RON CHA
Ronojit Chaliha aka. Ron Cha is a 27 year old
Pianist, Producer, Composer and Educator from
Assam, India. Ron has had a Western Classical
Piano background for 15 years and then crossed
over to Jazz, RnB and Gospel music. Ron is
recipient of the 1st A.R. Rahman 100% Full
Scholarship to Berklee College of Music. He has
toured America, Europe and Asia with artists such
as Lizzy McAlpine, Ferenc Németh, Gregory Tardy,
Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Stephanie McKay and his
own projects as a bandleader. He has performed
and recorded alongside many great artistes such
as Laufey, Jacques Schwarz-Bart, Lionel Loueke,
Dennis Montgomery III, Philip Lassiter, Ferenc
Németh, Stephanie McKay, Jasper Blom,
Benjamin Herman and many others. He has
attained accolades from many renowned artists
such as Anomalie, Domi, Rob Araujo, Ed Saindon,
Shankar Mahadevan, Clinton Cerejo, Dhruv
Ghanekar, Vishal Dadlani and Loy Mendonsa. Ron
is a pioneer in fusing Assamese folk music and
jazz along with singer Kalpana Patowary, guitarist
Lionel Loueke and drummer Ferenc Nemeth. This
unique album is titled Maati which was released
globally in May, 2022. Internationally, he has
performed at the Sunset/ Sunside Jazz Club in
Paris, the
prestigious Caux Theater, Switzerland, NCPA
Mumbai, SXSW, Austin, Sculler’s Jazz Club,
Boston and has toured around Spain with Ferenc
Németh and Gregory Tardy. In 2013, Ron scored
the highest score in the Trinity College of Music
Advance Recital Certificate Classical Piano
Examination in India. In 2021, the prestigious
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Chennai
hired Ron as the piano faculty position at the
young age of 23 and continues to teach students
all over the world privately. In addition to his
performing career, he is also an active film
composer in the Netherlands and has written
music for Jon Karthaus’ Fijn Weekend and The
Dadchelor as well as worked on commercials with
brands such as Rituals. Ron is currently based in
Amsterdam, Netherlands and performs regularly in
the Dutch jazz scene.