Born in a family with a rich musical heritage, Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam started her training in Carnatic music at the age of five and appeared in her maiden concert at the age of twelve. Vijayalakshmy has since performed widely in India and abroad. She has conducted numerous workshops and given lecture-demonstrations on Carnatic music. She has also presented exclusive concerts of composers like Thyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar, Shyama Sastri, Swati Tirunal, Purandara Dasa as well as Jayadev’s Ashtapadis. An ‘A’ graded artiste of All India Radio, Chennai, she has performed in the prestigious Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan concerts. In January 2005, Vijayalakshmy received the ‘Sharada Krishna Iyer Memorial Award’ for “Outstanding Performance”.

Concert Hall presents excerpts from Vijayalakshmy Subramaniam's performance at the 33rd ITC Sangeet Sammelan, Delhi, which took place in February, 2005. On a Sunday morning session devoted to Carnatic music, she presented a contemplative yet powerful vocal recital. Beginning with a varnam in Raga Vasanta set to aditala, she went on to present compositions by the great composers Muthuswami Dikshitar, Thyagaraja, Papanasam Sivan and Purandara Das. She concluded with a tillana in Raga Amritavarshini set to aditala, composed by Dr Balamurali Krishna. V. L. Kumar accompanied her on the violin and Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan on the mridangam.