The teaching faculty at Guitar Hall is the best in the business in India. Here at Guitar Hall, with over a decade of experience developing courses relevant to the needs of the student and the ever-changing music industry, we have only the best team of professional musicians - all of whom are committed to helping you achieve your goals.Guitar Hall has the finest tutors in terms of playing experience,performing skills,ability to motivate and extract the best out of every student in the academy.

So whatever Guitar Hall Module you happen to be at, our teachers will be guaranteed to be of the highest possible standards. And, unlike many other schools, Guitar Hall teachers are full time professional musicians who regularly work and perform in their own right or alongside some of the greatest names and Rock bands in the business.

Basant sinchury

Basant,hailing from Darjeeling started his musical life at age five, on the guitar, which he continued to study until age sixteen. During those years he participated in numerous festivals and competitions, mostly in Darjeeling and Sikkim, where he grew up. At age twenty eight Basant moved to Mumbai,after getting selected as a guitar teacher at Guitar Hall.
Since joining Guitar Hall he has been teaching and performing. Basant is the bass guitarist of the Rock band 'Lust Of Symphony' which comprises of Guitar Hall teachers.
It was players such as Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Zakk Wylde, and John Petrucci that first got him into really wanting to learn how to rock on guitar and be the best he could be at it.
"Over the years teaching has not only made me a better guitar player but has also given me the opportunity to work with many different students who all have different ways of learning. After years of trial and error I have been able to successfully find a style of teaching that has been proven to work with ALL of my students. As students progress and get better, they will always want to go in their own direction, however if a solid understanding of the basics has not been built, then they will find it difficult to play and write the music that they are most passionate about. In Guitar Hall, I focus on creating and building that basic foundation so that you are able to play and understand all the things that make up music." says Basant.
"Ive also kept busy over the years as a performer. Whether its been playing solo at a coffee shop or playing a show with a number of different bands that I have been a part of, performing and playing for other people is, in my opinion, the best part of learning to play guitar because it gives you the opportunity to show others what you have been working so hard to achieve. Performing also gives you more confidence as a player so GET OUT THERE AND SHOW EM WHAT YOU GOT!!!!!"
By now you can probably figure out that Basant is very passionate about guitar and teaching others how to play and have fun with the instrument. "For me there has been no bigger reward to playing a guitar than to teach other people how to play it as well. My biggest wish has been that I could teach and reach out to more people and now Guitar Hall has enabled me to do just that and i have come all the way from Darjeeling just to be a part of Guitar Hall."

NAYAN KAWALE

Nayan,born and brought up in Mumbai, has a tremendous amount of performing experience behind him and has been playing Guitar since 7 years.He is also the lead guitarist for various bands.He also plays for recordings like Jingles and Bollywood.
Nayan is one of those individuals who is deeply passionate about music, guitar playing and helping others by sharing his knowledge from his many years as an all round musician.Nayan believes that a Musician should be a versatile player. So being a Lead Guitarist of bands of different Genre i.e from Metal to Jazz, he trains his Guitar Hall students to play various Genres of Music.
Because of his deep knowledge of music theory and performance,Nayan is a full-time teacher with Guitar Hall.I was approached at a gig and asked if I would teach, and have been doing it ever since. I find it extremely rewarding to share the knowledge and experience I have accrued over the years. says Nayan.
The Practical and the theoretical meet as Nayan is a balanced teacher specialising in contemporary Rock, Blues and Jazz guitar.
" Im mainly concentrating on teaching my students how to play this beautiful instrument."says Nayan.

SACHIN MEHTA

Sachin Mehta,born in Mumbai, got a taste of drums at a young age of 5.Drumming quickly became the most compelling force in Sachin's life. He ran home from the bus stop each day to practice for as many hours as possible before his parents returned from work. Formal instruction came in the form of lessons with Mr. Rajnikant Patil where he learnt the Trinity college London grades and while in High School, Sachin expanded his music knowledge by being actively involved in various school bands. He practiced under different drummers who inspired him and brought on a wide variety of drumming styles.Soon thereafter as soon as he stepped into college, he embarked on a learning journey under Mr. Gino Banks who is his metor and teacher till this date.Ever since Sachin got his first drumset, he has been excitedly passing on his drumming knowledge to anyone who will listen! His first "students" were his brother, his high school friends, and the son of an acquaintance of his mother. In 2004, this enthusiasm for spreading the love of drumming led him to begin a career as a teacher. Since then,Sachin has gone on to become one of Mumbai City's most in-demand drum instructors, sometimes teaching as many as 50 or more students per week. 2009 opened a new chapter in Sachin's life when he was appointed as the Head of the Drums Department at Guitar Hall.
Sachin has performed professional concerts with many noted Bollywood artists including industry heavyweights like Asha Bhosle.Apart from being a full time drums teacher at Guitar Hall,Sachin is also the drummer for the Rock band 'Lust Of Symphony' which comprises of Guitar Hall teachers including Guitar Hall founder Kiran Roy.As always,Sachin has maintained his passion for music and drumming, and still strives to constantly become a better musician,performer and teacher.

