Music & Brains Trust
#MusicChangesLives
#GreatMindsBuildBridgesWithKnowledge
Since 2009, The Peninsula Studios has recorded nearly two thousand musicians and the generals, diplomats, scientists, and scholars who shaped the subcontinent's recent history. That work has become a music archive, a leadership case study delivered at India's premier defence and administrative institutions, and a series of live theatre productions performed for invited audiences.
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Music
Music Changes Lives. Folk. Classical. Military.
We have gone looking for musicians in small towns the recording industry never visits. More than sixty of them are now on national television, in film, or performing on stages in over eighty countries. We were there first.
​All recording and filming takes place at The Peninsula Studios itself — a facility inspired by London's Abbey Road Studios, designed by architect Ratan J. Batliboi
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Military Music
The archive also preserves music maintained by institutions rather than communities. The Maratha Light Infantry, one of India's oldest regiments at 250 years, entrusted us with recording its 32-piece Silver Band — 28 martial pieces recorded at the regimental centre in Belgaum to mark the regiment's 250th anniversary.
Brains Trust India
Great Minds Build Bridges With Knowledge
Modelled on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Brains Trust, this is where we sit down with generals, diplomats, scientists, and scholars, and record their experience and judgement — on economics, foreign policy, technology, military affairs, science, and national security.
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Vision to Victory, built from that archive
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Vision to Victory uses the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War to explore leadership under pressure, strategic decision-making, and institutional stewardship. It has been presented at the National Defence College, the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, the Army War College, the Indian Naval Academy, and the Western and Southern Naval Commands.
Music Theatre
The legends, their lives, and their music.
We bring the music back into its original context — how it was written, who shaped it, and why it still matters. Emperors of Melody does this for S.D. Burman, O.P. Nayyar, R.D. Burman, and Madan Mohan, with live performance alongside the original recordings and archival footage. Divas Ke Deevane covers the leading ladies of Hindi cinema the same way.
Venkatesh Kini
Nirupama Rao
President India and South West Asia, Coca-Cola Company
The Coke Studio movement has always been about celebrating diversity in music — a community of over 500 musicians and millions of listeners. After five years, we're proud of the momentum it has given independent music across the country. Coke Studio Roots took that further: 1,800 kilometres through Punjab, a pool of 500 artists, uncovering musical talent the industry had overlooked. The Peninsula Studios has been our partner throughout — they have crafted and produced this work with real passion and precision.
Our Friends Said
Jayanthi Kumaresh
Artist
The Peninsula Studios makes a real effort to take artists to new audiences, and they treat both the artists and their work with genuine respect. It's a pleasure producing music with them.
Dr. S Y Quraishi
Chief Election Commissioner
I've followed The Peninsula Studios' work since they began. They've done pathbreaking work preserving the musical heritage of the subcontinent, and their production standards are genuinely high. It was a privilege to record an episode for Brains Trust. I wish the team every success.
A few of the people who've engaged with our work, in their own words:
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