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Around the World on 88 Keys

Chopin: Waltz in B minor
Chopin: Scherzo in B minor
Chopin: Nocturne in C-sharp minor
Chopin: “Revolutionary” Étude
Debussy: Voiles
Debussy: Le vent dans la plaine
Albéniz: El Puerto
Villa-Lobos: Choro No. 1
Chick Corea: Armando’s Rhumba
John Coltrane: Ragamala on Naima
Ishaan Leonard Rao: Carnatic piano suite

Young Indian pianist and composer Ishaan Leonard Rao is an emerging talent in the world of music. The 18-year-old Ishaan was recently chosen as a Sony Music Group Global Scholar, the only Indian recipient to be chosen from over 70 countries. The son of renowned musicians Pandit Shubhendra Rao and Dutch cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas, Ishaan was the youngest Indian musician to be awarded an ARSM performance diploma at the age of 12. Since a very early age, Ishaan has performed with his parents as the Rao Trio, interpreting music from different cultures and exploring the unifying links between them, and this cross-cultural exposure forms the basis of his solo piano programme.

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