NEVIN KURIAKOSE

Mumbai based ace guitarist and pedagogue Nevin Kurakose began playing guitar, keyboards and was passionate about music from a very small age and even used to sing. Belonging to a music family Nevin used to see his mom play the keyboard (Nevins mother is a renowned and prolific keyboard teacher in Mumbai) and then slowly gathered an interest in making music.

He still remembers his first lesson on the keyboard taught by his mom when he was very young and the C major scale learnt when he was in school. Since he was never a good student in school, he had to spent a lot of time reading his school text books to gain those golden 35/100 marks to pass so he could never really spend much time for music and practice.

Then came college and the same story continued, but then he started gaining much more interest in guitar and he had seen some of the musicians like Kurt Cobain, Steve Vai, Michael Angelo Batio, and his great influence would always be Steve Vai and Michael Angelo and since then he has been trying to master the Guitar to their level.

The rock bands that he follow are Nirvana, Doors, Bullets for my Valentine, Cradle of Filth, Megadeath, Children of Bodem, System of a Down, Eagles, Led Zappelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top.

He used to listen to all these bands and always had dreams of beinga musicianbut never got the opportunity in college instead his other interest flourished; football. He was selectedto play for his college at the universitylevel and so music took a back seat again.

But after his college he worked in a call centre and then in shipping company but never felt the satisfactioninwhat hewas doingbecause they were some ways just to earn money not at all something of his interest. All this while he somehow used to practice on the guitar and it has been very much a part of from the age of 12.

He had been in search for a proper Guitar class for a very long time wherehe could learn A to Z about the guitar but could not find a proper teacher and since his mom was a professional in keyboard she was very particular about him learning guitars the proper way. He learnt the staff notations from his mother & wanted to learn a lot more with regards to the guitar leads and go furtherand deeper in the guitar and his mom herself recommended Guitar Hall to him after learning Guitar Halls track record in Mumbai. What followed next was an intensive training period for Nevin at Guitar Hall which changed his life and before long he was appointed the Guitar Hall teacher which he rightfully deserved.For me the environment also very important and I could get all that and moreinGuitar Hall. Nevin says.

Aman Singh Gujral

Aman is truly an asset to the Guitar Hall team.

KIRAN PATIL

Kiran was born in Satara,Maharashtra in 1984 and the family emigrated to Pune.Pune became his home and it was in the initial year in Pune at the age of 18 when he bought his first guitar and taught himself to play by ear. It did not take long for him to realize that a wealth of knowledge could be gained by being able to read music. But he was unable to find any quality guitar teacher or school in Pune who could teach him sight reading. After his Bcom graduation, his family shifted to Satara again and its then Kiran heard about Guitar Halls reputation in imparting quality training in Mumbai. Wasting no time Kiran started attending guitar lessons at Guitar Hall travelling 17 hours every week from Satara to Mumbai and back. Enrolling for Guitar Halls courses on early 1998, by the end of 2009 season, he had gained a good proficiency on that instrument mastering all 4 Guitar Hall Modules. Kirans regimen was about 7 to 8 hours of practice on non Guitar Hall days. Perhaps needless to say, his guitar playing had come a long way. Within a short time, he was at the point where he could play, read and write the music that he was learning by ear.

It did not take him long to begin a Guitar Hall Center at his hometown Phaltan in Satara District.And Guitar Hall Satara on launch had a record number of admissions on the first week itself. Currently Kiran Patil is a source of inspiration for hundreds of his Guitar Hall Students at Satara.Sole inspiration for Kiran Patil is being able to deliver quality music education at his own hometown which he painstakingly attained while studying at Guitar Hall Chembur for 2 years.

Running Indias Topmost Guitar Training Institute Guitar Hall in Satara,Kiran Patils story spells grit,courage,determination,hardwork and proves anything is possible in this world if you have the will and you are ready to spend sleepless nights working towards it. The entire Guitar Hall team salutes Kiran Patil.

Kenil Sanghavi

Born 1987 at Mumbai, Kenil began learning guitars at the age of 12. He did well and when he was 19 he realized the need to learn music from a seasoned teacher and that made him join Guitar Hall to learn music under the expert guidance of Kiran Roy. Soon after in his quest for excellence, he completed the intermediate Guitar Hall Modules. Through this,Kenil began his journey into an unprecedented study at Guitar Hall that challenged his ability in ways he never thought possible. Learning at Guitar Hall changed and reshaped his musical life in a way that set his goals toward a greater world view: My problem was that I needed to expand my musical endeavors. I fell in love with Guitar Hall, and the results just floored me at how great the modules and syllabus were! After that, I decided to venture into advanced modules at Guitar Hall, and that lead me to investigate styles of music which I never thought I would be learning. Kenil fell in love with Guitar Hall, and began a study in what he calls The hardest form of guitar music to ever grace my fingers. Eventually after he completed all the Modules at Guitar Hall Kenils love of teaching music lead him to start teaching at Guitar Hall. Teaching is bit of a selfish job: I get to do something I genuinely love, while learning more about myself, bettering my teaching skills, and my playing ability. Simply put, I have the best job in the world and its an honor teaching at Guitar Hall. Kenil now spends his time teaching at Guitar Hall and performing with his Rock band .Kenil was named top in his class at Guitar Hall for music study, composition and virtuoso guitar performance.

