About me

Zürich, Switzerland

I am a vocalist based on Dhrupad, Northindian microtonal Ragamusic. I aim to build bridges between Orient & Oczident as well as Ancient Musical Traditions & Future Technology Productions. Since 2021 I am developing electroacustic music see https://aana.ch/music/electroacustic-music/

dhrupad.naad@gmail.com, +41 78 836 39 38

I studied Dhrupad in India with the big maestros 2004 till 2012. Since 2009 I am performing and composing. As a Dhrupad Yogini I am strong at microtones and improvisation both in melody and in rhythm. Long experience in western choirs & as a violinist too. I'm an out of the box thinker with a strong conceptional interlinking mind. I'm also very emotional and intuitiv.

Happy to be on Beyond Music, getting in contact with so many creative deep musicians globally.

Cultural background

  • Italy
  • Switzerland
  • India

Band/Ensemble

Values

  • Authenticity
  • Community
  • Creativity
  • Curiosity
  • Growth
  • Happiness
  • Honesty
  • Humor
  • Kindness
  • Learning
  • Listening
  • Love
  • Meaningful work
  • Openness
  • Personal fulfilment
  • Spirituality
  • Wisdom
  • Vision

Project Music

No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 4.

DIALOGUE

The voice and the Kyl are dancing with eachother: it’s a dialogue between the inner & the outer world, merging the human being with the universe. There is no lyrics. It is about pure sound… Raag Darbari Kanada/D matches best the Kazach folk musicsystem/K. Nevertheless of the same scale, these 2 musicsystems are conflicting: the minor 3rd & the minor 6th are high in K. & very low in D. etc. The ongoing electronic beat & the playing around consciously with these differences is merging the Kyl and the voice, harmonizing this conflict.

  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Improvisational
  • Indian
  • Religious / Spiritual
  • Ritual
  • Traditional / Folk
  • Vocal
  • World
  • Contralto / Alto
  • Singer
  • Vocal percussion
  • Synthesizer
  • Kyl-Kobyz / Kobyz
  • Tambura
  • Kazakhstan
  • Portugal
  • Switzerland
CYCLE

Humans are rolling in the cycle of rebirth. Stucking in this very world. Never reaching a point of satisfaction. It is an un-cozy painful situation. Suffering! Because things are slipping away, changing always... Life is a complex matter and very conflictual. The idea is to create a sacral interreligious music, which is expressing the struggle to come out of this cycle. A slightly threatening space, a non-easy beauty. We do not focus on one particular genre, music system or religion. Instead we create something new, something universal…

  • Asian
  • Classical
  • Electronic
  • Improvisational
  • Religious / Spiritual
  • Ritual
  • Vocal
  • A capella
  • Chanting
  • Choir
  • Overtone / Throat singing
  • Singer
  • Tenor
  • Vocal ensemble
  • Vocal percussion
  • Sho
  • India
  • Japan
  • Switzerland

No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 2.

No submissions for Beyond Music Project Volume 1.