A little about me...
Sangeetha Ekambaram’s interdisciplinary and multicultural background has led her to a rich and varied performance career. Currently based in Nashville, TN, Sangeetha recently premiered the first movement of her original vocal-choreo-composition “Tejas”, based on the Hindu epic, the Devi Mahātmya, in collaboration with Enactor Productions. In December 2023, she collaborated with Iranian musician, Reza Filsoofi, and pianist Jennifer McGuire at the Frist Art Museum in December 2023 in the original performance of "Imagining Scheherazade in Exile", which includes an adaptation of Maurice Ravel’s “Shéhérazade”. Also in December 2023, she performed alongside multi-genre musicians in "A Fabric of Sound", led by composer/musician Daniel Arite at Darkhorse Theater. Her performance was hailed as "...outstanding. Ekambaram’s technique and expressive delivery moved us, shocked us, and warmed us... It ended with her own improvisations over slow harmonic movements from the piano" (Music City Review). And earlier last year, she produced "Peripheral Convergence"- a multi-genre collaboration with celebrated local artists-- combining classical art song, contemporary dance, digital art and spoken word, which was selected for OZ Arts' Brave New Works Lab.
In the world of opera, Sangeetha returned to the New York Chamber Music Festival in fall of 2024 to sing excerpts from Semiramide in a concert of "Love Duets". Previously, at the same festival in 2023, she performed scenes from French opera (Thaïs, Manon (cover), and Faust (cover) and in 2022 performed the role of Chrysothemis in A Look at Elektra. Other recent roles include Laetitia in The Old Maid and the Thief with Opera Huntsville, Nashville Opera’s annual Opera on the Mountain, the “Evolution of Ingenue” with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, and in the opening gala concert at the Amadeo Bassi Festival. In concert, she also performed the role of Cinderella in Martin Warren’s The True Story of Cinderella with Opera Huntsville. Other favorite roles include Mimì (La Bohème) (Festival di Ostra), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Antonia (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Madame Herz (Der Schauspieldirektor), 1st French Woman in the world premiere of Eleanor and the 1st Calaveras in Frida (The Society for New Music).
Frequently performing solo and collaborative concerts, recent local performances include: “Fuego Flamenco Cante”, a program of Spanish classical music with celebrated San Antonio-based flamenco singer Chayito Champion, “Sure on this Shining Night”, and several chamber music concerts with the Leela Trio. With Music City Baroque, she performed in Music City Baroque’s program of music from Latin America and the rarely performed virtuosic Handel's Gloria in Excelsis Deo. She frequently collaborates with such artists as Craig Ketter, Jennifer McGuire, Alessandra Volpi and Anthony Gian diTomasso. She appears on a CD in duets by Heinrich Marschner (Centaur Records), released in January 2021. Sangeetha was recently recognized as one of the winners of the Anonymous Audition Project as well as the Latin American and Iberian Art Song Challenge.
As she continues to study a wide variety of singing and dance styles, Sangeetha looks forward to seeing how these various artistic influences emerge in new collaborations and original works. She recently founded the Visionary Vocal Collaborative, a vocal ensemble dedicated to exploring all the ways that “voice matters in empowering individuals and creating connection”. This work grows out of her general love for community building through music, song, and dance, and she hopes to see its mission grow.
