Aarya was born in Nagpur to Samir Ambekar, a doctor and Shruti Ambekar, a vocalist, who teaches her classical music.

Aarya's grandmother, a classical vocalist, recognized the talent in Aarya when Aarya was a mere 2 years old. Aarya started her formal musical training at the tender age of five and half years from her first Guru and Mother, Shruti Ambekar. At the age of six, whilst in first standard, when children are trying to learn to speak, Aarya appeared her first examination in Music.

Aarya participated in Inter-School Singing Competition, and stood first in it, when she was in third standard. She has never turned back since then. She has sung for numerous Hindi/Marathi albums and a couple of Marathi films as well.
In 2008, Aarya auditioned for the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs, a competitive music reality show organized by the Zee Marathi television channel. She was one of final 50 who were selected from amongst several thousand children aged between 8 and 14 across Maharashtra. She made her way to the top 10 finalists and then to the Final 5 Mega-Finalists on the basis of her immense talent and singing capabilities.

Aarya was popularly referred to as the "Pretty Young Girl", during the show.

Aarya displayed her versatile vocal talent by singing a wide variety of songs in the competition. She created the record of receiving full marks from the judges for many a times. Aarya created an unbeatable record when she got वरचा नी (equivalent to 200%), for her beautifully sung "Paan Khao Saiyyan Hamaro", which remains unbroken in all the 8 Schedules of SA RE GA MA PA and even after two schedules of SA RE GA MA PA for professional singers. Renowned singer Hariharan was the celebrity judge for that episode.

Aarya was also awarded performer of the week in numerous episodes by eminient singing personalities.

Aarya has won wide appreciation for her voice quality and her singing capabilities. Aarya sings a wide variety of songs ranging from pure classical songs, Natyageet, Bhavgeet, Bhaktigeet to Marathi Chitrapat Sangeet, Hindi songs, folk songs, Lavanis as well. She performs every genre with sheer talent which makes every performance of hers a treat for the listeners.

A particularly memorable song was "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" which she sang in the episode to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the Mumbai terror attacks. The emotion-stuffed rendition of the song brought tears to the eyes of the audience. She also performed the same song at Shivaji Park, Dadar in a program organized by Mumbai Police to pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives fighting the terrorists in 26/11 Mumbai attack. The song was originally sung by Lata Mangeshkar after the 1962 India-China War.

During the course of the program, Aarya was also awarded the Manik Varma Scholarship. She is the youngest singer to win the prestigious scholarship.
Albums

* PanchaRatna vol. 1,[1] 2,[2] 3[3] (Marathi: पंचरत्न भाग 1,2,3) on Universal Music India
* Garjati Sahyadriche Kade (Marathi: गर्जती सह्याद्रीचे कडे)[4]
* Jai Hari Vitthal (Marathi: जय हरी विठ्ठल)
* Marathi Abhimaangeet composed by Kaushal Inamdar [5][6]
* Aathava Swar (Marathi: आठवा स्वर) composed by Mrs Varsha Bhave Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.