Isabelle experienced powerful and intense musical emotions form a very young age.

With a grandfather winning first prize for flute in Strasbourg, a Metz-prize-winning grandmother for her singing, an aunt who was organist at Reims Cathedral, a self-taught piano-, guitar- and flute-playing father, Isabelle was placed in a music-loving environment from a very young age.

But Isabelle had a degree of learning, understanding and growing up to do to really fulfil her potential.

It was by choosing to take the path of self-knowledge that Isabelle came to appreciate what was truly important, discovering the meaning to give to her life and the Art of Life through Music.

For many years now, Isabelle has dedicated herself to Music, with a single objective: to create Harmony. With passionate enthusiasm, her melodies take us on an enchanting journey.

When looking into her mischievous blue eyes, which are filled with hope, you can feel the Love which pervades all her compositions. Her musical creations touch the soul of every people.

Isabelle’s gentle, colourful music recharges your batteries, improving sleep as well as creativity through its soothing, vibratory tones. You can listen to her music simply for the pleasure of it, but also to accompany meditation, massage, relaxation therapy, thalassotherapy and the like; it can be used in maternity wards, for instance, to calm, reassure, encourage, and stimulate improved communication.

Her first CD, ‘Parfum d’étoiles’ (Scent From the Stars) will fragrance your world; through the purity and harmony of the sounds, your entire being is made to connect with the sweet smell of the earth and the light of the stars above.

As an author, composer and performer, in all of her CDs Isabelle provides us with pure, tender and colourful melodies, backed by an array of rhythms, which, as if by magic, have a tendency to relax, intrigue and link you to the source.

This is the portrait of a woman who is overflowing with creativity. Indeed, Isabelle’s talent was acknowledged during the Lépine competition at the Palais du Festival de Cannes, where she was awarded prizes in 1995 and 1996 for creating ‘Galaxy’, a futuristic piano.

Isabelle has also written a book, Et si le Bonheur nous été conté… (What If You Told Us the Story of Happiness…), which takes us on an initiatory journey through her different experiences. It is a simple and touching account, unpretentiously allowing the reader to unearth foundations of the most genuine and purest kind, leading to a harmonious construction of the Self. Isabelle is currently working on future publications.

Isabelle will not cease to captivate through her inspired compositions, her amazing dedication to the cause of the Self, her generosity and contribution to building a society with a human face.

Isabelle is quite simply here, on our path, with us.
 

Roop Verma is a master of the Indian Sitar and Nada Yoga, the science of therapeutics sounds.
He is a brilliant concert performer, teacher and composer.

He tours internationally giving concerts, teaching music, and conducting healing music and meditation seminars. He has recorded numerous CDs, tapes, and LPs of traditional North Indian music and chanting, as well as recordings for harmonization and deep relaxation.

 
Roop was born in northern India and is a product of the Indian classical and sacred music systems ; he formally studied with maestros J.P Kaushik, Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar. He has developed a deep, pure, spirit-guided expression of sound, which has reached out to the hearts and souls of thousands of people.

As an inspiring music teacher, he presents the authentic and traditional North Indian Classical Music, both in theory and practice. Additionally, he teaches the application of the science, principles and techniques of Indian classical music to Western instruments and voice, for all ranges of music students from beginner to professional.

Roop Verma has composed more than 2000 works, and is frequently exploring new possibilities with both small and large groups of Eastern and Western musicians. He creates new forms, which are derived from Indian classical music, and are adaptable to all classes of world musical instruments.

Roop Verma, an active practitioner and teacher of Nada Yoga, represents the age-old tradition of meditation as taught by his teachers, Swami Shyam of the Himalayas and Sri Brahmananda Saraswati, both of whom he studied with for over 30 years. Meditation in essence is a step by step process for restoring ‘balance” and harmony to the whole person as Nature intended us to be. A balance of body, mind and spirit is essential to enjoy the fullness of life.
 

