A vocalist and a composer, Nishant Shekar is a forward thinking musician who came to be known in the Mumbai circuit after winning IIT Bombay’s Cultural festival, Mood Indigo. Nishant was brought up in Muscat, Oman, where he began to ignite the flame of a musician in himself from a young age, performing in various competitions and shows across the nation. One such competition was the Muscat Idol 2014, a nation wide competition, where he was awarded the first place, and sealed in his heart that a musician is all that he wanted to be.

 

Nishant’s musicality expands from Indian classical to jazz, blues, pop, RnB and other world styles. He is trained both in Indian Classical and Western contemporary styles, and uses his voice and versatility to perform across borders, in India and the United States. He has worked with Indian composer duo Salim Suleman, international maestro Tigran Hamasyan, and performed for Usher, Claude Kelly and Sona Jobarteh, in venues like the MGM Music Hall Boston, Agganis Arena, and the Berklee Performance Center.

 

Nishant is a graduate of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, where he majored in Contemporary Writing and Production. He specializes in scoring for media, arranging for different ensembles and styles, and vocal production. He has worked on multiple collaborations, from the album Police Beyond Borders with Stewart Copeland and Ricky Kej, to the album Blind So What? by Austrian bassist Ciara Moser, For India with Brazilian pianist Joao Bittencourt, and MAMA with Ghanian drummer Shaddy, He is also responsible for the background vocals of the song Tu Hai Kahaan from the Bollywood movie Do Aur Do Pyaar.

 

Nishant's passion for diving deeper into the ocean of music drives him in his continuous pursuit to learn and better himself as a musician and a human being.