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Dhruv Ghanekar (born 30 April 1974) is a Music composer, song writer, producer and guitar player based in Mumbai, India.[1] Ghanekar has performed and/or recorded with Richard Bona, Raul Midon, Trilok Gurtu, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Bernard Purdee, A.R Rahman, Bob Belden, Scott Kinsey, Etienne M'Bappe, Dominic Dipiazza, Louis Banks, Ranjit Barot.[2] and many contemporary musicians from across the globe. His second 2nd album, Voyage, fuses sounds from Africa and India.[3]
In 2015, Ghanekar was featured as a composer on the hit show Coke Studio Season 4.
Dhruv is one of founding partners of the iconic venue and music company blueFrog that kick started the indie music revolution in India.
In 2019, the Government of India commissioned him to score the world’s largest 3D mapped installation show called Gandhi Yatra - a 35-minute musical on the life of Mahatma Gandhi in Ahmedabad, India.
Ghanekar’s music for the British photographer’s Jimmy Nelson show Blink featured at the Atelier des Lumières in Paris in summer of 2021.
- ^ "Dhruv Ghanekar: I make my living producing music for others - Times of India". The Times of India. 10 April 2015.
- ^ "Musician Dhruv Ghanekar on marrying Indian sounds with western grooves". Hindustan Times. December 3, 2015.
- ^ "Dhruv Ghanekar: A Sound Journey". June 4, 2015.