Ambi Subramaniam

Ambi Subramaniam (born 5 August 1991 Los Angeles, California, United States) is a violinist, composer, and educator.

[4] He was the three-time winner of the Philomena Thumbochetty Award for Best Western Classical Violinist, and received a golden violin from Sri Jayendra Saraswati when he was 18 years old.

[9] Ambi first sang on stage when he was six years old, and gave his first violin performance at the age of seven in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the Indian Embassy.

[4] He also participated in a virtual exchange program between an audience in New Delhi and one in Carnegie Hall, where he and an American teenage musician discussed cultural and musical differences.

Ambi gave his debut orchestral performance at the age of 15 with the Orchestra Nationale du Lille conducted by Maestro Jean-Claude Cassedesus.

In 2014, he performed at the Madison Square Garden, as part of the events accompanying Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech to the Indian American community.

[18] Ambi is a regular performer at the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival, participating as a featured soloist in many special events including Sounds of India and Violins for Peace.

[20] The band has collaborated with Hubert Laws, Oystein Baadsvik, Lesle Lewis, and Bollywood composer Aadesh Srivastav.

[21] In 2018, Bindu and Ambi collaborated with Carnatic fusion artist Mahesh Raghvan to create The Thayir Sadam Project.

The Thayir Sadam Project has released tracks in collaboration with Carnatic singing duo Ranjani-Gayathri,[22] and created an Indian cover of A Million Dreams to promote the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

[23] As of 2018, The Thayir Sadam Project has conducted workshops with over 5000 students,[24] teaching them global music and promoting initiatives like the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via the 10,000 deeds campaign.

[29][30] He has conducted workshops at the Paris Conservatory, Metea Valley High School, Illinois, Whistling Woods International, Mumbai and many others.

it's Friday' with host Farhan Akhtar, and played for Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, who called him a "genius".

Along with Bindu, Ambi co-hosts The SaPa Show, a weekly television program aimed at teaching children Indian and global music.