Arun Luthra

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Arun Luthra
Arun Luthra 55 Bar New York City 2017.jpg
Arun Luthra performing at The 55 Bar, New York City in 2017
Background information
Genres Black American Music, Carnatic music, world music
OccupationMusician
Instrument(s) Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone, konnakol
Years active1990–present
Website www.arunluthra.net

Arun Luthra (Hindi: अरुण लूथरा; Punjabi: ਅਰੁਣ ਲੂਥਰਾ) is a saxophonist, konnakol artist, composer, and bandleader based in New York City.

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Career

He has worked with Billy Harper, Eddie Henderson, Kenny Garrett, Dennis Irwin, Joe Chambers, Charli Persip, Portinho, Zé Renato, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Frankie Valli, Bobby Short, Lew Soloff, Bernard Purdie and Ray Vega.

Luthra has also performed or studied with the Hindustani and Carnatic musicians Selvaganesh Vinayakram, Pandit Trichy Sankaran, Pandit Samir Chatterjee, Krishnan Lalgudi & Vijayalakshmi Lalgudi, Pandit Karaikudi Subramaniam, Steve Gorn, Kiran Ahluwalia, Sufi singer Zila Khan, and Asha Puthli.

Luthra was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on The Jazz Hole for Breakthruradio. [1]

Luthra was named the 2017–2018 composer-in-residence at Flushing Town Hall by Exploring the Metropolis. [2] In conjunction with this he was awarded a 2018 New Work Grant by the Queens Council on the Arts to premiere the music composed during his composer residency. [3] In 2021 Luthra was named the Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of the Arts. [4] In 2022 Luthra was for the second time awarded a New Work Grant by the Queens Council on the Arts – this time to continue developing his large-scale multimedia work "Many Streams One River, Many Branches One Tree". [5]

Discography

As leader

As sideman

References

  1. ↑ Arun Luthra Interview by breakthruradio.com
  2. ↑ "Announcing Our 2017-18 Con Edison Composers in Residence". Exploring the Metropolis. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  3. ↑ "2018 Queens Arts Fund Awardees". Queens Council on the Arts. Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  4. ↑ "Division of the Arts Announces Two Artists-In-Residence For The 2021-22 Academic Year". UW-Madison Division of the Arts. Archived from the original on 2021-03-12. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. ↑ "2022 QAF Awardees Queens Council on the Arts". Queens Council on the Arts. Archived from the original on 2022-08-14. Retrieved 2022-08-13.
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