Indian American violinist and composer Sathvi Ramaseshan was born to a family of music lovers. Sathvi’s initial exposure to music was through South Indian Carnatic music and Tamil film music. She began her violin studies at the age of 3 at the San Diego Suzuki School of Music after nagging her mother for several months. At the age of 10, she joined the San Diego Youth Symphony. Her teachers have included Pei-Chun Tsai and Zou Yu from the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, Michael and Irina Tseitlin from the California Institute of Music and Stefan Jackiw.

 

Sathvi began composing music at the age of 13. Her style is a unique blend of Western classical music and South Indian Carnatic music, which she is also trained in. Her interests lie in cross-cultural and cross-genre exploration, and creating musical connections between India and the West. Sathvi is also a contemporary music enthusiast and has enjoyed collaborations with young emerging composers such as BMI award winning composer Arjan Singh Dogra.  A current resident of Jersey City, Sathvi has performed at numerous venues throughout the NYC area such as Carnegie Hall,  Lincoln Center, and Klavierhaus NYC.

 

Sathvi is a graduate of Mannes School of Music where she studied violin and composition with Austin Wulliman and Joan La Barbara respectively.