João Bittencourt is an accomplished pianist, accordionist, composer, arranger, producer and musical director from Brazil.⁠ João showcased his talent as a composer, musical director and instrumentalist in more than 40 award winning theatrical shows and 10 records over the years years.⁠ He has also composed the soundtrack for the award winning short-film Bodas, which was selected to more than 20 international festivals, including the parallel exhibition from Cannes Festival 2016.⁠

In 2012 he was awarded by the Musical support found by the Cultural Secretariat of Rio de Janeiro to record the CD ‘João Bittencourt Apresenta Julio Reis’. He has studied popular piano/Jazz with Adriano Souza and with Tomás Improta and he has also studied harmony, arranging and orchestration with Itiberê Zwarg. He was also the Vice-Director of the Pro Arte Music Semineries for four years.⁠ João has played and recorded with artists Geraldo Azevedo, Victor Biglione, Itiberâ a Orquestra Família, Thaís Gulim, Yassir Chediak, Moyseis Marques and Marjorie Estiano.⁠

Lucia is a vocalist from Nagaland, India who has found her forte in R&B, Neo-soul and Jazz-Fusion music. After receiving a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, Lucia relocated to Boston, Massachusetts and graduated with a degree in Vocal Performance. Lucia’s performance experience has ranged from recording jingles for radio and television for national spots in India, to singing with artists such as Tata Vega, Joey Blake, Rhiannon and Larry Watson. Lucia has also recorded with John Blackwell while she was with the Prince Ensemble. In addition to being an active performer, she also worked with Zumix, a Boston non-profit organization that was honored by the White House as a 2011 recipient of the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award, as a teaching artist.She also worked and taught the Prep Academy students of City Music (Berklee College of Music). Lucia enjoys working with students to develop their vocal and performance techniques individually, teaching students how to sing background vocals, and instructing student a’capella groups.

Almudena Díaz-LLanos Longares is a pianist, songwriter, composer from Madrid, Spain. After her under-graduation in Western classical piano in the Valencia Conservatory of Spain, she received a scholarship from Berklee College of Music to develop her project as a Songwriter. ⁠
After finishing her Master’s degree, she received the proposal to travel to Mumbai to work with the acclaimed director Rajat Kapoor, where she created the additional background music for his award-winning movie ¨Kadakh¨.⁠
She has also performed in different festivals and venues. Between her collaborations, we can find artists like Joe Alvares, Anisha Lakshmanan, Abhijit Vaghani, Vaibhav Bundhoo (TVF), Dhaval Kothari, Ripple Drift, diverse musical jazz projects and flamenco, Kathak, folk music with piano, and collaborations with independent filmmakers like Shraddha Bilwal and independent production houses.⁠
At the moment she is based in Delhi, co-directing ¨Silk Road Studios¨ and working in different projects as an arranger, composer and songwriter.⁠

Jay Pei is a New Delhi based producer and DJ who has pioneered his own unique sound, enthralling audiences across India over the years. Building his music and sets upon rhythmic foundations of the 4/4 groove, Jay’s more recent experimentation has been towards integrating cinematic elements into the atmospheric soundscapes of his set. With his use of analog drum machines and synthesisers to lay down the foundation of his tracks and digital devices to integrate the work flow.⁠

⁠Moving with a unique ebb and flow, Jay’s penchant for composing melodies, combined with his intrinsic knowledge of the music that he plays, especially when performing his signature all original set, has propelled Jay and his music to a large audience.⁠

Ujwal is a Hindustani classical vocalist. He received initial training in classical music from his mother Guru Urmila Nagar and has also received intensive training from Late Ustad Bashir Ahmad Khan of Sikar. He is currently taking guidance from Pandit Shriram Umdekar and Pandit Somnath Mardur. He has performed at numerous cities in India and abroad and was also awarded the Sahitya Kala Parishad and Central Government scholarship by Government of India for his relentless pursuit of Indian classical music. Although a purist at heart, Ujwal has enriched his musical pursuit by exploring various other genres of music as well. Most notably, his ongoing collaborative work with the group Advaita has been greatly appreciated by classical music connoisseurs as well as the world music listeners.⁠

Ishaan Gandhi is a producer/drummer/DJ/mix engineer from India with over 8 years of global experience. He graduated from the prestigious Leeds Conservatoire with a degree in Music Production and Performance. As ‘Okedo’ he has played live and DJ sets across the country at the biggest stages, including Magnetic Fields and NH7 Pune, along with supporting sets for international acts such as Dorian Concept. Okedo’s music has been endorsed by brands such as Redbull, Stamp The Wax, Resident Advisor, Worldwide.fm to name a few. His recent remix for France based producer ‘Fakear’ was released on Universal Music Group.

