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Ravi Chary is a professional sitar player based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. Originally hailing from Goa, a haven for all things musical, Ravi was destined to be a musician. Late Pt Prabhakar Chari, his father, a noted tabla player and musicologist, introduced him to the possibilities of a life rich in Indian music. He chose the sitar from a plethora of instruments made available to him by his father. Ravi is the first sitarist to have risen from the Goan landscape. His father was undoubtedly his first guru, but his foray into learning the refinements of the sitar began with Ustad Abdul Karim Khan in Goa, following which he came to Mumbai to learn from Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan. He continues his journey in sitar-dom under the teaching of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. The percussion guru, Trilok Gurtu, initiated him into fusion music and Ravi toured with him widely in his early days.
Sweekar Sunil Katti is a professional instrumentalist based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. He belongs to Etawah Gharana and follows the Gayaki Ang. His performances are a beautiful mix of contemporary and traditional Indian classical music. Music lovers and critics have appreciated Sweekar’s soulful and electrifying performances widely. He is a master of the Taal rhythm, especially the Laykari, which is something to look out for. Sweekar has performed at many prestigious music festivals in India and abroad. He is always interested in exploring new avenues of music and contribute towards innovative ideas of blending Indian classical and fusion music. Achievements: Received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2009–10 ‘A’ graded artist by All India Radio (AIR) Sweekar’s debut solo classical album, Sur Anant, was released by the legendary Kathak Maestro Pt Birju Maharaj and Begum Parveen Sultana Featured in the list of Young World Leaders by Mosaicque International Magazine Has worked with ace western composer, Prof Sandeep Bhagwati from Germany in his project of exploring Indian music, Dhwani Sutras Has worked with many Bollywood music directors like Pritam, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and Ustad Taufiq Qureshi to name a few Has been interviewed and played on various Television channels Played Sitar in many ad films for Taj, Askmebazar, etc. Has performed with top musicians of India like Ustad Taufiq Qureshi and Ranjit Barot Has worked on different concepts with various well-known bands like Vaditra, The Ensemble, Surya-The New Sun, and Taal-Matrix Has collaborated with many artists on their private projects and played for various fusion albums and ghazal albums
Reynold Victor or Dj Rey as he is popularly known, is a Dj and manager of an event management company from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. They provide light, sound and decoration solutions to all kind of event categories - birthday parties, weddings, anniversaries, private parties and corporate get togethers. In the industry since almost a decade, Dj Rey has a packed schedule, travelling across the length and breadth of the country, playing some cool and wonderful music.Apart from local south Indian languages, he loves to play Bollywood and English music at his parties. His selection of music and lighting is precise and crisp. Dj Rey and his event management company offer tailor made options as suited to the occasion. This strikes a fine balance between budget and quality for his clients, something which is very rare in the industry nowadays. This helps the people to enjoy at a very affordable cost. “Let the music spread,” is his motto and that is exactly what he does at all his shows. Be it children’s parties or weddings, Dj Rey takes the dance floor by storm and provides a scintillating experience for all.
Arpit Manaktala is a percussionist based out of Chandigarh. He is a very talented musician. He has been playing for more than six years now. He began learning tabla at early age of six. Began with light tabla learning, he has entered into classical sphere as well. He has been learning classical tabla from last six years. Now he has added several instruments to his set like djembe, cajon, darbuka, drums, and bongos as well. He plays with ghazal singers, bands, and folk singers.
Merlin Dsouza is a professional keyboardist based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Her degree from the Trinity College of Music, London has given her an exposure the magic of music. This talented lady has composed music for Bollywood films, theatre and for advertisements. Touring the world was inevitable since she loves her keyboard so much. She has played at premiere jazz clubs such as Blue Note in NYC and the Jazz Bar at Sydney Opera House. The band for the Duke Ellington Centenary Concert at India’s premiere concert hall was led by her.