Mathew Joseph

Mathew Joseph ,the latest guitar virtuoso to join the famed Guitar Hall Crew was born on 11th June 1986 and started playing guitars in 2002.

Music has always been Mathews passion since early childhood and all his energies were directed to learning, practicing, and composing music. In his early college years, which he attended at Saint Xavier's, he was an ardent fan of English literature and thus took up a BA in English Literature. Mathew also wrote a number of short stories and he hopes someday to get back to writing more seriously. Around this time Mathew was also playing with a classic rock band called Crimson Dawn. Somewhere during his second year BA the dream to pursue music full time materialized through his band SummerPintJunkie and he quit college and headed off to Pune with the band to perform a series of concerts. After a few months they came back to Mumbai, and since then they have done numerous shows (Mood I, I Rock etc) around the country and recorded four of their original compositions which you can hear on the site http://www.myspace.com/summerpintjunkie

Apart from Completing All Guitar Hall Modules,Mathew has done five courses viz. Rock Guitar, Blues guitar, Guitar Scales, Guitar Chords and Basic Improvisation from the Berklee online school, Boston for which the school awarded their Professional Certificate in Guitar. This program gave him a sound footing in music theory. Music Recording is also one of Mathews interests and he uses his Pro Tools home setup for the occasional recording sessions. Mathew is a guitar/gear junkie to the core and is constantly researching and checking out new guitars and equipment. Mathews current guitar is the Godin LGXT and his effects units are as follows; Boss GT 10, Eventide Modfactor and TC Electronics Nova Drive. Mathew also love playing football.Mathew is an inseparable part of the Guitar Hall teaching team.

Dharmendra Shrivastav

Noted for his talents as a proficient guitarist, Dharmendra Shrivastav is an active performer and a professional studio session musician. His main focus as an instructor is to empower his students with the learning tools that will enable them to explore the music within their mind's ear. He has over twenty years experience as a professional recording and nationally touring musician, and thirteen years experience as a guitar teacher. Shrivastavs professionalism as a guitarist and music teacher guides developing musicians through a creative and comprehensive approach to Music.

Guitarist, Dharmendra Shrivastav,a guitar veteran has a built a very impressive and wide-ranging roster of work and collaborations in the Bollywood music industry as a sessions guitarist over the years. Coming from a Film background, he has done guitar duties for many a bollywood tracks and background scores. From the traditional to the avant-garde, Indian classical scales to the dive rock bar, Mr. Shrivastav leaves no musical stone unturned. He is also a composer and a singer and has also composed for various film and theater projects. Here in the bollywood film industry, under the tutelage of various eclectic genius guitarists and musicians Shrivastav was exposed not only to Indian styles, but also to many other music styles from across the world. Although he earned his 8 grades from Trinity College London, he also values a similar eclecticism and versatility. These values enable Shrivastav to work in virtually all avenues of the music industry.

A true creative force in Guitar Hall teaching team, Shrivastav explores both traditional and invented/extended techniques on his guitar. While Shrivastavs unique style comes from developing mostly as a self-taught musician, he also studied under various noted guitar teachers in Mumbai early on.

Through his years of professional teaching experience, Shrivastav realizes the most important aspect of teaching music, to remember, is that every student has a unique set of strengths, weaknesses, and interests; the teaching method should be tailored to honor these differences.Shrivastavs music experience helps to create a learning environment where the student gains the skills necessary to achieve his or her goals, while at the same time empowers the student's personality to shine through the music.

Musically, Dharmendra has drawn from a wide variety of influences, to create a unique and influential guitar style. After recordings and performances with various groups and while appearing on over hundreds of music recordings Shrivastav is now full time teaching with Guitar Hall at various centers. His experience and guitar skills are an asset to the Guitar Hall teaching department.

Sahil Tiwari

Mumbai based guitarist and pedagogue Sahil Tiwari began playing guitar
in his formative years but his musical appetite quickly led him to
study guitars in great depth and detail at Guitar Hall.
Sahil Tiwari,born on 30 th October 1992 is an exceptionally talented
and versatile guitarist and a very gifted luthier as well. He started
playing guitars under the guidance of his father who is a professional
guitar player and guitar teacher since 30 years.

He then joined Guitar Hall to take his playing to the next level and
now he is a certified Guitar Hall teacher. He considers Mark
Tremonti,Troy Stetina,Michaelangelo,Rusty Cooly,etc as his influences.
From an early age he started exploring various genres of music like
blues,classic Rock,alternative,metal.etc.He thereafter started
following heavy metal and became big fan of Alterbridge,Lamb Of
God,Opeth,Megadeth,etc.
Also being a young luthier he loves to build guitars and takes great
pleasure in mending them. He uses his own hand crafted electric guitar
himself.He says, I like my guitars to look mean and sound
thick.PRS,Ibanez and ESP are some brands he prefers playing with.

Kunal Athreya

Kunal Athreya is a professional drummer and teacher-clinician with more than 8 years experience in the drumming field.

A highly regarded specialist in drum set technique, Kunal has spent the last decade in perfecting a system that allows drummers to play with extraordinary speed, power, endurance, and precision.

