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Shruthi Rajasekar

Artist In Residence

Composer Shruthi Rajasekar sits on stage at a black Steinway grand piano. There is a wood floor and the background panel is white with groups of repeating grey squares in rows. The piano is angled partially towards the viewer on the right side of the frame and she is seated on the piano bench on left side. The piano keys are visible. Her body is angled away from the keyboard, further to the right of the piano, as she smiles at someone out of the frame. She is ready to take notes on her score with a pencil, supported by her crossed legs. Shruthi is wearing dark blue jeans and a black blouse with elbow length sleeves. Her blouse has a pattern of small flowers in shades of pink and white. She is wearing her hair back tied neatly back and has dangling silver earrings.

Roscoe Rutter

Composer and performer Shruthi Rajasekar is a McKnight Composer Fellow with the American Composers Forum, Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, Associate of the Royal Northern College of Music (ARNCM), winner of the Global Women in Music Award from the United Nations, and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship from the Government of the United Kingdom. Shruthi’s music draws from her deep roots in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical traditions. Her work highlights identity, community, and joy. Globally, Shruthi’s compositions have been featured at the Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), the Cannes Film Festival (France), the National Centre for Performing Arts (Mumbai, India), Victoria Hall (Singapore), and the United Nations’ COP 26 (Glasgow, UK). She has been a performing artist and artist-in-residence at Britten Pears Arts, Tusen Takk Foundation, and Norway’s Kampenjazz. Shruthi lives in Minnesota and serves on the Board of Directors of the Anderson Center and of the chamber ensemble Zeitgeist.

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2026 Let’s Band Together

Shruthi Rajasekar

Artist In Residence

Home Ensembles Program Notes
Composer Shruthi Rajasekar sits on stage at a black Steinway grand piano. There is a wood floor and the background panel is white with groups of repeating grey squares in rows. The piano is angled partially towards the viewer on the right side of the frame and she is seated on the piano bench on left side. The piano keys are visible. Her body is angled away from the keyboard, further to the right of the piano, as she smiles at someone out of the frame. She is ready to take notes on her score with a pencil, supported by her crossed legs. Shruthi is wearing dark blue jeans and a black blouse with elbow length sleeves. Her blouse has a pattern of small flowers in shades of pink and white. She is wearing her hair back tied neatly back and has dangling silver earrings.

Roscoe Rutter

Composer and performer Shruthi Rajasekar is a McKnight Composer Fellow with the American Composers Forum, Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, Associate of the Royal Northern College of Music (ARNCM), winner of the Global Women in Music Award from the United Nations, and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship from the Government of the United Kingdom. Shruthi’s music draws from her deep roots in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical traditions. Her work highlights identity, community, and joy. Globally, Shruthi’s compositions have been featured at the Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), the Cannes Film Festival (France), the National Centre for Performing Arts (Mumbai, India), Victoria Hall (Singapore), and the United Nations’ COP 26 (Glasgow, UK). She has been a performing artist and artist-in-residence at Britten Pears Arts, Tusen Takk Foundation, and Norway’s Kampenjazz. Shruthi lives in Minnesota and serves on the Board of Directors of the Anderson Center and of the chamber ensemble Zeitgeist.

Learn more about Ms. Rajasekar:

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2026 Let’s Band Together

Shruthi Rajasekar

Artist In Residence
Home Ensembles Program Notes
Composer Shruthi Rajasekar sits on stage at a black Steinway grand piano. There is a wood floor and the background panel is white with groups of repeating grey squares in rows. The piano is angled partially towards the viewer on the right side of the frame and she is seated on the piano bench on left side. The piano keys are visible. Her body is angled away from the keyboard, further to the right of the piano, as she smiles at someone out of the frame. She is ready to take notes on her score with a pencil, supported by her crossed legs. Shruthi is wearing dark blue jeans and a black blouse with elbow length sleeves. Her blouse has a pattern of small flowers in shades of pink and white. She is wearing her hair back tied neatly back and has dangling silver earrings.

Roscoe Rutter

Composer and performer Shruthi Rajasekar is a McKnight Composer Fellow with the American Composers Forum, Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, Associate of the Royal Northern College of Music (ARNCM), winner of the Global Women in Music Award from the United Nations, and recipient of the Marshall Scholarship from the Government of the United Kingdom. Shruthi’s music draws from her deep roots in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical traditions. Her work highlights identity, community, and joy. Globally, Shruthi’s compositions have been featured at the Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), the Cannes Film Festival (France), the National Centre for Performing Arts (Mumbai, India), Victoria Hall (Singapore), and the United Nations’ COP 26 (Glasgow, UK). She has been a performing artist and artist-in-residence at Britten Pears Arts, Tusen Takk Foundation, and Norway’s Kampenjazz. Shruthi lives in Minnesota and serves on the Board of Directors of the Anderson Center and of the chamber ensemble Zeitgeist.

Learn more about Ms. Rajasekar:

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2026 Let’s Band Together