Name: NuGroove Collective
Start: 2024-09-20T20:30:00+05:30
Location: The Piano Man Gurugram

Gaurav is a singer-songwriter, musician based in New Delhi, A staunch advocate of active listening, his influences range from bands like Radiohead and Shakti to artists like Tigran Hamasyan, Jacob Collier and Bobby McFerrin, covering soundscapes of the alternate, jazz, funk and Avant-garde genres. Apart from music, Gaurav is also a serious photography and filmmaking enthusiast.

Parijat started playing the guitar at the age of 11 and has been learning from a lot of different people ever since. He played at Palm Expo, Mumbai with his school band in 2016. After completing his schooling from Lucknow, he moved to Delhi to study History (okay, not really) and pursue music. He enjoys playing every style, with influences ranging from pop to rock to jazz. He's aiming towards becoming a versatile musician who's a jack of all trades, but master of some.

Divij Kapoor is a Delhi based musician born in a family of music lovers. Divij has learnt music from renowned musicians like Brennon Denfer, Hitesh Madan and Obed Zeme. He has given the highest level of rockschool examinations, scored a distinction in all the rockschool examinations and became an "All India Topper".

Raghav Khullar is a Drummer based in Delhi. He was introduced to music at a young age and has been playing and collaborating with various artists from the city. He has completed graded examinations from Trinity College London and has been under the tutelage of Mr. Manoj Mavely. He has extensive stage experience, and has played with musicians from several different genres including Jazz, funk, R&b, blues, Pop, Rock Indian classical.

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.