Roop Verma was born in a music-loving family of North India and grew up in an environment rich with art and culture. As a child he loved to split apart every toy he played with to investigate and discover his inborn search of “what is on other side/inside?” His intense curiosity led him to search for inner dimensions in everything he did – painting, literature, science, soccer, yoga, meditation – and above all, music. His main inclination was towards the deeper aspects of music and its relationship with life. He received his M.A. in music from Gandharva Maha Vidyalya University in Pune, India and formally trained under Maestros J.P Kaushik, Ali Akbar Khan, and Ravi Shankar.

Deeper dimensions were added to the spiritual quality of his music by his teachers, Swami Shyam of the Himalayas and Shri Brahmananda Saraswati (Ramamurti S. Mishra, M.D). As a young apprentice, Roop Verma split apart every tune he learned and played, only to discover the “infinity” of emotional and spiritual experiences. These experiences became the flesh and bones of his music through years of self-analysis and inner search during the lonely and long nights when the rest of the world slept.

As a result, there was born an artist with a revolutionary musical personality, one of the pioneers of neo-expressionism in music wich has forged its entry into the most competitive world of music. The magic of Roop’s music is being appreciated the world over, with a totally different mechanism of human awareness – the meditative. His music is equipped with a vocabulary and language that will carry it through the twenty-first and future centuries. Roop leads a simple life and portrays that simplicity in his music. He has been successful in keeping his music, and himself, in the realm of sounds and rhythms, where there is no competition, and no ego or gimmicks – only pure music, and the peace and harmony it offers.

“Roop is an extremely sensitive musician…To hear him play is to participate in the divinity of music…”
- The Ottawa Journal, Ottawa, Canada

“It became evident that he should not play an ‘Encore”. It was a ‘completeness” which had been presented”.
- Vasterbottens-Kuriren, Umea, Sweden

“He was able, through his subtle play, to transform the audience into a state of meditative concentration”
- Schwabische Zertung, Weingarten, Germany

“Once he begins, musician and instrument become one…a meditative experience for creator as well as the listener”
- St. Petersburg Times, St. Petersburg, Florida
 

India
Chandigarh - Indian National Theater (August 1969)
Chandigarh - Institute of Higher Knowledge (March 1974)

Belgium
Gent - Studio Scoop (October 1974)
Gent - Royal Academy of Arts (October 1974)
Brussels - Anderlecht Cultural Center (March 1975)
Brussels - Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles (October 1992)

Germany
Berlin - Trinitatis-Kirche, Charlottenberg (October 1994)
Berlin - Hochmeister Kirche (Octobre 1995)

Scandinavia
Arhus (DK) - The conservatory of music (April 1981)
Oslo(N) - International Forum (May 1981)
Copenhagen(DK) - The Royal Danish Academy of Music (May 1981)
Stockholm (S) - The Etnografisk Museum (May 1981)
Arhus (DK) - The Musikhuset (March 1984)
Stockholm (S) - Swedish National Radio (April 1984)
Sundsval (S) - Sundsval Museum, International Foreningen (April 1984)
Umea (S) - Folkets Hus (March 1988)
Gothenberg (S) - Roska Museum (March 1988 & November 1991)
Gothenberg (S) - Konserthus (October 1997)
Stockholm (S) - Berwaldhallen, Simultaneous Broadcast By Swedish National Radio & Television (October 1997)
Stockholm (S) - (October 2001 and April 2003)
Bergen (N) - (April 2003)

Czech Republic
Prague - Symphony Hall (October 1992)
Prague - Palac Kultury (March 1996)
Prague – Lucerna Hall (April 1998)
Prague – International School, presented by the Embassy of India (April 1999)
Prague – Music Festival (October 2000)

Bolivia
Cochabamba – International Music Festival (9,000 in house) (August 1995)

Switzerland
Geneva – 50th anniversary of the United Nations “Dialogue of Peace” (July 1995)

Canada
Drummondville – Cultural Center (January 1975)
Clarendon – Blue Skies Music Festival (August 1975)
Ottawa – Victoria Museum of Art (November 1975 & March 1976)
Montreal – Concordia University (March 1982)
Montreal – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Simultaneous Broadcast) (March 1986)

