About Nantha, percussionist in Atta Chakki:

Familiar and culturaly rooted in Southern India, he was born in Singapore. Nantha started playing by himself when he was 5 years old. At the age of 7, he started to study tabla with masters from Southern India. Some time later he began to study at the Punjabi Gharana school.
With seventeen, his tireless curiosity drove him to investigate percussions from some other places of the world, such as African djembe, Latin congas or bongo.
After some years living in Paris, he moved to Madrid.

Since then, he has played with some of the best artists from Spain and abroad, like Concha Buika, Bill Evans, Ketama, Arto Tunçboyaciyan, Chano Domínguez, Jorge Pardo or Rubém Dantas.
Arabic, Indian, Balkan, Eastern, Flamenco, Afroamerican and jazz components mix in a very emotive and fresh proposal that marvels constanly, from the hands of these musicians, as experimented and connoisseur as daring and researchers.

Original compositions and pieces from Indian and Turkish traditions make up the repertoire of one of the most original and bright bands in the world music made in Spain.

Line-up:

Ivo Hristov (Bulgary): clarinet and alto saxophone. Niraj Kumar Singh (India): tabla and voice. Jorge Lozano (Spain): ud, morsing, percussion. André Teixeira (Portugal): Eastern and Afro-latin percusion and voice. Ricardo Passos (Portugal): saz, cümbü?, harp, guitar, percussion and voice.

Next concerts by Atta Chakki:

In Madrid. FestiMad. Sala Espacio Ronda, Ronda de Segovia, 50. Thursday, 6th of May of 2010, 8.30 pm.

In Murcia. Festival Murcia Tres Culturas, Plaza de los Apostoles. Friday, 21st of May of 2010, 10 pm.

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