Theeratha Vilayuttu Pillai- U. Rajesh (Mandolin)-HCL Maestros in Studio Live @The Peninsula Studios

U Rajesh (Mandolin)

is a renowned mandolin player, he is the younger brother of the late Sri U. Srinivas, who was prominent in bringing this Italian instrument to the stage of Indian classical music. 

Rajesh's credentials include either touring or recording with some of the big names in the music business - besides his Guru & older brother U. Shrinivas, there is Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot, Mike Marshall, multi-percussionists Sivamani & Pete Lockett, Karsh Kale and Greg Ellis. He also performed live with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra and KNZ Philharmonic Orchestra. 

For season 1 of HCL Maestros in Studio Live @The Peninsula Studios Mandolin U. Rajesh is accompanied on Mridangam by Sumesh Narayanan and on Piano by Anil Srinivasan.

Curators: Anil Srinivasan (Carnatic), Kaushiki Chakraborty & Arunabha Deb (Hindustani)

Produced by: Subroto Chattopadhyay & Sita Raina

Project Management for The Peninsula Studios: Avinash Chordia & Narinder Tawakley

Director: Salman Usmani

Audio Recording, Mixing & Mastering: Deepak Samson

Chief Assistant Directors: Alisha Chatterjee, Mohammad Saad

Assistant Directors: Mudit Singhal, Vijay Rawat

Lead Camera: Abhishek Negi

Cameramen: Punit Upadhya, Nitin Kumar, Shubham Thakur

Asst. Camera: Gaurav Pandey, Pawan Arya

Production Coordinator: Priyanka Nagi

Production Assistant: Shagun Dhir

Editors: Sougat Paul, Haseeb Ahmad, Sidharth Singh, 
Gautam Kumar, Ashish Kumar Pandey

Promos: Mohammad Waseem

Styling & Wardrobe: Kunica Sharma, Vidha Chadha

Make Up: Diyvashekhar Jha

Set Design: Mohsin Ali

Lights and Grips: Vinay, Manoj

Spots: Teja Singh, Ram Iqbal

Studio Technician: Shankar Muthuswamy

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