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Rajib Karmakar

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Rajib Karmakar
Rajib Karmakar, California 2019
Background information
BornKolkata, Bengal, India [1]
GenresIndian classical music, World music
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • composer
  • educator
Instruments
Associated acts
  • Soumitrajit Chatterjee, Sandeep Das,[2] Shankh Lahiri, HUM Ensemble, Wahh World Fusion Band,[3] Fuzorhythm, Loop Science, Nada Naissance
Websitesitarrajib.com

Rajib Karmakar is a Los Angeles-based Sitar player, recording artist, composer and educator of Indian classical music and World music originally from Bengal, India.[4] He is both a solo artist and also currently a member of the musical projects HUM Ensemble and Wahh World Fusion - and is additionally a frequent collaborator with the international bands Fuzorhythm (India), Loop Science (Germany) and Nada Naissance (France).[5][6] He has performed in the countries of India, the United States, Canada, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and others.[7][8]

Karmakar received his Master of Fine Arts degree in Music from California Institute of the Arts[9] and is the founder and current director of the Los Angeles International Music and Arts Academy (LAIMA).[10] He is also the inventor of the Mayur Tantri, the world first double-necked electric sitar.[11]

RAJIB KARMAKAR performs at LAIMA Heritiage Concert in Pasadena, CA 2018

Early life

Born into a musical Bengali family, Rajib is a third generation musician. He symbolically received a sitar on his very first birthday, which he actually began learning to play at the young age of four instructed by father, the musician and conductor Sri Durgadas Karmakar. Rajib gave his first public performance at the age of six and at the age of eight performed for a large audience for the first time as the opening act for his father's seventy-piece orchestra, in front of ten-thousand people. Later, at the age of twelve he performed live on the national public radio station, All India Radio, a division of Prasar Bharati (India's largest broadcaster).[12][13]

He then began to study with his first sitar guru Ustad Ghulam Akbar Khan for a period of eight years. And after making an official decision at age seventeen not to attend engineering school and pursue the life career of a musician, enrolled in Banaras Hindu University. There he met his next sitar guru, Pandit Ram Dass Chakrabarty, staying with him under the Guru–shishya tradition (an ancient tradition where the disciple goes to live and learn from his teacher). Karmakar studied with Chakrabarty for six years, often required to practice the sitar for up to 14 hours a day. From then on, he began to be invited to play regularly in Europe and was exposed to many elements of world music, which he often incorporates into his own classical Indian music training for specific projects.[14][12]

Recordings

  • 2011 Rajib Karmakar & Soumitrajit Chatterjee "Crossroads" (sitar) Label: Pancham Records (USA)[15][16]
  • 2013 FII – Fiiling (Played Sitar on song, "Fire") Label: Hoanzl (Germany) [17]
  • 2014 Wahh World Fusion (album: Band Liberation) sitar & songwriting Label: Shruti Aim (USA) [18]
  • 2015 Nirmann Electric Music Station (sitar & songwriting) Label: Cie Des Musiques Tetues (France)[19]
  • 2019 Sandeep Das and Hum Ensemble - album: "Delhi to Damascus" (band member/(sitar & songwriting)) [20]

