Spoorthi Rao

Spoorthi Rao was born in Bangalore on 3 April 2005 and spent part of her early childhood in Arkansas before her family moved to Chennai. She learned light music from Narahari Dixit and Carnatic music from Yashasvi Subbarao, and for the past decade she has trained with the Ranjani-Gayatri duo.

At five she won a national-level competition in California, at six she released her first album, "Spoorthi", and at eight she was a child artist on All India Radio. At nine she won Airtel Super Singer Junior Season 4, announced on 20 February 2015, and went on the show's world tour, with stops at Wembley in London and the Sydney Town Hall.

She gave her formal solo Carnatic debut in 2019 at the RR Sabha in Chennai. Since then she has sung at the Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival and the Malaysia International Carnatic Music Festival, and in 2023 she completed her first US tour, with over 15 sold-out concerts.