About

Devi Majeske is a Brooklyn-based sitarist, singer, and songwriter. She began studying sitar in the Hindustani tradition in 2019 and has since performed at venues including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barclays Center, and for the Indo-American Arts Council. Alongside her classical work, Devi writes songs under the name Air Devi, an indie rock project that originated in the underground scene in Philadelphia while she was an undergraduate studying psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

As the 2025 Van Lier Fellow in Music Performance, Devi is currently recording an album that reflects the synthesis of her background—exploring how sitar and Hindustani vocal ornamentation can be woven into contemporary songwriting with a punk and DIY ethos. This fall, she will tour as a vocalist with Grammy-winning artist Chandrika Tandon while continuing to perform and compose across both classical and contemporary settings.