Udayraj Karpur

Udayraj Karpur (* in Bangalore ) is an Indian tabla player who is active in both traditional South Indian music ( Carnatic music ) and world music .

Karpur began his tabla training with T. Gangadhar and Sheshadri Gawai . He then studied carnatic music with Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma and eventually became a student of Suresh Talwalkar and Ravindra Yavagal .

He obtained a Masters degree in Tabla from Kharghar University and won a gold medal. He performed at festivals in India with musicians such as Gangubai Hangal , Dinkar Kaikini , KG Ginde , Yeshwantbua Joshi and Rashid Khan . International tours have taken him to the USA, Germany, Holland, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Dubai and China. He is a member of the Dutch world music group Bhedam , which performed at the Karnatic Lab Festival in the Bimhuis in Amsterdam . In 2002 and 2003 they toured India, creating the album Rickshaw Chase . With the sarod player Rajeev Taranath he recorded the album Reflections Around Noon .

Karpur was also active as a film musician, appeared on Indian state television and private broadcasters such as AIR Dharwad , Star Plus and ETV . At the Mallya Aditi International School (MAIS) he teaches mathematics on the mathematical background of ragas and talas in Hindustan and Carnatic classical music.

Discography

• Bhedam: Rickshaw Chase , 2002, Bangalore
• Reflections Around Noon , 2003, Rajeev Taranath (Sarod), Udayraj Karpur (Tabla)
• Learn to Play Tabla , Vol. 2 and 3, DVD

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1. ↑ Bhedam on the site of Gijs Levelt , accessed on 5 December 2016th
2. ↑ Program archive of the Bimhuis , accessed on December 5, 2016.
3. ↑ Math Symposium ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , MAIS website, accessed December 5, 2016. 

Web links

• world & roots music