Updated On: 05 June, 2023 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | Shriram Iyengar
On his first trip to India, pianist and jazz musician Jesús Molina hopes to explore a culture that he has only interacted with musically

(From left) Jesus Molina; Jose Irarragorri; Guy Bernfeld and Jorge Perez perform in Madrid. Pic Courtesy/YouTube
Happy birthday to you. That simple ditty is the song that kick-started the musical journey of a four-year-old Jesus Molina. It set him off on a path that took him via YouTube to Berklee, and now to India as part of his ongoing tour with his band, Los Dromers.
The Colombian pianist is in town ahead of his performance at the NCPA tomorrow. Molina will share the stage with drummers Juan Pablo Faundez and Danilo Amuedo and Grammy Award-nominated bassist Guy Bernfeld. Molina’s rise to fame began as a prodigious talent at the age of 15. It soon caught the attention of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation that sent him on a full scholarship to Berklee School of Music in the United States at the age of 20 years.