United States
Oberlin, OH – The Conservatory of Music (December 1976, 1980 & 1987)
St. Petersburg, FL – Robert Music Center (October 1977 & 1978)
Burlington, VT – Mountain Greenery Performance Center (September 1978)
Burlington, VT – St. Paul Cathedral (October 1980)
De Kalb, IL – Northern Illinois University (July 1981)
New York, NY – Cathedral St John the Divine (November 1981)
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Museum of Art (July 1982)
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Convention Center (February 1983)
New York, NY – American Museum of Natural History (June 1983)
Tampa, FL – Indo-Pak Cultural Society (January 1984)
Knoxville, TN – University of Tennessee-Festival of India (October 1985)
Lexington, KY – University of Kentucky-Festival of India (October 1985)
Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Museum of Art-Festival of India (November 1985)
Tampa, FL – Arts Council of Florida (January, February, December 1987)
Potsdam, NY – Crane School of Music (October 1987)
Oneonta, NY – Upper Catskill Community Council of the Arts-at Anderson Theatre (June 1988 & 1989)
Boston, MA – Sanders Theatre, Harvard University (November 1988)
Ithaca, NY – Statler Auditorium, Cornell University (March 1989)
Rochester, NY – Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music (April 1989)
Binghampton, NY – Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences (August 1989)
Burlington, VT – ROOP VERMA ENSEMBLE (world Premier) (October 1990)
Dayton, OH – University of Dayton-Arts Series (February 1992)
Oneonta, NY – Hartwick College – Foreman Creative and Performing Arts Series (November 1999)
Oneonta, NY – Hartwick College – (February 2003)

France
Cogolin – Ecole Internationale – Trimurti (May & October 1993)
Antibes – Terre en Fête-Festival Bleu (September 1997)
Tourrettes – Les Courmettes (April 1999 & 2000)
Grasse – Le Mas du Calme (April 2001)
Toulon – (October 2003)
Monaco – (October 2003)

“The Sitar is a world in itself, extensive, limitless, with towering peaks and deep valleys. Roop Verma is an explorer and pioneer of this musical planet. His accent to the zenith of music and his plumbing of the silences – these ventures are not to be missed. The spiritual heart of India can be felt in his musical outpourings. Nowhere is this pulse perceived more clearly and more beautifully than in Roop’s music. Roop Verma conveys, in both solo and ensemble performances, the soul of India and in so doing, this virtuoso performer enables the listener to reach the heights within.”
George Bailin
President, International Schools of East West Unity.

“You read about concerts that are spiritual but they are rare. Roop Verma’s concert was one of them”.
Gary Boerckel
Chairman, Department of Music, Lycoming College, Williamsport, PA.

“Roop’s emergence from India’s rich cultural leagacy has become a compelling voice in the international music scene”.
Lena Guyot
Drum-Roll Productions

“The music of Roop Verma takes us back into ourselves and leads us to discover the breathless depths of dreams, of beauty, the peaceful power, the unbroken faith, the dazzling wonder of bliss that we already possess”.
Molly de Balkany (M. Balka)
Writer, Geneva, Switzerland
 

Ali Akbar Khan
Maestro Ali Akbar Khan, the greatest living interpreter of Indian music, composer, and Roop Verma’s principle teacher since 1960.


Ravi Shankar
Maestro Ravi Shankar, the greatest and well known sitarist, composer and teacher. The foremost cultural ambassador of Indian music in the west, he has been Roop Verma’s second teacher.


Swami Shyam
Swami Shyam, the great master of Yoga, Meditation and the Science of Life. He lives in Kullu, of the Himalayas, India. Author of many books on Yoga and Philosophy, Roop Verma’s teacher since 1967.


Swami Brahmananda Saraswati
Swami Brahmananda Saraswati (Dr. Ramamurti Mishra, MD), the great Sanskrit scholar and pioneer of Yoga in the West, founded Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York in 1964 as the Country Retreat for the purpose of self analysis, study and evolution of human awareness. Roop Verma lived and studied with him for 18 years to understand and apply the subtleties of science of Yoga to his own music and life.