Notable concerts

  • 1998 A.I.R (All-India-Radio) Concert, Kolkata, India [21]
  • 2004 Ganesh Mahotsav, Varanasi, India, August 20, 2004 [22]
  • 2007 Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, March 20, 2007 [23]
  • 2007 Fuzorhythm Concert in Tollygunj Club, Kolkata, India, October 13, 2007 [24]
  • 2008 Sanskar Bharati Concert, Bokaro, India, April 20, 2008 [25]
  • 2010 Theatre Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland, November 12, 2010 [26]
  • 2010 Le Cazard, Lausanne, Switzerland, November 18, 2010 [27]
  • 2010 Theatre im Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland, November 27, 2010 [28]
  • 2011 Buhne im Burgertreff, Hamburg, Germany, May 7, 2011 [29]
  • 2011 European Yoga Congress, Zinal, Switzerland, August 26, 2011 [30]
  • 2011 IndiaSphere Diwali festival, Graz, Austria, November 11 [31]
  • 2011 Boom Festival, Lisbon, Portugal, July 28–August 4 [32]
  • 2011 Nada-Naissance Concert, Durgapur, India, March 10 [33][34]
  • 2011 Concert in Mondial Centrum, Haarlem, Holland, February 11 [35]
  • 2011 Concert in Casa De La India for Ministry of Culture, Valladolid, Spain, March 31 [36]
  • 2011 Concert in Art Base, Brussels, Belgium, March 25 [34]
  • 2012 Concert in Espacio Rhonda, Madrid, Spain, May 11 [37]
  • 2013 Indian Classical Music at Roy O. Disney Hall, CalArts, Valencia,CA, December 9 [38]
  • 2013 Sringara Indian Classical Trio Concert in Festival Yoga sur l’Atlantique, La Rochelle, France, June 1 [39]
  • 2013 Concert in Festsaal der Ayur Veda Klinik, Kassel, Germany, May 18 [40]
  • 2013 Hip-Hop Connection Festival, Wien, Austria, April 20 [41]
  • 2013 Festival de Papillotes, Brest, France, April 6 [42]
  • 2014 World Music Concert, CalArts, Valencia, CA [43]
  • 2014 Concert in India Cultural Center, Tampa, Florida, January 4 [44]
  • 2018 WAHH at World Music Concert for WNMF Radio, Clearwater, Florida, January 3 [45]
  • 2018 Sandeep Das and the HUM Ensemble - Hertz Concert Hall, Berkely Arts Festival "Delhi To Damascus [46]

Awards and competitions

Composer

  • Fuzorhythm, India, 2006–2010
  • Assistant Music Director for feature film Basmati Blues, 2014 [51]
  • Wahh, Florida, USA, 2014–present
  • Muzocean, India, 2012–present
  • Nadanaissance, France, 2011–present

All above composer information found on OnepointFM:[52]

