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.