Young Talent at NCPA, Mumbai

Nakul Jogdeo (Piano), Aditya Mukherji (Violin), Prashanth Chidambaram (Piano)Nakul Jogdeo is an independent music composer, teacher and pianist from Pune. He began piano lessons with Kedarnath Awati in 2002 and continued them with Roxana Anklesaria Doctor at The Academy of Music, Pune. He won the All India Piano Competition organised by Mehli Mehta Music Foundation in 2007. In 2010, he obtained his licentiate diploma from Trinity College, London and represented India in the third Kawai Asia Piano Competition in Hong Kong. Jogdeo has had master classes with renowned pianists and teachers like Paul Stewart and Mark Troop. He will perform a selection from Mozart, Chopin, Debussy and Joplin.

Aditya Mukherji studied the violin under Abraham Mazumdar at Kolkata, Pedro Meireles and several Kazakh teachers in Mumbai, and Pheroze Mistry and Nauzer Daruwala in Goa. He acquired an ATCL in 2013. He has also performed with several orchestras, including the Delhi Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony Orchestra of India. He worked as a Suzuki teacher, and is a guest soloist on the BCO. He heads the violin department of the Garodia Music Conservatoire. Mukherji will perform a selection from Beethoven and Smetana.

Prashanth Chidambaram started learning music at the age of seven in Muscat under V. Ramakrishnan and Philip Stallwood. He is now studying under Balaji and Augustine Paul. He obtained an ATCL from Trinity College, London, in 2013. A Con Brio 2012 semi-finalist, he also plays the violin and drums and writes music. He will perform a selection from Brahms, Debussy, Bach and Chopin.