Niladri Kumar
A global icon to reckon with, world renowned & 5th generation sitar player, Niladri Kumar is an unconventional rare instrumentalist, honing a unique repertoire and profound in depth understanding of traditional and classical styles on the sitar to innovative, electrifying renditions on his own instrumental innovation the ‘zitar’.
He was a part of the Masters of the Percussion tour alongside Zakir Hussain. Niladri was conferred the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar, awarded to young musicians, in March 2007. Niladri has also won MTV Immies award for the Best Classical/Fusion Instrumental for his album ”If”.
Vijay Ghate
Vijay Ghate is a renowned tabla player and recipient of the “Padma Shri” award in 2014, the fourth highest civilian award by Government of India.
Ghate has accompanied Indian classical musicians, including Hariprasad Chaurasia, Vilayat Khan, Pandit Jasraj, Kaushiki Chakrabarty, Shivkumar Sharma, Amjad Ali Khan, Birju Maharaj, Shahid Parvez, and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt.
Ghate also collaborated with jazz guitarist, Larry Coryell and saxophonist, George Brooks.
Jin Shan Shan
Jin Shan Shan is a noted Bharatnatyam artist from China. She has traveled the world performing the traditional dance form of Bharatnatyam and works towards making it popular among Chinese students of art.
