Anita Chandavarkar is a flutist, improviser, and composer living in San Diego, California.

She has collaborated with Ensemble Dal Niente, members of Yarn/Wire, ALEA III, Palimpsest Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort, and Brooklyn Raga Massive, and has worked with such luminaries as Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, soprano Tony Arnold, Raven Chacon, John Adams, and Jason Eckardt.

In addition to playing Western flute in a contemporary context, Anita plays bansuri bamboo flute in the Hindustani classical tradition, and was a featured performer at the University of Chicago’s Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures. She studies with Lyon Leifer, disciple of Pandit Devendra Murdeshwar.

Anita earned a Master of Music degree in flute performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, having studied with Fenwick Smith and Paula Robison. She also holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance, having studied with Walfrid Kujala, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish Literature from Northwestern University. She has also studied with Leone Buyse, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, and piccoloist Nicola Mazzanti. 

Anita is currently a doctoral student at the University of California San Diego, studying contemporary performance with Wilfrido Terrazas.