Sangeeta Kaur

Sangeeta Kaur
Kaur in 2020
Kaur in 2020
Background information
Birth nameLoan Xuan Mai
Teresa Mai (baptism name)
OriginMontclair, California, U.S.
GenresClassical crossover, New age
Occupation(s)Vocalist, composer, performing artist, producer
InstrumentVocals
Websitewww.sangeetakaurmusic.com

Sangeeta Kaur is a Grammy Award winning Vietnamese American classical/crossover, new age vocalist, composer, performing artist, and producer. In 2022, she received a Grammy Award for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album for Mythologies, making her the first Vietnamese-American singer to ever receive a Grammy for a vocal performance.[1][2] She has performed at the Sydney Opera House and Lincoln Center, among others [3] and in 2021 made her debut television performance, "Sangeeta Kaur and Friends", with Jon Anderson of Yes and Jake Shimabukuro, among others on PBS's Front & Center music series.[4][5] Kaur performed vocals on Stewart Copeland's and Ricky Kej's 2022 Grammy Award Winning album, Divine Tides.[6]

She has won numerous awards including being inducted to the Independent Music Hall of Fame in 2020.[7] Kaur and her husband, Hai Nguyen, own and run Studio Hill recording studio in Austin, Texas.[8]

  1. ^ "Grammy Award Sangeeta Kaur". Grammy. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  2. ^ ""For the first time, a Vietnamese-American singer, Sangeeta Kaur (Teresa Mai), has been nominated for the 64th Grammy Awards in the United States, for Best Vocal Classical Album." Lần đầu tiên một ca sĩ người Mỹ gốc Việt là Sanggeta Kaur (Teresa Mai) đã được đề cử vào giải Grammy lần thứ 64 tại Mỹ, với thể loại Album nhạc cổ điển có giọng hát hay nhất by Quỳnh Trân". Thanhnien. August 12, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  3. ^ "Sangeeta Kaur - 'Compassion'". Indie Spoonful. October 11, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  4. ^ "Sangeeta performs with special guest Jon Anderson from Yes, page E6, Star Tribune, October 15, 2021
  5. ^ "Kaur shot her first TV Special in May 2021 as part of the "Front & Center" music series and is scheduled for the 2021 season, page A14", The Democrat Times , December 15, 2021
  6. ^ "Divine Tides". Mainly Piano by Kathy Parsons. December 10, 2021. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "Sangeeta Kaur". High Res Audio. Retrieved February 12, 2022.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Austin 360 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).