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ഷാരന്‍ മത്തായി: സംഗീത ലോകത്ത് പുതിയ താരോദയം

Published on 25 February, 2012
ഷാരന്‍ മത്തായി: സംഗീത ലോകത്ത് പുതിയ താരോദയം

With her parents cheering from the wings, Sharon Mathai, an 18-year-old from Dallas bowled over the coaches in the blind auditions Feb. 20 of "The Voice" with her rendition of Adele's "Rumor Has It." The second season of the popular music reality show on NBC airs every Monday and features four famous singers – Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Cee Lo Green and Christina Aguilera – who choose members for their teams that go on to face off against each other.
Mathai's unique voice impressed Maroon 5's Levine, who turned his chair soon after she started singing. Later, Shelton and Cee Lo joined in by turning their chairs for her.
"Attention, we are looking at a star right here," Shelton remarked to a loud applause from the audience as soon as Mathai finished her performance.
The fourth coach, Christina Aguilera, who did not turn her chair, admitted to being a fan of Adele and told Mathai so. "I love Adele and you put your own thing," Aguilera commented after her performance. Mathai eventually chose to be on Levine's team.
Mathai, who quit medical school to pursue her passion for music, is a student of jazz, according to her profile on "The Voice" website.
She was born in New York to Samuel Mathai, a psychiatrist , and Elsa Mathai, a nurse, before the family moved to Dallas, where Mathai grew up and completed her schooling.
According to her bio data on the Actors, Models, and Talent for Christ (AMTC) website, her big break came when she was discovered by two industry executives while attending AMTC's SHINE convention in 2010.
Her debut commercial release found her collaborating with producers and creators Troi and Angie Irons, Tony Rich, Arex, Kendrick "Wylcard" Dean, JHart and others. She was also seen in the 2011 music video "Minnow and the Trout" and also made it to the final cut on Oxygen's "The Glee Project" in June.
"I have a lot to learn and I'm hungry to learn it all," she told her high school newspaper The Coppell Student Media in an interview in May 2010. "Also… I'm a big time tree hugger." According to the newspaper, Mathai started singing when her mother placed her in a church singing competition when she was only 3.
"When I was a baby, my mom said I screamed really loudly and eventually sang," she told the paper.
"My family is also really musical. Everyone in my family can either sing or play instruments. It just made sense to be a part of them and it was really cool to get support at such a young age," she added.
She began taking jazz vocal lessons as a child before joining choir at Coppell Middle School North and later Coppell High School and became a member of the 2009-10 Vivace! choir.
"It was cool to be a part of something where you dance and sing as a group and get the chance to highlight everyone's talent," Mathai told the paper.
Mathai found her stride with something that was once merely a hobby, the paper said. She began expanding her musical tastes beyond choral and worship music, listening to artists ranging from Adele to Billie Holiday.
Eventually, she branched out from being merely a member of the choral to the middle of the spotlight, with numerous solos, performances at the senior talent show and Valley Ranch Baptist Church.
With the multitalented Levine as her coach, the wide-eyed, pretty and confident Mathai is someone to watch out for on this season of "The Voice," and beyond.

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