About RMT Samskruti RMT Samskruti is an initiative, started by the members of the RMT Trust, to bring cultural programmes to the OMR area. The 2012 season will feature a whole week of excellent carnatic music performances by leading artistes. All the concerts in this season are free for the general public and all are welcome to attend. We humbly request your co-operation and support for this unique initiative launched by RMT Trust for the promotion of classical music, dance & arts.

RMT Samskruti 2012 Festival (Nov 18th - 24th, 2012)

Sri. Aravind Bhargav, a 21year old, passionate, vibrant, south Indian Carnatic Classical Mandolin Performing artist, has been learning Classical Music under the tutelage of Mandolin Maestro, Padmasri U Shrinivas and Sri U Rajesh from a very early age. Mr.Aravind Bhargav hails from a musical family. He debuted in the year 2008 and has been performing consistently since then, (over 130 concerts so far) in all major Sabhas and Organisations in , Coimbatore, Devakottai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur, Tirunelveli, Erode, Hyderabad, Guntur, Amalapuram, Kakinada, Visakhapattanam, Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore, Hosur, Mavellikkera, Karunagappalli etc and in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, ably supported by some of the most senior and popular artists in the field, to the appreciation of rasikas and press alike. Sri ARVIND BHARGAV Sunday, November 18th 2012 (6.30pm) Academically, he has completed his Audio Engineering Diploma from SAE Institute and presently pursuing his B Music from Madras University. His concerts have also been broadcasted on Radio Channels from , UK and US and have been telecasted on various Indian TV Channels.

Smt.V.Deepika hails from the music school of G.N.B, M.L.V and Sudha Ragunathan. Smt.Deepika dons many professional hats including singing, acting, dubbing, modelling and playing the piano. Since 1997, Deepika learns music from Padmashri Sudha Ragunathan. Smt.Deepika is a Direct B High Grade AIR artiste and was selected by the USA Govt. for an Arts Exchange Programme on Music Composition and Performance. Deepika is an accomplished playback Singer in Films and has sung in 6 languages for leading music directors like Ilayaraja, A.R.Rahman, M.S.Visvanathan etc. Deepika also acted in a lead role and sang Krithis in a tele serial “Kaiyalvu Manasu” and its Hindi remake “Chhoti Si Asha” and a telefilm “Kaadhal Vangi Vanden” directed by K.Balachander and in a telugu movie “Amma Ammanu Chudalani Vundhi”. Smt.Deepika has lent her voice in the movies ‘Avvai Shanmugi”, Smt. V.DEEPIKA th “Soorya vamsham”, “The Lion King”, “Ennavale” etc. and has appeared in commercials like Monday, November 19 2012 (6.30pm) “Sakthi Masala”, “Dukes biscuits”, “Jayam foods”, “Karur Vysya Bank”, “Henko”, etc. Deepika has passed grade examinations from the Trinity College Of Music, London in Western Classical Solo Piano. Deepika has a number of Albums to her credit including “Chinnanchiru Kiliye” (released at the age of 8), “Thiru malaivasa”, “Samarpanam”- a work of Chitraveena N.Ravikiran etc. Deepika has won a number of awards including ‘ISAI CHUDAR’ from Karthik Fine Arts (Dec. 2011), ‘YUVA KALA BARATHI’ from Bharat Kalachar (Dec.2011), ‘BEST VOCALIST’ in the Junior category from Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha (2009).

Sri.Rithvik Raja had his initial training in Carnatic Music from his mother Smt. Sudha Raja and subsequently from Smt. Sulochana Pattabhiraman for over 2 years. From 2003, he has been under the guidance of Sri. T.M.Krishna. He has a given number of performances in almost all the major sabhas across India. Rithvik Raja has won a large number of prizes over the years including the 1st prize in Ragam, Neraval and Svaram, 1st prize in National Integration Songs, 1st prize in Syama Sastri Kritis, 1st Prize in Thyagaraja Kritis - all from the Music Academy; Rasika Award from Carnatica in 2005; Best Junior Vocalist Award 2011 from Parthasarathy Swami Sabha etc. Rithvik Raja is a graded artiste of AIR and has performed for a number of TV Channels. Rithvik Raja is the President of Sri. RITHIVK RAJA the Youth Association for Classical Music (YACM) and the founding Member of ‘Svanubhava’ – a th Tuesday, November 20 2012 (6.30pm) festival to bridge the gap between students and leading performers. Sri. O.S. Vaidyanathan or Arun, as he is more popularly called, is undoubtedly one of the most gifted Carnatic Musicians in the Country. Arun was given to Carnatic Music in the Parivar Parampara, and he began his music lessons under the careful ear of his father Vidwan O.V. Subramaniam. Arun later qualified Alankar Purna from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. He also topped the Sangeetha Shironmani diploma course in Carnatic music conducted by the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts at Delhi University. Arun has performed widely and extensively both in India and abroad. His performances at various festivals around the world have made O.S.Arun a household name in Carnatic Music. Arun has several cassette / CD releases of Bhajans / Carnatic music / Fusion Music/ Devotional Music & Sri. O.S. ARUN also sings for Commercial Films and has composed music for Private Cassette recordings, Video Wednesday, November 21st 2012 (6.30pm) Special Concert films, documentaries, and Ballet Productions. Arun has also established a Choir that he is very proud of.

