Shruthi Rajasekar talks with Tyler about what pulled her toward the UK—first as a study-abroad student, later as a graduate student, and eventually as part of her professional orbit. She traces the pattern she’s begun to recognize in herself: moving toward the things that scare her, even when the first experience abroad was marked by culture shock, loneliness, and the complexities of navigating race in Britain. Over time, that instinct led her to study Indian classical music scholarship at SOAS, dive into composition at the Royal Northern College of Music, and—almost accidentally—enter a series of early-career “schemes” that reshaped her trajectory. What emerges is the story of how a sequence of UK mentorships, opportunities, and artistic communities opened doors she never planned for, and how those connections continue to ripple through her career today.

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