Biography

Born and bred in Kathmandu, Nepal, Abhisek Bhadra started his musical career in the local jazz and rock scene. Along with his past projects, He won the Rockheads competition and Jazzmandu Jazz for the next generation competition very early in his music career in 2005 and also bagged “The most outstanding musician Award” in the same competition in 2010. During these years Abhisek composed/arranged and played piano and keyboards for local bands like Atomic Bush, JCS quartet, Jindabaad, All my friends and collaborated with artists such as Cadenza, Astha Tamang Maskey, Lyrics Indy.
In 2012 he moved to Rotterdam, Netherlands to pursue a Bachelor in Jazz Compositon/ Arranging in Codarts, Rotterdam Conservatorium. After coming back he has tried his hands on electronics music by venturing through diverse fields such as contemporary electro-acoustic music to mainstream hip-hop. He has also been actively involved in music education both in Nepal and abroad. He taught piano/keyboards and led ensembles at The British School, Kathmandu from 2006 to 2012 and Currently he is the Academic Director at the Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory and also teaches Piano, Theory, Arranging and Composition. He is currently an active performing and composing musician in the Kathmandu music scene collaborating with bands like Jooni, Jindabaad, Cadenza Collective, Rohit John Chettri, 1974AD and Le Piro.