Kunal proved the effectiveness of his drumming abilities by winning numerous competitions both in Mumbai and around India. This placed him in the rare category of one of the Indias fastest drummers with both hands and feet. Kunal began playing drums in his teens. At age 13 he began instruction.

Kunal attributes his sharp reading skills, exceptional coordination, and ability to perform any musical style to the solid foundation provided by his first instructor Gino Banks. As he started playing he realized that drumming is not his passion because the term passion would trivialize the emotion that he felt when he played the drums. Drumming for him is as important an action as breathing. He feels that a drum set is not a mere musical instrument. It is an extension of what he is and it is an extension of everything that he holds precious, invaluable, divine and pure. He believes with his soul that he has been created to do something extremely special and world changing with this skill and he is willing to share this gift with everyone and anyone who wants to receive it from him at Drum Zone.

Today, Kunal brings his drum set technical expertise to Drum Zone and Drummers continue to travel from around the country to study with Kunal at Kiran Roys Drum Zone Studio.

Shriman Sinha

Shriman, born in 1987, is a native of Manipur who was born and brought up in Assam.He started playing guitars when he was 14 and by the time he was 17 he started playing in a heavy metal band called 'Black Damnation'.He did many concerts in and around Guwahati. When he decided to take his guitar playing to a higher level he took Jazz lessons with many prominent guitarists from Assam before moving on to blues guitar.He then shifted base to Delhi where he performed with a Rock band 'Rampage'.Still the quest to excel in his craft brought him to Guitar Hall Mumbai where he embarked on a rigorous training schedule under Dhruv Rathod and Kiran Roy.
Shriman is now a full-time guitar teacher with Guitar Hall and professional musician. He has been teaching guitar since 2006 in Guwahati and Delhi but now he is teaching on a much higher level with Guitar Hall group.Shriman has had success teaching all age groups and many styles of guitar playing. Patience is one of the qualities that make him a great teacher. Each lesson is geared toward the individual's needs and interests. Some students need a clear structure and are interested in learning all aspects of music including theory, history and harmony. Other students take lessons strictly for short-term enjoyment and want to play songs as quickly as possible. Shriman is sensitive to each student's needs and goals.

Shriman is continually upgrading his knowledge, skill and teaching craft with master classes under the Guitar Hall group.

Parasuraman Subramanian

Parasuraman Subramanian date of birth is 20 August 1982, also known as Parshu or Satish among friends and relatives was born and brought up in Mumbai.Parshuraman is a multi talented person with top notch skills in guitars,keyboards,mouth organ and he is a music composer too. He did his first stage show at the age of 13 which was aired on a local music channel. This was a singing competition with Zee Music as the event organizers.

Parshuram formed his first band at the age of 19 and since then done numerous stage shows with his band.

He has also composed Music for a documentary as part of a documentary competition headed by Dev Benegal which was later screened at Adlabs- Andheri .Parshu has written, composed and sung anthem songs for corporate jingles as part of freelance projects. He has composed and sung election campaign songs for the recently held election at Champaran.He has written and composed songs in Hindi and has a total of around 12 tracks which has already been recorded.

He has also done a diploma course in Audio production and diploma in sound engineering from Mumbai University.

Being a student of Guitar Hall since the past 4 years he has not only passed the Modules but also Trinity College of London Grade 6 exams in keyboard and Guitar. Now joining the ranks as a full time Guitar Hall teacher Pashu looks forward to impart music education on a much higher scale.Parshu is also the branch head of Guitar Hall Thane. Parsuraman continues to captivate and charm audiences all around with his musicianship and virtuosity.

Manoj Raikar

An ace keyboard player, Manoj Raikar, was born into a musical family (his father is a professional musician and his brother is a popular DJ), and began his keyboard studies at the age of six on his fathers insistence, performing in public at eight, and a year later doing more shows. Manoj also studied guitars. Very soon he began touring across the globe including London for concerts. He has been teaching keyboards since the past 8 years and many of his pupils have won top prizes in some of the most important competitions all across Mumbai.

Through his recitals, the Mumbai born Keyboard player Manoj Raikar has earned a reputation as a masterful interpreter of the Classic and Early piano repertoires. He has been praised for his formidable technique and through his eloquent phrasing, mastery of keyboard color, and in particular his unique sound he has been called a true Poet of the keyboards.

Manoj continues to captivate and charm audiences around the world with his musicianship and virtuosity. Manojs repertoire is vast, ranging from classics to the contemporary.

Joining the Guitar Hall team as a keyboard teacher,Manojs lecture-recitals on keyboards and his frequent master classes are widely appreciated by students and teachers alike across Guitar Hall.

Tristan Poirier

A classical pianist, organist, keyboardist and music teacher by training, Tristan Poirier was born in Paris,France.

Specializing in piano, his music is noted for its sensory component and how it is not often formed around one key or pitch. At a very tender age he was surprised by the communicative effect of musical instruments, attracted by the fantastic power of this language, he chose the piano as his instrument to transmit his passion. Captivated by the musical language, he keeps on devoting his entire life to find technical means to make music more expressive.

The piano allows the artist to express each peculiarity of his art, as if it was the continuity of his deepest conscience. It instantaneous echoes every gesture and every infinitesimal intention of the musician. Aware of the difficulty to deal with this new challenge, Tristan knew that the piano was the only one able to represent and translate his voice.

