Caloia, Nicolas

Poster advertising Duniya Project's performance at the Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Quebec. Features Catherine Potter on the bansuri, Nicolas Caloia on the double bass, Subir Dev on the Tabla, Thom Gossage on drums and John Gzowski on guitar. Catherine Potter was a Canadian bansuri player. She was born on December 25, 1957 in the city of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. She studied the bansuri in India with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. She was the founder of the Duniya Project music ensemble. She died on December 3, 2010. Nicolas Caloia is a Montreal based double bassist, composer, bandleader. He has been commissioned to compose works for the Quatuor Bozzini (2019), the GGRIL (2017), Productions Super Musique (2012), and the Festival International de Musique actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) (2011). He is the artistic director of the production company Musique Rayonnante. Subir Dev is a tabla player and member of Duniya Project. He was born in Bangladesh and later moved to Montreal, Canada. He studied North Indian classical music under Dr. Narendra Verma and now provides instrumental accompaniment to many artists from India. Thom Gossage is a drummer from Montreal, Quebec. He is the director of the music group Other Voices. John Gzowski is a guitarist. He studied under Alexina Louie, James Tenney, Ann Southam and Trichi Sankaran. He has played with the Garbagemen, Graeme Kirkland's experimental jazz groups, Tom Walsh's N.O.M.A., and Paul Cram's early groups, among others.