Saskia Rao-de Haas is a
DutchThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
cellist based in
DelhiDelhi, known locally as Dilli , and also by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India...
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IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
. She is the first performer to adapt the cello to the performance of North
Indian classical musicThe origins of Indian classical music can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. It is also significantly influenced by Persian music....
and uses a specially constructed cello for this purpose, with five playing
stringsA string is the vibrating element that is the source of vibration in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. They are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may freely vibrate...
and ten sympathetic strings. She has studied Indian music with Koustav Ray,
Hariprasad ChaurasiaPandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is a Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.- Early life and background:Hariprasad Chaurasia was...
, Sumati Mutatkar, D. K. Datar, and Deepak Chowdhury.
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Saskia Rao-de Haas is a
DutchThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
cellist based in
DelhiDelhi, known locally as Dilli , and also by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India...
,
IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
. She is the first performer to adapt the cello to the performance of North
Indian classical musicThe origins of Indian classical music can be found from the oldest of scriptures, part of the Hindu tradition, the Vedas. It is also significantly influenced by Persian music....
and uses a specially constructed cello for this purpose, with five playing
stringsA string is the vibrating element that is the source of vibration in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. They are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may freely vibrate...
and ten sympathetic strings. She has studied Indian music with Koustav Ray,
Hariprasad ChaurasiaPandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is a Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. Chaurasia is a classicist who has made a conscious effort to reach out and expand the audience for classical music.- Early life and background:Hariprasad Chaurasia was...
, Sumati Mutatkar, D. K. Datar, and Deepak Chowdhury.
Rao-de Haas is married to the
sitarThe sitar is a plucked stringed instrument predominantly used in Hindustani classical music, where it has been ubiquitous since the Middle Ages...
ist
Shubhendra RaoShubhendra Rao is an Indian sitarist. Like his father, N. R. Rama Rao, Shubhendra Rao is a disciple of the sitarist Ravi Shankar. Rao has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, and many Asian nations....
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