Faculty
Faculty Directory
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music has a rotating faculty of accomplished musicians from all over the world so students get to study with different sets of faculty during each Semester. SAM’s unique rotational faculty concept maximizes the students’ learning experience to make it as broad musically and culturally as possible.
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music’s distinguished faculty includes Composers of Oscar Winning Films, Grammy Award nominees, MacArthur Fellows and some of the most in-demand professional musicians in the world that perform and record with the world’s biggest names in music. Our faculty has performed or recorded with such luminaries as Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, A.R. Rahman, Coldplay, Journey, Wayne Shorter, Esperanza Spalding, Illayaraja, Peter Gabriel, Eddie Palmieri, Toumani Diabate, Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Victor Wooten, Joe Satriani, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Elvin Jones, Steve Coleman, Angelique Kidjo, Vijay Iyer, Jason Moran, Babatunde Olatunji, Umayalpuram Sivaraman, Airto Moreira, Trilok Gurtu, Iva Paposov, Husnu Senlendirici, Stanley Clarke, Kenny Barron, Joshua Redman, Branford Marsalis and many others.
Since its inception in July 2010, around 80 musicians from 24 countries have taught in the Diploma Program.
Summer 2024
Manukrishan
Guitar
Jakob Zimmerman
Piano
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Lucas Baret
Guitar
Spring 2024
Natalia Kordiak
Voice
Alexandre de Orio
Guitar
Mateusz Szewcyzk
Bass
Nirvan Athreya
Piano
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Fall 2023
Natalia Kordiak
Voice
Sveinbjörn “Bjössi” Klütsch
Guitar
Adriano Sambatti
Bass
Nikolai Mishchenko
Piano
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Abbas Razvi
Audio
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Summer 2023
Karina del Mar
Voice
Siddharth Gautam
Guitar
Nikolai Mishchenko
Audio
Sonic Shori
Bass
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Abbas Razvi
Audio
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Spring 2023
Aditi Malhotra
Voice
Tomas Murmis
Guitar
Joel Lyssarides
Piano
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Abbas Razvi
Audio
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Fall 2022
Patricia Ramon
Voice
Luca Nikolau
Guitar
Vatsal Bakhda
Piano
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Madipakkam Suresh
Konnakol
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Abbas Razvi
Audio
Summer 2022
Patricia Ramon
Voice
Alexandre de Orio
Guitar
Vatsal Bakhda
Piano
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Spring 2021
Harini Iyer
Voice
Denis Stern
Guitar
S. Karthikeyan
Production
Jaikar Harinath
Sound Designer
Vishnu Reddy
Drums
Umayalpuram Mali
Konnakol
Dr. Sreyas Narayanun
Carnatic Voice
Aravind Bhargav
Carnatic Mandolin
Spring 2020
Patricia Ramon
Voice
Denis Stern
Guitar
David Loubeh
Piano
Lukas Mantel
Drums