Tejas Tope - Tabla Solo
Rohan Misra - Sarangi
Shankhadip Chakraborty - Vocal
Todd Miller - Tabla
Rohan Misra - Sarangi
Niyati Kashyap - Harmonium
Tejas Tope
Tejas Tope has been studying with his Guru, Pandit Samir Chatterjee, since the age of 5. He has performed on many occasions across the country, and just last year completed a tour in India. He has also trained with Ustad Zakir Hussain, and studied Pakhawaj with Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma. Tejas is a Senior at the NYU Stern School of Business, studying finance and accounting.
Shankhadip Chakraborty
Shankhadip Chakraborty is an 18 year old rising freshman at Rutgers University - New Brunswick. He has been learning Hindustani classical vocal music from Smt Mitali Bhawmik for the past eight and a half years. He has won several accolades in Indian classical music, including the Chhandayan Jyotsna award for best student of Indian classical music in 2014 and a vocal music award from the Sangeet Jagat Music institute in New York in 2016. He is also a member of the South Brunswick Township Council Arts Commission since September of 2017 and enjoys following the news, politics, and a variety of sports.
Todd Miller
Todd Miller grew up in New York City and hails from a musical family. His musical background started with piano and extending to guitar, bass, percussion, drum set, and tabla. Todd has been a student of Pt. Samir Chatterjee since 2003 and lives in New York City. He has performed with the Chhandayan Tabla ensemble in performances of “Tablaphilia” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, and in Pittsburgh, New Jersey, and at the Chhandayan Center for Indian Music. He has also performed on bass with the Chhandayan Jazz ensemble in Toronto, and at the Chhandayan Center for Indian Music. Todd is a member of the Chhandayan Faculty in Tabla since 2015 and enjoys teaching students of all ages. Todd has recently been initiated as a disciple of Pt. Samir Chatterjee in 2016, and is continuing his studies and musical development.
Todd is also a live sound and recording engineer. As such he has been involved for several years in Chhandayan’s live sound for concerts, and documentation, in New York, New Jersey, and Toronto. He has several CD and DVD’s to his production credit in recording, mixing & mastering Indian classical music. Todd has also done live sound and production work for Sangeet Sabha productions in the NYC area. He has worked with artists such as Pt. Vidyadhar Vyas, The Gundecha Bros., Pt. Nayan Ghosh, Utd. Shujaat Khan, Pt. Ragunath Seth, Pt. Debashish Bhattacharya, Pt. Kedar Nephade, Smt. Mitali Banjerjee Bhaumik, Pt. Samir Chatterjee, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri, and others.
Rohan Misra
Rohan Misra is a young promising musician, specialized in the unique Indian bowed instrument called the Sarangi. As the son and disciple of great Sarangi virtuoso Pandit Ramesh Misra, Rohan has inherited many of his father-Guru’s specialties, including tonal quality and aesthetic approach.
Rohan Started learning the Sarangi (translation: An instrument with a hundred colors) from his father at the age of six. His exposure to music since early childhood attracted him to learn other Indian instruments as well. He has been learning Tabla from the renowned maestro Samir Chatterjee. Rohan is also pursuing his education in western music, particularly focused on the Piano and Clarinet. Coming out of the family of nine generations of Sarangi players, Rohan aspires to be successful as the 10th generation in his lineage. He also wishes to further his musicality by blending certain aspects of western music into his emblem of Indian classical music and emerge with a unique musical expression.
Rohan has performed at the Carnegie Hall, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C., California and North Carolina. He has performed with luminaries such as Pt. Birju Maharaj, Smt. Kumudini Lakhia, Pt. Anindo Chatterjee, Samir Chatterjee, among others. He is on the faculty of Chhandayan Center for Indian Music in New York City.