Ghatam Udupa

Ghatam Giridhar Udupa (born on 17 November) (Kannada: ಘಟಮ್ ಗಿರಿಧರ್ ಉಡುಪ) is a ghatam player from India.[1]

He is the son of Mridangam Vidwan Ullur Nagendra Udupa, who taught him such instruments as Mridangam, Kanjira, and Ghatam. Later he became a student of Vidhushi Ghatam Sukanya Ramgopal and Vidwan Ghatam V. Suresh. He also performs Konnakol (vocal rendition of percussion syllables). He holds a graduate degree for commerce from Bangalore University.

Ghatam Giridhar Udupa is one of the leading musicians in the world of rhythm. Entering the musical world at the age of 4, Udupa has been performing with his style and innate creativity. He was born into a family of music and literature.

Udupa is an artist and an innovator. His expertise has made him one of the nation’s most sought after percussionists.

For Carnatic Classical Music he performs on the Ghatam, the Indian claypot. For other genres he also performs on varied South Indian percussion instruments including Mridangam, Khanjira and Morsing. He renders Konnakol (Vocal Syllables) with equal aplomb.

He has accompanied artists of different syles of music (Carnatic, fusion, jazz, etc.), including Sarvashree Dr. L. Subramaniam, Dr. M.Balamuralikrishna, M. S. Gopalakrishnan, R. K. Srikantan, T. N. Krishnan, T. K. Murthy, Palghat Raghu, Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman, A.K.Palanivel, Ganesh and Kumaresh, Mysore Nagaraj & Mysore Manjunath, Mandolin Srinivas, N.Ramani, K. J. Yesudas, R. K. Padmanabha, T. V. Gopalakrishnan, T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Madhurai T.N. Seshagopalan, Trichur V. Ramachandran, Jayanthi Kumaresh, R.K. Suryanarayana, Sudha Raghunathan and others.[2] He has undertaken several overseas musical tours, since 1998.[2]


Achievements

Notable performances in India and abroad


References

  1. Namboodiripad, Narayan - A Potful Of Music in RAVE Magazine, November 2006, Issue 46. RNI No. KARENG/2002/8229
  2. 1 2 Gupta, Hemangini (19 January 2005). "Keeping pace with the world". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 June 2013.

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