Rajan Somasundaram

Rajan Somasundaram, best known as Raleigh Rajan, is a composer, drummer, violinist and music producer and Songwriter based in Raleigh. He is known for bringing together Music and Literature and his works in Indian cinema; predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. He has made the first ever music album on Tamil Sangam period poetry in association with Durham Symphony and prominent international musicians. The album became Amazon's Top#10 bestseller under 'International Music albums' category in July 2020. The album was called "A Major event in the world of Music" by The Hindu Music review. He composed the theme song of the 10th World Tamil Conference with many international musicians as a tribute to Sangam period poet Kaniyan Pungundranar.