Indian American Vocalist and Entrepreneur Chandrika Tandon Wins Grammy Award in New Age, Ambient or Chant Album Category for ‘Triveni’
- The cross-cultural collaboration with South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese-American cellist Eru Matsumoto, blends ancient Sanskrit mantras with global instrumental harmonies.
Indian American vocalist and entrepreneur Chandrika Tandon has won the Grammy award for the album “Triveni” in the Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album category.
The 67th edition of the the awards were held yesterday (Feb. 2) at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Other nominees in the category were “Break of Dawn” by Ricky Kej, “Opus” by Ryuichi Sakamoto, “Chapter II: How Dark It Is Before Dawn” by Anoushka Shankar, and “Warriors Of Light” by Radhika Vekaria.
Tandon’s album is a cross-cultural collaboration with South African flutist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese-American cellist Eru Matsumoto. It blends ancient Sanskrit mantras with global instrumental harmonies to create a musical experience centered on healing and inner peace. It has a blend of three artistic traditions—Tandon’s rich South Asian vocal influences, Kellerman’s soul-stirring flute melodies, and Matsumoto’s evocative cello harmonies. “It feels amazing,” Tandon told CBS in a backstage interview with the Recording Academy after winning the Grammy.
Tandon is a member of the Board of Overseers of NYU’s business school, a member of the NYU Board of Trustees, and leads the NYU President’s Global Council. A former partner at McKinsey and Company, she is chair of Tandon Capital Associates, a financial advisory firm she founded in 1992.