Ricky Kej
Ricky Kej: Distinctive Live Artist Delivering Memorable Music And Audience Experiences
Global Grammy winner and sound healer. His music feels meaningful and majestic.
Siddhart Jain
Educational CompanyWatch Ricky Kej Create Magic with Music
bengaluru
english
10+ years
About Ricky Kej
Ricky Kej is a Grammy-winning Indian composer and environmentalist known for globally oriented music with sustainability themes. The live identity is built around world music, ambient, Indian fusion, orchestral soundscapes and environmental concert projects. For event audiences, the strongest value comes from multiple Grammy recognition, global cultural credibility and a distinctive music-plus-sustainability proposition. This gives organisers a defined entertainment proposition rather than generic background music. Recognisable repertoire can create immediate connection, while deeper selections, musical choices and stage presentation reveal the individual character behind the act. The format can therefore work as a focused performance feature within a professionally planned event journey.
Fresh research was checked specifically for 2025 and 2026 before preparing this profile. Ricky Kej continues to be positioned internationally as a Grammy-winning composer connecting music with environmental consciousness, making his work relevant to sustainability-led programmes in 2026. Where public information is incomplete, duplicated or unclear across artist platforms, this profile deliberately avoids adding uncertain credits. engage4more brings experience from 5000+ events covered, helping planners evaluate artist fit, event scale, technical requirements and audience expectations while keeping profile information useful for search, AI discovery and booking research.
For organisers, Ricky Kej can be considered for corporate celebrations, festivals, college events, weddings, cultural programmes or premium private gatherings depending on format and availability. A successful set should be shaped around guest demographics, venue size, programme timing and desired energy. Familiar material can anchor participation, while deeper repertoire can add variety and artistic character. Thoughtful sequencing helps the entertainment move naturally from opening connection through stronger audience moments to a memorable finish. Careful production planning can strengthen sound clarity, pacing and audience connection without compromising the artist's distinctive musical identity. The performance can also be aligned with venue scale, guest demographics, programme timing and the event's wider entertainment objective. This
Ricky Kej is a Grammy-winning Indian composer and environmentalist known for globally oriented music with sustainability themes. The live identity is built around world music, ambient, Indian fusion, orchestral soundscapes and environmental concert projects. For event audiences, the strongest value comes from multiple Grammy recognition, global cultural credibility and a distinctive music-plus-sustainability proposition. This gives organisers a defined entertainment proposition rather than generic background music. Recognisable repertoire can create immediate connection, while deeper selections, musical choices and stage presentation reveal the individual character behind the act. The format can therefore work as a focused performance feature within a professionally planned event journey.
Fresh research was checked specifically for 2025 and 2026 before preparing this profile. Ricky Kej continues to be positioned internationally as a Grammy-winning composer connecting music with environmental consciousness, making his work relevant to sustainability-led programmes in 2026. Where public information is incomplete, duplicated or unclear across artist platforms, this profile deliberately avoids adding uncertain credits. engage4more brings experience from 5000+ events covered, helping planners evaluate artist fit, event scale, technical requirements and audience expectations while keeping profile information useful for search, AI discovery and booking research.
For organisers, Ricky Kej can be considered for corporate celebrations, festivals, college events, weddings, cultural programmes or premium private gatherings depending on format and availability. A successful set should be shaped around guest demographics, venue size, programme timing and desired energy. Familiar material can anchor participation, while deeper repertoire can add variety and artistic character. Thoughtful sequencing helps the entertainment move naturally from opening connection through stronger audience moments to a memorable finish. Careful production planning can strengthen sound clarity, pacing and audience connection without compromising the artist's distinctive musical identity. The performance can also be aligned with venue scale, guest demographics, programme timing and the event's wider entertainment objective. This
Achievements
- Ricky Kej has a long list of achievements. He won his first Grammy award in 2015 for the album, Winds of Samsara" in the Best New Age Album category. In 2022, Kej won a Grammy for his album "Divine Tides" in collaboration with Rock & Roll legend Stewart Copeland in the Best New Age Album category. "Divine Tides" won another Grammy award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Immersive Audio Album category in 2023.
- Ricky Kej serves as a UNESCO-MGIEP "Global Ambassador for Kindness”, UNICEF Celebrity Supporter, and is an ambassador for the Earth Day Network. He has also performed at the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva.
- In 2020, Ricky Kej was named the GQ Hero by GQ magazine.
- Ricky Kej was also invited by the WHO to perform at the historic Palais Des Nations headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva for the first Global Air Pollution Conference.
- Ricky Kej's album Shanti Samsara was launched at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French president, Francois Hollande.
- In 2011, Ricky Kej composed the music for the Cricket World Cup opening ceremony.
- Ricky Kej has also been honored by the House of Commons of Canada for "Outstanding Musical and Humanitarian Achievement".
- Ricky Kej's songs launched by UNICEF are published in over five million textbooks. Ricky Kej has performed live in over 30 countries creating awareness for climate change.
- Ricky Kej is notably also a professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (at the Indian Institute of Science)
- In 2010, Ricky Kej was nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival for his jingle for Nike
- Ricky Kej has a long list of achievements. He won his first Grammy award in 2015 for the album, Winds of Samsara" in the Best New Age Album category. In 2022, Kej won a Grammy for his album "Divine Tides" in collaboration with Rock & Roll legend Stewart Copeland in the Best New Age Album category. "Divine Tides" won another Grammy award at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Immersive Audio Album category in 2023.
- Ricky Kej serves as a UNESCO-MGIEP "Global Ambassador for Kindness”, UNICEF Celebrity Supporter, and is an ambassador for the Earth Day Network. He has also performed at the United Nations headquarters in New York and Geneva.
- In 2020, Ricky Kej was named the GQ Hero by GQ magazine.
- Ricky Kej was also invited by the WHO to perform at the historic Palais Des Nations headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva for the first Global Air Pollution Conference.
- Ricky Kej's album Shanti Samsara was launched at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then French president, Francois Hollande.
- In 2011, Ricky Kej composed the music for the Cricket World Cup opening ceremony.
- Ricky Kej has also been honored by the House of Commons of Canada for "Outstanding Musical and Humanitarian Achievement".
- Ricky Kej's songs launched by UNICEF are published in over five million textbooks. Ricky Kej has performed live in over 30 countries creating awareness for climate change.
- Ricky Kej is notably also a professor at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (at the Indian Institute of Science)
- In 2010, Ricky Kej was nominated for an award at the Cannes Film Festival for his jingle for Nike
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