OCT 7 FRIDAY 2022

1. Vivek Santhosh Trio
2. Many Things - Maarten Visser Trio
3. MoonArra World Fusion Ensemble

Maarten Visser Trio –

MANY THINGS

Music: Genre bending trio formation straddling the fine line between composition and improvisation.

Maarten Visser is a Dutch born saxophonist/composer living in Chennai. He has written music for bands including MV3, oto.3, MV-HJ and Many Things .For more than 2 decades he has been collaborating and touring with contemporary dancer Padmini Chettur ,resulting in 10 stage performances and 3 video installations. He is a founder member of artist collective Basement 21. Maarten Visser has played for numerous corporate functions, launches, events, festivals, clubs, parties.

Aravind Murali is a bass player and music producer from Chennai. He started his musical journey while in college at BITS ,Pilani.He has played for various bands as well as composed for movies, advertisements and computer games in a wide variety of genres. He won the national award in 2015 for best music for a non feature film. Apart from Many Things, Aravind also has played for actss such as I and Self, Wascally Wabbit, Many Things and Goods Vandi.

Manu Krishnan is a drummer with decades of expertise in playing multiple styles and musical genres. He completed his Diploma in Music Performance in 2015 with a “General Excellence Scholarship for Innovation in multiple genres” at the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music. Apart from Many Things,Manu Krishnan composes and tours with a number of bands like Jatayu, The Casteless Collective & Chaos. Dedication, precision, versatility and impeccable work ethic has established him as a drummer of international repute.

3.           MoonArra World Fusion Ensemble -9844245577

MoonArra –A Story of Collaboration

MoonArra Indian Classical, Jazz and World Fusion is an ensemble based in Bengaluru, India. Founded by Jagadeesh&Madhuri, MoonArra means ‘three streams’ and was formed in 2006 as a fusion of the interaction and collective influences of Indian Classical, Jazz and World Music Influences of its members. As part of its explorations and to collaborate and connect with musicians and audiences worldwide, MoonArra are also ambassadors of culture bringing the message of peace and harmony, goodwill and tolerance in today’s environment.

MoonArra has had 9 international overseas concert and festival performances since 2009.

Jazz being a global language of communication, World Fusion ensemble MoonArra has been collaborating and working with classical musicians in India and jazz musicians internationally since 2006 and curating International JazzDay along with The Bangalore School of Music’s Jazz & Contemporary Department headed by its Director – Operations, M.R. Jagadeesh, since 2018.

Vivek Santhosh Trio

Lineup

Vivek Santhosh- Piano

Bruthuva Caleb- Bass Guitar

Rijin Dharman- Drums

Bio

Vivek Santhosh Trio is an experimental jazz and contemporary music band. The band adheres to the traditional jazz trio format, with Piano, Bass and Drums played by Vivek Santhosh, Bruthuva Caleb and Rijil Dharman respectively. Our repertoire is mostly originals. The group was formed in 2014 and since then we’ve been performing regularly in clubs, corporate/private gigs and various music festivals across the country

·    Jataveda Banerjee - Vocals

·    Madhuri Jagadeesh – Vocals & Songwriter

·    Jagadeesh M.R – Guitars (Nylon & Steel Electric)

·    Joshua Lance – Bass

·    Rohit P.S – Drums

Anup Thomas - Cello