Matyas Wolter
Matyas Wolter
Surbahar
16 Renditions • 3 h 51 m
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PLAYS
Surbahar
GHARANA
Etawah (Imdadkhani)
GURUS
Pt. Subroto Roy Chowdhury
Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan
Matyas Wolter is a Germany-based sitar and surbahar player. His initial training with his first teacher, the sitar player Pt. Subroto Roy Chowdhury, lasted fourteen years, around five of which were spent in his guru's house in Calcutta. After his teacher's death in 2017, Matyas sought further guidance from sarod nawaz Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan, the khalifa (head) of the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana. Drawn to the masters of yesteryear and to traditional formats of raga interpretation, he finds rich nourishment in the extensive, historically informed repertoire of this gharana and his ustad's teaching. Matyas has toured extensively in Europe and India as a soloist on sitar and surbahar and as part of his jazz outlet Pulsar Trio. He is taking a lead role in digitising and archiving the gharana's audio collection as a resource for music students and connoisseurs. In recent years he co-founded Berlin-Raga-Tribe (BRT), an initiative to promote authentic performances of traditional raga music in and around Berlin.