Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present “Radhika Vekaria: The Sound of Light Experience” — with special guests Nathalie Bonin and Peter Sterling — on Saturday, May 10 at 7 p.m. at the Mary Fisher Theatre.
Step into an evening where sound meets illumination — where the ancient and the modern converge in a breathtaking symphony of voice, vibration, and transcendence.
Led by acclaimed artist Radhika Vekaria, it is more than a concert — it is an invocation, a journey through the power of music as a force of awakening. Drawing from her 2025 Grammy-nominated album, “Warriors of Light”, Radhika weaves together evocative Sanskrit mantras, Dravidian and English languages with the contemporary, and immersive sonic landscapes to guide audiences through a transformative experience of sound and spirit.
Through soul-stirring melodies, cinematic textures, and the raw power of human voice, The Sound of Light Experience is an alchemy of music, depth, and light — a call to remembrance, to presence, and to the boundless energy that lives within us all.
This special concert will feature special guests: French-Canadian Grammy-winning violinist and composer Nathalie Bonin and harpist Peter Sterling.
Radhika Vekaria
Radhika Vekaria is a Grammy-nominated, award-winning multi-instrumentalist and sensory artist who fuses her British, East African and Indian heritage to create transcendent music. Renowned for her evocative Sanskrit mantras, Radhika leads listeners on transformative healing journeys while pushing the boundaries of how sacred music can be experienced.
The first mantra artist to perform at SXSW in 2022, Radhika is an innovator and conveyor of timeless wisdom through music. She has all collaborated with world renowned artist Jeff Koons, who featured her voice alongside icons like Rihanna and Sir Paul McCartney. As a mentor for Spirituality and Music for Chopra Yoga, she enhances practices with Sanskrit and mantras, and voices a game based on Deepak Chopra’s laws of manifestation set to launched in fall 2024.
Her latest album “Warriors of Light” — nominated for a Grammy Award — has already been performed at the Grammy museum and at Harvard University while garnering reviews by Rolling Stone India, Chicago Tribune and People Magazine. Radhika continues to advocate and teach Vedic principles of freedom through the power of human sound. For more information, please visit www.radhikavekaria.com.
Opening set by Nathalie Bonin:
Nathalie Bonin is a featured artist of the Grammy-winning “Women Warriors: The Voices of Change” and received the SOCAN Screen Composer of the Year Award 2023, celebrated for her soul-stirring performances and evocative compositions. A visionary violinist and composer, Nathalie brings raw emotion, cinematic depth, and fearless curiosity to every note she plays and writes. Her music transcends genres, weaving together classical elegance, jazz spontaneity, and the electrifying energy of world and electronic influences.
Her recent neo-classical album, “Aspirations”, recorded at Abbey Road Studios, and the mystical “Sacred Echoes”, co-written with Radhika Vekaria and recorded at Synchron Stage Vienna, reflect her boundless artistic spirit. As a violinist, she has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Stevie Wonder, Pavarotti, YES, Cirque du Soleil, and many more, always pushing the limits of her instrument.
“Radhika Vekaria: The Sound of Light Experience” is on stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Saturday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $35 general admission and $45 VIP reserved seats (first two rows). For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.
