Saaz Music Academy Indirapuram
Ground Floor, Plot no-98, Gyan Khand 1, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201020, India
Saaz Music Academy – Indirapuram is a bright, three-storey studio tucked behind Shipra Mall that has quietly become the sonic heartbeat of Delhi-NCR’s western suburbs. Started in 2012 by brothers Virendra and Chetan Saxena—both Delhi University gold-medalists and touring veterans of the fusion group Taalchakra—the space was conceived as an antidote to the cramped, basement “keyboard classes” that had mushroomed across Ghaziabad. Instead, Virendra envisioned a mini conservatory: high ceilings, floating floors, floating clouds of ragas floating above rush-hour traffic Nine years later, Saaz clocks 400 weekly students, aged 4 to 74, in 17 stylistic streams.
First impressions matter. Visitors step off the elevator into a 450-sq-ft reception-cum-lounge paneled with reclaimed sheesham. Vintage Bollywood lobby cards share wall-space with Uriah Heep and Zakir Hussain posters, signalling an equal-arms policy to genre. Acoustic diffusers shaped like tabla syllables (Dhā, Tin, Na) double as merch shelves: Saaz-labelled capo clips, tanpura apps pre-installed on burner phones, and progressive-abs workout flutes. A Sonos smart-speaker rotates between a curated “Open-Door Playlist”; depending on the hour you may hear Kaushiki Chakraborty glide into Pat Metheny.
Seventeen purpose-built rooms spiral around a central circulation spine. Studio A, the 18-seat concert hall, houses a Steinway-designed Boston grand, a 14-mic Earthworks array, and tasteful Chola-bronze figurines that double as resonators. Studios B & C have mirrored walls for Kathak-Western dance cross-training; wooden grills conceal Yamaha HS8 monitors so that arpeggios don’t stumble over ankle bells. Studio D is the geek den: Ableton Push rigs, an Arturia synth wall, and a truss-mounted 360° camera for VR recitals. A sound-lock chamber upholstered in indigo ikat lets recordings leave the building without leaving the neighbours.
Faculty reflects the depth chart: Hindustani vocal is coached by Vidushi Asha Datar (disciple of Kishori Amonkar), while jazz piano is led by Berklee alumnus Nathan Harris, flown in via Zoom-US hybrid workshops. Evening shelves fill with niche electives—Afro-Cuban percussion, oud maintenance, Hindustani solfeggio. Progress-tracking is gamified through a Saaz Passport app: every quarter-note perfected earns a QR-code stamp redeemable for café vouchers in the micro-roastery next door (bean called “Kapi Darbari,” naturally).
Community outreach recurs on the rooftop terrace. “Riyaz under the Stars” happens every new-moon night; families bring beanbags, charcoal samovars earn rupees, and upcoming bands battle classical septuagenarians for cycle-stalls. Quarterly charity recitals fund ear-training scholarships for street drummers who keep Meerut-Delhi trains movingging. During the pandemic, Saaz hosted hybrid concerts projecting kathak tukras onto Noida skyscrapers, keeping gloom at bay.
Getting there: 500 m walk from Vaishali Metro (Blue Line), ride Share-Rickshaw No. 3; ample parking in nearby Gaur Central. Trial class is INR 299; thereafter monthly tiers run 3k–10k depending on room choice. Doors open 11:00 to 20:30, closed Mondays.
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- Published: August 12, 2025
