Krishna Mohan Bhatt is one of the pre-eminent sitar virtuosos of our time. He represents Maihar-Senia Gharana of Ustad Allauddin Khan, and is himself a disciple of Bharat Ratna, late Pandit Ravi Shankar. Krishna Bhatt’s innovative style of music combines a rich blend of vocal and instrumental techniques.

Krishna Bhatt has been critically acclaimed, by the New York Times, as having music of “extraordinary richness and definition…great melodic beauty,” by the San Francisco Chronicle for having “Exceptional craftsmanship and artistry,” by Folk Roots in England as having “the most dreamily romantic music,” and by the Ahmedabad Mirror as having “profound emotional impact.”

Krishna Bhatt has also been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including Gunijan (a noble learned citizen) award by the then President of India Mrs. Pratibha Patil in 2005. In 2020, Krishna Bhatt was awarded the prestigious Sawai Jaipur Award for his contribution to the arts in the state of Rajasthan. In 2018, his book on Mand, the court singing of Rajasthan was launched at the Jaipur International Literature festival.

Swapan Chaudhuri is considered one of the top masters of tabla in the world. He is the Director of Percussion at Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, California. He developed his skill through years of accompanying Ali Akbar Khan and other leading musicians of India.

Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan is a Hindustani classical vocalist, composer, teacher and scholar. Growing up in an environment of music and theater, she developed a deep interest in composing music to verses in Hindi and Urdu. The versatility in Pooja’s repertoire is evident in her ability to sing Thumri, Dadra, Ghazal, Bhajan, Sufiana Kalam and folk genres such as the Hori, Chaiti & Kajri besides the Khayal. Pooja was trained in Hindustani music by Pandit Surendra Goswami, Professor Ajit Singh Paintal and continues her advanced training in Khayal with her brother Professor Shailendra Goswami. She has also been trained in semi-classical music by the eminent vocalist Vidushi Shanti Hiranand. Pooja received a Ph.D. in Indian Classical Music from the University of Delhi.

Dr. Pavan, Ph.D., based in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, is a Tabla player and teacher. He initially trained in Tabla under Sri G. Laxmiah and has studied with several masters over the years. He presently trains with Sri Rajendra Nakod and Ustad Shabbir Nisar, the illustrious son and disciple of the Tabla legend Ustad Shaik Dawood Khan. He has performed for Katha Dance Theater, Pangea World Theater, and Indian Music Society of Minnesota (IMSOM) in several productions and concerts. Pavan also appears on recordings of world/fusion music with many Minnesota based artists. Pavan co-composed and performed with Nirmala Rajasekar, Minnesota based Veena artist, the score for Pangea World Theater’s production “Partitions” in 2002, and the score for “5 Weeks” in 2017 with Dr. Pooja Goswami Pavan, his wife, who is a Hindustani vocalist, teacher and composer.

Kedar Naphade is a leading concert Harmonium soloist, accompanist, and educator specializingin Indian Classical, Semi-Classical, Devotional, Ghazal and Folk Music.. Over a performance career spanning more than 30 years, Kedar has been featured as a soloist
and accompanist at numerous concerts in India, US, Canada and Europe. This includes
prestigious venues such as The Carnegie Hall (NY), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (NY), The Lincoln Center(NY), The Smithsonian Institute (Washington D.C.), The California Theater (San Jose,CA) Dadar Matunga Cultural Center (Mumbai), Alladiya Khan Smruti Samaroha (Mumbai) and The World Harmonium Summit (Bangalore).

He has also performed at numerous devotional and spiritual concerts at Ashrams and events like Sivananda Ashram, NY, Arsha Vidya Gurukulam, PA, Chinmay Naad Bindu festival in CA, Anand Ashram, NY, Arsha Bodha center, NJ and “I meditate NY” with Chandrika Tandon and Sri Sri Ravishankar at Lincoln Center, New York.

Kedar’s music has been broadcast on National Public Radio in the US and several other
radio stations in the US and UK.