All Artists

Giuliano Modarelli is an internationally acclaimed Italian guitarist and composer, celebrated for his distinctive blend of Indian classical, jazz, and contemporary world music. Based in London, he has developed a unique voice on the guitar, drawing deeply from Indian rhythmic and melodic traditions while maintaining the freedom and improvisational spirit of jazz. A long-time collaborator with some of the finest Indian classical artists, including Pandit Debasis Chakroborty, Shahbaz Hussain, RN Prakash, and Pandit Ajay Prasanna, Giuliano’s music bridges cultures with fluid virtuosity and emotional depth. He is also a founding member of the award-winning fusion ensemble Kaya and the Quest Ensemble. He continues to perform and teach worldwide, inspiring audiences with his cross-cultural artistry.

Hanif Khan’s musical journey began under the tutelage of his father, Ustad Hidayat Khan, who was a well-respected tabla player in India. Hanif Khan is an expert in Delhi kayda tabla playing. Hanif Khan is renowned for sharing classical Indian forms of music and for creating new forms by lending his talent to the genre of 'fusion'. Hanif Khan's musical career has taken an international route. An accomplished, classically trained Indian percussionist, he is versatile. He has accompanied acclaimed artists such as Hari Prashad Chaurasia, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Mustafa, Pandit Debasis Chakroborty, Pandit Ajay Prasanna, and El Massry Hussein, and Rajan Sajan, among others.

Jonathan Mayer began playing music at the age of five, learning the violin from his grandfather, Albert Hepton, piano from James Methuen-Campbell, and composition from his father. At sixteen, he took up sitar under Western sitarist Clem Alford, a disciple of the Senia Gharana. In 1993, he earned his B.Mus. (Hons) from Birmingham Conservatoire, where he studied composition with Andrew Downes and sitar performance. He then refined his technique in the Imdadkhani gharana with Ustad Wajahat Khan and the Senia veen-kar style under Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury. Today, he continues advanced training in the Lucknow-Shahjahanpur gharana with Ustad Irfan Muhammad Khan and studies taal talim with Ustad Yousuf Ali Khan.

RN Prakash is a versatile percussionist who specialises in South Indian percussion instruments such as the ghatam, khanjira, and mridangam. He learned his art from the age of 6 in Bangalore, India, under the tutelage of K.N. Krishna Murthy.

Rekesh Chauhan is a multi‑award‑winning British Indian pianist and composer, known for his groundbreaking fusion of Eastern and Western classical traditions. With early grounding in Indian classical music under his musician father and formal training in Western composition during his university studies, he has melded these influences into a distinctive and evocative musical voice. He holds a first‑class honours degree in Economics from the University of Leicester. Since the release of his debut album Beyond Roots (2015), which notably featured tabla maestro Kousic Sen Ji and garnered national radio attention, Rekesh has continued to build a reputation as a composer of depth and innovation.

Satwinder Pal Singh is a London-based sarangi player from Moga, Punjab. He and his father are the first father-son Top Grade sarangi players in the Sikh Panth.