Isyana Sarasvati

Isyana Sarasvati (born 2 May 1993) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter.

She is a graduate of Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and London's Royal College of Music.

Isyana Sarasvati was born in Bandung on 2 May 1993.

She spent part of her early childhood outside Indonesia because her parents worked and studied in Belgium.

When she was seven, her family moved to Bandung, West Java.

Isyana Sarasvati is the youngest daughter of Luana Marpanda, a music teacher, and Sapta Dwikardana, a lecturer and graphologist.

She has an older sister, Rara Sekar Larasati, a cultural anthropologist, who also sang in a band called Banda Neira.

Raised in a family of educators, Isyana Sarasvati was introduced to music at the age of four by her mother.

Isyana Sarasvati plays piano, electone, flute, violin and saxophone.

As a result, she performed the electone at the IJOC 2008 concert in Bunkamura hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Her song Wings of Your Shadow was selected as the 12th best composition of 3,500 entries in the International Junior Original Concert (IJOC).

Isyana's music career in Indonesia began with several covers of popular songs of 2012 and 2013, uploaded on her YouTube and SoundCloud channels.

in 2012, she was an exchange student at Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan.

Isyana Sarasvati signed a recording deal with Sony Music Indonesia in 2014 and released two singles, Keep Being You (2014) and Tetap Dalam Jiwa (2015).

Her albums have received positive reviews and commercial success.

After turning down initial offers of recording contracts because she wanted to focus on her studies, she signed with Sony Music Indonesia in 2014.

At age 16, Isyana Sarasvati received a scholarship from the Singapore Government to study Music Performance at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA).

Known for her original compositions, she wrote all of the songs on her 2015 debut pop album, Explore! and on her three subsequent albums, Paradox (2017), Lexicon (2019) and ISYANA (2023).

She has also performed as an opera singer in Singapore.

She is the recipient of numerous Indonesian and international awards.

Before gaining fame as a pop to multi-genre singer and songwriter, she had built a reputation as a classical music soloist and recitalist.

Isyana Sarasvati also participated in numerous musical competitions.

At age 15, she won a "best composer" award.

On 2 September 2018, Isyana Sarasvati sang the first song at the closing ceremony of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, performing Asia's Who We Are before an audience of more than 55,000 people at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

In May 2019, Walt Disney Pictures selected Isyana Sarasvati and Gamaliel Tapiheru to sing A Whole New World on the soundtrack for the Indonesian version of the 2019 remake of Aladdin.

They were interviewed in Tokyo by Alan Menken, the man behind many Walt Disney Animation Studios film scores.

In July 2019, Isyana Sarasvati joined the coaching panel of Season 4 of The Voice Indonesia with Armand Maulana, Titi DJ, Nino RAN, and Vidi Aldiano.

Isyana Sarasvati was also a panelist for Season 4 of The Voice Kids Indonesia and The Voice: All-Stars (Indonesia)

In 2019, she was listed on Forbes Indonesia's 30 Under 30 list of inspiring young achievers, in the art, style and entertainment category.

On 29 November 2019, Isyana Sarasvati released her third album titled LEXICON.

The album marked a change in Isyana's musical colours from pop and R&B to neo-classical and progressive rock until the release of her fourth album (ISYANA).

Now, she's more recognised as a multi-genre singer.

In April 2020, Forbes Asia included Isyana Sarasvati on its 30 Under 30 list in the Entertainment and Sports, and Celebrity categories.

After six years with Sony Music Indonesia, Isyana Sarasvati on 20 October 2020 announced she had established a music label called REDROSE RECORDS.

On 2 February 2021, Isyana Sarasvati and her husband Rayhan released a single titled 1+1 to mark their first wedding anniversary.

On 10 March 2022, Garena Free Fire Indonesia announced an collaboration with Isyana with the concept of The Diva on Battle In Style.

FF Esport ID even collaborated with Isyana's song "IL SOGNO" and a lyric video with the theme of FFIM which was released on the YouTube and became a backsound at the Free Fire Indonesia Masters 2022 Spring competition.

On 2 October 2022, Isyana Sarasvati released her first NFT with the title My Mystery NFT.

On 5 December 2023, Isyana Sarasvati had the opportunity to be invited to the prestigious Forbes Under 30 Summit Asia in Singapore.

She also had the opportunity to perform on a grand piano by singing her original songs entitled IL SOGNO and Unlock the Key.