EPK
September 2026
Origin
Madurai, India; currently, New Jersey
Geners
Raga Jazz (one of the genre pioneers), World Music
Awards
GRAMMY® nomination for Contemporary Instrumental Album (SHAYAN), GRAMMY® nominated producer for Global Music Album, Sounds of Kumbha, performer and composer on GRAMMY®-nominated album, Herstory by Flor Bromley.
Entertainer of the Year (GOLD) from the International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA), Numerous Global Music Awards, Clouzine World Jazz Album winner, Intercontinental Music Awards winner 2022 and 2023 for both Jazz and Asia Jazz.
Label
Univeral Music Group, Vedam Records
Biography
CHARU SURI is a GRAMMY® nominated pianist and composer who treads fearlessly between genres, blending several styles and fusing Indian ragas with more traditional jazz into a style she has pioneered, called "raga jazz."
Born in South India, she was a piano prodigy performing in various concert halls at an early age. Charu's most recent album, SHAYAN was nominated for a GRAMMY® in the Contemporary Instrumental Album category at the 68th GRAMMY® awards, and she was on three nominated records that year. Her work has been described as "genre-bending" and "fearless" and she has been credited with forging a sound all her own. Her work has been performed by Yo Yo Ma, Steve Gadd, Ron Carter, John Patitucci, Joe Lastie and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.
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With mood-invoking ragas (to be played according to the time of day) for many of her compositions, she weaves techniques and sounds from several places including India, Europe, and Africa. Her albums have topped the charts worldwide.
Achievements
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GRAMMY® nomination for original album, SHAYAN, blending evening ragas and jazz
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GRAMMY® nominated producer for Global Music Album, Sounds of Kumbha
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Composer and performer on the GRAMMY® nominated album, Herstory, by Flor Bromley
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Intercontinental Music Awards winner for 2023,2024, 2025
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Global Music Awards winner
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International Singer Songwriters Association GOLD winner for Entertainer of the Year
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Six-time Carnegie Hall performer
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First Indian to collaborate with Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans
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Works performed by numerous chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras, including The New Jersey Symphony
Follow for
more updates
@charusurimusic on Instagram @CharuSuriTrio on Facebook.
Press Highlights
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Indulge Express: ​From Chopin to Charukesi--How Charu Suri is reimagining ragas for piano
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The Times Of India: When I started out, A Lot of Doors Were Slammed In My Face
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The Times of India: Shayan Earns Grammy Nomination, Blending Indian ragas and jazz into a healing soundscape
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CNBC TV: How Charu Suri turned grief and exhaustion into Grammy-nominated Shayan
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Hindustan Times: Grammy nods fuel next chapter for these Indian origin musicians
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Detroit Free Press: Charu Suri, Jazz Artist Who Incorporates Ancient Indian Music and Jazz, To Play Detroit
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Rolling Stone: New Orleans Meets Indian Classical on Charu Suri’s New Album ‘Rags & Ragas’
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Hindustan Times Weekend Cover Story, Meet the Indian Topping the International Jazz Charts
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All About Jazz, RAGS & RAGAS Review, Ink it in as one of the top jazz albums of the year...
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JAZZIZ Magazine, RAGS & RAGAS Podcast and Review
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JAZZIZ Magazine, Ragas & Waltzes Review
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Jersey Journal, Composer balances levity, grief in new album
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All About Jazz, Book of Ragas vol. 2 review
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Scroll India, Rising Star Charu Suri on her raga jazz journey
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All That Jazz and More for Indian American Girl's Carnegie Performance, New Indian Express
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Weehawken musician inspires during the pandemic, The Hudson Reporter
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Composer Charu Suri Combines Jazz with Sufi Sounds, Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Bitch Magazine: The Sick Issue, Charu Suri: On Finding the Feeling Through Jazz
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All About Jazz reviews "The Book of Ragas"
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Skope Magazine reviews "The Book of Ragas"
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Namaste Newsline, First Female Indian American Jazz Composer at Carnegie Hall
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Weehawken musician fuses jazz and Sufi music, The Hudson Reporter
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Not without my daughter, The Hindu Indian newspaper​​​​​​​​
