Rajkumar Bharathi

(Chennai, India) - Company Music Composer since 1992

Rajkumar Bharathi, great grandson of Mahakavi Subrahmanya Bharathi, learnt vocal music from his mother, Lalitha Bharathi, and later from Valliyur Gurumurthi. He then underwent advanced training from Dr. M Balamuralikrishna and T V Gopalakrishnan (TVG). His talent blossomed under TVG and he stands today as one of the most popular artistes of his generation. A native of Chennai, Rajkumar has a great following in Karnataka owing to his pleasing style of rendering 'Dasara Padagalu'. He has made forays into films and devotional music. A qualified engineer, music is his profession now. A strong attractive style of singing with clear diction and enunciation of 'sahithya bhava' are his hallmarks. Rajkumar has performed all over India, USA, Europe and the Orient as a part of concert tour and teaching assignments.

Rajkumar Bharathi has collaborated with Malathi Iyengar as a music composer since 1992 and has become a much sought after composer for dance. As an invited artist of Rangoli Foundation, Rajkumar gave his United States debut concert in Los Angeles in 1992. In addition to having composed songs for 'Bharatanatyam Margams', Rajkumar has composed music for Iyengar's choreographic works including 'Anubhava (94)', 'Creation Myth (95)', 'Mustard Seeds (96)', 'Soorya Kanti (97)', and 'Sacred Geometry (2002), 'Punyakoti' (2004), & 'Planting a Sequoia' (2004).

Rajkumar has also composed music for several dancers and cultural institutions across United States, Canada, Europe, and India.

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