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U. N. Giridhar Udupa
(Ghatam)
Ghatam Giridhar Udupa is one of the younger generation of new and amazing percussion artists in Bangalore. He began learning at age 4 from his father the mridangist Vidwan Ullur Nagendra Udupa. He is currently a disciple of Vidushi Ghatam Sukanya Ramgopal and Vidwan Ghatam V. Suresh. Udupa performs on the Maana Madurai ghatam and also performs on mridangam, kanjira, morsing, and konnakol. Apart from playing Carnatic music, he has performed in many fusion, jazz, blues, flamenco, symphonic, Celtic, world music, and jugal bandi concerts and has been part of numerous international music festivals with renowned Indian musicians like Dr. L. Subramaniam, Pandit Jasraj, and Ganesh & Kumaresh, among others.
| Artist | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|
 Mysore Bros.(Mysore Sri Nagaraj & Mysore Dr.Manjunath ...(Violin) Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 01/01/2026 |
 Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna...(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin B. Shree Sundarkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 30/12/2025 |
 Vignesh Ishwar...(Vocal - Carnatic) Trivandrum N. Sampath -Violin Tanjore Praveen Kumar (Praveen Sparsh)-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 29/12/2025 |
 Sikkil. C. Gurucharan...(Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2025 |
 Mysore M. Manjunath...(Violin) Sumanth Manjunath-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | The Madras Sanskrit College Auditor | 23/12/2025 |
 Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh...(Veena) Pramath Kiran -Tabla U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 18/05/2025 |
 J. A. Jayant...(Flute - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 30/12/2024 |
 Akkarai sisters...(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhargav Tumkur-Violin Delhi Sairam -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Sasthri Hall (Srinivasa Sastri Hall | 29/12/2024 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) Kamalakiran Vinjumuri-Violin K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Jaigopal Garodia hindu Vidyalaya Ma | 28/12/2024 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Sumesh S. Narayanan -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2024 |
| Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna... (Vocal - Carnatic) Akkarai Subbalakshmi-Violin B. Shree Sundarkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2024 |
 Sandeep Narayan...(Vocal - Carnatic) B. Ananthakrishnan-Violin K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 22/12/2024 |
 Lalgudi GJR Krishnan & Vijayalakshmi...(Violin) B. Harikumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Asian College of Journalisam | 22/12/2024 |
 Malladi Brothers...(Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Trivandrum V. Balaji-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 18/12/2024 |
 Sid Sriram...(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin J. Vaidhyanathan-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 01/01/2024 |
| Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh... (Veena) K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Sri Ramanujar Millenium Hall (above | 31/12/2023 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) H. M. Smitha -Violin K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 30/12/2023 |
| Mysore Bros.(Mysore Sri Nagaraj & Mysore Dr.Manjunath ... (Violin) Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Giri Fine Arts (Lakshmi Giri Conven | 26/12/2023 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. Sanjeev -Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2023 |
 Shashank. Subramanyam...(Flute - Carnatic) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Parupalli Subbaraya Phalgun-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 24/12/2023 |
 Kolkata Vijayaraghavan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli-Violin Manikudi S. Chandrasekaran-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 21/12/2023 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Violin) K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/12/2023 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/12/2023 |
 Yella Venkateswara Rao ...(Mridangam) Bangalore N. Amrit-Kanjira U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 20/12/2023 |
 Lalgudi. GJR. Krishnan...(Violin) Lalgudi. Vijayalakshmi-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 13/12/2023 |
 Dr. Nithyashri Mahadevan...(Vocal - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Mini Hall (Kasthuri S | 10/12/2023 |
| Kunnakudi M. Balamuralikrishna... (Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Kaaraikkudi R. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam G. Guruprasanna-Kanjira | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 02/01/2023 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) Trivandrum N. Sampath -Violin K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 28/12/2022 |
 S. Saketharaman...(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Neyveli R. Narayanan-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 27/12/2022 |
| Mysore M. Manjunath... (Violin) Mysore M. Nagaraj-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 26/12/2022 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 24/12/2022 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. Sanjeev -Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 21/12/2022 |
| Lalgudi. GJR. Krishnan... (Violin) Lalgudi. Vijayalakshmi-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 20/12/2022 |
 Ganesh & Kumaresh...(Violin) Taufiq Qureshi-Fusion Keith Peters-Guitar - W Anantha R. Krishnan-Mridangam K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam Pramath Kiran -Moorsing V. Selvaganesh-Kanjira | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 20/11/2022 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 03/01/2022 |
 Abhishek Raghuram...(Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Bharadwaj. N. C-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Kanchi Jagadguru Sri C | 02/01/2022 |
| Mysore M. Manjunath... (Violin) Dr. Nirmala Rajasekar-Veena T. G. Muthukumaraswamy-Thavil Thanjavur K. Murugaboopathy-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | kalakendra.com | 27/12/2021 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. Sanjeev -Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/12/2021 |
 Dr. Sudha Raghunathan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Charumathi Raghuraman-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 25/12/2021 |
 Mysore M. Nagaraj...(Violin) Mysore M. Manjunath-Violin Arjun Kumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | kalakendra.com | 05/12/2021 |
| Mysore M. Manjunath... (Violin) Sumanth Manjunath-Violin Arjun Kumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | YouTube @Ranjani Memorial Trust | 19/09/2021 |
