Isyana Sarasvati was born on 2 May 1993 in
Bandung,
West Java. She spent part of her early childhood outside Indonesia because her parents worked and studied in
Belgium. When she was seven, her family moved to Bandung, West Java. Isyana Sarasvati is the youngest daughter of Luana Marpanda, a music teacher, and Sapta Dwikardana, a lecturer and graphologist. She has an older sister, , a cultural anthropologist, who also sang in a band called Banda Neira. Raised in a family of educators, Isyana Sarasvati was introduced to music at the age of four by her mother. Isyana Sarasvati plays piano,
electone, flute, violin and saxophone. Isyana's music career in Indonesia began with several covers of popular songs of 2012 and 2013, uploaded on her YouTube and
SoundCloud channels. After turning down initial offers of recording contracts because she wanted to focus on her studies, she signed with
Sony Music Indonesia in 2014. At age 16, Isyana Sarasvati received a scholarship from the Singapore Government to study Music Performance at the
Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). in 2012, she was an exchange student at
Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan,
Taiwan. In 2013, she obtained a Diploma in Music Performance. Isyana Sarasvati was awarded a full scholarship to study further at NAFA in collaboration with the
Royal College of Music (RCM) in London, under the Bachelor of Music with Honours Funded Degree Program. In her final year of study, she received the RCM Excellence Award Scholarship (2015). On 26 September 2015, Isyana Sarasvati graduated from NAFA with a Bachelor of Music and received the Best Graduate and Embassy of
Peru awards.
As soloist and recitalist • Jakarta Concert Orchestra, Gedung Teater Jakarta (2018) • Vienna at the Turn of 19th Century Concert, Aula Simfonia Jakarta (2017) • Toyota Classics Concert, Jakarta (2016) • Gloria Nafa Orchestra & Chorus Gala Concert, Victoria Concert Hall – Singapore (2016) • Soloist in Vocal Recital "The Rising Star Concert Series", The Resonanz Music Studio, Jakarta (2015) • Classical Goes To Cinema, Jakarta (2014) • Juvenum New Year Concert, Jakarta (2014) • Wonderful Christmas Concert, Aula Simfonia Jakarta – Indosiar (2013) • Soloist in Dinner en Blanc Event, Singapore (2013) • Soprano Solo LOVE, NAFA Consert Series (2013) • Soloist Vocal The High Scorers Concert Diploma Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) • Soloist Guest as the 1st Winner Competition in Final 7th Tan Ngiang Kaw/Tan Ngiang Ann Vocal Competition, Singapore (2013) • Soloist, in Remembering Zubir Said's legacy (Singapore) • Soloist Soprano (R. Strauss, Four Last Songs) with NAFA Orchestra, NAFA Concert Series (2012) • Soloist in Concert The Resonanz Music Studio, Jakarta (2012) • National High Achievers' ABRSM Concert 2007, Indonesia (2007) • National High Achievers' ABRSM, Indonesia (2004).
Operatic performances • Opera "La Princesse Jaune" in Singapore, as Lena (2014) • Grand Premiere of "Clara" with Ananda Sukarlan & Orchestra in Indonesia, as Clara (2014) • Opera Comique "At The Airport" with New Opera Singapore, as Air Stewardess (2013) • Singing Duet, Love Philosophy NAFA Concert Series, Singapore (2013) • Soloist in Opera Comique 2, In The Class Room with New Opera Singapore (2012) • NAFA Opera Scene, Singapore, as Rosina & Papagena (2012) • NAFA Opera Scene Commedia Lirica, Singapore, as Nanneta (2011) ==Personal life==