Today, Tristan works as a Piano and Keyboards teacher across various centers of Guitar Hall across Mumbai and Pune. He is regularly invited to lead some master classes meetings in Europe; he takes part in symphony orchestra and also in the choir of the French Army. He is also actively involved in vocal realm and is an accomplished singer. Sensitive both by the sincerity of the artist and the modernity of his piano performance, the students can find here their own roots as well as those of an exceptional instrument for which Tristan Poirier initiates an unexpected revival.

Tristan specializes in western classical music from middle age to XIX century, rendered thesis about R. Wagner and also specializes in choral direction.

He has completed Diplome de Fin d Etudes en piano (piano diploma) 2001 and composition and harmony diploma from State Music Academy, France.

His renditions of Beethoven,Mozart and Bach are priceless and captivates students and teachers alike at Guitar Hall.

Hisgreatinterest and passion in composingremainsstronger than ever .Besides that, his love for discovering new things, working with interesting people and discovering new aspects of the musical world,as well as new Musical Universes, has brought him closer to the Mumbai music audience through Guitar Hall.

SANTOSH MALIK

Santosh Malik is an avant-garde guitarist with roots in Indian classical music. He began playing guitar at the age of eighteen. By the age of twenty two he was getting recognition from local professional guitarists as a guitar improviser of accomplished technique with an unmistakable touch, a highly individual tone and an inventive use of slides and pull-offs.

Santosh Malik was born in 1979. No one in his family was at all musical and Santosh seemed impressed by the classical music that surrounded him, with him having taken classical vocal training since an early age. There was a family tradition of creativity — woodworking, art, writing — and in his teens Santosh’s inheritance of this creativity began to show itself in guitars. He has performed stage shows with top singers as a vocalist. Doing stage shows Santosh also taught classical vocals at Nalanda Music & Arts College for three years. Feeling the need to take his guitar playing to the next level,Santosh shifted base to Mumbai to study guitars at Guitar Hall in 2006. Sometime after his first year of study at Guitar Hall and to everyone’s amazement, he suddenly became a technically accomplished guitarist. He began to develop his own touch and tone on the strings producing a sound rather different than others. He became adept at sculpting the guitars voice. Very often students who were at Guitar Hall would linger if Santosh were playing, and paid him very nice compliments which prompted him to take up studying music very seriously. By 2009 he completed all of the Modules and began teaching at Guitar Hall. Eventually his teacher and mentor Kiran Roy gave up on lessons at Guitar Hall and simply invited Santosh to jam with him.

VIKRAM SHARMA

Vikram,born and brought up in Mumbai is a real find of Guitar Hall!As a trained musician as well as a wealth of professional playing experience, Vikram offers a unique perspective to his Guitar Hall students, both as an accomplished guitarist/keyboard player and a passionate educator.He has been playing guitars and keyboards since the past 16 years and teaching since the past 12 years.He has toured extensively with many popular Bollywood singers and groups and has his roots in the music industry as a sessions artist.Being an ace guitarist and a keyboard virtuoso he has trained hundreds of students before joining Guitar Hall.Now,a full time teacher with Guitar Hall,Nayan says,"I thank my stars that i got an opportunity to work and share my knowledge at Guitar Hall".
Nayan believes,"Music should be fun, but requires commitment and dedication to reap the most rewards. Whether learning acoustic, classical and electric guitar my young students are given a good grounding in the fundamentals. They learn standard music notation, memorize scales and study important musical concepts as part of their study. Anyone who wants to have fun with guitar should be serious! No kidding!"



MAX CLOUTH

Born 1985 in Germany, Max Clouth is a virtuoso guitarist with a profound education in improvised music.

Starting with classical guitar training, he changed to violin for 5 years to finally return to the guitar at age of 15. He played and composed for the rock band KISMET which played numerous concerts and received a nomination in an international band contest. At the same time Max composed pieces for solo guitar and small ensembles; one of his compositions for guitar and orchestra was performed in 2004 as his final school project.

In 2004 Max also started to perform with various jazz, blues and rock artists.

In 2005 Max enrolled at the Mainz University to study jazz guitar, classical guitar, bass and arranging with guitarists Marc Oliver Klenk, Norbert Scholly, bass player Ralf Cetto and pianist Jesse Milliner.

In 2008 he changed to Dresden University where he graduated in 2009.

Parallel to his official studies Max started to learn Indian classical music with violinist Indradeep Ghosh, sitarists HK Shah, Shamim Ahmed Khan and Nayan Ghosh.

Max has been performing with guitarist Torsten de Winkel (ex Pat Metheny Group), Indradeep Ghosh (violin), Omprakash Pandey, Nirmalya Roy and Niraj Kumar (tabla), Rafael Sotomayor (Chilean hangdrum innovator) and many more instrumentalists, singers and dancers from Germany, France, South and North America, Spain, India and the arabic countries.

