Saili Oak A finalist on the popular reality TV series “Zee Marathi SaReGaMaPa,” Saili is a senior disciple of Dr. Ashwini Bhide Deshpande, a leading vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.
Gregg attended CalArts as an Ahmanson Scholar, completing a BFA (‘77) and MFA (’79) in World Music Performance with specialization in the classical music of India.
Aakash Pujara is an Indian Classical flautist. He began his musical journey with Tabla training at the age of 8 from the Late Pandit Ravi Bellare, after which he went on to learn Tabla with Shri Hemant Ekbote.
Sagar is a high school freshman and loves coding, technology, and robotics. He has been learning Tabla for the past 4 years with his great guruji Rupesh Kotecha.
Ahilan Hatti is a rising junior at Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton, California. He initially started training on santoor at the age of seven with Rupesh Kotecha, and is currently a disciple Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya
Sarangi artist Pankaj Mishra born into a lineage of exceptional family of musicians, the son of Sri Satyanarayan Mishra, Grandson of Pt. Mahadeo Prasad Mishra, and great-grandson of Sarangi Virtuoso Pt. Saraju Prasad Mishra.
Dancer and percussionist Jin Won is a one-of-a-kind artist in Indian performing arts who explores the sonic and visual possibilities of rhythm through dance and music.
Pratyush Goberdhan grew up around Hindustani classical learning from grandfather the late Prof. Hari Shanker Adesh and his mother Smt. Surabhi Adesh primarily doing vocal and violin.