Vidya Iyer

Vidya Iyer
Background information
Born Chennai, India
Origin Virginia, United States
Genres Pop, World
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2014-present
Associated acts Shankar Tucker, Maati Baani
Website vidyavox.com

Vidya Iyer is an Indian-born American singer, who was born in Chennai and raised in Virginia. She learnt carnatic classical music from D.K. Nagarajan, brother of the late D. K. Pattammal.she does various Mashup (music) Videos combining Indian film music (which includes Bollywood,Telugu,Tamil,Malayalam songs) and western music. She became famous through her youtube channel "Vidya vox"

Early life and education

She is graduated in Psychology from George Washington University. She regularly sings in band organised by Shankar Tucker. She staged her performance in various parts of the world like White House, National Centre for the Performing Arts (India), Webster Hall and her performance are staged at Festivals Des Artes in Reunion Island, Ink women and Meru in Netherlands.[1] She mashed up "Lean On" and "Jind Mahi" for which she had a collaboration with several other musicians, including Ricky Jatt, Raashi Kulkarni, and Roginder "Violinder" Momi.[2] She released "Kuttanadan Punjayile", famous Kerala boat song, as a fusion along with an English song written by Shankar Tucker which was shot in Kerala with Mohiniyattam performed by Sreenidhi and Sreedevi.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "The mashup star". The Hindu. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "Singer Vidya Vox on Blending two Musical Worlds: East and West". India. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Famous Kerala Boat Song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' Just Got A New Twist And It Sounds Awesome". Huffingtonpost. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Vidya and Shankar Tucker gives Kerala's favourite boat song 'Kuttanadan Punjayile' a classic twist". Indiatoday. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Stylish makeover for Malayalam folk song". Deccanchronicle. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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