Soliloquy is the act of conveying one’s thoughts out loud. The Trio - Vatsal Bakhda, Aditya Dutta, and Sonic Shori - are based out of New Delhi. The three got together with the primary intention of discovering a collective sound through musical interplay and improvisations.

Vatsal Bakhda

Vatsal Bakhda, pianist/composer, started ​his musical journey in Kolkata learning Classical Piano under ​Roshen ​Gazder, ​LRSM ​with whom he spent over ​10 ​years, ​and ​Suddhaseel ​Sen ​(Ph.D. ​in ​Musicology) ​for ​2 ​years. 

He continued his music education further at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, where he spent three semesters learning ​under ​Pedro ​Carneiro ​Silva ​and ​Gabriel ​Geszti, both of who hail from Brazil, equipping him with a unique playing style with strong traditional Brazilian influences. He continues to grow and develop currently while learning with Aman Mahajan. He has also had the opportunity to collaborate with various artists from India and abroad.

His time at SAM has ​enabled him to ​playing ​various ​styles ​such ​as ​Jazz, ​Funk, ​Latin, ​Brazilian, RnB/Soul, ​Pop, ​Fusion, ​Blues,etc, and greatly takes influences from various artists such as Avishai Cohen, Tigran Hamasyan, Shai Maestro, Brad Mehldau, to name a few.

Vatsal is also currently working extensively on his own music, and wishes to bring it out early next year. A music educator himself, Vatsal is currently working as a Piano Teacher at Theme Music Institute.

Aditya Dutta

Aditya is a professional drummer based in Delhi. He is a part of The Piano Man’s inhouse band. Performing and collaborating as a sessions drummer in the Delhi independent music circuit for the past many years, he has actively played with Rainer Pusch (Germany), Karan Khosla Trio, Aditi Dot., Rythem Bansal, Rie Ona (Japan), Ipshita Roy and various other musicians and acts from the city.

His influences range from Jazz, Funk, R'n'B, Soul, Swing to Indian classical Music. He also serves as the drum faculty at various music schools across the city and actively provides private lessons to people keen on learning drums.

Sonic Shori 

Sonic Shori is a professional bassist in the city of Delhi. He is a student of Grammy-nominated Greek-American musician Panagiotis Andreou. He has comprehensive stage experience, and has collaborated with musicians from several different genres including classical, fusion, funk and metal. His playing combines complexity with cohesion, and playing melodies with dexterity, musicality and tenacity. 

Over the last few years, Sonic has collaborated with several bands in Delhi and across India, such as Kaash, Antariksh, Trizya, and Adil and Vasundhara.