Ganasaraswathy known as Ganam is the daughter of the late V. Lakshminarayana Iyer & Seethalakshmi. Ganam studied music under the guidance of her highly respected father at a tender age of four. She has founded the Lakshminarayana School of Music in honor of her father.

Following in the footsteps of her father Ganam is widely recognized as a great vocalist & a versatile composer. Ganam has written & released South Indian Music Books No. I, II & III. Her daughter Sangeetha is also the editor, illustrator of South Indian Classical Music Book I, II & III and also created the musical word games in the book.

Ganam has composed over 600 original songs with the signature Ganam, Ganapriya & Gana Rasigha. She has written the following composition forms: Jathisvaras, Varnams, Padavarnam,Kritis, Kirthanas, Javalis, Viruththams, Slokas, Namavali kritis, Divya Nama kritis, Uthsavasamprathaya kritis, Ashtapathis, Ragamalikas, Tillanas, Bhajans & Mangalams.

Ganam has received numerous prizes and awards for vocal competition conducted by the musical organizations in India and radio Ceylon. Ganam was an All India Radio Artist & has given numerous concerts and radio broadcasts extensively in India, Sri. Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and USA. Ganam received a MA degree in Literature from Madras University, India and a MFA degree in World Music from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.

Ganam hails from a family of musicians. Her brothers are internationally well known artists namely Sri. L. Vaidyanathan

L. Vaidyanathan

Lakshminarayana Vaidyanathan was an acclaimed musicologist, music director and composer, trained in the classical Carnatic music tradition. Vaidyanathan was born to V.Lakshminarayana, and Seethalakshmi, both accomplished musicians; he was also the elder brother of accomplished violinist duo L....

, Dr. L. Subramaniam & Dr. L. Shankar. Her sisters Brahennayaki & Subbulakshmi, her sister-in-law Kavitha Krishnamurthy Subramaniam

Kavita Subramaniam

Kavita Subramaniam née Kavita Krishnamurthy is one of the most famous Indian film playback singers. She is classically trained and has sung a wide range of classical-based songs. In her career, she has worked with a variety of music composers, including R. D. Burman and A. R. Rahman...

, her nephew Ambhi Subramaniam and her nieces Lalitha & Nandini are well-known artists. Ganam has collaborated with her brother L. Shankar On CDs Nobody Told Me available on ECM / BMG 1989 and Soul Seacher available on Axiom / Island 1980. Ganam has a fusion band called Vignesh & recorded CDs at a Hollywood studio and e5 studio in 1994- 2000 & 2004-2005 along with her daughter Sangeetha who is also a great vocalist .

Ganams dedication to this world music has been evident from an early age and her hope is to spread the understanding of South Indian Music to a wider audience through her musical compositions, books in Karnatic Music, music classes & performances.