About
Biography
In his early years as a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and collector of remote music Wolter experimented with different styles in his home studio: from punk to blues and American primitive guitar, musique concrete and noise to post punk and free jazz. During his musicological studies at the TU Berlin, he dealt intensively with Indian raga music and was enchanted. In order to learn all the complex intricacies of that music in a traditional way, he began learning sitar and surbahar music under sitar master Subroto Roy Chowdhury and lived for more than five years together with his teacher in his home in Calcutta. After the death of his teacher in 2017, he continued his studies under the guidance of the famous sarod master Irfan Khan –the current head of the ancient Lucknow-Shahjahanpur-Gharana of instrumental music. Wolters' main interests are the great raga music masters of the 19th and early to mid-20th centuries and traditional formats of instrumental raga interpretation. In the extensive and historically informed repertoire of the Lucknow Shahjahanpur Gharana he finds relevant material to constantly expand his knowledge and skills. Wolter has made guest appearances internationally on numerous well-known stages. So far he has produced four albums of classical raga music and four critically acclaimed albums with his jazz outlet the Pulsar Trio. In addition, Wolter worked in numerous musical projects as a guest musician and composed film music. Most recently he was a co-founder of the Berlin Raga Tribe(BRT), an initiative to promote authentic performances of traditional raga music in and around Berlin. His latest archive project "Lucknow-Shahjahanpur-Gharana-Archive" restores historical sound recordings of old masters of Indian raga music and makes them accessible to a new audience.
Staatstheater Cottbus Sitar Festival St. Petersburg Russland Pakistanische Botschaft Berlin
Glastonbury Festival Großbritannien Leverkusener Jazztage Deutschland Fusion Festival Deutschland
International Jazz Festival Izmir Türkei ICCR Hall Kolkata Sur Sadhana Festival Vilnius Litauen
Rudolstadt Festival / TFF Deutschland Shared Values Festival London Großbritannien Delhi International Jazz Festival Indien
Bengal Heritage Festival Kolkata Indien Deutschlandfunk Kultur - Radio Konzert www
Gallery
Impressions
PC: Benjamin Maltry
Irfan Khan Ensemble:Ustad Irfan Khan (Sarod)
Matyas Wolter (Sitar)
Markus Schlaffke (Rubab)
Mit Ustad Irfan Khan - sarodPC: Byoungje Kim
Mit Ustad Irfan Khan - sarodPC: Byoungje Kim
Mit Sanjib Pal - Tabla
Konzert in Kalkutta zum "Ustad Umar Khan Sangit Sabha 2020"PC: Raghu Mangat
Konzert in Kalkutta zum "Ustad Umar Khan Sangit Sabha 2020"Mit Sanjib Pal - Tabla und Sreeja Mangat - Tanpura
PC: Raghu Mangat
Photo: MK
mit Pt. Subroto Roy Chowdhury und Tablaspieler Sanjib PalPC: MW
Memorial Concert für Subroto Roychowdhury mit:Sanjib Pal (tabla), Tua Das (tanpura), Indro Roychowdhury (Sitar) und Jonathan Mayer (Sitar)
Riyaz in Kalkutta mit Indro Roychowdhury, Jonathan Mayer und Michael Green
Bei der 66. Dover Lane Music Conference in Kalkutta 2018 mit:Sanjib Pal - Tabla; Indro Roychowdhury - Sitar und Jonathan Mayer - Sitar
Telegraph Report zu unserem Auftritt bei der 66. Dover-Lane-Music-Conference 2018
Mit SurbaharPhoto: Ricardo Diaz Granados Zabaroin
Mit Surbahar
Tierpark der Töne
SCHALL. Musikmagazin, Mai 2018 von André Stiebitz
Invitation DoverLaneMusicConference
Invitation Card DoverLaneMusicConference 2018
MathrooBhumi Kerala Trivandrum
MathrooBhumi Kerala Trivandrum, February 2018
Telegraph Kolkata
Telegraph Kolkata, January 2018
Telegraph Kolkata
Telegraph Kolkata, January 2018
Tryst with Hindustani music
