In 2017, the Berklee Indian Ensemble presented a landmark collaborative concert with its fifth Artist in Residence, Indian playback singer, Shreya Ghoshal. We are delighted to bring you a rearrangement of the A.R. Rahman Tamil classic, Mannipaaya from that Icon Series concert. Mannipaaya was especially meaningful for all of us as Shreya Ghoshal had not only agreed to perform the piece as a duet with one of our students, Shrivant Singh, (who was in his first semester at the time), she took time to personally work with him on the song. These kind of lifechanging moments with direct mentorship with legends of Ms. Ghoshal’s stature are a vital part of what our Berklee Indian Ensemble Icon Series is all about.

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“Mannipaaya” written by A.R. Rahman
String Arrangement: Guy Bernfeld
Vocal Arrangement: Annette Philip
Additional Rearrangements: Shai Portugaly
Producer: Artistic Director, BIX, Annette Philip

Artist Relations: Senior Director, Global Engagement, Middle East & India, Clint Valladares
Assistant Manager, BIX: Rohith Jayaraman
Assistant, BIX: Lydia Renold

Berklee Indian Ensemble Performers

Vocal Soloist: Shrivant Singh (Noida, India)

Choir
Sahaj Biyani (New Delhi, India)
Shradha Ganesh (Mississauga, Canada)
Amira Gill (New Delhi, India)
Martin Guas (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Vasundhara Gupta (Kolkata, India)
Rohith Jayaraman (San Jose, CA)
Regina Crisosto Jequier (Santiago de Chile, Chile)
Harshitha Krishnan (Lagos, Nigeria & Chennai, India)
Aaria Manchanda (Seattle, WA)
Kiran Mani (Lexington, MA)
Gayathri Menon (Doha, Qatar)
Agney Mulay (New Delhi, India)
Paola Munda (Palermo, Italy)
Avanti Nagral (Bombay, India & Boston, MA)
Harini Iyer (Chennai, India)
Karan Pandav (Pune, India)
Lydia Renold (Schönenwerd, Switzerland)
Janani Sharma (Nashua, NH)
Swarathmika Swaminathan (Mumbai, India)

Piano/Voice: Annette Philip (Kerala, India)
Keyboard/Voice: Shai Portugaly (Rishon LeZion, Israel)
Electric Guitar: Aleif Hamdan (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Electric Guitar: Yoel Genin (Eilat, Israel)
Bass: Guy Bernfeld (Herzliya, Israel)
Drumset/Percussion: Yogev Gabay (Be’er Sheva, Israel)
Keyboard: Yotam Ishay (Afula, Israel)
Tabla/Percussion: Giridaran Subramaniam (Bengaluru, India)

Strings
Violin
Layth Sidiq (Amman, Jordan)
Bengisu Gokce (Istanbul, Turkey)
Tania Mesa (Lanzarote, Canary Islands)
Emily Gelineau (Perth, Western Australia)

Viola
Daniel Lay (Ridgewood, NJ)
Anna Stromer (Boston, MA)

Cello
Shao Chia Lee (Taoyuan, Taiwan)

Double Bass
Luis Celis (Maracaibo, Venezuela)

Recorded live at the Berklee Performance Center
Video Services: Reggie Lofton
Editing: Regina Crisosto Jequier
Recording Engineer: Alejandro Rodriguez, Professor, Music Production and Engineering, Berklee College of Music
Mixing Engineer: Kaushlesh “Garry” Purohit
Mastering: Jonathan Wyner