Biography

Biography

Sai Natarajan is a freelance composer and independent music producer based in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Despite playing the piano since he was six years old, the idea of telling stories through music didn't initially appeal to him. However, during his early high school years, he discovered that this was where his passions lay.

He has been active on the composing scene since 2016, with a wide variety of projects under his belt. He has scored music for video games, documentaries, short films, podcasts, commercials, and children's audiobooks. He has also released music under his artist name "VIUS."

In 2021, Sai began composing concert music for live symphony orchestra. His first orchestral concert work "We Yearn to Tell Stories" was recorded by Orchestra Wellington and premiered by the Manawatū Youth Orchestra at the end of 2021, shortly before he graduated from the New Zealand School of Music. Since then, he's had his music performed by the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) on numerous occasions.

In 2024, his pieces "Stargazer" and "We Long For An Adventure" both received NZSO premieres, the latter being performed in four different cities as part of the orchestra's "Jubilation" concert series. That same year, he also had a third piece ("A Beacon in the Cosmic Blizzard, from the Celestial Waters album) hand-picked to be recorded by the orchestra.

In 2025, he will be working on three upcoming video games from NZ-based indie game studios. His latest piece "In This Corner of the World" (originally commissioned for the Manawatū Sinfonia in 2024) will be recorded by the NZSO in August.

In his spare time, Sai jams with his musician friends, goes for walks, takes average photographs, and plays far too much Rocket League for his own good. He also weirdly enjoys referring to himself in the third person.