I am a vocalist and a composer, trained in the traditions of Hindustani(Indian) classical traditions. My mother was my first guru, further to which I was initiated in the Dagar-Vaani Dhrupad traditions by late Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar Sahab. Dhrupad continues to inform my meditation, and presently, I am receiving training from Pandit Uday Bhawalkar (Pune, India). I was a part of the Global Musicians Workshop by SilkRoad in 2024.

My current musical practice brings together world cultures, where I engage with musicians, artists and thinkers across the globe who, together, experiment with newer fringes of their musical consciousness. We improvise, take risks and discover to experience and produce genre-defying performances.

Shuunya Ensemble

Shuunya is a World Music Ensemble, currently based in Harvard University that I co-founded with Aakaash Rao, Josh Cetron and Shrinivas Acharya. We are spirited in improvisations and crafting original pieces, and have had collaborations with the Berklee College of Music and the Silk Road Ensemble. Our community grows with diverse musical sensibilities, imagination and interventions. Reach out to me for more info, collaboration or bookings!

  • Global Musicians Workshop with SilkRoad

    Jordan Hall at New England Conservatrory

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  • Elsewehere

    March 20, 2023 | 6:00-7:00PM

    Sparking serendipity, risk and emergence, we have with us at the GSD the World Music Ensemble! Join us a for a performance on March 20, at 6 pm, at Piper where they bring their original compositions and improvisations, which move in between and across cultural and traditional musical boundaries.

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  • Masterclass with Mike Block

    April 06, 2023

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  • Arts First Festival

    April 29, 2023 | 7:00-8:00PM

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  • World Music Collective

    March 15, 2023

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  • Dreams as Labor

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  • President Inauguration 2023, Harvard University

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Performances

  • Opening performance for President Claudine Gay’s Inauguration, Harvard Yard, Harvard University

  • Global Voices: Cambridge, 2023 | Swedenborg Chapel, Harvard University, Supported by Massachusetts Cultural Council

  • Swedenbord Chapel, 2023 | Harvard University

  • Elsewhere, 2023 | Harvard Graduate School of Design

  • Boston Meshk Turkish Ensemble, 2023 | Holden Chapel, Harvard University

  • World Music Collective, Spring 2023 | Harvard University

  • World Music Collective, Fall, 2022 | Harvard University

  • Aaeen, 2022 | A Musical directed by Atul Kumar, Prithvi Theatre, India

  • Liminoid, 2021 | Experimental Piece with Nepalese Folk Artists, Mustang, Nepal

  • Listening to Spaces, 2019 | Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, India

  • Suspension of Disbelief, 2019 | Experimental theatrical work with Ratna Pathak Shah, Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, India

  • Kafan, 2017 | Adaptations from Munshi PremChand, IIT Kanpur, India

  • Naad Bhed, 2014 | All India Radio, Doordarshan, Lucknow, India

  • Dhrupad Vocal invocation, 2014 | SPIC MACAY National Convention, IIT Kanpur, India

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