Shruthi Rajasekar is an Indian-American composer and vocalist exploring identity, community, and joy. Described as a composer 'who will enrich your life' (The Guardian), Shruthi creates intersectional music reflecting her unique background in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical idioms.
Shruthi has won numerous honours, including the KHORIKOS ORTUS International Award and the Global Women in Music Award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights & Fondazione Adkins Chiti. Shruthi’s compositions are performed across the world and have been featured on Spotify's Official Classical Releases, BBC Radio 3, and American Public Media. Commissions include works for VOCES8, ABRSM, ORA Singers, Seattle Pro Musica, and Yale University’s Institute of Sacred Music. Her piece for the RSNO Junior Chorus was featured at the United Nations COP26.
Shruthi
has been an artist-in-residence at Tusen Takk Foundation, Britten Pears Arts,
and the Anderson Center. An alumnus of Princeton University, Shruthi was a
Marshall Scholar in the UK, where she pursued graduate studies in
ethnomusicology (SOAS, University of London) and composition (Royal Northern College
of Music). She lives in Minnesota, USA, where she serves on the board of new
music chamber ensemble Zeitgeist.