1. Shubhendra Rao is a classical musician as well as a collaborator working with musicians from different genres across the world.
16 Facts About Shubhendra Rao
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Shubhendra Rao has performed at venues and festivals such as the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Broadway, the Sydney Opera House, the National Arts Festival, the Theatre de la Ville, the Dover Lane Music Conference, and St Xavier's College Ahmedabad.
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Shubhendra Rao was born on 26 November 1964 in Mysore city in the state of Karnataka in Southern India.
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Rama Rao initiated him into the intricacies of the sitar.
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Shubhendra Rao's mother, Nagaratna, is a trained saraswati veena player.
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At the age of seven, Shubhendra Rao took his first lesson from Ravi Shankar and continued to visit Shankar in different cities in India to pursue his musical education.
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In 1984, at the insistence of his teacher, Shubhendra Rao moved to Delhi to live with and learn from him in the true guru-shishya tradition.
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Shubhendra Rao tried to build in a discipline within himself, practicing from anything between ten and twelve hours every day.
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Shubhendra Rao's teacher nurtured his talent, giving him deep insights into what it entailed to become a complete artist.
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In 1987, Shubhendra Rao gave his first solo concert in Bangalore.
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In India, Shubhendra Rao has performed at major music festivals including Dover Lane Music Conference, the ITC Music Conference in Kolkata, Baba Harballabh Sangeet Mahasabha in Jullundhar, Shankarlal Festival and Gunidas Sammelan in New Delhi, SAPTAK Festival in Ahmedabad, and Vasantahabba Festival in Bangalore.
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Shubhendra Rao is impaneled by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations both as a performer as well as a Guru.
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Shubhendra Rao has been invited as a guest teacher to give 'lecture-demonstrations' about Indian music by leading universities all over the world.
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An ardent and enthusiastic collaborator, Shubhendra Rao has worked with musicians across genres.
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Shubhendra Rao has multiple collaborations with his wife, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas.
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Shubhendra Rao married Saskia Rao-de Haas on 3 February 2001.