Mysore/Mysuru: SPVGMC Trust, in association with Raas Indian Art Foundation, Mysuru, has organised a unique workshop in Karnatak Music by renowned Karnatak musician Vid. Rajkumar Bharathi on the compositions of Subramania Bharati and Vid. T.V. Gopalakrishnan on Aug. 20 and 21 between 9 am and 12 noon at Raasavrunda, #1095, Devaparthiva Road, Chamarajapuram, Mysuru.

Interested artistes and students, may contact C.R. Himamshi on Mob: 98455-01178 and Dr. Rohitha Eswer on 98867-20924.

Rajkumar Bharathi is a classical singer and music composer. He is the great grandson of the renaissance poet Subramanya Bharathi.  A native of Chennai, Rajkumar Bharathi was introduced to music by his mother Lalitha Bharathi at the age of 5. He was also trained under classical musicians like Valliyur Gurumurthi, M. Balamurali Krishna and T.V. Gopala Krishnan. Rajkumar Bharathi has given Classical Karnatak Music Concerts throughout India and abroad. 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.  He has been honoured by several Awards: Sangeetha Sudhakara by Sri Sringeri Sankaracharya, Sringeri Math,  Central Excise Award for Young Achiever by the Central Excise Department, Government of India, TTK Award, Gana Kala Bharathi by Hindu American Temple and Cultural Centre, NJ, USA.

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) and many more.