What profession was the father of the percussionist who has been accompanied by E .M. Subramaniam and who was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 2001?
E. M. Subramaniam E. M. Subramaniam (died 23 April 2015) was an Indian Carnatic classical percussionist. Subramaniam was instructed in ghatam under the tutelage of his father. He has accompanied master percussionists including mridangam players such as Palghat Mani Iyer, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, and T. K. Murthy, and tabla players such as Alla Rakha Khan, Kishan Maharaj, and Zakir Hussain. He has been a grade A ghatam artist of All India Radio for the past 40 years. Subramaniam was awarded the title of "Kalaimamani" in 2000 and recognized with a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in ghatam in 2011. His style of playing is compact with great tonal quality.
A. R. Ameen A. R. Ameen is an Indian playback singer born to Academy Award winning composer A.R.Rahman on 6 January 2003 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He started his singing career in the Movie O Kadhal Kanmani which was composed by his father A.R.Rahman and then has sung in several indian languages.