Aditya Prakash

Award-winning vocalist Aditya Prakash, known for his powerful and emotive voice, is one of the foremost young virtuosos of Karnatik music. He is recognized for his innovative approach to composition, production, and performance.

At the age of 16, he became one of the youngest musicians ever to tour and perform with sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, accompanying him to such prestigious stages as Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and Disney Concert Hall.

Aditya has collaborated with a diverse range of innovative artists, including sitarist Anoushka Shankar, Jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan, electronic experimental artist Karsh Kale, and the acclaimed dancer and choreographer Akram Khan.

Aditya founded the eclectic music group Aditya Prakash Ensemble, which creates a space for dialogue between Karnatik and jazz. The Ensemble’s 2020 album, Diaspora Kid, garnered praise from Songlines and KCRW and was featured in the top 15 albums on the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2020. The acclaimed festival showcase GlobalFEST selected Aditya Prakash Ensemble to perform an NPR Tiny Desk concert in 2021.

Aditya is mentored by two prolific Karnatik artists: musician, activist, and author T.M. Krishna and musician and scholar R.K. Shriramkumar. Aditya received his B.A. in Arts from UCLA’s prestigious Ethnomusicology program.

Recently, Aditya produced and composed the musical score for the N.E.F.A. awarded production She’s Auspicious by Mythili Prakash. One of Aditya’s produced songs for the album HOME, by Sushma Soma, was selected to be featured on BBC at the Earthshot Awards. Aditya’s current focus in production and composition is pushing boundaries within the “classical” tradition. In his newest work, ROOM-In-Nation, Aditya explores the weight of privilege and the boundaries of tradition in an entirely new creative form.