Maya Kherani

About

Soprano Maya Kherani brings gleaming precision and impassioned conviction to Baroque, Classical, and contemporary repertoire. A leading Handel interpreter, she is renowned for her Messiah, which she has sung with the New York Philharmonic (Ton Koopman), Boston Baroque, the Baltimore Symphony, and Portland Baroque Orchestra.

This season she sings Messiah with Apollo's Fire (Jeannette Sorrell) and the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Bach's Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with Boston Baroque in Marc Minkowski's inaugural season, and a debut with The English Concert and Harry Bicket as LISAURA in Handel's Alessandro in London. Her debut solo album, Solitaria, will be released on Lexicon Classics in 2027.

Career highlights include debuts at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and Château de Versailles Spectacles in L'incoronazione di Poppea (released on DVD) with Leonardo García-Alarcón; Sartorio's Orfeo at Opéra national de Montpellier with Philippe Jaroussky; and the title role in the world premiere of Pay the Piper at Glyndebourne. She has also worked with conductors including Václav Luks, Nicholas McGegan, Richard Egarr, Raphaël Pichon, and Patrick Dupré Quigley.

She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and holds a Master of Music with honors from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and a Professional Certificate from the Boston University Opera Institute. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband and two young children.