MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS

British-Indian artist and singer Raveena Mehta is making waves with her music on a global scale

GR: You started formal training in music when you were seven. Practicing music requires a lot of time, what your childhood was like?

RM: I spent my childhood in the town of Antwerp, in Belgium. I was born in a beautiful suburban neighbourhood and went on to spend the first 11 years of my life there. From a very young age, my world consisted of three integral components that continue to drive my perspective: Family, friends and music. I began a formal education in Hindustani classic singing at around age seven and would always be inclined to take the last 20 minutes of class to sing classics like I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston or The Power of Love by Celine Dion; songs that I grew up listening to. The initial effort that led to the creation of my personal brand came about in 2018, when I started a public Instagram profile and began posting covers. This was while I was studying fine art at Goldsmiths University in London. Once I graduated, I knew I would relocate back to Mumbai to pursue music full-time.