Vandana Vishwas (born 17 July 1970) is a Canadian singer, musician, and composer and architect. She performs North Indian classical music based expressive song forms such as Ghazals, Bhajans, Geet and Thumri. She is a resident of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
Career Vandana released her debut music album 'Meera – The Lover...' in 2009. It is a musical story of the sixteenth century Indian poet Meera Bai. In January 2013, she released her second music album 'Monologues', which is a collection of contemporary Ghazals, Nazms and light Thumris. Her 2014 single, 'Samarsiddha' is the theme track for identically titled Hindi novel authored by a UK based novelist Sandeep Nayyar, which was released in July 2014. Vandana released her third music album 'Parallels' in 2016 which topped RMR charts for 4 weeks consecutively. It is a collaboration of south Asian music with several western and ethnic music genres such as Flamenco, African, Rock, Country, Ballad, New Age. In 2021, Vandana released her second single 'Nav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet' - a Hindi song celebrating new year in India. and another single 'Mann Lago', which was part of her fourth album 'Kabeera - The Thinker...', released later in 2023. The album is based on works of 15th century Indian poet Kabir Das.
Discography
Title Release Record label Meera – The Lover... (Album) 2009Self ProducedMonologues (Album) 2013Self ProducedSamarsiddha (Single) 2014Self ProducedParallels (Album)2016Self ProducedMann Lago (Single)2021Self-ProducedNav Varsh Mangalkamna Geet (Single)2021Self-ProducedKabeera - The Thinker... (Album)2023Self-Produced
Awards
Silver medal at Global Music Awards 2016 in World Music and Female vocalist categories Toronto Independent Music Awards 2016 in World Music category Woman Hero Award 2015 by Indo Canadian Arts & Culture Initiative Vox-Pop Winner for World Traditional Song at 10th IMA Independent Music Awards Best Toronto World CD Album Winner at Toronto Exclusive Magazine awards 2010 Established Performing Arts at Mississauga Arts Council's Marty Awards 2012
Honourable mentions 17th International Billboard Song Contest 2010 Esongwriter.com song Contest] 2010 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada
Nominations TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2010, 2014 & 2015 – Best World Music World Artist of the Year at The Indies, the Independent Music Awards 2010 K.M. Hunter artist Award for Music 2010 by Ontario Arts Council, Canada 2010 & 2011 Marty Award for Established Performing Arts by Mississauga Arts council, Ontario, Canada 7th TIMA Toronto Independent Music Awards 2014 – Best World Music
References
External links Official Website Article in Toronto Star Article in Toronto Sun Article in Weekly Voice Article in Mybindi.Com Article in All About Jazz Article in India Current