Tryst with Hindustani music - KERALA - The Hindu_files
The Telegraph Kolkata
The Telegraph Kolkata, 4. September 2017
In the name of their musical master
The Telegraph Kolkata, 2. September 2017
Kerala newspaper
Kerala newspaper, February 2017
Concert Review, Nabadwip/WestBengal/India
Ananda Bazar Patrika; February 2017
CD Review „Folker“
Folker Magazin, 2016
Ein indischer Meister aus Brandenburg
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ), 05.10.2016 von Charlotte Klimas
CD Review „Jazzthing“
Jazzthing Magazin, 2016/2017
Concert Review
Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung (MAZ), 11.10.2016
Indisches Musikfest Prinzenpalais Wolfenbüttel
BZ, 12.05.2015 von Ulrich Thiele
Voller virtuoser Farbigkeit
Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (PNN), 29.08.2013 von Dirk Becker
Die tiefe Schönheit der Ragas
Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten (PNN), 05.10.2013 von Dirk Becker
Gefühlsinhalt auf einer Saite
PNN, 28. Mai 2008
Concerts
classical Raga-music concerts
List of classical Raga-music concerts. For information on Pulsar Trio concerts please follow this link: www.pulsartrio.de
28.01.2024 18:00 UHR
Hamburg
28.01.2024 18:00 - RESONANZRAUM HAMBURG https://zafraanensemble.com/news/hiding-place-the-ornament/
27.01.2024 19:30 UHR
Berlin
27.01.2024 19:30 - THEATER IM DELPHI https://zafraanensemble.com/news/hiding-place-the-ornament/
27.01.2024 10:00 UHR
Berlin
mit Michel Guay - sitar & khyal vocal; Matyas Wolter -surbahar & Raimund Engelhardt - tabla & pakhawaj
BRT-Headquarters: Kiefholzstr. 21; 12435 Berlin https://www.instagram.com/berlinragatribe/
26.01.2024 19:30 UHR
Berlin
26.01.2024 19:30 - THEATER IM DELPHI https://zafraanensemble.com/news/hiding-place-the-ornament/
26.10.2023 19:30 UHR
Berlin
Indian Night: Bharatnatyam dance and Raga music on sitar & tabla witk Giulia Marchetti, Matyas Wolter & Yatziv Caspi
Ballhaus Wedding https://www.ballhauswedding.de/veranstaltungen
12.05.2023 19:00 UHR
Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin
Mandoline & global friends: Sitar & Mandoline Das dritte von sechs Kammerkonzerten des LMR in der Reihe "Mandoline & global friends", in denen die Mandoline ein jeweils anderes außereuropäisches Zupfinstrument trifft. Heute Europa und Indien: Annika Hinsche, Mandoline, konzertiert mit Matyas Wolter, Sitar und Yatziv Caspi, Tabla. Moderation: Prof. Dr. Lars-Christian Koch, Direktor des Ethnologischen Museums und des Museums für Asiatische Kunst der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin. In Kooperation mit dem Ethnologischen Museum.
Klangwerkstatt, Humboldt Forum https://www.landesmusikrat-berlin.de/termin-detail/?termin=1553/
25.11.2022 20:00 UHR
Berlin
Sitar Konzert with Yatziv Caspi: tabla SeppMaiers
2Raumwohnung https://seppmaiers2raumwohnung.de/39994.html
Lessons
for Sitar and Surbahar
I am available for personal lessons in classical sitar and surbahar playing in Jena (Germany) and Berlin. Furthermore I am offering one-on-one online classes via Skype. Please contact me for further information. Sitar beginners will be guided step-by-step, with personalised sets of excercises according to their need. Intermediate and advanced student can draw from a huge collection of traditional instrumental gats and gat todas as taught by my Gurus Ustad Irfan Khan and Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury. In Surbahar I am teaching alap-jor-jhala in the old two-mizrab-three-finger-beenkar-right-hand-technique and instrumental dhrupad compositions in dhamar, chowtal, sooltal and jhaptal-sadra.
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Concert recordings
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