Radhika Vekaria is a Grammy nominated New Age vocalist, pianist, composer, songwriter & music producer.[1][2][3]
Early life
Vekaria was born in East Africa and grew up in London, UK.[4][5][6] Vekaria desired to be an oncologist; As her life progressed, she found her vocation healer through music.[7][8][9]
Career
Vekaria has released two albums as a lead artist.[10][11] 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.[12][13] She releaed her second album Warriors of Light in 2024.[14][15] Both albums were co-produced with Grammy® Nominated George Landress.[16]Warriors of Light is nominated for the 2025 Grammy Award for Best New Age, Ambient or Chant Album.[17] 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.[18][19] She collaborated on the 2025 Grammy nominated Impossible Dream (Aaron Lazar album) which has reached number two on the Billboard charts.[20][21]
Vekaria performed in a supporting act for two nights of Prince (musician)'s 02 tour - The Earth Tour: 21 Nights in London.[22][23] Her song "I Am Not Alone" was translated into French and became part of Cléopâtre (comédie musicale),[24] directed by Kamel Ouali at the Palais des sports de Paris performed by Dominique Magloire.[25][26]
In 2021, Vekaria garnered over 100,000 listeners on the audio app Clubhouse[34][35] and was the first Mantra artist to play at South by Southwest in 2022, location Wisdome 360 Immersive Dome Park in Austin, Texas.[36] She performed the ICMEC Gala for Child Protection in 2022.[37] She collaborated with Jeff Koons for his Apollo Exhibition in Hydra, Greece[38]
In 2024, she performed at the Sages and Scientist Symposium at Harvard, with Deepak Chopra.[39] 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[40]
Awards
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.[41] She is the 2024 New Age InterContinental Music Awards Winner for "Best of Pangea."[42] Radhika Vekaria's Warriors of Light is nominated for Best New Age, Ambient or chant album.[43]
Sapta: The Seven Ways - Album (Yaana Records, 2020)[45]
Om Namo Bhagavate - Single (Yaana Records, 2020)
Gananam Tva (Protection) - Single (Yaana Records, 2020)
As guest
Impossible Dream – Aaron Lazar (Studio Seven Media 2024)[46]
Yoga, Spirituality and Roots
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.[47] 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.[48] She is also a mentor of music and spirituality at Chopra Yoga.[49][50][51]
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