Nitish Kulkarni

Nitish Kulkarni -- Composer, arranger multi-instrumentalist (especially keyboards and tabla), and mixer. Although Nitish Kulkarni grew up mainly in Houston, Texas, his parents were born in Mumbai, India, and Nitish is fluent in Hindi and Marathi languages. He began playing tabla (pair of small drums) from India at around age ten and has performed Indian classical music around the world. At Indiana University, he earned a Bachelor's degree in Organology (the science of musical instruments) and Music Production, which was an individualized major. In 2012, he completed a Master's in Music Production, Technology, and Innovation at Berklee College of Music in Valencia, Spain (the only branch of Berklee outside of Boston). Strongly influenced by his Indian musical heritage, Kulkarni creates compositions that combine live instruments with sampled sounds. Utilizing his expertise and interest in Organology, he includes the sounds of instruments from a multitude of world cultures. Primarily a creator of instrumental music, he sometimes integrates vocals (i.e. singing in Marathi, vocalize, or chanting) into his works. Since 2014, Kulkarni has released two full-length albums and two singles with EverSound Music. His first album, Synesthetic, was awarded the "Best New Age Music Album" of 2014 by the New Age Music Odyssey website. Based in Fort Wayne, Nitish Kulkarni is a Sales Engineer at Sweetwater.