Purbayan Chatterjee is a professional sitar player based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra. Purbayan has learned sitar from his father and has been playing passionately since his childhood. Inspired by the sound of Pt Nikhil Banerjee, his music combines the contemporary touch with his own urban sensitivity. His music has been internationally appreciated by jazz greats like Bella Fleck, Chick Corea, and Pat Metheney. Purbayan has performed many times with tabla stalwart, Ustad Zakir Hussain. Awards: President of India Award for being the Best Instrumentalist of India Aditya Vikram Birla Award Palm IRAA Award for the Best World Music Album of the Year
Clinton Charles D'cunha is a professional keyboardist based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. He began playing the piano at an early age of five years. He was taught the basic fundamentals of music by his father, Charles D'cunha, a renowned regional singer. Till date, he has been playing the piano in the church, and has participated in several choirs and gospel music competitions from the last 15 years. Further, he went on to study classical piano and theory of music from Trinity College of Music, London and completed his Grade 8 studies at the age of 15. His style incorporates a mix of gospel, pop and rock, and he cites Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Firehouse, Europe, Def Leppard, and Iron Maiden as his influences. Been influenced and inspired during his childhood learning days by the renowned guitarist Rupert Fernandes, and piano brothers Ben and Bosco Fernandez, Clinton was attracted by their gospel, jazz-style piano playing. He honed most of his piano skills by watching and learning Bosco as he played the piano in church. He owes his musicianship to them, and much of their influence can be seen and heard in his style of piano-playing. He took up his future jazz piano studies from Johnny Fernandez, and is currently pursuing an offline course on jazz improvisation and techniques from the ABRSM Jazz Syllabus. He joined the band Sininster Symphony with his engineering college friends and released an album, 'Avaricious Passion', which was ranked high in several music charts. He chose music as his career and began working towards it from 2012, until he met Sanah Moidutty, his college friend and now an upcoming playback singer with whom his work got him noticed and gave him the initial breakthrough in the music industry. Since 2014, Clinton has worked with several artists from the Bollywood music industry, and toured all of India and international venues in South Africa, Malaysia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Canada, and UK. By the end of 2015, he had worked with Bollywood music directors like Pritam, Sachin-Jigar, Sangeet Haldipur as well as several playback singers such as Ash King, Jonita Gandhi, Sonu Kakkar, Anusha Mani, Divya Kumar, Manasi Scott, Madhushree Bhattacharya, Ambili Menon, Siddhanth Bhosle, Shirley Setia, Sharaddha Sharma, Siddharth Basrur, and Thomson Andrews. Currently, he is also working as a music programmer and is working on the background scores of several Bollywood and regional movies. His debut movie, 'Shooter' (ft. Sunil Shetty, Randeep Hooda and Neetu Chandra) is scheduled to release in the year 2016.
Atul Krishan is a professional flutist and composer based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. He is good at playing fusion, classical, rock and blues music, and is capable of playing bamboo flute, pan flute, recorder, piccolo, algoze, been, and many more instruments. With his imaginative mind and skills in playing the flute, he is quickly winning fame and appreciation of the people. He has performed at many shows in India, as well as in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, South Africa, Kenya, Nairobi, Mombasa, etc. Currently, Atul is working with his own band, Magic of Music, and occasionally joins other bands (Swara, Bombay Bairag). He is a follower of the famous 'Banaras Gharana'. Born in 1994 at Jalandhar, Atul started learning the flute and classical music at the tender age of 10, and presently, taking professional training of flute under the observation of the famous flutist, Sh Paras Nath Ji. He has also learned from Sh Gurdeep Singh (a disciple of Sh Sham Lal Ji, Banaras Gharana). Atul is pursuing his graduation in music at DAV college, Jalandhar, Punjab. Performed At: Ras Rang (World Flute Festival) in Lotus Temple at Delhi, Life Understanding Mysteries in FICCI Auditorium, Delhi Won First prize in 19th Open National Youth Festival held at Guwahati, Assam Performed at World Cup Paragliding Ceremony at Himachal Performed in Harivallav Sangeet Samelan, Basant Utsav ( organised by Harivallav Mahasabha) Sangeet Kala Munch 2010 Gurmat Sangeet Chair (Sunad) at Patiala University Won Awards At: Harivallav Pratiyogita in 2008 Master Ratan Sangeet Samelan, Goraya Inter-District Music Competition JS Bawra Sangeet Pratiyogita Ustad Allah Rakha Khan Sangeet Samelan Atul has worked with many TV channels like Channel V, Zee TV, MTV, Aastha, Disha, and is working on Bollywood projects of producing background music. His performances are hugely appreciated and applauded by the audiences. And he intends to continue with this journey of music.
