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Isyana Sarasvati (born 2 May 1993) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and the founder of Redrose Records. She is a graduate of Singapore's Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and London's Royal College of Music. Known for her original compositions, she wrote all of the songs on her 2015 debut pop album, Explore!, and on her three subsequent albums, Paradox (2017), Lexicon (2019) and ISYANA (2023). She has also performed as an opera singer in Singapore. She is the recipient of numerous Indonesian and international awards. Before gaining fame as a pop to multi-genre singer and songwriter, she had built a reputation as a classical music soloist and recitalist. Sarasvati also participated in numerous musical competitions. At age 15, she won a "Best Composer" award. Her song Wings of Your Shadow was selected as the 12th best composition of 3,500 entries in the International Junior Original Concert (IJOC). As a result, she performed the electone at the IJOC 2008 concert in Bunkamura hall, Tokyo, Japan. Sarasvati signed a recording deal with Sony Music Indonesia in 2014 and released two singles, "Keep Being You" (2014) and "Tetap Dalam Jiwa" (2015). Her albums have received positive reviews and commercial success. On 2 September 2018, Sarasvati sang the first song at the closing ceremony of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, performing "Asia's Who We Are" before an audience of more than 55,000 people at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. In May 2019, Walt Disney Pictures selected Isyana Sarasvati and Gamaliel Tapiheru to sing "A Whole New World" on the soundtrack for the Indonesian version of the 2019 remake of Aladdin. They were interviewed in Tokyo by Alan Menken, the man behind many Walt Disney Animation Studios film scores. In July 2019, Isyana Sarasvati joined the coaching panel of Season 4 of The Voice Indonesia with Armand Maulana, Titi DJ, Nino RAN, and Vidi Aldiano. Isyana Sarasvati was also a panelist for Season 4 of The Voice Kids Indonesia and The Voice: All-Stars (Indonesia) In 2019, she was listed on Forbes Indonesia's 30 Under 30 list of inspiring young achievers, in the art, style and entertainment category. On 29 November 2019, Isyana Sarasvati released her third album titled LEXICON. The album marked a change in Isyana's musical colours from pop and R&B to neo-classical and progressive rock until the release of her fourth album (ISYANA). Now, she's more recognised as a multi-genre singer.
