Sonia Rao

Sonia Rao strikes a chord of hope and resilience in listeners, who adopt her empowering and transformative anthems as their own. Featured in Forbes, Buzzfeed, NBC The Voice, and the TED stage, Sonia has toured from New York and Minneapolis to Japan and Indonesia, and spoken at Microsoft, Indiegogo, Disney, and more. The raw and emotional quality of her music lends itself well to the screen, and after having her songs featured on more than 35 television shows, Sonia was named BMI's Spotlight Indie Artist and Buzzfeed’s Asian American Artist to Watch. Sonia uses her music as a means to work towards social justice. In 2018, her powerful TED Talk, ‘The shame and power of being a woman’ resonated deeply with viewers, and in 2020, the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund commissioned Sonia to create art that would galvanize the AAPI vote in the 2020 election. Most recently, Sonia was featured in the book ‘My Morning Routine - How Successful People Start Every Day Inspired,’ alongside Arianna Huffington and Marie Kondo. Sonia plays violin, piano, flute, guitar, and ukulele, and is working on her fourth album. She lives in Los Angeles.