Piano, Vocals:
Eshana Gadjanski

Eshana was born and lives in Serbia. She arranges Sri Chinmoy’s beautiful melodies especially for Temple-Song-Hearts. She also travels with her own Serbian ensemble Blue Flower.

Flute, Clarinet, Vocals:
Sahana Gero

Music is the fabric of Sahana's life and started learning Sri Chinmoy’s songs at a very early age. She has performed Sri Chinmoy’s music in more than 50 countries, all over the world and most recently in Bangladesh where we she played with the acclaimed Rezwana Chaudury Bonnya and the children from the slums. Sahana’s passion lies in music education and when she began working in music education, she became aware that musical opportunities were seriously lacking in the lives of most young Londoners. Since then, Sahana has taught instrumental music to more than 1000 children and is constantly inspired by Sri Chinmoy’s wonderful poem, ‘We are all truly unlimited if only we dare to try...’

In 2000, starting with a small group of children, Sahana created the 51st State Band for young people. From humble beginnings, the band has grown to well over 100 young musicians. In her work as Director of the 51st State Band, Sahana dedicates many hours of her time each week to nurturing what is now one of the largest community concert bands in London. With acclaimed performances in the Royal Festival Hall, the children in the band, aged from eight to eighteen, work with unity and devotion. What makes Sahana exceptional is not only her genius in bringing out the inherent musical abilities in children, but her ability to turn her vision for them into reality. Sahana is currently in the process of opening the World Heart Beat Music Academy - an academy to specialize in World Music to bridge cultural, economic, political and linguistic barriers.

Cello, Vocals:
Chintamani Nordmeyer

Chintamani comes from a large musical family in Austria.  She combines playing the cello with Archaeology and her travels and work in culture brings a unique depth and warmth to her playing.

Recorder, Vocals:
Shankara Smith

Shankara has the honour of leading the group. She started learning Sri Chinmoy’s songs as a child and sees her singing as an extension of her meditation. Shankara has learnt well over 2000 of Sri Chinmoy’s songs in Bengali and also leads a group of a capella Bengali songs. Shankara had the amazing fortune of learning Sri Chinmoy’s songs directly from Sri Chinmoy, often as soon as he had finished composing them, and spent thousands of hours learning in this traditional way.

French Horn, Vocals:
Bhauliya Moss

A native of Scotland, Bhauliya studied horn at the Conservatorium, Vienna and is a member of the Vienna Horns of Scotland. She now balances her Horn playing with work in a running shop and has completed many marathons and ultra marathons herself. Meditation, running and the French Horn is Bhauliya’s recipe for a fulfilling and happy existence.

Vocals:
Dipika Smith

Dipika started learning Sri Chinmoy’s songs directly from Sri Chinmoy himself when she was just 3 years old. She has not only performed Sri Chinmoy’s songs all over the world but also Dipika is the Director of Immortality’s Flame-Waves: a theatre company producing Sri Chinmoy’s plays. Since a very early age she has enjoyed both acting and singing. After studying Indian dance at the Bhavan Centre in London, she turned her attention to theatre, both directing and acting. She has staged, among others, The Singer of the Eternal Beyond, which toured London, Paris, Vienna, Toronto, Montreal, and New York. Most recently Siddhartha Becomes The Buddha touring London, Prague, New York, Zurich, and Geneva. In London Dipika has directed plays at the Barons Court, The Questors, The Tabard, and The Union.

Vocals:
KulesVari Sulic

Kulesvari is Serbian born and travels extensively with both Temple- Songs -Hearts and the Serbian music group Blue Flower.

VOCALS:
Gambuja Grosjean

Our French Yoga teacher with a beautiful, sonorous voice. She sees yoga, music and meditation as perfect partners for a balanced and fulfilling life. Gambuja has also toured extensively with French choral group Song-Waves.

Vocals:
Natashira Lecoq

Natashira is not only a lovely singer but a great cook too! She is a chef in Montpellier, France who loves to express her artistic talents in singing as well as the kitchen. She finds great peace in singing Sri Chinmoy’s devotional songs. Natashira has also toured extensively with French choral group Song-Waves.

Vocals:
Sudhira Hay

The piano has been part of Sudhira’s life since she was a child. She now works in the field of piano tuning and travels the globe with it. Sudhira’s main source of inspiration and encouragement was her meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy. ‘I was fortunate to tune pianos for him to play in performance a few times. Sri Chinmoy’s style was improvisational and very powerful. One of my favourite performances was at St John’s Riverside Church in Manhattan, USA. Sri Chinmoy loved to play the piano, mixing improvisation and melodies of different songs that he had composed. His improvisations had such depth and musical range from very gentle and ethereal melodies to highly energized explosions of power.’

Vocals:
Charubala Garrett

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Vocals:
Sumangali Morhall

Music was key in first kindling Sumangali’s initial interest in spirituality. She had always been a great lover of music, but Sri Chinmoy’s songs, composed and performed directly through meditation, were beyond anything she had ever experienced. Although singing is by far her favourite pursuit, Sumangali loves all forms of creative expression, and works as a designer with her own companyPure Web Designs.