Indian-American business leader and musician Chandrika Tandon won a Grammy at the 67th Grammy Awards for Triveni, an album blending ancient chants with world music. The 71-year-old secured the prestigious award in the Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album category for her seven-track album, which she describes as a meditative journey toward “inner healing.”
Tandon collaborated with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman and Japanese cellist Eru Matsumoto to reimagine Vedic chants in Triveni, named after the confluence of three rivers and symbolizing the fusion of their distinct musical styles. Accepting the award in Los Angeles, she said, “Music is love, music ignites the light within all of us, and even in our darkest days, music spreads joy and laughter.”
Raised in a traditional Chennai household, Tandon was deeply influenced by the teachings of the Samaveda and Carnatic music. A Madras Christian College alumna, she and her younger sister, Indra Nooyi, grew up in a home steeped in music. While Nooyi went on to lead PepsiCo for 12 years as its CEO, Tandon became the first Indian-American woman partner at McKinsey and later founded New York-based Tandon Capital Associates, a firm specializing in institutional restructuring.
