Violinist, violist, composer, arranger, formerly also singer and beatboxer, Krishna Nagaraja has always approached music from many different directions. Over the years, his musical path led him to the baroque violin and viola, performing with renowned groups in his native Italy and abroad. His passion for traditional music also steered him towards Irish, Scottish, Breton and Nordic folk music. He holds a Master's Degree in Global Music (GLOMAS) and a Doctoral Degree in folk music from the Sibelius Academy, where he experimented with the interaction between musical genres and styles, mixing folk with baroque and contemporary music in original arrangements and compositions. This activity gave birth to projects like Brú, a kaleidoscopic international group whose leadership has brought his music to several European festivals.
In recent years Krishna has devoted more and more energy to composition, releasing award-nominated CDs with his music such as “Tales from Norway”, featuring string quartet Meta4 and himself on the Hardanger fiddle. He is currently conducting a postdoctoral project focusing on polyrhythms in three musical areas (Norwegian folk, medieval music, progressive metal) as sources of inspiration for the composition of respective pieces.
