Learn Western Classical Singing Piano and Music Theory from Raghavendhira C R

Find out more about Raghavendhira

• Tell us more about your subject. How did you develop an interest in this field?

  I was born in a musical family, My father used to teach me to sing songs and we used to record them on tape when i was 3. and my mother is a Veena artiste. So I was influenced by Indian classical music those days, When I was doing my 3rd Grade in school I was exposed to western classical music as I auditioned for the school choir, we used to sing classical pieces and would travel around the city singing carols in the Christmas season. So, Yes! it's the blend of both Indian and western classical traditions. Later I started performing film music when I was 11 years old. and developed interest towards it and someday I wanted to compose scores for the movies, And here I am.

• What or who is the motivation behind you choosing to teach & why?

  It was mainly my teachers, The good thing is I have had many teachers and I still do. Each teacher has a different way of looking at things and that helps you a lot picking the easy way to teach students, And also the fellow musicians that i work with are amazing. I'll make sure I am always working with musicians who are a step ahead.

• How does your work help society?

  Any art form is almost and always important for society. They have the potential to change and reform society and create a good atmosphere. Happy to have been a musician and a teacher.

• If you had to think of a role model for your work, who do you think of & why?

  There are many including my fellow musicians, here are a few whom i look upto
  Hans Florian Zimmer, A R Rahman, James Newton Howard, Thomas Newman, Ennio Morricone, Howard Shore.

• Tell us about your hobbies outside teaching.

  I love traditions and cultures, am an art lover, A big fan of Baroque architecture and paintings, and I do archery.

• Do you have an anecdote to tell us about your student or professional life?

  I have been at the recording studios since 8 or 9 singing choruses and i used to look at the engineer and the greatest thing that i wanted to do is to hit the space-bar. (yes it sounds funny) space bar works as the start and stop record option on any DAW. And I wanted to do that, so when I got home I used to play a song, make people at my home sing along and hit the spacebar and mimic the sound engineer saying, "Hey buddy! the higher note was a bit off" let's go for a retake. And I have wanted to own a studio since then. And yes! Am 26 now and 4MMP GROUP (4MMP records and 4MMP studios) is one of the sophisticated project studios in the city and we have our own Record label (4MMP Records).