RADHIKA DE SARAM

Radhika de Saram was born in Sri Lanka to a family of classical musicians and moved to London aged five in 1996. She started violin lessons at a young age, receiving a scholarship to study at the Primary and Junior departments of the Royal Academy of Music in London. While she was growing up she was the member of a string quartet which toured and played concerts throughout the UK.  At age sixteen she won a Specialist Music Award to study at Wells Cathedral School in Somerset. It was during her time there that she developed an interest in jazz, listening ardently to a handful of her favourite records by Thelonius Monk, Oscar Peterson, Keith Jarrett and Pat Metheny. On visits to London she began to explore the local jazz scene, attending small gigs often run by recent music college graduates. In 2010 Radhika attended University College London read more...