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Radhika Vekaria | |
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| Born | Harrow, Middlesex, UK |
| Genres | World Music, New-age music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Speaker |
| Instrument(s) | Voice, piano, harmonium |
| Website | www |
Radhika Vekaria is a Grammy-nominated New Age vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter and music producer. [1] [2] [3]
Vekaria was born in East Africa and grew up in London, UK. [4] [5] Vekaria desired to be an oncologist; As her life progressed, she found her vocation healer through music. [6] [7]
Vekaria has released two albums as a lead artist. [8] In October 2020, she recorded and released her first artist album called SAPTA: The Seven Ways blending traditional mantras and devotional songs for the modern world. [9] [10] She released her second album Warriors of Light in 2024. [11] [12] Warriors of Light was nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album. [13] The album features collaborations with: Max ZT, MB Gordy, Kitt Wakeley, Chris Prather, Shashank Acharya, Pratik Shrivastava, Isaiah Gage, Roger Montejano, Dave Donnelly, Dennis Moody. [14] [15] She collaborated on the 2025 Grammy nominated Impossible Dream (Aaron Lazar album) which has reached number two on the Billboard charts. [16] [17]
Vekaria performed in a supporting act for two nights of Prince (musician)'s 02 tour - The Earth Tour: 21 Nights in London. [18] [19] Her song "I Am Not Alone" was translated into French and became part of Cléopâtre (comédie musicale),[ citation needed ] directed by Kamel Ouali at the Palais des sports de Paris performed by Dominique Magloire. [20]
In 2009 Vekaria auditioned for the show called India India and became the lead female singer next to Ash King, and met AR Rahman. [21] A Franco Dragone Production, [22] the show included repertoire of songs by Rahman, Sting (musician) and Peter Gabriel, where she was directed by [23] Brian Burke [24] (America's Got Talent) and Justin Mabardi [25] (Dancing with the Stars, American Idol). She sang in English, Hindi, Karnataka, Bengali language. [26]
In 2011, Vekaria created an anthem for St. Jude's Children's Hospital called "Stand Up" sung by Shoshana Bean. [27]
In 2021, Vekaria garnered over 100,000 listeners on the audio app Clubhouse [28] and was the first Mantra artist to play at South by Southwest in 2022, location Wisdome 360 Immersive Dome Park in Austin, Texas. [29] She collaborated with Jeff Koons for his Apollo Exhibition in Hydra, Greece [30]
In 2024, she performed at the Sages and Scientist Symposium at Harvard, with Deepak Chopra. [31] She is the voice for Graticube - Game of Abundance - by Deepak Chopra, Terry Torok and Samuel Sokol, published by Simon and Schuster, which launched in November 2024 [32]
Vekaria won three awards at the 2017 Global Peace Song Awards. These included: the jury prize for New Age Music; the public prize for Folk Music; and the Overall Grand Prize. [33] She is the 2024 New Age InterContinental Music Awards Winner for "Best of Pangea." [34] Vekaria's Warriors of Light was nominated for Best New Age, Ambient or chant album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. [35]
Radhika studied meditation and yoga from a young age. She is Yoga Alliance Certified and has trained with the European Academy of Ashtanga Yoga under the tutelage of Manju Jois, the son of Sri K Pattabhi Jois. [38] After arriving to California, Vekaria was led to the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music in San Rafael, Northern Californian and revisited Indian music training. [39] She is also a mentor of music and spirituality at Chopra Yoga. [40] [41] [42]