Indira Mahajan

Soprano

 

Indira Mahajan has garnered international acclaim for her powerful performances with leading opera companies and
orchestras worldwide. Praised for her "strongly centered, richly textured soprano," by New York Magazine and her
"poignant soprano" for her moving portrayals, by the New York Times the versatile soprano has distinguished herself as a celebrated artist in her field.

A notable interpreter of the role of Bess in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Opera News wrote, “The incandescent Indira Mahajan as Bess delivered an unforgettable performance. Mahajan's experience is evident not only in her detailed acting but also in the exquisite way she shapes her vocal lines. It is a wonderful instrument with a sexy lower register and a thrilling top.”

Ms. Mahajan is the recipient of the prestigious Marian Anderson Award, joining the ranks of notable opera singers such as Denyce Graves, Angel Blue, and Lawrence Brownlee. Her most recent highlights include Ricky Ian Gordon’s, The Tibetan Book of the Dead with Opera Grand Rapids, Kamala Sankaram's, Thumbprint with Portland Opera, She Who Dared, by Jasmine Barnes, and the role of Golde in Alex Weiser's Tevye’s Daughters with National Lyric Theater in New York.

Recent operatic performances also include Amelia in Un Ballo in Maschera, Elena in I Vespri Siciliani, and Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana. She has also performed the iconic title roles of Aida, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Suor Angelica and Lucia di Lammermoor. She can be heard on recording with the Dallas Symphony performing Steven Stucky's August 4, 1964, conducted by Jaap van Zweden. Recently, she was featured on the EP album Heritage and Harmony: Silver Linings with pianist and creator,
Donna Wang, winning two Silver Medals at the 2022 Global Music Awards. In collaboration with the National Women’s History Museum, Ms. Mahajan appeared in Heritage and Harmony: Her Art, Her Voice, featuring celebrated AAPI/BIPOC artists including dancer, Misty Copland. She has appeared on PBS's “Live from Lincoln Center,” the Richard Tucker Gala in New York, and has been featured on public television in Madama Butterfly, and classical public radio in performances of La Bohème, I Pagliacci, and Aida throughout the United States.

Indira Mahajan was born in New York City to a South Asian father from Dalhousie, India, and a Black American mother from Raleigh, North Carolina. She began her musical studies at the age of five as a violinist and later continued her studies with her mother and first voice teacher, Juilliard-trained musician, Barbara Mahajan.

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Indira has a bachelor's degree from Oberlin College, a Master of Music degree, and an Advanced Professional Studies degree from Mannes College of Music. She also holds a diploma from the Accademia Musicale Ottorino Respighi and graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Performing Arts in New York.

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