Vatsal & Zahra

Name: Vatsal & Zahra
Start: 2024-10-08T20:30:00+05:30
Location: The Piano Man Gurugram

Schedule

Tue Oct 08 2024 at 08:30 pm

UTC+05:30

Location

The Piano Man Gurugram | New Delhi, DL

Zahra is a multidisciplinary artist with interests in music, theater, writing, and photography. She started training in voice in 2015 under Ms. Aching Shaiza has since built a vast repertoire exploring genres such as jazz, western classical, musical theater, R&B, neo-soul, etc. In 2019, she was a selected member of the Caux Artist Programme, specializing in musical theater, as part of the Initiatives of Change event which took place in Caux, Switzerland wherein she got the chance to train under artists such as Dida Guigan and Jihye Kim. In January, 2023 she released her first single under the artist name 'Filmizuki', and has had the opportunity to perform at various venues including Prithvi Theatre, NCPA, and Natarani Amphitheatre. She loves experimenting with voice and napping with cats.
Vatsal Bakhda, pianist/composer, started his musical journey in Kolkata learning Classical Piano under Roshen Gazder, LRSM with whom he spent over 10 years, and Suddhaseel Sen (Ph.D. in Musicology) for 2 years.
He continued his music education further at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, where he spent three semesters learning under Pedro Carneiro Silva and Gabriel Geszti, both of who hail from Brazil, equipping him with a unique playing style with strong traditional Brazilian influences. He continues to grow and develop currently while learning with Aman Mahajan. He has also had the opportunity to collaborate with various artists from India and abroad.
His time at SAM has enabled him to playing various styles such as Jazz, Funk, Latin, Brazilian, RnB/Soul, Pop, Fusion, Blues,etc, and greatly takes influences from various artists such as Avishai Cohen, Tigran Hamasyan, Shai Maestro, Brad Mehldau, to name a few. Vatsal is also currently working extensively on his own music, and wishes to bring it out early next year. A music educator himself, Vatsal is currently working as a Piano Teacher at Theme Music Institute.