GS RAJAN started
composing right from his school days. Today he is an outstanding music
composer with decades of experience in composing music for films,
documentaries, albums, ballets, classical and world music compositions
both acoustic and electronic. He is one of the first composers to
introduce world music orchestral compositions in India. His compositions
received appreciation from none other maestro Zubin Mehta, Sufi singer
Abida Parween, Film maker Muzafar Ali, Dr. Raghava R Menon, Subbudu
and many others. Many top ranking vocalists including playback singers
Vani Jayaram, Mano, Srikumar; Classical singers Unnikrishnan, Anooradha
Parasuram, Madhup Mudgal and others have sung Rajan's popular music
compositions.
For his thematic
orchestral compostion titled 'oasis' he received the Akashwani Award
from All India Radio, Government of India in 1996 and in 2005 Rajan
was awarded with a special fellowship by the Government of France
to compose Raga-Symphony which he composed living in France and presented
with French orchestra at Cite de la Musique and other venues in Europe.
RAJAN has done
music for some of the major International stage productions and musicals
including:
- 'Surya Pranam'
- presented at the Stephen Foster Theatre in USA.
- 'Vedas to Voluntarism' - multimedia production - International
Temple of understanding.
- 'Radha' - for Janaki Devi College
- 'Reflections' a musical.
- 'Moksha in Madurai' - directed by grandson of Mahatma gandhi,
Ram Chandra Gandhi
- 'And Miles to Go' - Dance theatres of Asia produced by Shanta
Rati
- 'Infinitely India' - on the occasion of 50 years of India's
Independence.
- 'Sound and Light show' - in Chandragiri Fort.
- 'Budha' - Musical in English.
- 'Taalachanda' - Multi-Media production - British Council
and presented in India and UK.
- 'Flying Cranes' and 'Offerring' - on the occasion
of Uday Shankar Centenary.
- 'Sound of the River Sindhu' - presented in Leh, Kashmir.
- 'Nautilus - Raaga Jazz' produced and directed by GS Rajan
and presented in France.
- 'Angikam Bhuvanam' - presented in Old Fort, Delhi.
- 'Journey to The Sacred', Siri Fort, Delhi.
- 'Dance of the Birds' - Godrej Auditorium, Delhi.
- 'Haunting Images' presented at the International Sufi Festival
and many others.
RAJAN has composed
music for some of the leading classical and modern dancers of India
including: Yamini Krishnamurthy-Bharata Natyam, Raja-Radha Reddy-Kuchipudi,
Narendra Sharma-Modern, Shanta Rati-Dance Film, Rama Vaidyanathan-Bharata
Natyam, Sasidharan Nair-Modern, Vaswati Mishra-Kathak, Sharon Lowen-Odissi,
Kavita Dwibedi-Odissi, Kanaka Srinivasan-Bharata Nataym, Vanasri and
Jayarama Rao-Kuchipudi, Shagun Butani-Experimental dance, Maithreyi
Pahari-Regional traditional dance and others.
RAJAN has also
done title music for NDTV Business Awards, Logo and Title music for
National Television's DD-Bharati Channel, Title music for Provista
India, Music for floats in India's Republic Day parade etc.