Arjun Chandy

Arjun Chandy

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Arjun Chandy is an award winning Indo-American singer associated with A. R. Rahman’s new band NAFS. Chandy was specially commissioned to groom the band fine tune them according to the international standards. The brand is an initiative of Rahman to promote Indian talent internationally. Chandy has most recently sung one song - ‘Tu Koi Aur Hai’ for Rahman composition for the movie Tamasha. Chandy who is trained in Carnatic, Hindustani and western forms of classical music is also known as an arranger, studio vocalist and vocal group coach. Chandy, a resident of Texas is associated with music for more than two decades.

 

He is born into a family of south Indian origin in US. His grandmother was a Carnatic singer and Chandy later learnt both Hindustani and western forms of music. He was a part of music choir since school days, where he studied music theory as well. At the age of 14, his group started singing for started singing for a quartet in the school and that’s how jazz entered into his life. He started professional singing at a very young age of 15 and was also associated with many bands for music composition and arrangement. He never learnt conducting. In his opinion a good vocal conductor means the ability to hear multiple harmonies.

 

He has been associated with major vocal band of US - The Vocal Majority and very soon in 2013 he was called to Chennai by none other than Rahman to be a part of his newly formed band – NAFS. His band members have been handpicked from K.M Music Conservatory and they recently performed at the GIMA event in Mumbai.

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Updated: November 20, 2015

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