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ABOUT YOTAM ISHAY

Yotam Ishay is a Brooklyn-based Grammy-nominated Interdisciplinary composer & pianist from Afula, Israel. With over 500k streams on Spotify, music from his debut album “Opus 1” was placed in Netflix shows, and his solo piano album “SEED” was praised by the Japanese magazine “JAZZ LIFE” and the French magazine “Djolo”. His compositions express a unique dialect by blending various influences such as western classical music, Middle-Eastern music, and Jazz. Yotam graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music, earning a composition degree with a full scholarship. He collaborated with renowned and Grammy-winning artists such as Zakir Hussain, Michael League & Bill Laurence of Snarky Puppy, Javier Limón, Berklee Indian Ensemble, Shankar Mahadevan, and Jamey Haddad, to name a few. Yotam has also been active in the classical composition field and is a twice finalist of the International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition in Prague, the Czech Republic.

ABOUT HARSHITHA KRISHNAN

Hailing from a strong background in western classical music, she embraced soul, R&B, alternative, jazz, Indian folk and other world music styles, creating her own distinctive and eclectic sound: a fusion of Indian and contemporary western elements. Performing her original music as well as her arrangements of popular Indian tunes, Harshitha creates a singular musical experience that takes listeners on a journey of unfiltered emotions, exploring sounds and textures from around the world.

A graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Harshitha has already worked with an impressive roster of renowned musicians including A.R.Rahman, Ilayaraaja, Gary Burton, Vijay Prakash, Michael McDonald, Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Pablo Ziegler, Bill Whelan, Alejandro Sanz, Clinton Cerejo, Javed Ali, Sivamani, and Javier Limone to name a few, on various film, studio and live projects.

She currently performs with the Berklee Indian Ensemble, vocal group ‘MuZù’, Yotam Ishay Chamber Group and Utako Toyama’s ‘SkyBridge’. Since 2021, she serves on the Faculty at Berklee College of Music.

An artist with a vision to affect positive change in attitudes towards women, mental health, LGBTQIA+ and race, Harshitha aligns her social, philosophical and political views with the nature of the music she performs.