Varun Kishore is a guitar player, composer and producer from Calcutta, India.  He graduated from the London College of Music at the University of West London in 2012, with a Bachelors degree in Popular Music Performance. In the years since, his music has metamorphosed into a more inclusive, interdisciplinary form. His recent work explores the use of technology in live performance and the ever-decreasing divide between studio and stage. Since 2014, he has also run his own studio—Seagull Sound—in Calcutta.

As a performer and producer, Varun is comfortable working in different genres of music, from pop and rock to jazz, neo-soul, electronic and film music. He currently performs as a solo artist and as part of experimental electro-pop trio Preying Mantis. He also creates and performs original music for spoken-word poetry, theatre and art.