A western classically trained violinist, Brendan has performed with orchestras such as The Indian National Youth Orchestra and The Bombay Chamber Orchestra at venues like The NCPA Tata Theatre, Jamshed Bhabha Theatre , Ketevan music festival Goa, and many more.
The Karvaan has experience of around 5 years and has been performing consistently in the renowned cafe of Delhi, The Townhouse Cafe (CP). Along with this, they have performed several corporate events as well, such as Starclinical (Ahmedabad), Honda(Noida) and Samsung(Chandigarh). Credit to their brilliant performances, they have been invited by various cafes of the country like Teddy Boy, Warehouse Cafe, Uncultured, Amnesia (Hyderabad), Flying Saucer and several more. Through their hard work and incredible performances, they are able to attract a lot of fame and appreciation from different sectors and industries. They have their own composition as well which is called Khud Se. Organizing a Virtual Event?
Brothers, Debshankar and Jyotishankar Roy, have been spreading a unique concoction of music through their violins for years now. They are the most respected violin act in this part of the world and have collaborated with celebrated musicians from all over the globe in the past. Violin Brothers, as an act, will surprise you with their instrumental renditions, and also perform with featuring vocalists in special LIVE shows. They also run a huge music school in Kolkata. Debshankar and Jyotishankar were born into the family of a classical musician in Kolkata. They began to receive training in violin from Mihir Gupta at the tender age of eight. They started working as professional violinists in their late adolescence. While their profile as violinists grew in stature, the Violin Brothers had the opportunity to play under the direction of great musical maestros such as Pt Ravi Shankar, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and the pair also played background music in the last ten films of the internationally- renowned film director, Satyajit Ray. The duo received their diploma in music from Trinity College of Music, London, in 1987. They were fortunate to have the privilege to play for Zubin Mehta (the then-conductor of New York Philharmonic Orchestra) and received impressive recommendations from him. Initially, the Violin Brothers had their basic training in Indian classical music from their father, Sri Nikhilesh Roy, and later on, they had the opportunity to become the disciple of the Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan. Besides classical music, they are open to different genres of music like pop, jazz and world music. The Violin Brothers have been performing with their group since 1998 in India and abroad. The most remarkable venues and forums where the two brothers have performed include Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, Forum in Barcelona, various music festivals in France, Belgium, Morocco and the Paleo festival in Switzerland.
Abhisek Lahiri is a professional sarod player based out of the capital city of West Bengal, Kolkata. He won the hearts of discerning audiences worldwide with his depth, maturity, and perfection by the age of 28. Abhisek was initiated in sarod at an early age of six and trained under the tutelage of his father as well as guru, eminent sarod player Pt Alok Lahiri. His sarod recital has a blending of three major Gharanas – Senia Maihar, Shajahanpur, and Senia Bangash Gharana (Gwalior). Abhisek’s playing reflects the aestheticism, subtlety, and nostalgic spirituality while combining it with resonant intensity and power to captivate the listener with the originality and beauty of his sarod. Abhisek possesses the dignity of performing in the Europe Parliament in France and Canada Culture Days in Canada on the invitation of The Malhar Group as the first Indian sarod artist along with his eminent father. Abhisek is an empanelled member artist of ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations), New Delhi. Abhisek took part in the World Kinder Festival in Holland and enthralled the audiences as a wonder child sarod player in 1997. The Dutch Television network telecasts his recitals countrywide even now. Abhisek has some cassettes and CDs released to his credit. His solo CD album ‘Sparkling Sarod’ was released by Bihaan Music and received a nomination in Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) of Mumbai in Best Hindustani Classical Album – Instrumental category. His latest release ‘IONAH Trio’ CD album along with Japanese guitarist, Hideaki Tsuji, is also getting wide appreciation globally.