References

  1. ↑ "Shruti School of Music - INSTRUCTORS". www.shrutischoolofmusic.com.
  2. ↑ CB (3 October 2018). "Tabla master Sandeep Das blends musical cultures with new HUM Ensemble". CB.
  3. ↑ "♫ Liberation - Wahh World Fusion Band. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
  4. ↑ "Music Teachers India - Kolkata - Sitar,". www.musicteachers.in.
  5. ↑ "World Music Alumni: Discussing Careers and Life After CalArts". CalArts School of Art.
  6. ↑ daniel (7 February 2019). "Sandeep Das & the HUM Ensemble to perform at the Parish of All Saints".
  7. ↑ Chorale, Los Angeles Master. "Rajib Karmakar". www.lamasterchorale.org.
  8. ↑ "Faculty — LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND ARTS ACADEMY LAIMA ACADEMY". LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND ARTS ACADEMY. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Watch and Listen". CalArts School of Music.
  10. ↑ "Faculty — LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND ARTS ACADEMY LAIMA ACADEMY". LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL MUSIC AND ARTS ACADEMY.
  11. ↑ User, Super. "Rajib Karmakar". www.theshrutifoundation.org. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Staff, VoyageLA. "Meet Rajib Karmakar - Voyage LA Magazine - LA City Guide".
  13. ↑ "All India Radio | Aakashvani | Prasar Bharati". Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Rajib Karmakar [sitar] - Artists-India Gallery". www.artists-india.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2019-08-20.
  15. ↑ "Rajib Karmakar · Marketplace · CROSS ROADS". www.onepointfm.com.
  16. ↑ "♫ Cross Roads - Rajib Karmakar. Listen @cdbaby" – via store.cdbaby.com.
  17. ↑ "FII - Fiiling". Discogs.
  18. ↑ "Liberation (feat. Shankh Lahiri, Rajib Karmakar, Peter Mongaya, Michael Washington & Ray Villadonga) von Wahh World Fusion Band bei Amazon Music - Amazon.de". www.amazon.de.
  19. ↑ "Nirmaan - Indian Electric Station". Discogs.
  20. ↑ "Delhi to Damascu Album". Sandeep Das.
  21. ↑ Tutors, Onmutu-Online Music. "Skype Voice (Singing) Tutor > Rajib Karmakar -Onmutu". www.onmutu.com.
  22. ↑ User, Super. "Rajib Karmakar". theshrutifoundation.org.
  23. ↑ "Book Rajib Karmakar for event - Request Rajib Karmakar for performance - Learn Hindustani Classical Vocal, Kathak, Tabla, Light Vocal, Flute, Harmonium, Sitar, Modern dance forms, Bharatnatyam". meetkalakar.com.
  24. ↑ "Indian Classical". theshrutifoundation.org.
  25. ↑ "Profile Rajib Karmakar". www.indiankalakar.com.
  26. ↑ User, Super. "Rajib Karmakar". theshrutifoundation.org.
  27. ↑ "---Welcome to Culturall---". www.culturall.ch.
  28. ↑ "N°196 · 24 schöne Aussichten". Issuu.
  29. ↑ "Profile". 19 November 2014.
  30. ↑ "LES SOMMETS DU YOGA! - PDF". docplayer.net.
  31. ↑ "Indian Classical". www.theshrutifoundation.org.
  32. ↑ "Harbourfront Centre - Music". www.harbourfrontcentre.com.
  33. ↑ sitarrajib (18 May 2012). "Nada Naissance - Live in Concert .wmv" – via YouTube.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 "Rajib Karmakar". www.onepointfm.com.
  35. ↑ "Rajib Karmakar - Concert de sitar". www.billetreduc.com.
  36. ↑ Press, Europa (Mar 28, 2012). "La Casa de la India ofrece el viernes un concierto de sitar y tabla y un taller de ritmo e improvisación". www.europapress.es. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  37. ↑ EspacioRonda (28 November 2012). "Espacio Ronda - KARMAKAR, TEJADA - Raga Charukeshi" – via YouTube.
  38. ↑ ""This Love Between Us" with the LA Master Chorale at the Walt Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles". TABLAPUSHER.
  39. ↑ "Festival Yoga sur l'Atlantique 31/5 – 2/6.2013 - Yogamrita, blog du Yoga". www.yogamrita.com.
  40. ↑ "Sitar Konzert mit Violine und Tabla". allevents.in.
  41. ↑ "Hip Hop Connection Festival 2013 · Volume.at - Die Eventcommunity". Volume.at - Die Eventcommunity.
  42. ↑ User, Super. "Rajib Karmakar". www.theshrutifoundation.org.
  43. ↑ "LA India Ensemble at Calarts Watercolor Sketches". 9 October 2014.
  44. ↑ "Musical Moments - Monumental Fusion Concert presented by SHRUTI School of Music".
  45. ↑ "Check out Wahh World Fusion Band at Evening Muse on Sep 29, 2018". Eventful.
  46. ↑ "Berkeley Arts Festival". www.berkeleyartsfestival.com. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  47. ↑ "Rajib Karmakar - Talented Upcoming North Indian Hindustani Classical Instrumental Sitar Artiste". WBRi Washington Bangla Radio USA.
  48. ↑ "Teachers and Performers of Indian Music and Dance Maha - Performing Arts (1.4K views)". Scribd.
  49. ↑ "Knowledge :: Builders of Modern India :: Ashutosh Mukherjee". dimdima.com.
  50. ↑ "- RAJIB KARMAKAR & SOUMITRAJIT CHATTERJEE- Sitar and Tabla concert". www.art-base.be.
  51. ↑ "Basmati Blues" – via www.imdb.com.
  52. ↑ "Rajib Karmakar · Blog · Biography". www.onepointfm.com.

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