Shruthi Rajasekar Last updated September 27, 2025 Career Rajasekar has created new works for Seattle Pro Musica , [ 1] I Fagiolini , [ 16] the Yale Glee Club , [ 17] the Royal Academy of Music , [ 18] cellist Abel Selaocoe and The Hermes Experiment, [ 19] American Guild of Organists , [ 20] The Gesualdo Six , [ 21] and the BBC Singers . [ 22]
In 2020, BBC Music Magazine named Rajasekar a "Rising Star." [ 7] In 2023, Rajasekar was made an Associate of the Royal Northern College of Music (ARNCM) for her "exceptional contributions to the profession." [ 23] [ 9]
Composers Bob Chilcott , Shruthi Rajasekar, and Reena Esmail at the Oxford University Press exhibition booth, ACDA , Dallas, TX Rajasekar was a recipient of a 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. [ 24] She holds a 2025 Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowship in Composition from the McKnight Foundation and American Composers Forum . [ 6]
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