The founding members of Tipp Pilots are Rahul Menon, Rajiv Menon, Sunil Menon and Mayur Vemula. After a few initial lineups and name changes, Tripp Pilots was formed on 25 January 2013. As music aficionados and childhood friends, it was a dream for them to get together and form a band. Their motive is to make good music that would influence and motivate their listeners. Influences: Western bands like Foo Fighters, Sevendust, Fuel, AC/DC, Karnivool, Incubus, Weezer, Seether, Staind, Rage Against The Machine, and many more. Indian Bands like Avail and Goddess Gagged. Shows played: Played a two-hour set at High Street Mall, Thane (West) (2013) Played at Rock Revolution'13, Hotel Sharanam, Thane (West) (2013) Played at 6th Annual Indian Tattoo Convention Played at Kurukshetra 2015 Secured first place at the a band competition at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College 2016
Rhythm Revival is a LIVE band based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. As the name suggests, the band focuses on reviving the best tunes from the old films and let these tunes live on. The band was formed by Antonio Rodrigues, aka Tony, back in the early 70s and has been doing the rounds ever since. The 80s was proven the most popular side of this band as the band was seen on various platforms, kicking it LIVE at its best. Rhythm Revival is now back to set the city on fire and to prove its undying continuation to this nation. The best part of this act is its versatility and the ability to play genres ranging from rock, pop, reggae, blues, Bollywood and much more. Band Members: Jude Al – Lead Vocals Tony Rodriguez – Bass, Vocals Malcolm Miranda – Drums, Percussion Maureen Rodriguez – Keyboard, Vocals Ignatius Coelho – Guitars John D'Souza – Guitars
Fusion XxXtract is a LIVE band based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. When a cool group of guys with different musical backgrounds met and decided to put their influences together as a band, 'Fusion XxXtract' came into being. As the name suggests, the group is not limited to a certain genre of music and also performs in multiple languages. The band draws its influences from artists such as Indus Creed, Parikrama, Indian Ocean, Raghu Dixit, Swarathma, Avial, Motherjane, and Trilok Gurtu and international influences of the band are such as The Doors, Eagles, Beatles, Dire straits, Nirvana, Steve Vai, Yanni, Cliff Richard, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joey Jordison, Carlos Santana, and many more. Band Members: Clince Varghese – Vocals Milton Daniel – Lead Guitar Glen Fernandes – Bass Guitar, Keyboard, Mandolin, Backing Vocals Rex Fernandes – Drums, Djembe, Harmonica, Backing Vocals Ron Ashton Pereira – Violin
TAPAS is a six-piece Hindi contemporary rock band from Mumbai. They have recently released their debut EP "Aarambh". Their music revolves around the expression of deep human emotions, with a blend of soulful melodies and energetic and ambient rock elements. With every song, they brilliantly convey a social message. A message of courage, self belief and love. Their first music single "Dil mera" is greatly appreciated by their fans, and has reached 100,000+ views on Youtube In their two year journey as a band they've already entered the scene, equally active in the commercial scene as well, with a few international performances. Their live performances are super engaging and mesmerizing to watch.
What Escapes Me is a five-piece LIVE metal band based out of Kolkata, West Bengal. Formed in mid 2009, the band fuses Indian classical instrument sounds with metal and produces something unique. Their genre is metalcore, though their songs also have elements of progressive and djent music. Original Tracks: Pseudo Showcase featured in an international compilation album 'Noisedoom' released by 'Brutal Pokhara' Maze of Mutual Apocalypse featured in a compilation album titled Unholy Maunder Indian Rock Vol 1 Section 66 Part 5' featured in an album titled Metallers Mayhem II Their much awaited debut album, 'Egress Point' was released in April 2016. Band Members: Shourav Kumar Dey – Vocals Arindam Sen – Guitars Sayan Ghosh – Guitars Sambit Chatterjee – Drums Pradyumna Laskar – Bass
