I had the good fortune to perform live music for this opera/theatre/film production. It's a film opera about woman's experience of war written by Lisa Schlesinger, music by Kinan Azmeh, film by Irina Patkanian, directed by Marion Schoevaert Iphigenia Point Blank: Story of the First Refugee, A film opera, is adapted from Euripides’ Iphigenia plays and ancient Greek laments from the Trojan War epics. The play follows Iphigenia, the first refugee depicted in western drama, thro

I was honored to have been asked by veteran and ad film composer Dhruv Ghanekar to compose and record my team of string players for his music to this new ad film for the Incredible India campaign at his Wah Wah studio in Mumbai. The imagery is breathtaking and I think the music came out brilliantly. Besides my writing for the film, I also find the use of charango particularly lovely... #IncredibleIndia #YogioftheRacetrack #DhruvGhanekar #Adfilmcomposer #WahWahstudio #Mumbai

This year I had the opportunity to be a featured guest artist at the 23rd Annual New Directions Cello Festival in Ithaca, NY. Cellists gather to explore innovations in cello playing with a focus on all things non-classical. I presented a program of Indian classical music with tabla wizard Devesh Chandra and gave workshops in Hindustani cello playing. It was remarkable to witness some of the cellists' first exposure to the genre. I learned so much meeting the other fantastic

I had the privilege of performing my father's music at Marlboro College in honor of his retirement this year. I played his string quartet, a short piano trio, and his devilishly challenging work for solo cello, Open which is perhaps the most difficult piece I've ever played. Thanks dad! #StanCharkey #JakeCharkey #Cello #Contemporarymusic #MarlboroMusic #MarlboroCollege #Marlboro #StringQuartet #SoloCello #Open #OriginalMusic #Piano #PianoTrio #CelloJake #Cellosseries #cello

The VR film JetLag made it to Cannes! The film has traveled the world (USA, Canada, France, Belgium, Holland, UK, Poland, Israel, Sweden, Russia, Luxemburg, Korea, Japan, Australia and I might have missed several others) directed by Pierre Friquet and shot by Ando Shah. Stars my wife, Veronica Simas de Souza and also features an appearance by me and Amit Mishra on tabla playing Indian classical music on top of a water tank on Madh Island, Mumbai. It got a prestigious award a

I spent a crazy day lugging my cello through a jungle to record this song with my buddy Lima Yanger by the side of a beautiful lake in a certain famous park in Mumbai. An unforgettable experience that only Lima could have convinced me to do. http://rollingstoneindia.com/watch-crumpled-paper-sessions-feat-lima-yanger/ #RollingStones #LimaYanger #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #CelloBollywood #CumplePaperSessions #Cellosseries #RoseProductions

This video premiered on Feb. 1st for Pepsi MTV indies with my friend Nirmika Kilhauney is a single from her debut EP, Joothe. I played the bass line on my electric cello and we shot this video with a bunch of kids. Enjoy! http://www.pepsimtvindies.com/videos/music-videos/nirmika-khilauney-100211508.html http://www.radioandmusic.com/entertainment/editorial/press-releases/160202-singer-songwriter-nirmika-release# #Joothe #MTVIndia #Nirmika #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #Cellosseries

I worked on the background score of the mega-hit Airlift, a 2016 Indian drama film directed by Raja Krishna Menon, starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, along with background score composer Arijit Datta. Look for it in Theatres! #Airlift #AkshayKumar #ArijitDatta #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #CelloBollywood #Cellosseries #RajaKrishnaMenon #NimratKaur #IndianCinema #IndianMusic

In January 2016, 19 artists converged at the Calangute Beach Resort for 8 days of dancing, playing music, thinking, feeling, creating, eating and sleeping art. All of this on the banks of the Arabian Sea. I spent several days giving lehera for this intensive Kathak workshop. The retreat was organised and conducted by my dear friend Kathak dancer/teacher Joanna de Souza from M-DO Kathak Toronto. Check out the video! https://www.facebook.com/shawn.barry.9/videos/101535769330979

Appearance at a classical concert at the National Centre for Performing Arts in Mumbai with my dear friend Shirish Malhotra, the Young Musician of the Year 2015. #NCPA #ShirishMalhotra #ClassicalMusic #YoungMusicianoftheYear2015 #JakeCharkey #CelloJake #Cellosseries