Saanvi is 14 years old and a 9th grader at Cox Mill High School in Concord, North Carolina. Being a student of Kevin Goodwin, who is a talented singer-songwriter and an inspiration to her, is such an honor for her. Saanvi played piano in the One State, One Score: Celebrating the Talent and Creativity of North Carolinians exhibit of the North Carolina Symphony. She got into the International Wonder Book of Records for singing and playing the piano blindfolded continuously for more than one hour. Saanvi was shortlisted among the top 100 child prodigies globally. During the pandemic, she played the piano blindfolded in various global competitions and won first place. In the instrumental music competition, Saanvi performed a blindfolded piano performance and won first place in the World Telugu Cultural Fest. Saanvi played the piano blindfolded while singing and received recognition for her performance as the worldwide online finalist for the International Indian Icon. Saanvi also auditioned for America’s Got Talent. Beyond competitions, Saanvi has volunteered for over 100 hours at nursing homes, where her music brings joy to the elderly. Additionally, Saanvi has gotten standing ovations on both of her school’s nominations for the RISE Cabarrus County Schools talent showcase, where she performed piano and sang in front of 2000 people. At the age of eleven, she played Fur Elise at the Charleston International Music Competition, where she placed fifth, and was placed fourth at the age of twelve in the 2023 Charleston World Competition, singing and playing Lady Gaga’s Hold My Hand. At the age of 13, Saanvi played Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March) by Mozart on the piano for the 2024 Summer Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition and won 4th place. In addition to music, Saanvi holds a first-degree black belt in karate, placed first in young authors both county-wide and state-wide, received the highest individual score from school in Math Counts and the Math Olympiad, and individually won virtually 5 trophies for first place in a state-wide battle of the books competition. Saanvi and her team of 12 topped the county-level Battle of Books competition several times.
You can find Saanvi’s 2021 International Piano Competition performance here.
You can find Saanvi’s 2023 World Music Competition piano performance here.
You can find Saanvi’s 2024 Summer Music Competition piano performance here.
Watch Saanvi Kaza sing Shallow by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt and Anthony Rossomando for the 2025 World Music Competition as part of the Charleston International Music Competition.