Feb 23 2025 to Feb 23 2025 6 p.m.

Price: 500 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

The Deutsch Bharatiya Big Band is a groundbreaking fusion of the Western Big Band tradition and the vibrant essence of Carnatic music, debuting in India for the first time. Spearheaded by the renowned German trumpet maestro and composer Matthias Schriefl and India's National Award-winning flutist Amith Nadig, this extraordinary collaboration blends jazz harmonies with the intricate gamakas and rhythmic exuberance of Carnatic traditions. Matthias and Amith share a 17-year journey of mutual musical exploration, culminating in this one-of-a-kind project. Matthias, celebrated for his compositions performed by world-class ensembles like the Frankfurt HR Big Band, joins forces with Amith, who made a memorable guest appearance with the ensemble in 2019. Now, they bring their visionary concept to India, enlisting 13 of Karnataka’s most talented young musicians to create a spectacular synthesis of jazz and Carnatic music. Featuring original compositions by Matthias, the Deutsch Bharatiya Big Band promises an unforgettable experience where playful jazz harmonies meet the soulful depth of Indian classical music. Prepare to be transported by a concert that redefines musical boundaries and celebrates cultural convergence like never before!

The Ensemble:

Arrangement, Trumpet, Flugel Horn and Compositions:

          Matthias Schriefl

Veena:

          Nireeksha
          Jithasri

Flute:

          Amith Nadig
          Samarth
          Tejas
          Raghav

Violins:

          Pranavi
          Malavi
        Amit Rao
        Keshav

Vocal:

        Siri Girish

Guitar and Bass Guitar

        Ashish Ramnani

Mrudanga:

        Bharath

Ghatam:

        Skanda Manjunath

About Matthias Schriefl:

Matthias Schriefl, born in 1981, grew up on the edge of the Alps in Maria Rain. From 2000 to 2005 he studied in Cologne and Amsterdam. Since 2006 he has been organizing the concert series Jazz-O-Rama at the Artheater Köln. From 2008 to 2010, he toured with his band Shreefpunk as the “Rising Star” of the European Concert Hall Organization through the major concert halls of Europe. After that he experimented mainly with alpine music. In 2012, he released the multi-award-winning album Six, Alps & Jazz on ACT’s Young German Jazz series.

Schriefl lives in Cologne and partly in the Allgäu. His musical curiosity inspires him again and again on longer study trips to India and stays in African and South American countries, where he deals with various musical traditions. In 2016, his versatile involvement paid off with the World Music Prize RUTH in Rudolstadt. He knows and loves big stages and the wide world, but attaches importance to bringing jazz to small, rural venues regularly.

About Amith Nadig:

Amith comes from a family of musicians and is one among the topmost flutists of India today. He is the son and student of flautist Vidwan B.K.Anantharam. He underwent training under Padma Bhushana Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr.R.K.Srikantan to learn the finer aspects of the Gayaki Style of flute playing for almost 2 decades. One of the youngest "A" graded artists of All India Radio, Amith has toured USA, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, Austria, Finland, Estonia, Morocco, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and other countries on multiple occasions on concert tours and regularly performs with top musicians from India and abroad. He effortlessly adapts his playing to perform with musicians from different genres of music including Karnatic, Hindustani, Jazz, Fusion etc. A recipient of Ananya Yuva Puraskara and the Annual Youth Award from Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira, Amith has the distinction of having been invited as a guest to perform with the world renowned HR Big Band for the German Jazz Festival and more recently at Alpentone Jazz festival in 2018 and 2019 respectively. Amith works as a Senior Project Manager at Netserv, Bangalore and also is an accomplished organic farmer.
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