Pravini

Every once in a while an extraordinary artist comes along who's able to touch people with a unique sound that no one has heard before. Dutch Indian soul singer Pravini is one of those artists. With roots in Suriname and India, she was born and raised in The Netherlands, growing up with the best of both worlds. Encouraged by her mother to take piano lessons at the tender age of 6 she found the love of her life in music. After graduating from high school at 18 she left Europe on her own to participate in the summer performance program at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. There she sharpened her skills as a musician, playing the keys and writing her own songs.
In 2006 she released her first single and music video titled 'Cuz I'm A Lady. By doing this she broke boundaries by being the first Dutch Indian R&B soul singer appearing on Dutch television with her own music video. That same year she received her first award, the HSFN music award, for her accomplishments as an artist. Not only was she noted for her boundary breaking music video, but also appreciated for writing her own music outside the traditional Bollywood genre the Indian community is used to. Since then she has been invited regularly to festivals and other performance stages to show her music and share her talent. Always leaving her mark by connecting with the audience and bringing music from the heart.
Goodwill Ambassador for the Global Human Rights Defence
Because of her background and her ability to reach people she was asked to become the goodwill ambassador of the Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), an international human rights organization focusing primarily on human rights abuses committed against minority communities in South. Together with GHRD Pravini uses music as a tool and show stages as a platform to tell the stories of people who can't speak for themselves.
A New Sound: Diaspora
By working with several producers from around the world Pravini has been able to release three albums since 2008: PraVision, Roses from Raj and Beyond Borders. But it wasn't until the beginning of 2010 that Pravini began to find her true sound by gathering her own band. With a drummer and bass player who grew up with Suriname and Indian rhythms and a guitar player who had evolved within rock, Pravini fused these influences with her own hiphop and soul background and created a new sound: Diaspora. Conscious of the fact that she is part of a new East-Indian generation growing up in the West she recognizes this is the sound of the Indian Diaspora.