Sarathy Korwar is a percussionist/composer born in the US, raised in India and now based in London. Sarathy has been trained as a classical tabla player under the guidance of Shri Rajeev Devasthali and Pandit Sanju Sahai, and is equally at ease on the tabla and drum-kit. In 2011, he graduated with an MMus in Performance from SOAS in London, with a focus on the adaptation of Indian classical rhythmic material to non-Indian percussion instruments.

Since moving to London, Sarathy has performed and collaborated with likes of jazz/improvised music legends Karl Berger and Ingrid Sertso, award winning instrumentalists Arun Ghosh, Shabaka Hutchings and Indian classical musicians such as Pt. Ajay Prasanna, Pt. Bhajan Sopori, Pt. Sanju Sahai and Padmashree Pt. Pratap Pawar. In 2014, he was awarded with the Rajshekhar Parikh Fellowship for exceptional performance and outstanding promise in music from India. In 2015, he was invited to perform for the Dalai Lama at the Royal Opera House in London. June 2016 saw Sarathy support Kamasi Washington on his UK tour. His first album ‘Day To Day’ was released on Ninja Tune [2016] and features field recordings of Sidi musicians, who are descendants of African migrants in India.

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