The voice of soprano Sangeeta Kaur is unique: adaptable to classical and New Age performances. She is a yoga practitioner who has traveled to Vietnam not to perform but to teach yoga. She is the only Vietnamese American to have won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance (in 2022). Kaur has collaborated with composer Danaë Xanthe Vlasse and performed on Vlasse's album Mythologies II (2024).
Kaur was born Loan Xuan Mai to Vietnamese refugee parents in Montclair, California, in 1980 and was raised in nearby Manhattan Beach. She speaks Vietnamese well and remains act...