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MARMA
Contemporary Fusion
Musicians
MARMA is a multi-lingual and multi-generic confluence of devotional, spiritual and philosophical poetry of Bhakti and Sufi saints of the Indian subcontinent presented in the style of Contemporary fusion. The compositions cover a wide range of poets such as Kabir, Purandaradasa, Andal, Sadashiva Brahmendra, Meerabai, Warkari poets and so on.
The compositions are presented in light Classical and folk genres like Abhanga, Baul, Devaranama, Bhajan, Qawali, Heer , Krithi and so on. The renditions are interspersed with narration and brief description of the songs to engage the audience.
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Musicians
Chandana Bala Kalyan
Chandana Bala Kalyan is a Carnatic Classical and Contemporary Singer and a Ted X speaker. She is an A graded artist both in Carnatic Classical and Devotional music from All India Radio. She has been performing as a soloist and with various band across the world. She has also lent her voices for many movies in Telugu, Kannada and Tamil most recent being RRR and Modern Love Hyderabad.
She is a student of Dr. S Nataraja Murthy, Smt Rajamma Keshava Murthy, Sri R.K Srikanthan and now Sri H.S Sudhindra. She is a recipient of many awards like the Ananya Yuva Puraskara, M.S Subbalakshmi Award, Nadajyoti puraskara and so on. She has also appeared on TV shows such as MTV Coke Studio with Amith Trivedi, Annamayya Paataku Pattaabhishekham on SVBC, Ra GA Ra Sa on ETv and so on.
Muthu Kumar
With over 30 years in the music industry, Muthu Kumar has studied under Tabla legends Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir hussain, he has travelled around the globe many times and performed on many prestigious stages and festivals. He has accompanied the likes of AnupJalota, Alice Coltrane, Maynard Ferguson, John Barnes, Bill Laswell, Dana Gillespie, Bombay Jayashree, Chaka khan, Sonu Nigam, Grammy winner Ricky Kej, and Lucky Ali to name a few.
He is the founder of Rhythm Shala, a school for Indian percussions. Muthu is one of the pioneers in the field of Online Tabla learning with more than 100 students around the globe. He is the founder of popular bands, Mystik Vibes, Y Factor and Atmic Vision.
Ravindra Katoti
Sri Ravindra Katoti is a prominent disciple of legendary harmonium maestro Guruvarya Pt Rambhau Bijapure. He was the first Hindustani harmonium player to be awarded A grade by All India Radio. He is a noted soloist and accompanist with world wide performances. He is the man behind the Bijapure Harmonium Foundation Bengaluru, organising Harmonium festivals, World Harmonium Summits and training the next generation of Harmonium players. He has been awarded the Sangeet Visharad, Sangeet Alankar, Sur Ratna, Veda naada and the Pranavashri awards.
