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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Arun Luthra
| image = File:Arun Luthra 55 Bar New York City 2017.jpg
| caption = Arun Luthra performing at The 55 Bar, New York City in 2017
| instrument = [[Tenor saxophone]], [[soprano saxophone]], [[konnakol]]
| genre = [[African-American_music|Black American Music]], [[Carnatic music]], [[world music]]
| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1990–present
| website = {{URL|http://www.ArunLuthra.NET/}}
}}

'''Arun Luthra''' ([[Hindi]]: अरुण लूथरा; [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਅਰੁਣ ਲੂਥਰਾ) is a [[Saxophone|saxophonist]], [[Konnakol|konnakol artist]], [[composer]], and [[bandleader]] based in [[New York City]].

==Career==
He has worked with [[Billy Harper]], [[Eddie Henderson (musician)|Eddie Henderson]], [[Kenny Garrett]], [[Dennis Irwin]], [[Joe Chambers]], [[Charli Persip]], [[Portinho (musician)|Portinho]], [[Zé Renato]], [[The Temptations]], [[The Four Tops]], [[Frankie Valli]], [[Bobby Short]], [[Lew Soloff]], [[Bernard Purdie]] and Ray Vega.

Luthra has also performed or studied with the [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani]] and [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] musicians [[V._Selvaganesh|Selvaganesh Vinayakram]], [[Pandit#Pandit as a title in Hindustani classical music|Pandit]] [[Trichy Sankaran]], Pandit Samir Chatterjee, Krishnan Lalgudi & Vijayalakshmi Lalgudi, Pandit Karaikudi Subramaniam, [[Steve Gorn]], Kiran Ahluwalia, Sufi singer [[Zila Khan]], and [[Asha Puthli]].

Luthra was interviewed by Linus Wyrsch on ''The Jazz Hole'' for Breakthruradio.<ref>[http://www.breakthruradio.com/post/?dj=djlinus&post=668&blog=29&autoplay=1 Arun Luthra Interview by breakthruradio.com]</ref>

Luthra was named the 2017-2018 composer-in-residence at [[Flushing Town Hall]] by Exploring the Metropolis.<ref>{{cite web|title=Announcing Our 2017-18 Con Edison Composers in Residence |publisher=Exploring the Metropolis |url=http://exploringthemetropolis.org/2017/06/announcing-our-2017-18-con-edison-composers-in-residence/ |accessdate=2018-02-19 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212233/http://exploringthemetropolis.org/2017/06/announcing-our-2017-18-con-edison-composers-in-residence/ |archive-date=2018-02-20 }}</ref> In conjunction with this he was awarded a 2018 New Work Grant by the Queens Council on the Arts to premiere the music composed during his composer residency.<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 Queens Arts Fund Awardees |publisher=Queens Council on the Arts |url=http://www.queenscouncilarts.org/2018-qaf-awardees/ |accessdate=2018-02-19 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220212416/https://www.queenscouncilarts.org/2018-qaf-awardees/ |archive-date=2018-02-20 }}</ref> In 2021 Luthra was named the Interdisciplinary Artist-in-Residence at the [[University_of_Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin-Madison]]'s Division of the Arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Division of the Arts Announces Two Artists-In-Residence For The 2021-22 Academic Year |publisher=UW-Madison Division of the Arts |url=https://artsdivision.wisc.edu/2021/03/11/new-artists-in-residence/ |accessdate=2018-02-19 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312094033/https://artsdivision.wisc.edu/2021/03/11/new-artists-in-residence/ |archive-date=2021-03-12 }}</ref> In 2022 Luthra was for the second time awarded a New Work Grant by the Queens Council on the Arts – this time to continue developing his large-scale multimedia work "Many Streams One River, Many Branches One Tree".<ref> {{cite web|title=2022 QAF Awardees Queens Council on the Arts |publisher=Queens Council on the Arts |url=https://www.queenscouncilarts.org/2022-qaf-awardees }} |accessdate=2022-08-13 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220814011817/https://www.queenscouncilarts.org/2022-qaf-awardees |archive-date=2022-08-13 }}</ref>

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Tangibility'' (SaReGaMa, 2003)
* ''Louder Than Words'' (SaReGaMa, 2009)
* ''Live in New York'' (SaReGaMa, 2019)

===As sideman===
* David Rozenblatt, ''Dirty Wire'' (Mishigas Music)
* Red Baraat, ''Bootleg Bhangra" (Sinj 2011)
* Red Baraat, ''Chaal Baby'' (Sinj, 2010)
* Red Baraat, ''Shruggy Ji'' (Sinj, 2013)
* Björkestra, ''Enjoy'' (Koch, 2008)
* Billy Fox ''The Uncle Wiggly Suite'' (Clean Feed, 2007)
* Mosaïc Orchestra, ''The Journey'' (Blue Lemon)
* New York Funk Exchange, ''Funkonomic Stimulus Plan'' (Funk In Da Trunk)
* Quimbombó, ''Conga Eléctrica'' (Testa Dura)
* David Rozenblatt, ''Music for Dwight Rhoden's Ballet Othello'' (Mishigas Music)
* Russ Spiegel Jazz Orchestra, ''Transplants'' (Ruzztone Music)
* Russ Spiegel Sextet, ''Chimera'' (Steeplechase)
* Doug Lawrence & His Orchestra, ''Big Band Swing'
* New York Funk Exchange, ''Funkanomic Stimulus Plan''
* Karl Wenninger's Wake Up Call, ''Wake Up Call'' (Bancroft)
* ''Broadway's Greatest Gift: Carols For A Cure, Vol. 9''
* Charlie Porter Septet E.P.
* Dan Brodsky, ''Up In the Air'' E.P.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.ArunLuthra.NET}}
* [https://www.youtube.com/ArunLuthraMusic Arun Luthra on YouTube]
* [https://www.KonnakolJazzProject.com Arun Luthra's Konnakol Jazz Project]

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