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...
by Amrita Priya | Jun 16, 2025
At Mannes School of Music in New York City, the strains of a raga drifted through the air as the Indian-American violinist and composer Sathvi Ramaseshan began her graduation recital with an “alaap” in Puriya Kalyan, composed by a friend. For many in the audience, it...
by Amrita Priya | Aug 1, 2024
President Joe Biden invited Penn Masala, the premier South Asian a cappella boy group to perform at the White House when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the United States last year. Mathematics student Raghunandan Raman, who serves as the current president of the...
