RikhyRay

When Indian musician and composer Rikhy Ray first came to New York in 1977, he was already a virtuoso guitarist, thoroughly familiar with classical and modern guitar repertory. But it was New York City with its lively mix of funk, rock, pop, jazz and Latin music that inspired him to embark on his own musical path. Ray was "funkified" by New York, but he also rediscovered his own Indian roots there, and soon after started studying the sarod with Ustad Amjad Khan in Delhi. Now a citizen of Madras, he has collaborated with South Indian ghátam maestro Vikku Vinayakram since 1990, produced pop and percussion albums and composes music for ballet, theater, film and television.