About Anthony Muthurajah
Anthony Muthurajah is a Bahrain born Sri Lankan musician specializing in the bass guitar. Music was an integral part of his life unknown to him. At age 12, he joined the local church band as the drummer and that's where it all began. He was nurtured and mentored to eventually pick up the guitar and a little bit of bass guitar. At age 17, he moved to Chennai, India for a year and was an active part of the gospel scene.
In India, he became highly active as a session bass player, both live and in the studio. While in Malaysia, he worked with Ning Baizura, Michael Veerapen, Jayesslee, Melissa Indot, Mokhtar Samba African Jazz Project, Patrick Terbrack, Valtinhio Anastacio, John Thomas, Lewis Pragasam among many others.
He eventually relocated to Doha, Qatar in November 2014. He worked extensively with many visiting artists at Jazz at Lincoln Center Doha and did a 2 month residency at the club with renowned singer from acid jazz group Incognito, Deborah Bond. He then moved to Dubai, U.A.E in the summer of 2015 working in various formats, most recently having played bass for the world premier of Emirati composer, Ihab Darwish's album, Waves of my Life which featured the Beethoven Academy Orchestra and Polish Chamber Choir from Poland on March 2018.