| Dr. Jayanthi Kumaresh... (Veena) K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Webcast - www.youtube.com/parivadin | 02/01/2021 |
 Ramakrishnan Murthy...(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Kaaraikkudi R. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | YT Margazhi- Virtual - For Details | 29/12/2020 |
| Dr. Sudha Raghunathan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Rakesh Chaurasia-Flute - Hi U. Rajesh-Mandolin Anil Srinivasan-Piano Stephen Devassy-Piano Krishna Kishore - Percussion -Others U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 28/02/2020 |
| Sid Sriram... (Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin B. Shree Sundarkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 15/02/2020 |
| Lalgudi. GJR. Krishnan... (Violin) Lalgudi. Vijayalakshmi-Violin R. Sankaranarayanan-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 27/12/2019 |
| Sandeep Narayan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Raghul Ravichandran-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/12/2019 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. Sanjeev -Violin Bangalore V. Praveen-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2019 |
 P. Unnikrishnan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 24/12/2019 |
| P. Unnikrishnan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Thiruvarur Dr. Bakthavathsalam-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 24/12/2019 |
| Sid Sriram... (Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam Bangalore Rajasekar-Moorsing | Infosys Hall - RKM School | 15/12/2019 |
| Mysore M. Nagaraj... (Violin) Mysore M. Manjunath-Violin Tumukuru B. Ravishankar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 01/11/2019 |
| Mysore M. Manjunath... (Violin) Mysore M. Nagaraj-Violin Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 13/10/2019 |
 K. Bharat Sundar...(Vocal - Carnatic) Mysore M. Nagaraj-Violin Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Webcast-Music Academy Chennai | 04/08/2019 |
| Sandeep Narayan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 31/12/2018 |
| Shashank. Subramanyam... (Flute - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin Arjun Kumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 30/12/2018 |
 Ronu Mozumdar...(Flute - Hindustani) U. Rajesh-Mandolin Bangalore V. Praveen-Mridangam Pt. Ravindra Yuvagal-Tabla U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 26/12/2018 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Dr. Trichy Sankaran.-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2018 |
| Ramakrishnan Murthy... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. S. Gokul-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 22/12/2018 |
 T. V. Sankaranarayanan...(Vocal - Carnatic) Mullaivasal G. Chandramouli-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 22/12/2018 |
| Lalgudi. GJR. Krishnan... (Violin) Lalgudi. Vijayalakshmi-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (Main Audito | 19/12/2018 |
| Mysore M. Manjunath... (Violin) Mysore M. Nagaraj-Violin Kaaraikkudi R. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 19/12/2018 |
| K. Bharat Sundar... (Vocal - Carnatic) M. A. Sundareswaran-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 18/12/2018 |
 Gokul Shyamsundar...(Guitar - Carnatic) Embar S. Kannan-Violin Parupalli Subbaraya Phalgun-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 16/06/2018 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Neyveli R. Narayanan-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 01/01/2018 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Violin) Mannargudi M. R. Vasudevan-Thavil Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | RR Sabha-Kamakoti Triveni Sri Chand | 01/01/2018 |
| S. Saketharaman... (Vocal - Carnatic) Vittal Ramamurthy-Violin Mannargudi Easwaran-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 29/12/2017 |
| K. Bharat Sundar... (Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 28/12/2017 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) B. Vittal Rangan-Violin Patri Satishkumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 27/12/2017 |
 N. Ravikiran...(Chitra veena) Akkarai Subbalakshmi-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam Alathur T. Rajaganesh-Kanjira | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 26/12/2017 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) Nagai R. Sriram-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2017 |
| Ramakrishnan Murthy... (Vocal - Carnatic) Ganesh Prasad B. U-Violin B. Harikumar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 24/12/2017 |
 T. N. Krishnan...(Violin) Viji Krishnan Natarajan-Violin Sriram Krishnan-Violin Trichur KMS. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Ragasudha Hall | 23/12/2017 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Vocal - Carnatic) L. Ramakrishnan-Violin-Violin Neyveli R. Narayanan-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vani Mahal - Sri P. Obul Reddy Hall | 01/12/2017 |
 Purbayan Chatterjee...(Sitar) Stephen Devassy-Piano Miguel Czachowski -Guitar - W U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam Arun Kumar-Drum Keith Peters-Guitar - W Chandrajith-Tabla | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 11/10/2017 |
| Shashank. Subramanyam... (Flute - Carnatic) Bhaskar H. N-Violin Bangalore V. Praveen-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 30/12/2016 |
 Madurai TNS Krishna...(Vocal - Carnatic) Shertalai R. Sivakumar-Violin Trichur Narendran-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Kamakoti Hall - (Krishna Gana Sab | 29/12/2016 |
| Shashank. Subramanyam... (Flute - Carnatic) U. Rajesh-Mandolin Kaaraikkudi R. Mani-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 28/12/2016 |
| Sikkil. C. Gurucharan... (Vocal - Carnatic) V. Sanjeev -Violin Dr. Trichy Sankaran.-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam | 25/12/2016 |
 Prasanna...(Guitar - Carnatic) Neyveli B. Venkatesh-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Arkay Convention Center | 23/12/2016 |
| S. Saketharaman... (Vocal - Carnatic) Mysore M. Manjunath-Violin Srimushnam V. Raja Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Ethiraj Kalyana Mandapam | 22/12/2016 |
| Mysore M. Nagaraj... (Violin) Mysore M. Manjunath-Violin K. V. Prasad -Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Mylapore Fine Arts Club Hall - TAG | 21/12/2016 |
 B. V. Balasai...(Flute - Carnatic) B. V. Raghavendra Rao-Violin K. Sai Giridhar-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Krishna Gana Sabha (Dr.Nalli GanaV | 19/12/2016 |
 Sriram Parthasarathy...(Vocal - Carnatic) Delhi P. Sunder Rajan-Violin Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Music Academy Main Hall (T.T.K. Aud | 16/12/2016 |
| Akkarai sisters... (Violin) K. U. Jayachandra Rao-Mridangam U. N. Giridhar Udupa -Ghatam | Narada Gana Sabha - Main Hall | 29/11/2016 |