Ishaan also works on composing-arranging-producing music meant to be consumed across various platforms for short and long format films, along with mixing and mastering audio on project basis.

Tarun’s music and artistry has been described as “nothing short of remarkable” (AllAboutJazz, USA) and his debut album, Sacred World has said to “point to the future of jazz in India” (Time Out Magazine, India). Regarded as “one of the finest and most successful jazz drummers and composers to emerge from the country ” (Wild City), with his latest release “Dharma” on Berthold Records, Tarun delivers yet another fearless, imaginative and heartfelt set of music.⁠

⁠An inward and spiritual experience for Tarun, music has had a very special impact on his life, in finding his voice as an artist, and building a career as a composer, performer and an educator. His music is driven by a restless desire to be a holistic artist, and inspired by his Indian roots.⁠

Anirudh Varma is a contemporary pianist, composer, producer & performance studies scholar, based out of New Delhi, India. He is a Grade 8 Pianist, from the Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music. He is the curator & creative director of Delhi based contemporary Indian classical ensemble: The Anirudh Varma Collective. The ensemble curated by Anirudh has been the subject of academic research and writing for students and researchers across the globe. Anirudh’s performance repertoire is unique in nature, since he is equally accomplished in both Indian Classical, Western Classical and Contemporary Music.
He released his debut piano EP, Melancholic Rhapsody in February 2016, and went on to release his full length debut album, ‘Perspectives’, featuring over 65 musicians from across India. Both these records have been released to critical acclaim. He has performed at, The Jaipur Literature Festival 2020, Curtain Raiser Event, Jashn-e-Rekhta 2020 pre event, Calcutta School of Music, Serendipity Arts Foundation and HCL Concerts, amongst many others.⁠

Anhad Khanna is a record producer, sound engineer and a performer based out of New Delhi, India. His approach to music making is deep rooted in a balanced interplay of organic instrumentation and a modern, technology oriented sound palette. Navigating through different sounds, Khanna is a part of Delhi/Durham based duo Anhad + Tanner and also fronts his solo project as Sublime Sound. Anhad’s music has been featured on Times of India, The New Indian Express, Mixmag Asia and Global, Rolling Stone India and many more reputed publications.

As an independent producer and engineer, Anhad’s catalogue varies across a broad spectrum of styles that define his work. From pop to left field electronica, some critically acclaimed credits on his list include ‘Qareeb by Kamakshi Khanna (Produced by Anhad + Tanner)’, ‘2 Degrees by Tarun Balan (Recorded and Engineered)’, ‘Know Me Better [EP] by KAVYA (Produced and Engineered)’. His music has been supported on NTS Radio (UK), Soho Radio (UK), BBC Asian Network, Worldwide FM (UK), Red FM (India).

Priyana Chauhan is a musician, composer, vocalist and educator based in New Delhi, India. She has been⁠ a full time student at the Global Music Institute and has also been awarded scholarship to attend⁠ Berklee College of Music in Boston. As a composer and songwriter, she works on writing and making her⁠ own music which comes from trying to communicate stories and experiences from her life as simply but⁠ eloquently as possible and constantly works at exploring various styles and sounds as an artist. Her⁠
musical influences range all the way from folk, singer-songwriter and country to pop, R&B and jazz.⁠
As a musician she frequently performs all over Delhi NCR and across other cities in the country. She is⁠ part of several projects, and has performed with many popular names in the Delhi music circuit. She also⁠ leads the act ‘Eshaan and Priyana’ along with Eshaan Sood as part of a voice and guitar duo as well as⁠ trio, quartet and quintet settings of the same name. She is currently working on and in the process of⁠
rolling out her original work.⁠

Manojna Yeluri is an artist rights, entertainment and intellectual property rights lawyer. She runs Artistik License – a legal consultancy and platform which addresses the needs of independent artists and creative practitioners. Manojna is also the Asia Regional Representative for PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection program.⁠

She has spent the past decade working with the creative community, studying and advising on subjects related to music business law, art law, creative entrepreneurship and artistic freedom. Manojna has also been invited to share her learnings at several regional and international conferences including Indiearth Xchange, the Indian Ocean Music Market (IOMMA), the World Music Expo (WOMEX) and the Safe Havens Conference. ⁠

Manojna graduated from the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, India and holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Rights Law from the UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, USA.⁠

She shuttles between Hyderabad and Bangalore, India where she works out of her home offices.

