Aditya Prakash
VocalistAditya Prakash is releasing his new enveloping debut solo album, ‘ISOLASHUN’, on October 13, 2023 with New Amsterdam Records.
Known for his powerful and emotive voice, Aditya is a young virtuoso of Karnatik music, and one of the youngest musicians to tour and perform with Ravi Shankar at the age of 16. Aditya continues to work with leading innovators of the arts such as Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, Tigran Hamasyan, Mythili Prakash and Akram Khan.
Aditya founded the eclectic music group, Aditya Prakash Ensemble, which creates a space for dialogue between Karnatik and jazz. Aditya’s current focus in production and composition is pushing boundaries within the “classical” tradition. In his newest work, ISOLASHUN, Aditya explores the weight of privilege and the boundaries of tradition in an entirely new creative form.
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, KCRW and was featured in the top 15 albums on the Transglobal World Music Chart in May 2020. Aditya Prakash Ensemble was selected by the acclaimed festival showcase, GlobalFEST, to perform a NPR Tiny Desk concert in 2021.