Vidya is born in Pune - India and grew up in Sweden. She is a strongly intuitive musician and her music flows freely between jazz, pop, world and improvisation.

Vidya has released 3 albums - all recognised for their playfulness and originality and "genre free sound".

Vidya developed her musical prowess at The University of Gothenburg, eventually cultivating a unique style that respected publication Hymn describes as "genre free". This atypical creative journey eventually led to Vidya's debut album Peace Play, which received a range of complimentary reviews in Swedish music magazines, amongst them being Swedens biggest and most respected newspaper Dagens Nyheter. Her second album The Papillon came in 2022 and was released at Havtorn Records. The Papillon has a unique story to it as well and the album received wonderful reviews from both national and international media.

The Papillon was also nominated for "The Manifest Prize" which is the independent version of the Swedish Grammis, where she also performed live. Vidya has also collaborated with acoustic bass player Georg Riedel.

For her 3rd album Adi Shakti, her very best work to date, Vidya successfully collaborated with acclaimed UK guitarist Rob Luft. Now due to Adi Shakti's well deserved national and international reviews, as well as coverage in magazines, podcasts bloggs a s o, Vidya is able to build on a solid foundation with which to gain further global recognition. A new album us in the making as well!

ACTING

In 2025 Vidya toured with the story-telling concert

"BORTOM HEMMA" (Beyond home)