Satyendra Chauhan

Mumbai based guitarist and pedagogue Satyendra Chauhan was born on 27th June '84.He
began playing  guitar in his formative years but his musical appetite quickly led him to study guitars at Guitar Hall under the expert guidance of Kiran Roy. He has had the privilege of studying with other Guitar Hall teachers such as:  Dhruv Rathod,Santosh Malik,etc. Always keeping an open mind and humbleness about him has helped him to keep learning new things on, and about the guitar.

Satyendra studied MSC in Swami Vivekanand College and loved music since his schooldays but parents urged him to study well. Satyendra Likes Pink Floyd, Guns and Roses, Metallica, System of a down, Eagles, Oasis. Despite the academic and professional achievements of Satyendra , he still has a personality and is a down-to-earth and fun guy. Satyendra believes you should have internal motivation, and passion to play guitar, and most definitely, it should be fun!

As with his playing, Satyendra will find new ways to show you how to get the most out of your time learning guitar! Satyendra is a blessing to the Guitar Hall team.

 UDIT KAPOOR

Udit Kapoor, born in Mumbai in 1991 had a sense of music from a very early start. It was at a very young age that his parents observed him playing xylophone and did not take long to realize that he had an ear for rhythm. He was passionate about music from a very small age and would sit for hours on the dining table, meal kept on the side, playing with his little fingers and recreating musical beats he heard on TV. That’s when his parents decided to train him in tabla.

Although his family pedigree shows no signs of music he seemed to have music inculcated in his blood. He was highly encouraged by his mother to take his passion for percussions seriously. Apart from percussions, he also enjoys creating tunes on the keyboard and has a keen interest in playing the six strings.

After 5 years of training in tabla, he decided to move on to the next level. He knew he wanted to learn more. At the age of 17, he started learning drums under the guidance of three of the finest drummers of India, Gino Banks, Vinayak Pol and

Jai Row Kavi. He also became a part of his college band and started taking part in intercollegiate band performances.

His deep interest in music like jazz and blues has been highly inspired by renowned artistes like Dave Weckl and Vinnie Colaiuta.

Udit always wanted to share his passion and art with prospective learners. Apart from music, Udit loves to play soccer. Like any other teenager of his age, this little chap enjoys everything except studies. He has a dream.....and the dream is to make it big in the music industry.

HITESH MARU

Hitesh is a Mumbai born musician who starting playing guitar at age eleven, and began playing professionally at age 16.   He is a graduate from Guitar Hall completing all Modules.Following his graduation from Guitar Hall he had the privilege of joining the ranks of the other Guitar Hall teachers as a full time guitar trainer. He is also a singer/songwriter and has performed numerous solo concerts of his original material in various locations  around India. In addition, he has served as a guitarist in a number of various situations and venues.
Hitesh is an experienced teacher and  has taught many students to play guitar over the years. He enjoys teaching students of all ages, children through adults (you’re never too old to start learning guitar!),  absolute beginners through advanced.Hitesh loves teaching both acoustic and electric guitar, and a wide range of styles.Hitesh  has extensive experience working with students of all age groups.


Tanmay Bhave

Tanmay Bhave, instructor at Guitar Hall, began his musical journey at the tender age of twelve, where he realized a passion within him to play the guitars.  He then started taking lessons from a local teacher.  At the age of 14, after only 2 years of playing the guitar, Tanmay, through the advice of his father, signed up for the Guitar Hall Module 1.He wrapped up the 3 months course in 1 month! From that moment on,Tanmay began a musical path that’s redefined guitar learning. In the heat of his studies Tanmay would spend as many as eight hours a day practicing and learning everything he could pertaining to the guitar.  Since the early days of his studies, he has always had a passion to teach others how to play guitar.  It was this desire that led Tanmay to share his knowledge and talents at Guitar Hall.

Today after many years of learning music at Guitar Hall,Tanmay is on the Guitar Hall Wall of Fame on the elite panel of Guitar Hall teachers. Tanmay was very much inspired and influenced by old school rock and he knows how to use the guitar with great tones, rhythms, dexterity and soulfulness.Tanmay always has fresh, surprising melodic ideas as well a great chops.  

Tanmay Bhave is now part of this great Guitar Hall team and has an influence on young guitarists. His music teaching is worth studying carefully.

 Chetan Bhanushali

Chetan Bhanushali was born in Mumbai on May 1988.The many facets of Chetan Bhanushali’s musical background (including being a film song writer) and experience combine to make him one of Guitar Hall’s outstanding guitar teachers and one of the most prolific guitar performers.

Chetan started playing guitars on 2003 and started learning from a local teacher. Right from the beginning Chetan knew that it would be guitars that he would be taking up as a profession.After 4 years of playing the guitar, Chetan, through the advice of his teacher, signed up for the Guitar Hall Module 1. From that moment on, Chetan began a musical path, completing all the Guitar Hall Modules in the process, that’s taken him to join the league and become the Guitar Hall Teacher. Today, Guitar Hall Teacher/songwriter, Chetan, is Guitar Hall’s best-kept musical secret. Chetan started his first season of teaching in June 2010. As a hardcore music buff he has been heavily involved with music, specifically guitars, songwriting for various projects, through college and beyond.Chetan believes STRONGLY in his philosophy that the best learning environment is one full of positive encouragement and completely free of judgment. As in all artistic fields, music is incredibly subjective in both application and education. Chetan believes that there is no such thing as a useless task when it comes to achieving more musical knowledge. Most importantly, music (especially guitar!) should be FUN! Despite the academic and professional achievements of Chetan Bhanushali, he still has a personality and is a down-to-earth and fun guy. Now armed with exhaustive musical knowledge which he has acquired from Guitar Hall since the past 3 years and the growing attention of the Guitar Hall students Chetan  is eager to see what fate has lined up for him next.

