Akkarai S Subhalakshmi is a South Indian classical (Carnatic) violinist and vocalist. Subhalakshmi hails from a musical family. Her grandfather Suchindram S P Sivasubramanian was a prolific musician and composer, and her grandmother R Sornambal a harikatha exponent and music teacher. Subhalakshmi is the disciple of her father, Akkarai S Swamynathan, a veteran violinist and founder of the Swara Raga Sudha school of music, and his intensive training enabled her to debut as a performing violinist and vocalist at the age of eight. She also trained under V Janakiraman, O V Subramanian and his daughter Padma Natesan of New Delhi, and later on, Padmabhushan P S Narayanaswamy and
Chitravina N Ravikiran, who had her in many of his concerts and provided her with musical guidance and experience. As an accompanist, she has played for many legendary artists such as
M Balamuralikrishna,
Chitravina N Ravikiran,
T V Gopalakrishnan,
N Ramani,
Shashank Subramanyam,
T. M. Krishna,
R K Srikanthan and
Jayanthi Kumaresh. ==References==