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Ramana Balachandran is a Veena player in the Carnatic tradition. Considered a prodigious talent, he was directly awarded an A grade by All India Radio. He brings on the veena, considered a tough instrument, exceptional phrasal clarity that exposes microtonal and curvy nuances that characterize a deeper interpretation of raga-centric music; he discovers deeper structures of traditional and contemporary ragas as he interprets them spontaneously. Ragas are interpreted in a variety of different moods & structures, as he explores them in alapana and swaraprasthara. He has also discovered a number of playing techniques that help him stretch the boundaries of clarity and precision; his renditions that involve heightened repose while retaining phrasal richness are looked forward to by keen music lovers.

Patri Satish Kumar was born into a family of musicians. He was initiated into the art of percussion by his mother Padmavathy, a renowned violinist and had his debut at the tender age of 7. A fine performer, composer and with a deep interest to innovate and explore the art form, his specialization is his precise fingering technique and the fine balance of sounds between the treble and base heads of the Mridangam. Trained by Gurus Sree Ramachandramurthy, V.A.Swami and V. Narasimhan, Satish Kumar  continues to evolve a style that is distinctly his own.

Satish Kumar has been a regular feature in prestigious venues and festivals across India and around the world including BBC Proms at The Royal Albert Hall – London, The Music Academy – Chennai, Saptak Festival – Ahmedabad, Theater De La Ville – Paris, Villa Cardova – Cardoba – Spain, Rashtrapathi Bhavan – New Delhi, Pablo Festival in France,  Harbor Front Festival – Toronto, Madrid Jazz Festival, to name a few.

Satish Kumar’s name features in scores of CD and DVD productions as a soloist and also as part of other Ensembles from Classical and other musical productions in various genres all over the world. Satish has been enthralling audiences in India, The Persian Gulf, South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Europe, USA and Canada. An “A-Top” ranking artiste of the All India Radio, Satish Kumar continues his journey in the world of percussion.

Samyuktha Sreeram is a disciple of the late Ghatam and Konakkol vidwan, Sangita Kalacharya Sri TH Subash Chandran. She is currently under the guidance of Ghatam Vidwan Sri N. Guruprasad and Sri Akshay Anantapadmanabhan. Samyuktha has over 13 years of Ghatam percussion experience and also learns Carnatic vocal music from Kalaimamani Smt. Charumathi Ramachandran.

Samyuktha has performed as a Ghatam accompanist across the United States, Canada, and India and has earned awards at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana in the U.S., along with the Yuva Kala Bharathi from Bharat Kalachar Sabha (Chennai), Yuva Pratibha from VVS Foundation (Chennai), and most recently Nada Pallava award from Nadasudha Sabha (Chennai).

Samyuktha has had the privilege of accompanying several eminent artists, including Sangita Kalanidhis Lalgudi GJR Krishnan and Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi, Sangeet Samrat Chitraveena N. Ravikiran, Kalaimamani Sri R. Suryaprakash, Sri Abhishek Raghuram, Sri Vittal Ramamurthy, Akkarai Sisters, Sri VVS Murari, Sri BU Ganesh Prasad, Smt. Aishwarya Shankar, Smt. Kruthi Bhat, the Carnatica brothers, and Smt. Vasudha Ravi.

Samyuktha recently graduated from Duke University and currently works in Washington DC.