Smt. Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan has learnt music under the rich, mature and able tutelage of her father and guru,the legendary Neyveli. R.Santhanagopalan.

Sri Ranjani has been chosen to receive three awards for the year 2012-”Yuva Kala Bharati” from Bharat Kalachar, “M.S. Subbulakshmi” award from Narada Gana Sabha,”D.K.Pattammal” Award from Karthik Fine Arts. Smt.Sri Ranjani has been the winner of a number of awards and accolades right from a young age such as AIR (vocal, carnatic music) competition winner, CCERT senior scholarship holder, one of the winners in the BRU CARNATIC IDOL (Jaya TV) etc. Smt.Sri Ranjani has travelled extensively within and outside India and is the recipient of the Bharat Kalachar scholarship for nine years. She has made frequent appearances on a number of TV channel programs and is on the way to become a household name in south India. Sri Ranjani assists Smt. Sri Ranjani Santhanagopalan nd in running the Internet music teaching website www.indiamusicinfo.com and is academically Thursday, November 22 2012 (6.30pm) brilliant with the top rank holder in the 12th public exam 2007 with two state ranks. Sri Ranjani is currently pursuing M Music and ACS.

Sri. G.Ramanathan is a 5th Generation Musician who belongs to a family of Musicians belonging to the Royalty of Cochin. Ramanathan had his early training in Vocal, Violin, Mridangam and Ganjira from his father, Padmabhushan Prof.T.V.Gopalakrishnan. An artist with a Natural flair for all instruments, Ramanathan became a Disciple of Saxophone Samrat Padmasri Dr.Kadri Gopalnath and learnt the intricacies of the Instrument from his Guru. G.Ramanathan has been conferred with the title of Asthana Vidwan of Sri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam, and is an empanelled artiste of ICCR, New Delhi. He has also been awarded by the Narada Gana Sabha with the K.S.Mahadevan Endowment Award for Best Saxophone Artiste in their 2003 Music Season and by the Madras Kali Bari Trust with the title of Ilam Isai Mamani. Sri. G.RAMANATHAN rd G.Ramanathan Graduated in Indian music from the prestigious Madras University and in Friday, November 23 2012 (6.30pm) Western music from the Trinity college of Music, London. Ramanathan has performed at all the Major Sabhas in Chennai, Maharashtra & Karnataka and at the prestigious Ananthapuri festival in Trivandrum Kerala. He has also toured extensively to Dubai, Australia, Germany, Singapore, Switzerland and U.K.

Smt.Uma and Smt.Radhika popularly known as ‘Chinmaya Sisters’ are disciples of Madurai Sri T. N. Seshagopalan and Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan. They have won several prizes in competitions conducted by Sabhas across India. The ‘Chinmaya Sisters’ have performed extensively around the world too and are ‘A’-grade artists of All India Radio. They have featured in several archival projects of AIR while also being regular performers for many TV channels. They have released several Albums including Classical, Devotional and Special CD’s & Albums for companies like Magnasound, Kalavardini and Rhythm Audio. The Chinmaya Sisters have won many awards including “Vani Kala Nipuna” (Sept. 2012), “M.S.Subbulakshmi Endowment Award” (2009), “Yuva Kala Bharathi” (2006), “Maharajapuram Viswanatha Iyer Memorial Prize” (2003) etc. They are fortunate to have received the blessings of Swami Chinmayananda on CHINMAYA SISTERS th various occasions and are therefore named ‘Chinmaya Sisters’ by their Guru. Saturday, November 24 2012 (6.30pm) PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Date Start Time Artist Tick et Price

Sunday, Nov 18th 2012 6.30pm Sri. ARVIND BHARGAV Free Mandolin

Monday, Nov 19th 2012 6.30pm Smt. V.DEEPIKA Free Vocalist

Tuesday, Nov 20th 2012 6.30pm Sri. RITHVIK RAJA Free Vocalist

Wednesday, Nov 21st 2012 6.30pm Sri. O.S.ARUN Free (Founder’s Day Special Concert)

nd Thursday, Nov 22 2012 6.30pm Smt. SRI RANJANI SANTHANAGOPALAN Free Vocalist

rd Friday, Nov 23 2012 6.30pm Sri. G.RAMANATHAN Free Saxophonist

th Saturday, Nov 24 2012 6.30pm CHINMAYA SISTERS Free Vocalists

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