Shreya Bhadriraju is an Indian-American soprano from Houston, Texas, currently based in NYC. Equally at home in Indian Classical and Western Classical styles, Shreya regularly explores work at the intersection of both creative worlds. In 2024, Shreya co-led the initiative, Swadesh Symphony, an interdisciplinary exploration of Indian and Western Classical music and she is a regular collaborator in the crossover space.

A graduate of Northwestern University, she is a Fulbright recipient and AmeriCorps VISTA Fellow. She was a semifinalist for the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts award, a National YoungArts Finalist in Classical Voice, and a first-place winner in the Golden Voices of America International Competition.

She was also a member of the Houston Grand Opera Bauer Family Voice Studio and served as a Houston Young Artist Ambassador.

Shreya has performed at prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York City, the New World Center in Miami, the Indian Consulate and UN Association in Houston, the Eternal Gandhi Museum, Miller Outdoor Theatre, and Haus der Industrie in Vienna. She has also appeared regularly at Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music and Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.

Shreya recently joined the Santa Fe Opera as an apprentice artist for their 2026 season. She covered the roles Queen of the Night and 2nd Boy in The Magic Flute. She also was featured in the Apprentice Scenes concert as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos. Her recent roles include Queen of the Night at the Prague Summer Nights Music Festival and she joined the Cedar Rapids Opera as a Smith Young Artist for their 2026 season where she covered the role of Sally in Die Fledermaus.

Shreya is also an avid writer and cowrites a weekly newsletter exploring her inner world as an artist, identity, and creativity.