Prasant Radhakrishnan Trio

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Prasant Radhakrishnan Trio
Prasant Radhakrishnan Trio features artists exploring authentic expression in multiple genres. After being steeped in established musical traditions, including South Indian Classical, and the ensembles VidyA and The Alaya Project among others. This new trio will present original work drawing on Indian classical and jazz music. While each artist is highly sought after in their own right, this performance will express the shared energy of many years of playing together, allowing for a rare depth of sound in the moment.

Artist Biographies

Prasant Radhakrishnan
Prasant Radhakrishnan is a versatile saxophonist steeped in both Carnatic music and jazz. A senior disciple of saxophone pioneer Padmashri Dr. Kadri Gopalnath since 1996 with whom he underwent gurukalavasam (training while living with the teacher), he received further advanced training from Dr. TR Subramaniam among other music masters. Studying jazz in high school and college, Prasant went on to form VidyA, an ensemble combining the essence of Carnatic and jazz traditions. Prasant has since released several Carnatic classical, Carnatic jazz and raga meditation albums and his energetic yet soothing and peaceful style of music has been enjoyed in concerts and lecture demonstrations around the world. As a full time artist and recipient of several grant awards for his original work (NEA, Zellerbach etc.), he performs in his own projects as well as many collaborations with a wide variety of musical styles.

Rohan Krishnamurthy
Indian-American percussionist, composer, and educator Dr. Rohan Krishnamurthy is one of the leading voices of Indian classical and cross-genre music in the South Asian diaspora. Acclaimed a "musical ambassador" by The Times of India, he received mridangam training from the legendary maestro, Sri. Guruvayur Dorai, and drum set from Alan Hall at the California Jazz Conservatory. Distinguished as a soloist, composer, and collaborator, Rohan performed with legendary Indian classical musicians and Grammy Award-winning global artists. Rohan leads The Alaya Project, an Indo-jazz-funk collective, which has performed at prestigious jazz and global music venues across the country including SFJazz, Joe's Pub NYC, and The Strathmore DC. Their recently released debut album has been praised by Jazziz Magazine, NPR, San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Rohan holds a Ph.D. in musicology from the Eastman School of Music and directs the  RohanRhythm Percussion Studio with students from across the globe. Rohan is the recipient of international awards and grants including commissions from the San Francisco Arts Commission, Zellerbach Foundation, and Goethe Institute (Germany). He has taught at renowned institutions and his patented RohanRhythm drum tuning system is available worldwide.

David Ewell
David Ewell is one of most sought after bass players in the SF Bay Area. He has performed with the Supplicants, VidyA, Howard Wiley, Faye Carol, Marc Cary among others and has distinguished himself with a rich, warm sound on the bass with a deep sense of time. He has performed with Prasant for 20 years with VidyA, where a deep musical connection was formed.