It was in 1992 that the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (LGMF) was started in honour of V Lakshminarayana, one of the doyens of Indian classical music, after he passed away on December 4 two years earlier. Now, 30 years later, virtuoso violinist Dr L Subramaniam - Lakshminarayana’s son, who’s one of the people who conceived of the event - and his wife, singer Kavita Krishnamurthy, give us the lowdown on what to expect at this weekend’s edition, which features international stalwarts such as guitarist John McLaughlin and past performances by late violinist Lord Yehudi Menuhin. Edited excerpts from an interview with the duo.

John McLaughlin