GURU
A passionate teacher
Saskia has taught many students across the world. Professional musicians, students of music and children are among her disciples of Indian Cello in the Guru Shishya Parampara, the ancient relationship between teacher and student. She has given lectures, workshops, and classes at leading universities in the Netherlands, the United States, India and Australia. She loves to transmit the knowledge of Indian music to new audiences as well and show students how Indian music is relevant in their own specializations in practice routines, improvisation, mindfulness and composition. Hundreds of music students across the world have benefitted from these classes.
SANGEET4ALL
India's own music curriculum
Sangeet4All is a complete music framework for institutes. Shubhendra and Saskia Rao founded their foundation in 2014 to make music education accessible to every child. They focus on resource development, teacher training and improving the musical infrastructure in schools and institutes. Over 100.000 children and 200 teachers have benefitted from the program. Find out more about Sangeet4All