Ronojit Chaliha aka. Ron Cha is a 24-year-old Pianist, Producer, Composer, and Educator from Assam, India. Ron has had a Western Classical Piano background for 15 years and then crossed over to Jazz, RnB, and Gospel music. Ron is the recipient of the 1st A.R. Rahman 100% Full Scholarship to Berklee College of Music. He has toured America, Europe, and Asia with artists such as Ferenc Németh, Gregory Tardy, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Stephanie McKay, and his own projects as a bandleader. He has performed and recorded alongside many great artists such as Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Dennis Montgomery III, Ferenc Németh, Stephanie McKay, Loy Mendonsa, Gino Banks, and many others. He has attained accolades from many renowned artists such as Anomalie, DOMi, Rob Araujo, Alain Mallet, Ed Saindon, Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo, Dhruv Ghanekar, Papon, Zubin Garg, Vishal Dadlani, and Loy Mendonsa. Ron is currently working on an Assamese folk music project featuring singer Kalpana Patowary, guitarist Lionel Loueke and drummer Ferenc Nemeth and the Jazz with an Attitude (JWA) project featuring Jacques Schwarz-Bart on Saxophone and Isaiah Weatherspoon on Drums. Internationally, he has performed at the prestigious Caux Theater in Caux, Switzerland, NCPA Mumbai, SXSW Austin, Sculler’s Jazz Club, Boston and has toured around Spain with Ferenc Németh and Gregory Tardy. In 2013, Ron scored the highest score in the Trinity College of Music Advance Recital Certificate Classical Piano Examination in India. In 2021, the prestigious Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Chennai hired Ron as the piano faculty position at the young age of 23, and continues to teach students all over the world privately. Some of Ron’s students include young pianists Lydian Nadhaswaram and Sriram Narayanan.

Amira Gill is a Vocalist, Songwriter, and Music Therapist from New Delhi, India. An artist who has always had a distinct, deep vocal timbre – she started her professional music journey at the age of 15 as the lead vocalist of ‘The Incredible Mindfunk’ – an indie band that was truly genre-breaking. Having sung songs with the band that spanned Funk, Soul, Rock, and Jazz – they released their debut album of original music ‘Absolutely Essential’ in June 2013. In 2015 she received two merit-based scholarships to attend the world-renowned Berklee College of Music, Boston where she received her bachelor’s degree in Music Therapy. Through Berklee, following up on her move back to India – Amira’s music and collaborations have been explorative and vast. She has worked as a vocalist and composer for independent albums – the latest being her collaboration with Chennai-based artist Amrit Ramnath, for a multi-lingual EP called ‘JAGO’ that was released in February this year; for internationally acclaimed organizations like the ILO (UN agency), the Azerbaijani Diaspora state Committee on Work, and Facebook’s original sound library; for documentary films such as ‘Child of Empire’ that got nominated for the Sundance Film Festival 2022; and singing for an Indian web series launching on OTT platforms end of 2022 and beginning of 2023. Amira continues to write original music in Hindi and English and has sung in 19 global languages to date. She looks forward to continuing her pan-Indian and global collaborations – creating music that comes from a place of honesty and curiosity.

Performer and educator, Carlos got his B.A. at Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Quito, Ecuador. After a couple of years of performing and teaching locally, he got a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music, where he got his M.M. in Jazz Performance. During his studies, he was part of the Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra and was an NEC Community Performances and Partnerships Fellow. Carlos has performed and recorded as a collaborator in several singles and albums like “Eternal Youth” by Chris Mondak, and “The 8bit love song” by RichArt! among others. In 2019 he was part of the “Eternal Youth Tour”, where he performed in several venues in Massachusetts, Illinois, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida. In 2022 he relocated to Ecuador to teach and perform in places like the Quito Jazz Club, and MusicLab Berklee City Music Global Network, and created new musical projects like the Carlos Heredia Jazz Trio and the Tributo a Los Amigos Invisibles.