ANISHA NAGARAJAN originated the lead role of Priya in the Broadway production of AR Rahman's Bombay Dreams (Broadway Theatre). Other Broadway and Off-Broadway credits include Hair (Actor's Fund Benefit, New Amsterdam Theatre) and Snapshots (45th Street Theatre). Anisha's regional theater credits include Princesses (5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle) and Song Cycle of a Life (O'Reilly Theatre, Pittsburgh). She performed for the President and Queen Elizabeth at Winfield House, Regents Park, London. She has also performed at the Samuel Tilden Mansion in Gramercy Park and at Carnegie Hall, New York. Anisha's expertise and interests include piano composition, piano performance, and Indian vocal music. She has studied piano performance under Natasha Snitkovsky and piano composition under Lucas Richman. She has studied vocal music under teachers such as Joan Lader in New York and T. R. Subramaniam, S. R. Janakiram, and Aruna Sairam in Pittsburgh. She is a recognized alumna of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied theatre at the Stella Adler Studio. Anisha is honored to be a part of tonight's concert and would like to thank her family and friends for all their support.

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