Rishiraj Kulkarni is a solo independent artist. Beginning with the tabla in 2005, he received incalculable guidance from Ustad Zakir Hussain and Pandit Yogesh Samsi. An alumnus of A.R Rahman’s KM Music Conservatory, and Middlesex University in London, he bonded with instruments such as the handpan, Rav Vast, Maschine, marimba, xylophone, and vibraphone. Since 2012 he has performed with artists from various art forms such as illustrators, painters, thespians, poets, singers, ballet dancers, western classical orchestras, and Indian musicians, performing across Europe and India.