Ron Cha

Ronojit Chaliha aka. Ron Cha is a 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. 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. Ron is currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands and performs regularly in the Dutch jazz scene.