Artist Profile
Chirag Katti
Chirag Katti, fondly called as ‘Sitar Vaadan ka Naya Chirag’ (a new star in the field of sitar), or ‘The Torch-bearer of musicians family’ is one of the most gifted and talented musician whose youthful exuberance and persona is well expressed through his music. This promising young lad is an upcoming Sitarist in the field of Indian classical music. Chirag, born in a family of musicians, has been learning sitar for last 16 years. At the young age of 23, Chirag has not only won many prizes but has also performed on many television channels, radio and concerts in India and abroad. Chirag Katti’s performance on the Sitar surely does mesmerize the audience. His hand speed (tayari) and sense of taal (rhythm) is magical while his alaaps are simply sensational. As a professional musician, Chirag has the knack of reading the minds of his audience, which he uses as his trump card
For his complete profile, please visit http://www.chiragkatti.com/
Aditya Kalyanpur
Aditya Kalyanpur is a great tabla player and was honored with the title of ‘Taal – Mani’, Aditya Kalyanpur is the recipient of I.T.C’s prestigious “Vidyasagar Award” as well as the “Sangeet Visharad.” . He studied under Tabla Maestro late Ustad Allarakha and tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, Aditya is considered as one of the most promising torchbearers of the Punjab Gharana style of tabla performance. Aditya has lent the enchanting music of his tabla to numerous TV commercials. He had the honor of accompanying great maestros of Indian classical music such as Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and others. Aditya was invited to Estonia for the prestigious Orient Arts Festival. Aditya has performed at prestigious music festivals including the Edinburgh festival in Scotland (2003), the Earagal Arts Festival in Ireland, and the Jazz Yatra (Bombay). Aditya is currently a band leader of his fusion band ‘Fuzikk’, and a member of the world renowned group ‘Bombay Jazz’.
For his complete profile, please visit http://www.adityatabla.com/
Nihal Konduri
Nihal is a very accomplished singer and music director in telugu film industry singing in over 30 films including a couple of Kannada films. He won many awards and accolades for singing including Best Male Playback Singer Award at State level and was nominated for Film Fare Best Male Play Back Singer for the years 2006 and 2007. Nihal was deputed as the cultural ambassador to Mauritius for propagating Indian music and traveled all over the world interacting with world famous musicians. Nihal has an MA (Music) and M.Phil and is a trained Classical and Hindustani musician.
For his complete profile, please visit http://www.kondurinihal.com/Home.html
Usha
Usha is a very accomplished singer who sang in many telugu movies and released two of her own private albums which became very successful. She participated in various musical concerts of her own and also sang with the likes of Shankar Mahadevan and Hari Haran. Usha won state awards in 2001 and 2002 for playback singing and another in 2006 in TV category and many more awards. As an upcoming singer, She won numerous singing competitions and won appreciation from legendary singers like S P Balasubramaniam. In addition to singing, Usha also hosted singing based TV shows and was a judge on singing competitions on Zee TV and Maa TV.
For her complete profile, please visit http://www.singerusha.com/html/profile.htm