Benjamin Stephen

Ben became a drummer from the day he was born. Belonging to a family of musicians,whether it’s tapping on inverted buckets in his room as a youngster to playing a full drum kit in concerts as an adult, Ben’s passion for drumming is instinctive. With over 10 years of drumming experience, Benjamin Stephen is not only a polished drummer but a well rounded musician. He started his carrier 8 years back with a garage rock band known as Alectrois , now playing with a well known Hindi rock band Astravidh. A highly regarded specialist in drum set technique, Ben has spent the last few years perfecting a system that allows drummers to play with extraordinary speed, power, endurance, and precision. Ben’s development from a tender age is firmly due to his disciplined approach to learning as well as exceptional guidance from his 2 teachers.

 He studied under some of the greatest drummers of the 20th century, including Australian Tutor Bevan and Gino Banks. With a passion for Rock and inspiring others, he began a successful drum teaching career, becoming one of the most sought-after clinicians and now lending his services to Drum Zone. His influences are SOAD,Creed,Led Zepline,Porcupine Tree,Alter Bridge,Audio Slave,Greenday,RHCP,Stone temple pilot,Judas Priest.

“To me, there are three types of musicians. Musicians who are classically trained and read music flawlessly, musicians who can improvise and have a natural ability to jam, or musicians who have both qualities. I like to embrace all three types. I started my drumming life as someone who was very good at hearing music and having the memory to play it back how I’d imagine it to sound. But after being taught how to read music, it quickly becomes clear that you can discover a virtually unlimited amount of rhythm out there in the world “says Ben.

Manish Keshri

Manish Born in Madhya Pradesh began keyboards and vocals lessons at age 9.  By age 14, he was named his school Competition winner, three times for vocals and keyboards. He started playing guitars from age 15. He quickly established an affinity with the instrument.  By his teenage years, he was practicing 4-5 hours a day.  and by the time he turned 18, he started teaching guitars and keyboards at various music classes as well as performing in various concerts in Madhya Pradesh. Feeling the need to take his playing to a different level altogether he shifted base to Mumbai and joined Guitar Hall as a student and under the able guidance of all the Guitar Hall teachers, Manish was able burst through a different plateau altogether in guitar playing and also earning him a place in the famed Guitar Hall Teachers list.

Manish came to the Academy with an impressive background of teaching and performing and today Manish enjoys teaching guitars and keyboards to students of all ages and abilities, with an emphasis on both intermediate and advanced students who exhibit a strong desire. Manish's mission as a teacher is to pass on to young players of all abilities, the gifts of deep technical insight, musicianship and strong work ethics.  Manish strives to provide a clear advantage for his students in order to enhance their accomplishments in both musical performance and life. Manish’s knowledge of music theory and versatility as a guitarist and keyboard teacher makes him an asset to Guitar Hall.

 Jeby Jacob

Jeby Jacob is one of Mumbai’s leading exponents of the guitar. Renowned for his compelling live performances, he has performed to exceptional critical acclaim at lots of venues throughout Mumbai, winning praise for his formidable technique, outstanding musicianship and original playing style.

Born in Mumbai,Jeby has been playing guitars since the past 8 years and the drums since the past 4 years.He has been teaching guitars since the past 5 years.After quitting a corporate job which he has been doing since 5 years, Jeby has settled to a fulltime career as a musician/teacher, like all of the Guitar Hall teachers.

 Jeby is one of the finest ever guitar teachers to join the Guitar Hall chain of academies and has gained a reputation as one of Mumbai’s most respected guitar teachers, with a rare gift for inspiring young people and players of all levels.

As a guitarist Jeby has received  recognition for his highly innovative guitar compositions which draw on the rich traditions of the instrument and combine them with popular contemporary influences and extended techniques. He currently helps run the guitar programme at Guitar Hall Powai, where, being an accomplished drummer, he also takes improvisation, aural and drums  musicianship classes. He is widely sought after as an educator and is an integral part of the Guitar Hall teaching team.

