Ravichandra Kulur :
Initiated into the hallowed realms of Carnatic classical music (South Indian music) at the tender age of six, Ravichandra Kulur initially took up the South Indian percussion instruments, the Mridangam and the Kanjira under the guidance of his father K Raghavendra Rao. Ravi soon started performing duets with his father and held solo concerts, and he was nine years old!
After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Ravi worked for few years all the while nurturing his flute-playing and in 1999 he decided to take up music professionally. Ravi has ever since grown as an artist, carving a niche for himself in the field governed by great maestros and emerged as one of the most sought after flutists from India. His powerful lungs, clarity of individuals notes and high-paced fingering techniques are his forte and have been widely regarded with appreciation by music-lovers and critics alike.
Accustomed to performing for international audiences and legends of classical music, Ravi has performed in keystone music festivals and famous venues collaborating with artists around the globe. He has extensively toured over 25 countries around the world for his Solo, Duets, Fusion, Jazz concerts and Dance productions.
In 2005 legendary musician and ‘Father of World Music’ Pandit Ravi Shankar invited Ravi to join him for the upcoming concerts titled “Festival of India III” in the year 2005-06. During this time, Pandit Ravi Shankar hailed Ravichandra Kulur as a “fantastic, brilliant and very well known flutist from India”. Ravi also tours & performs regulerly with Anoushka Shankar around the world, reaffirming his position as a sought after flutist. .
To date, Ravi has played more than 1000 concerts and participated in music festivals like WOMAD in UK, Java Jazz Festival, San Fransisco Jazz Festival, Helsinki Festival, Bangalore Habba and many more and has to his credit about 300 studio session recordings and performed in major venues like the Carnegie Hall in New York, Kennedy Centre in DC,Sydney Opera House, Queen Elizabeth Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London,the Boston Symphony Hall, Chicago Symphony hall, Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto, Disney Hall in Los Angeles , The Jazz café in London, Passionskirche in Berlin ,Vienna Kozerthaus ,Petit Palau in Barcelona, Philharmonic Hall in Liverpool & many more .
Ravi has also worked with musicians like Dr M.Balamuralikrishna, Charlie Mariano, Steve Smith and Vital Information, Ian Anderson & Jethro Tull, ,Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, SP Balasubramaniam and many more.
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