Morning Ragas with Rakesh Chaurasia

With Ojas Adhiya, tabla

At dawn, as the hills surrounding Abbey 301 return to light, a bracing cup of chai greets you, and bansuri maestro and Grammy Award-winner Rakesh Chaurasia invokes the serenity and splendour of morning ragas, reintroducing us to Bhairavi as we have never heard it before. A performance of rare purity, offered in the stillness of first light—an experience possible only at Abbey 301.

About the artists

A famous name attached to this musician, Rakesh Chaurasia was a child prodigy and the most accomplished disciple of his uncle, flute maestro Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, carrying the Chaurasia legacy to new heights.

Rakesh has performed across the globe, enthralling audiences at classical and semi-classical concerts in Japan, Australia, Europe, South Africa, and the USA, and has also recorded with most of the leading stalwarts of the Indian film industry. He was invited to conclude the twenty-four hour live music broadcast to a worldwide audience on the BBC radio celebrating Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee.

Rakesh has received the Indian Music Academy Award from the President of India Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in 2007, Aditya Birla Kalakiran Puraskar in 2008, and the Guru Shishya Award in 2011.

He has won two Grammy awards for his collaborative music album As We Speak (2024).

Ojas Adhiya is an acclaimed Indian tabla virtuoso and former child prodigy from Chikhli, Maharashtra, whose name appears in the Limca Book of Records as India’s youngest tabla player, after giving his first public performance at the age of four. Recognised early for his extraordinary rhythmic talent, he trained under Shri Mridangraj and has performed widely as both a soloist and accompanist. Ojas has appeared in numerous concert series globally and has collaborated with leading classical and fusion artists, including sharing the stage with maestros such as Shiv Kumar Sharma and Hariprasad Chaurasia.