that "Sanjay  is in the Zone!, Guess we must call him Zone Puri 'Sanjay'! "
 ==Musical training==