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Beyond the legacy: How Gen Z pianist Ishaan Leonard Rao is setting his own benchmarks

by Mallik Thatipalli | Jul 31, 2026

(Jul 31, 2026) In a home where music was not just practised but lived, Ishaan Leonard Rao did not discover music, he inherited it. The son of sitar maestro Pt. Shubhendra Rao and cello maestro Vidushi Saskia Rao-de Haas, Ishaan has spent much of his life on the global...