Exotic sounds of Zoya at Sooriya Village
India- born, California raised songstress, Zoya, will be flying down to Sri Lanka to be part of a series of music exchange programmes hosted by The Sooriya Village as a part of their Workshop and Performance series.
Zoya has been praised by the likes of The Huffington Post, Wondering Sound, Rolling Stone India, ELLE, and more for her innovative sound intertwining folk music and her entrancing vocal style, coupled with intense, stirring harmonies, electronic soundscapes and eclectic instrumentation.
A graduate from Berklee College of Music, the singersongwriter has gained recognition from heavyweights such as A.R Rahman as well as The Chainsmokers, and has toured and opened for the likes of Kawehi, Storyman, Salman Rushdie, Ryan Scott, Raghu Dixit, Lusy Rose, Natty and more.
Zoya will be conducting a dual workshop on “Channelling your muses in modern song- writing”, and “Secrets of stage performance” in a three hour, two day session at The Sooriya Village on October 14 and 15 for singer/songwriters looking for an edge in the music industry, for a fee of just Rs 3,000 for both days.
Interested parties may register by emailing The Sooriya Village at contact@thesooriyavillage.lk along with their details.
Zoya will also be performing at The Sooriya Village on Sunday the 15th from 7.30pm onwards. Table reservations can be made by calling The Sooriya Village directly on their hotline number 0112552666. of tapas is simple. “Tapas is two main things - it’s tasty food and it has to be something with strong flavour and that’s why it has to be eaten in small quantities,”he explains.
Chef Carlos is happy that the Jetwing Colombo 7 kitchen is visible to the guests. “Even if the chef comes out and talks to the guests, it’s still strange because the chef is out of his kitchen, and the dining room isn’t somewhere he’s comfortable. Here, the guests can see the chef while he prepares the food and he can see them and their reaction to the food which is great,” he says. “For me, food is the greatest pleasure in the world, it’s better than sex or alcohol and I want my guests to feel the same way,” he adds.
After just two days in Sri Lanka, he is now back in Singapore. He has worked at many pop up restaurants all over the world and feels that his experience at each one has helped him finetune his skills. His hope is that all his guests at Jetwing Colombo 7 shared his passion and appreciation of food - a passion which made him fly 4000 kilometres to serve them his Spanish tapas.