SOUL-SEARCH !

SOUL-SEARCH!

A group of five Delhi based musicians, Soul-Search! brings back an abundance of funk fused with

R&B and soul, inspired by the tunes of Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Chaka

Khan and others. The band has an exciting mix of sounds that people can groove to and reminisce

on.

Karan Mahajan is a musician, composer and guitar player based in New Delhi, India. He

completed his studies at the Global Music Institute in 2016. In 2020, he was awarded merit

scholarships by The New School of Jazz and Contemporary Music (New York City, NY), The New

England Conservatory (Boston, MA) and The University of North Texas (Denton, TX). He has

worked with several local and international artists including Takar Nabam (Same Sky), Isaac Smith

(Sneak Attack), and Raphaelle Brochet and Philippe Aerts (the Piano Man). In 2016, he performed

at the annual Music Matters Festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka, as part of the Tarun Balani Collective.

In 2022, Karan performed at the Brilliante Piano Festival as part of the soul project “Everyday

People”. Currently, Karan is leading his eponymous band and freelancing as a session musician.

Gurpreet Kaur is Delhi based vocalist and performer. Having performed since the tender age of

ten, she is currently training with Sentirenla Lucia, one of the country's finest vocalists. She is also

a pianist and continues to practice psychology while pursuing her career in music. She draws her

influence from artists such as Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Joni Mitchell, Ella Fitzgerald and

Stevie Wonder

Ravali Komanapally, originally from Hyderabad, is a pianist/keyboardist with roots in

contemporary music. Having had the opportunity to learn at Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music

from the likes of Gabriel Geszti, Raghuraman Ramasubramanian and Karina Colis to name a few,

it has helped her develop a keen sense of interest in Brazilian, Latin and Jazz Music. She is

currently learning with Aman Mahajan, one of the most reputed names in the Indian music circuit.

She has been actively playing in Delhi and is a part of various bands such as Footprints, RSVP,

Everyday people, to name a few. Recently had the opportunity to play at the Mahindra blues

festival with The Karan Mahajan band. Also being very fond of music education she is an educator

herself and has worked at Theme Music Institute, Eastwind Academy and Prism school of music as

Piano faculty.

Raghav Khullar is a Drummer based in Delhi. He was introduced to music at a young age and has

been playing and collaborating with various artists from the city. He has completed graded

examinations from Trinity College london and is has been under the tutelage of Mr. Manoj mavely.

He has extensive stage experience, and has played with musicians from several different genres

including Jazz, funk, R&b, blues, Pop, Rock Indian classical.

Vatsal Bakhda, pianist/composer, started his musical journey in Kolkata learning Classical Piano

under Roshen Gazder, LSRM with whom he spent over 10 years, and Suddhaseel Sen (Ph.D. in

Musicology) for 2 years. He continued his musical education further at Swarnabhoomi Academy of

Music, where he spent three semesters learning under Pedro Carneiro Silva and Gabriel Geszti,

both of who hail from Brazil, equipping him with a unique playing style with strong traditional

Brazilian influences. He continues to grow and develop currently with Aman Mahajan. He has also

had the opportunity to collaborate with various artists from India and abroad. His time at SAM has

enabled him to playing various styles such as Jazz, Funk, Latin, Brazilian, RnB/Soul, Pop, Fusion,

Blues, etc., and greatly takes influences from various artists such as Avishai Cohen, Tigran

Hamasyan, Shai Maestro, Brad Mehldau, to name a few. Vatsal is also currently working

extensively on his own music, and wishes to bring it out early next year.