Background
Rithvik Raja was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He had his initial training under Sudha Raja (his mother) for vocal music
Rithvik Raja was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He had his initial training under Sudha Raja (his mother) for vocal music
His schooling in Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, Chennai, which is a premier body of education in South India influenced his perceptions and outlook towards life. He went on to receive his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Madras. He also completed a one year Multimedia course from Image Infotainment, Alwarpet.
He is currently studying for a degree in Sound Engineering at Society of Automotive Engineers Institute of Technology.
He is currently one of the rising stars of Carnatic Music. He believes that Carnatic Music is one of the most important forms of Classical Music in the world and that it"s awareness should be spread. He began learning Carnatic music at the age of 5.
Subsequently, after developing a good understanding of the basics and foundation for 6 years, he was trained by Sulochana Pattabhiraman for 2 years.
At the age of 13, he started learning from T.M. Krishna, who is one of the leading figures in the Carnatic music circuit today. Rithvik has been giving public performances and concerts since a very young age.
Today, he has performed in all the leading institutions in places such as Chennai as well as Mumbai, Calcutta, Bangalore, Delhi and other places in India. He has also toured Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka.
Apart from performances, he currently heads as the President of an organisation called Youth Association for Classical Music (YACM) that deals with spreading the awareness of Classical Music among the youth.
Best All Rounder Award 2002 - Sanju School of Arts, Chennai Bala Rasika Award 2004 - Carnatica, Chennai Best Male Vocalist Award 2005 - Research Associate Puram Bhaktha Jana Sabha, Chennai Most Promising Youngster Award 2006 - Ganamukundapriya, Chennai Best Concert Award 2007 - VDS Arts Academy, Chennai Best Junior Vocalist Award 2008 - Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai Best Male Vocalist Award 2009 - Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai Best Ragam Tanam Pallavi Award 2011 - Music Forum, Chennai Best Male Sub-Senior Vocalist 2011 - Parthasarathy Swami Sabha, Chennai Maharajapuram Santhanam Award 2012 - Krishna Gana Sabha, Chennai Isai Chudar 2012 - Kartik Fine Arts, Chennai Yuva Kala Bharathi 2012 - Bharat Kalachar, Chennai.
Training under Krishna has given Rithvik a larger perspective of music and a passion to strive harder in innovating and excelling within the boundaries of classicism. Rithvik is known for his solid voice with perfect pitch, mastery over laya and adherence to classicism.
