RAGAS INVENTOR – GETS GRAMMY® NOMINATED “SHAYAN” – FOR THE 68TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®
The piano prodigy known for weaving Indian RAGAS into her music, Charu Suri receives a nomination in – Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, “SHAYAN” – and Co-Producer for “Sounds of Kumbha”, in the Global Music Album Category, in the 68th GRAMMY® Awards.
Her brand of music is fresh, inventive and relevant. Charu Suri says, “I always want to be on top of my game and create music that is healing, relaxing, but also lends itself to being innovative and always be ahead of the pack”.
Indian-born Suri made a historic fifth appearance at Carnegie Hall on July 25, 2024, becoming the first Indian jazz artist to do so. Charu Suri has been making waves in the jazz scene, having performed over the past year in Italy, London, Blues Alley in D.C., Boston Jazz Festival and beyond. In 2024, she was awarded a Jazz Roads Grant to enable her to bring her unique sound to many venues across the United States. One of the few female jazz composers and pianists to emerge from India, Charu has blazed a new sonic identity and has performed in world-renowned venues from the GRAMMY® Museum, Lincoln Center, Birdland, NCPA Mumbai, and the Royal Opera House in Mumbai. Charu Suri ‘s work has been performed by Yo Yo Ma, The New Jersey Symphony, Steve Gadd, John Patitucci, and Joe Lastie from Preservation Hall, among others.
Charu’s latest album, “SHAYAN,” topped the U.S. and World charts and her previous “raga jazz” album, “RAGS & RAGAS,” topped international jazz charts and reached #3 in the U.S. and #1 in India on iTunes. Charu Suri has won several awards including Gold Entertainer of the Year from the International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA), Intercontinental Music Awards, Global Music Awards and is a Governor of the Recording Academy, New York Chapter. This is her first GRAMMY® nomination; she is also nominated as producer in the Global Music Album, “Sounds of Kumbha,” by Siddhant Bhatia and is a pianist on the Children’s album, Herstory, by Flor Bromley. Recently, she was elected Governor of the Recording Academy.
This is the year for Indian recording artists at THE GRAMMY’S® , making a strong showing for many nominations, with Anoushka Shankar, fusion group Shakti, devotional singer Siddhant Bhatia, and jazz pianist Charu Suri all receiving nods for their global music and instrumental work, highlighting India’s growing influence in classical, fusion, and contemporary music categories.
There has never been a bigger year at the GRAMMY’S ® for Indian recording artists, and Charu Suri is one of the brightest among them.
New York Chapter. Links to stream Charu’s albums: “SHAYAN”: https://charusurimusic.bandcamp.com/album/shayan
RAGS & RAGAS: https://songwhip.com/charu-suri/rags-and-ragas
RAGAS & WALTZES: https://charusuri.bandcamp.com/album/ragas-waltzes
THE BOOK OF RAGAS VOL. 2: https://charusuri.bandcamp.com/album/book-of-ragasvol-2
NEW AMERICAN SONGBOOK EP: https://charusuri.bandcamp.com/album/newamerican-songbook
