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Ritesh Khokhar With over 20 years of performance experience, Ritesh is one of the finest musicians to hail from the capital city of New Delhi. His passion for Jazz earned him a scholarship from Berklee College of Music, Boston in 2000. He led his jazz band ‘Bluefunk’ till 2006 and got back to playing with a Rock band again in 2010 playing Keyboards with BANDISH. With 3 Albums released with Universal, Times Music and Sa Re Ga Ma respectively, Bandish is currently one of the finest performing Rock band in the country. Ritesh currently holds many key positions in the industry including Chief Executive of Bridge Music Academy, Senior Music Consultant with Music Basti (NGO Working with children at risk through music), Academic Consultant with Trinity College London in India and actively performs with BANDISH. 20 The Score Magazine www.thescoremagazine.com