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Sita Chay

Sita Chay is a violinist, composer, and producer who won a 2017 Latin Grammy Award for Best Mariachi Album, as violinist with the Flor de Toloache. She is also an awardee of New York Foundation for the Arts Women's Fund, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, New Music USA’s Creator Development Fund, Joe's Pub Working Group, The Cell Theatre Artist residency 2023,The Stone Residency 2023, Foundation for Contemporary Arts emergency grant, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Creative Engagement Grant for various projects she is envisioning. 

Ms. Chay is the director and a founder of the Korean Shaman Music Ritual, SaaWee, which was received by international critics as a “delicate powerhouse”. For SaaWee, she has interwoven her theatrical experiences from Broadway shows, folkloric spirituality from Korean shaman rituals, and contemporary music flare from New York jazz scenes. SaaWee's Return of Songbirds debuted at the Lincoln Center as part of #Retartstage project in 2021 and was invited to Ars Electronica Festival 2021.  SaaWee won the California Music Video Awards 2022 in Best World Music category. SaaWee has evolved with diverse collaborators such as Oene Van Geel, Jason Lindner, J.Hoard, Leo Genovese and more.