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TazimSheikh
Pianist/Composer/Educator/Producer
Blending cultures.
One world.
Clef Awards 2025Best Pianist
Clef Awards 2025Best Fusion Artist
WinnerSaReGaMa Battle of Bands 2025
WinnerWAVES 2025 Create in India Challenge
NomineeIRAA Awards 2024, Producer of the Year
WinnerSparda Idol 2023
Clef Awards 2025Best Pianist
Clef Awards 2025Best Fusion Artist
WinnerSaReGaMa Battle of Bands 2025
WinnerWAVES 2025 Create in India Challenge
NomineeIRAA Awards 2024, Producer of the Year
WinnerSparda Idol 2023
About
A pianist who doesn’t carry a genre
Tazim Sheikh is a pianist, composer, producer and music educator from Kolkata, based in Mumbai.
His music carries the lineage of Hindustani classical music and the freedom of jazz, yet it answers to neither. His compositions stand as a testament to his versatility, creativity, and deep understanding of both Western and Indian musical traditions.
He began piano at the age of six in Kolkata, went on to study at the KM Music Conservatory in Chennai, and trained in Western classical piano alongside a Hindustani classical diploma, exploring jazz back home in Kolkata.
KolkataHometown
MumbaiBased in
2025Clef Awards ×2
The Sound
No genre. No borders.
Tazim’s music has no boundaries of genre and cannot be filed under any single name. Cultures blend, and the world is one living whole. His music is where that meeting happens, with Hindustani classical music and jazz running through it as influences, not labels.
Rooted in Hindustani classical
The patience, the melody and the rhythmic depth of the raga tradition live in the phrasing, whatever the instrument or the arrangement.
Free like jazz
The improviser’s ear and the spirit of conversation on stage. Played with the freedom to go wherever the music wants to go.
What others call it
Progressive jazzEthno-jazzIndo-jazz fusionEthnoIndian fusion
Names given by listeners and the press. Tazim doesn’t put a tag on his music.
Music
Debut EP: Dwam
EP · 2023Dwam
- Payeliya Jhankar Morifeat. Sudhendhu Haldar
- Atlantisfeat. Swarnabha Gupta
- DwamTitle track
- Ether
- Majhi Pal Tule Defeat. Sudhendhu Haldar
Singles
More to hear
The Calling
Watch on YouTube
What the Press Says
Reviews, features & coverage
Tazim Sheikh shocks the prog world by releasing a cohesive and groovy EP: ‘DWAM’. Though he has the chops to be obnoxiously technical and has played with the best names in his field, he allows us to breathe in his music, keeping it digestible — and that makes this genre-blend genuinely stand out.
Sheikh crafts a soundscape that bridges cultures with ease.
In fusing improv and classical, pianist Tazim Sheikh turns in a solid debut effort with ‘Dwam’.
Tazim Sheikh is en route to making his mark in the genre of ethno-jazz, a fusion of traditional jazz.
Tazim Sheikh makes Jazz go ethno.
JazzFest 2023: Tunes from Epiphany and a Ray-inspired ode to Kolkata shine on day two.
Tazim Sheikh, winner of the Brillante Piano Festival 2021, is back as a guest for this season.
Tazim Sheikh’s performance at Kolkata Jazz Fest.
Career Highlights
Honours & stages
Competitions & Awards
- Clef Awards 2025 – Best Pianist
- Clef Awards 2025 – Best Fusion Artist
- Winner of SaReGaMa Battle of Bands 2025
- Winner in the WAVES 2025 Create in India Challenge as band leader of “The Vairagis”
- Nominee – IRAA Awards 2024, Producer of the Year
- Winner of “Sparda Idol 2023” – Solo Piano category
- Winner of “Sparda Idol 2023” – Ensemble category
- Winner – Brillante International Piano Festival 2021, Jazz Category
Performance Venues
- Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London
- Jazz @ Prithvi Theatre, Mumbai
- Madras Jazz Fest
- Kolkata Jazz Fest
- Jio World Convention Centre
- Biswa Bangla Convention Centre
- Skinny Moe Jazz Club
- AM PM
- The Piano Man Delhi
- The Piano Man Gurugram
- Bluebop Cafe
- Bonobo Mumbai
Gallery
Light, keys & shadow
Bookings & Collaborations
Let’s make music
For bookings, press enquiries and collaborations, write or call directly.
tazimsheikh@gmail.com