An Indian musician and singer born in Flushing, New York, Ganayva Doraiswamy
grew up in the Tamil Nadu region, where she learned the art of singing, bharata
natyam dance and several instruments. After graduating in drama from Broward
Community College and in psychology, she continued her studies at Berklee
College of Music in Boston, at UCLA in ethno-musicology and at Harvard in
creative practice. After recording a debut album of vocal jazz sung in Tamil and
Sanskrit, Aikyam: Onnu (2018), Ganayva set to work during the Covid-19 pandemic
composing for Peter Sellars' film This Body...