Rajib Karmakar is a Los Angeles based performance artist, composer and educator Rajib has been performed in many countries including India, USA, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland for Ministry of Spain (Spain), Ottawa Council for Arts (Canada), Boom Festival (Portugal), Festival of India (USA and Canada), NAMM (Los Angeles), Cal Performances (USA), National Arts Center(Ottawa), Straz Center (Tampa) , Castello Di Romeo (Italy), Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles) and many more. He has played and has been featured in various movies and T.V. shows for Disney, Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, A&E Network and others and also has been an artist in residence for various colleges and universities all over the world. Rajib’s versatility and ability has allowed him to adapt his skills and knowledge to his various world music projects with his own creation “Mayur Tantri” -the world’s first double necked sitar. Rajib received his MFA in Music from California Institute of the Arts and currently he is the Artistic director of Los Angeles International Music and Arts Academy.
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2020
- Disney Recording
- Delhi To Damascus
- Dartmouth College
- Das Music Retreat
2019
- Hammer Museum Gala
- The Filmore
- Skirball Cultural Center
- Elora Festival
- James Armstrong Theatre
- Jewish Cultural Center
- San Fernando Valley Master Chorale
- Deerfield Academy
- California State University
- Ashmont Chamber Music Society
- Tempe Center for Performing Arts
- Disney Recording
- Warner Bros. Recording
2018
- Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Colby College
- Blackstone River Theatre
- Flamenco India
- UC Berkley
- UC Santacruz
- Harborfront Summer Series
- Festival of Tabla
- Anokhi Adaa Show
- LAIMA Summer Retreat
- Wallis Annenberg Theatre
- Storage Wars Shoot
- Flamenco India
- Flamenco India
- Dhamar – Ismaili Center
- Fogartyville Concert
- Lunenburg Residency
- Morari Bapu Concert
2017
- Recording for Bird Karma
- Recording for Herb Alpert
- Los Globos
- Heritage 2017
- Sofia B. Clark Theatre
- Shrine Auditorium
- Dunn Theatre
- Sickels Auditorium
- Learnquest Festival
- International Wood Festival
- Aga Khan Council
- ASU Kerr Concert
- Absolute Focus Series
2016
- Brandeis University
- Waltham High School
- Harvard Divinity School
- Recording for Rock Mafia Productions
- Purdue University
- Festaal de Ayurveda Klinik, Kassel
- Lions Club Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Recording for Disney “The Jungle Book” show
- Joshua Tree Music Festival, Joshua Tree, California
- California Science Center, Los Angeles, California
- Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, California
- The Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida
- Shruti Foundation Annual Concert, St. Pete College, Florida
2015
- Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Tampa, Florida
- Festival of India, Richmond Convention Center, Virginia
- India Night, Lake Shrine Place, Los Angeles, California
- Sprinfest 2015, Molson Canadian Studio, Hamilton, Canada
- Toronto Sanskriti Sangstha, Toronto, Canada
- National Arts Center, Ottawa, Canada
- Forgartyville Community M&A Center, Sarasota, Florida
- National Arts Center, Ottawa, Canada
- Forgartyville Community M&A Center, Sarasota, Florida
- Tropical Heatwave Festival, Ybor City, Florida
- Sealholm High School Auditorium , Birmingham, Michigan
- Kashinath Shankar Bodas Festival, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Bengali Society of Florida, Orlando, Florida
- House of Blues, Los Angeles, California
- Dhara Concert at NAMM, Anaheim, CA
2014
- Theatre Rogue Du Conservatoire, Montreal, Canada
- Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, Halifax, Canada
- Burhamthorpe Library Theatre, Mississauga, Canada
- Blue Whale Jazz, Los Angeles, USA
- Heilingenkreuz im Lafnitzal, Austria
- Disney Diwali Night, Los Angeles, California
- CD Release Concert in Springhill, Florida, USA
- Festival of India, Ottawa, Canada
- Toronto Music Garden, Toronto, Canada
- Castello Di Romeo, Montecchio Maggiore, Italy
- Point De Basculle, Marseille, France
- CalArts World Music and Dance Festival, Valencia, California
- Indian Culture Center, Tampa, Florida
- Dhara World Music Concert, CalArts, Valencia, California
- WMNF Radio Concert, Clearwater, Florida
2013 and Before
- Roy O. Disney Hall, CalArts, Valencia, California
- Festival Yoga sur l’Atlantique, La Rochelle, France
- Festsaal der Ayur Veda Klinik, Kassel, Germany
- Espacio Rhonda, Madrid, Spain
- Hip-Hop Connection Festival, Wien, Austria
- Festival de Papillotes, Brest, France
- IndiaSphere Diwali festival, Graz, Austria
- Boom Festival, Lisbon, Portugal
- Nada-Naissance Concert, Durgapur, India
- Mondial Centrum, Haarlem, Holland
- Casa De La India for Ministry of Culture, Valladolid, Spain
- European Yoga Congress, Zinal, Switzerland
- Buhne im Burgertreff, Hamburg, Germany
- Theatre im Waaghaus, Winterthur, Switzerland
- Le Cazard, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Theatre Palazzo, Liestal, Switzerland
- Sanskar Bharati Concert, Bokaro, India
- Fuzorhythm Concert in Tollygunj Club, Kolkata, India
- Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
- Ganesh Mahotsav, Varanasi, India
- I.R (All-India-Radio) Concert, Kolkata, India
CD’s and Recordings
- Disney: Mira- The Royal Detective
- A&E Network: Legends of Tomorrow
- Delhi to Damascus, Hum Productions
- Brother Ray, Creative World Studio
- Dreamworks- Bird Kama
- Dhara World Music, Dhara Productions
- Euphonic, Sunanda Records, India
- Liberation, Shruti AIM, USA
- Muzocean, The Indian Record Mfg. Co. Ltd, India
Honors and Awards :
- Competition judge for Pt. Kashinath Bodas Music Festival, Phoenix 2015
- Received scholarship from California Institute of the Arts (USA) 2013
- Awarded title Surmani by Sur Singar Samsad, Mumbai, India 2010
- Adjudged 1st in Maya Mitra Memorial Instrumental Competition hosted by Aurobindo Institute of Culture, Kolkata, India 2008
- Adjudged 1st in All India Youth Festival (Eastern Zone), Manipur, India 2004