Rupak Kulkarni


Rupak Kulkarni is an Indian Bansuri player.

Background

With the musical background of his father late Pandit Malhar Rao Kulkarni, Rupak continued his learning under Padma Vibhushan Hariprasad Chaurasia to represent Maihar gharana.

Performances

Rupak has performed at the Tansen Samaroh, Peshkar World Music Festival, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Samaroh, Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan, Times of India 150 years celebration concerts, Bheeshm Parv, Ustad Amir Khan Samaroh, Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra, Saptak Music Festival, Gunidas Sammelan, Hirabai Barodekar Smruti Samaroh, and Shruti Mandal.
His flute concerts are aired on All India Radio, World Space Radio and various TV channels such as Doordarshan, STAR TV, Zee TV, and CNN-IBN.
Rupak has also performed in Indian classical music concerts around the world.

Awards and achievements

His first album was released at the age of 18, titled Tenderly, accompanied by Anindo Chatterji on the tabla. His albums have been released by Times Music, HMV, Navras, Plus Music, Rhythm House, Ninaad, ABCL’s Big B, Sense World, WorldWideRecords etc.