Charu Suri is an award-winning pianist, composer and journalist who became the first Indian born jazz composer at Carnegie Hall. She has been praised with creating a new sound in jazz, blending a trio with Sufi vocals and Indian ragas. She is also an award-winning journalist who has contributed hundreds of articles to publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest and The Washington Post. Recently, her jazz original, Bluesy, won a silver at the International Singer Songwriters Association (ISSA) Awards.

She also was awarded a gold record for "Jazz Artist of the Month" by ISSA. Her latest release, “The Book of Ragas vol. 2" scored for piano, vibraphone and a Sufi singer has garnered critical acclaim and was selected by Jazz at Lincoln Center as an August release pick. Her work has been performed by cellist Yo-Yo Ma and double bassist, Edgar Meyer. She is a voting member of the Recording Academy (GRAMMYs). As a journalist, she has won several gold medals from the North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) and also a Lowell Thomas Gold for a collaborative story for The New York Times.