Amid the dazzling lights and rhythmic music, senior Atithi Gautam finds her true happiness on stage. Gautam made history as one of the world’s youngest singers to record a solo album at just three years old.
“I feel like I can sing all day, for 24 hours,” Gautam said. “It makes me happy [and free].”
While her family were living in Nepal, Gautam started to sing at the age of one. Her father was a classical musician and began teaching her music. Gautam had started her music career due to her father, who decided to post her on the internet and as her popularity grew she posted her first album around the age of two.
“They’re fully supportive, especially my dad, [he’s] always [supported me],” Gautam said.
At the age of four, she moved to Japan with her family. This decision to move to Japan was to provide her with a better education in the musical field.
“Moving to Japan positively impacted my music. I had the opportunity to study piano at a music school, which enhanced my skills,” Gautam said.
In seventh grade, Gautam learned how to play piano. Her father downloaded thousands of videos to help her learn. While she was in Japan, she was able to expand her knowledge in music, including piano. For seven years she self-taught herself how to play the piano and now she involves herself in competitions within Creek.
“I learned it all by myself, it was really hard [but I used] an app called Piano Marvel, it helped me a lot,” Gautam said.
Alongside the piano, she started to learn how to play the violin last year. She wanted to learn the violin because she loves how the violin sounds and as she explained how hard it is to learn she still wishes to learn for the sake of the happiness it would give to play music on the violin.
Gautam moved to the U.S. near the beginning of her junior year in high school. Her parents moved from Japan to give her a better education and career that was better provided in the U.S.
After moving to the U.S., Gautam felt swarms of emotions that revived her passion for creating music.
“I felt a surge of confidence in pursuing my dream of winning a Grammy,” said Gautam. “Being in a place where the music industry thrives motivated me to chase my ambitions with renewed passion,”
Now, Gautam is continuing to pursue her passion for music, possibly majoring in music therapy at Colorado State University.
Gautam believes that CSU will give her the best opportunity to pursue music therapy. Music therapy is used as a treatment by using music-based treatments for people with disabilities, injuries, or illnesses.
“I’m planning to go to CSU,” said Gautam. “It has a good music therapy course. I’m looking forward to it,”
Gautam believes that as she continues to create music she will help heal people and will continue to create an impact on people.
“’l think music is really powerful, powerful to heal people,” Gautam said.
