Biography

A jazz violinist, composer and producer, Tamil completed a BA in Music Performance at the Victorian College of the Arts in 1997. His special interests in jazz and Brazilian music have been consolidated through study, performance and recording stints in New York and Rio and he currently works in music performance, production, education and composition for film/TV and dance.

As a founding member of the Melbourne-based ensemble True Live, Tamil has performed at major arts and rock festivals across the country including Meredith Music Festival, Falls Festival, Big Day Out and the Adelaide and Melbourne international arts festivals. He has also toured with the live film music ensemble Blue Grassy Knoll at Singapore Arts Festival 2006. Recently, Rogeon has composed an orchestral score for the ABC funded film The Hedge and a Bollywood funk score for the ABC doco Beyond The Back Yard.

Tamil composed and performed a unique track especially for the launch of the 2009 L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival. He has also just completed a Big Band, beats and string record called Score . Score is a government funded collaboration project between Tamil and Ryan Ritchie