The Poona Music Society in collaboration with The Olga & Jules Craen Foundation is pleased to present Udit Gupta, a new Delhi-based guitarist-composer. His outgoing performance at various music institutions as The Olga & Jules Craen Foundation’s Young Musician of the Year YMOY 2020, has been delayed due to the Foundation being unable to conduct its annual event the past two Covid-restricted years.
Udit Gupta hails from a Western classical music background with a keen ear for Indian classical music as well. Having passed his LTCL examination with distinction, he went on to win the All India Radio (AIR) Music Competition in the Western Instrumental category and was proclaimed an AIR-graded artiste. While at college he co-founded a tabla-guitar duo, The Crotchets, that was invited to perform at several TEDx venues and most notably at the Taj Mahaotsav in 2019, on the grounds of the Taj Mahal in Agra. He refined his musical interpretation and performing skills under the tutelage of Madhavan Somanathan and has had masterclasses with world renowned classical guitarists like David Russell, Pavel Steidl and Raphaella Smits.
Udit Gupta will be playing compositions by Mauro Giuliani, Luigi Legnani, Francisco Tárrega, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Jean Absil, Franz Schubert, Napoleon Coste and Antonio Lauro.
