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| name = Rajkumar Bharathi | caption = Rajkumar Bharathi | image = Rajkumar_Bharathi.jpg | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | alias = | birth_place = | birth_date = | instrument = | genre = Indian classical music | occupation = }}Rajkumar Bharathi is a classical singer and music composer from India. He is the great grandson of the renaissance poet Subramanya Bharathi.[1] Rajkumar is an Electronics and telecommunications engineer graduated from the prestigious College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai.[1][2] Rajkumar Bharathi a native of Chennai stands today as one of the most popular artists of his generation. He has also got a great following in the Indian state of Karnataka owing to his pleasing style of rendering Dasara Padagalu.[3] Music trainingRajkumar Bharathi was introduced to music by his mother Lalitha Bharathi at the age of 5. He was also trained later under the tutelage of classical musicians like Valliyur Gurumurthi, M. Balamuralikrishna and T. V. Gopalakrishnan.[1] For Rajkumar Bharathi it was but natural to be associated with Music owing to his families keen interest in art and literature.[4] By the instructions of his master T. V. Gopalakrishna, Rajkumar decided to quit his job in an R&D division and devote his time for classical music.[4] PerformerRajkumar Bharathi has given Classical Carnatic music concerts throughout India and abroad. He has traveled across USA, Canada, U.K. Gulf countries, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.[1] He has many audio cassettes and CDs to his credit. He has also rendered all the 18 chapters of Srimad Bhagavd Gita, in 4 volumes produced by Ramakrishna Math.[1] He was also a member of the Madras Youth Choir, one of the oldest Indian choral groups formed under the aegis of the late music director M. B. Sreenivasan.[1][5] He has sung in films – Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tulu and was the leading Indian singer along with Sharon Rose the widely respected Black American singer in the adventurous venture, the Asian Mafia – a daring interplay between Indian and Pop style singers.[1] Rajkumar conducts workshops every summer for the London based Carnatic music students and has performed Jugalbandi concerts with Ramesh Narayan, Parameshwar Hegde and Sanjeev Abyangar. He has given performance in the prestigious Canadian India Festival to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence, in 1997.[1] Musical ExcellenceMusic lovers have admired him for his style of singing with clear diction and enunciation of lyrics (Sahithya Bhava). Malathi Iyengar a renowned choreographer believes that Rajkumar Bharathi`s sound knowledge, imagination, and aesthetic presentation are sought after by many composers. He is also appreciated for his skill in understanding phrasing (the way the elements of a particular work are interrelated including articulation, melodic construction, and links), harmony (scales, intervals, and chords), and variation (melodic and rhythmic) while composing tunes for dance. He is also known for his creative explorations and improvisations as every composition of his is believed to be distinctive from the other.[6] AwardsRajkumar Bharathi has been honored by several Awards. A few of them are listed below.
FilmsRajkumar Bharathi has also sung in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Sanskrit and Tulu Films.[1] He however later stopped signing for films for he derived more joy in singing classical music.[4]
ComposerRajkumar is also a renowned composer and music director and is involved in composing music for Audio CD's, thematic presentations and also for fusion projects. He also has composed many Varnams, Thillanas and Padams especially for dance projects. As the great grandson of the poet Subramanya Bharathi, Rajkumar Bharathi has tuned many of his great grand father's lesser known compositions and presented them in the Classical Carnatic forums.[1][7] He has composed the title music and the background music for the tele-serial 'Ramana Oli' depicting the life history of Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi. This was telecast in the Indian TV Channel for about 14 weeks.[1] Music composition for DanceRajkumar Bharathi has also composed songs for Bharata Natyam Margams.[8] He has done many music compositions for Rangoli productions a foundation for Arts and Culture. Some of his compositions are listed below.
He has also composed music for dance ballets like
His musical compositions for Savitha Sastry's dance theatre productions have also met with critical and popular acclaim. These are
He was nominated for the prestigious Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Achievement in Composing Music for Creation Myth, a dance ballet for the UCLA Centre for Performing Arts (University of California, LA, USA) in 1995.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 {{cite web|author=|url=http://www.indiansarts.com/rajkumarbharathipage.htm |title=Rajkumar Bharathi |date= |accessdate=2013-11-28}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bharathi, Rajkumar}}2. ^1 {{cite news|author=Feroze Ahmed|newspaper= The Hindu|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/lf/2002/12/15/stories/2002121502330200.htm |title=Carnatic, rock and a cause |date= |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rangoli.org/bharati.htm |title=Rajkumar Bharathi |accessdate=2013-11-30}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news|newspaper= Rediff|url=http://im.rediff.com/style/may/16bharti.htm |title=The Songs Of The Fathers... |accessdate=2013-11-30}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=Perfect harmony|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/perfect-harmony/article428331.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=29 November 2013|location= India}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profil28.html |title=Profound musical offerings - Rajkumar Bharathi |date= 15 August 2003 |author=Malathi Iyengar|accessdate=2013-11-29}} 7. ^{{cite news|title=One hundred (and thirty) years of a Tamil firebrand|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/one-hundred-and-thirty-years-of-a-tamil-firebrand/article4185423.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=29 November 2013|location= Chennai| last= Venkateswaran| first =Anand }} 8. ^{{YouTube|id=PnkBYNYIC1s|title=Bharatanatyam Margam}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=http://rangoli.org/portfolio/anubhava-1994/ |title=Anubhava (1994) |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://rangoli.org/portfolio/in-the-beginningcreation-myth-1995/ |title=In the Beginning/Creation Myth (1995) |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://rangoli.org/portfolio/mustard-seeds-1996/ |title=Mustard Seeds (1996) |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rangoli.org/soor97.htm |title=Soorya Kanti - 1997 |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://rangoli.org/portfolio/sacred-geometry-2002/ |title=Sacred Geometry (2002) |accessdate=2013-11-29}} 14. ^{{YouTube|id=ZbrnZNDpk0g|title=Patanjali: Legends of Yoga and Dance 2008}} 4 : Male Carnatic singers|Musicians from Chennai|Living people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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