RICKY KEJ
Grammy® Award Winner, US Billboard #1 artist, UNESCO “Global
Ambassador for Kindness” & UNICEF 'Celebrity Supporter' Ricky Kej is
an internationally renowned Indian Music Composer, Environmentalist
and Professor. He has performed at prestigious venues in over 25
countries, including at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and
Geneva. Ricky has won more than 100 music awards in over 20
countries. He has been Awarded "United Nations Global Humanitarian
Artist" and is also the “Youth Icon of India". Ricky has been named as one
of the 100 Real Leaders who 'Inspire the Future'. He is also
an Ambassador to Earth Day Network.
His past repertoire of work includes 16 studio albums released
internationally, over 3500 commercials and 4 feature films, including the
natural history documentary 'Wild Karnataka' narrated by Sir David
Attenborough. Ricky also scored music for the opening ceremony of the
Cricket World Cup 2011, held in Dhaka-Bangladesh. During his musical
career, Ricky Kej has associated and collaborated with artists such as
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Peter Gabriel, Stewart Copeland (The
Police), Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul & Mary), Soweto Gospel Choir, Philip
Lawrence (Bruno Mars), Roger Waters, Amitabh Bachchcan, Shankar
Mahadevan, Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Patti Austin, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt,
etc.
PROFILE
• Internationally renowned Music Composer
• Grammy® Award winning Artist
• US Billboard #1 Artist
• United Nations “Global Humanitarian Artist”
• UNESCO “Ambassador for Kindness”
• UNICEF ”Celebrity Supporter”
• Performed at prestigious venues in over 25
countries including at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York and Geneva
• Won more than 100 music awards in over 20
countries
• “Youth Icon of India”
• Named as one of the 100 Real Leaders who
“Inspire the future”
• Ambassador to the Earth Day Network