Amrit Kapoor

Amrit Kapoor,born and brought up in Kolkata, started playing mandolin when he was 14 and started picking up some simple songs by ear. He used to love watching rock concerts and wanted to be one of the guitarists but was too occupied academically to start.
He started guitar in a funny way many years back. He used to teach maths and science after school, and used to love to hear one of the students strum guitar. Now when this student needed a guitar teacher and he couldn’t find one, Amrit took a guitar instructional dvd from him, learnt guitar himself through the dvd and then taught the student guitar. He then went on to teach many more students who are all guitarists in some band or the other now.
He went on to learn advanced guitar from some of the leading guitarists in india.
Amrit made a band called Paint In Black,a classic rock band deriving influences from the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd etc.
He then went on to have professional training in Indian classical vocals, tabla and keyboards as well.
Amrit then moved to Mumbai One and a half years back and started working with Shamir Tandon(of Page 3, Traffic Signal, Bluffmaster fame) and worked with him as his Assistant Music Director and worked on various projects in films- Jail, Acid factory, Bal ganesh 3, Mallika, 332 Mumbai to India and various projects yet to be released. He has also worked on jingles like Binani cement, Idea cellular, Max Newyork life insurance, etc.
    His career soared another height when he was the official musician touring with team of project Lotus to hold auditions and select 5 girls from India for a global pop band.
   Apart from all this Amrit has also played as a session’s guitarist and guitar arranger for many Bollywood songs.
Currently apart from being a teacher at Guitar Hall he plays guitar in 'fuse-on' a fusion band and is involved in doing movie projects, jingles, playing as a sessions guitarist and doing concerts with his band.

 Suraj Shetty

 Suarj Dinakar Shetty was born on 20th of June in 1988 at Bhayandar.
The influence of music came from family itself where few of his uncles were musicians,poets &owner of theatre/arts company. It was in the year of 1995, when he first started his music lessons in vocals &harmonium alongside elder brother on tabla in Hindustani classical music under guruji Budhaji Bhoir, in Manikpur,Vasai W. In the year 2000,from Dahisar, sir M.S.Kamath who was in his rough times would still come to teach him. Though training under him was only for short time, but he taught the important part which Suraj was neglecting : Ear training & application.
In 2001, went to Ragini A. Mishra,Mira-rd for same (vocals & harmonium).
    In 2007, after being a regular rock/metal lover, to learn basic structures of western music, took basic guitar training from Teemeer (,vocalist-cum-lead guitarist for bands like SCEPTRE,CIRKLE).
Later on in the same year picked up on keyboards & learnt further theories & western classical under Asmith Devraj (an eclectic guitarist specially good in jazz &western classical).
By the end of 2008, started learning by self on keyboards &played for few alt & black metal bands.
A major part of improvement in both theories,practical &usage of synths/workstations came while working at Yamaha-Furtados Music Square,J.V.P.D. (2009: April-July;2010: June-August).
Currently working on a band playing progressive-indian classical-gothic-post grunge kind of music (we read it just music in short).
Musical influences: Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, Pt. Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain,
Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Children Of Bodom, System OF a Down, Deep-Purple, Godsmack, C.O.F., Dream Theater, Dragonforce, Evanescence, The Rasmus &c&c

Prabhat Dutta

Prabhat Dutta is one of a fine new breed of guitarists performing on the highly competitive Mumbai Scene. Having started playing guitar at an early age, Prabhat has graduated from self-taught improviser, to formidable eclectic musician covering  Rock, Metal, Jazz, Fusion, Funk, Soul, Pop and Country. Having studied virtually all major playing styles of guitar-based music both harmonically and technically, there’s not a great deal that Prabhat has not already encountered.

Prabhat is now a guitar teacher with Guitar Hall and also an engineering student. He also teaches privately through Guitar Hall (Check out about our Private Guitar Lessons) “I am happy and proud to be a part of Guitar Hall Academy. I have been playing guitar since the past 8 years now and I haven't realized the time going when I got into this magical instrument. Every day I feel there is so much left to learn in guitar which makes it even more amazing.” Says Prabhat.
While he is admired for his performances of the standard works for the guitar, Prabhat has explored many different musical traditions outside the classical tradition. His repertoire is truly egalitarian in its scope. His unique, passionate and enthusiastic way by passing that enthusiasm and love for the guitar to his students has enabled them to really play the instrument very fast.
“I believe music is something that is felt and it’s a beautiful feeling to hit those notes to convey your emotions. I listen to that music that makes me listen to it, through my heart rather than just my ears. I am here to help all those future musicians who are willing to take up guitar as their conveyor.”

Toshi Hizungba
 

Hailing from Dimapur - Nagaland, Toshi has performed in numerous successful Rock bands both in Nagaland and across India. He has also done lead guitar duties for the renowned band from Nagaland ‘LOST PARK’. This proved to be a pivotal point in confirming Toshi’s status as a rising guitar virtuoso.

 Toshi started playing guitars at the age of fourteen and he was immediately hooked and developed an obsession for practice, learning everything and anything he could get his hands on. Guitar Techniques formed a huge part of Toshi's growth in the early years allowing him to learn solos and concepts of guitar greats.Though mainly self taught he has studied and jammed under distinguished guitarists from Nagaland.

He has forged his own guitar playing style by drawing influence from many of the guitar greats most particularly Vinnie Moore, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert and Eric Johnson but it is his individual lead guitar skill that pushes all his talents to the front.

Toshi currently is a part of the newly formed instrumental Rock band which also features guitar virtuoso’s Kiran Roy and Dhruv Rathod on the Lead Guitars and Aman Gujral on the Bass.

 He manages a hectic teaching schedule across various Guitar Hall centers in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and has an enviable reputation as a leading exponent of contemporary rock guitar. Toshi says, "To be a guitar student it makes no difference what your age is, At Guitar Hall I have trained students who started playing guitar in their 70s and have turned out to be very good players, I have also taught children from as young as 4 years old they too have turned out to be very talented players.”