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'A Musical Masterpiece' by Saskia & Shubhendra Rao

Watch the Orchestral World Premier in Rio here

Proposal for "Song of Water”,  between 2025-2027

Maestro Saskia Rao-de Haas and Pandit Shubhendra Rao are proud to present their original work "Song of Water". The score is listed with leading music publishers, Donemus Publishing in the Netherlands and consists of Sitar, Indian Cello, and Orchestra. The Indo-Dutch couple are internationally acclaimed performers, composers, and music educators.The proposal includes contact information for the artists' representatives and their publishing partner. 

Quick Facts

Song of Water for Sitar, Indian Cello and Orchestra

Solo Artists: Shubhendra Rao and Saskia Rao-de Haas

Music Score: Saskia Rao-de Haas

Publisher: Donemus 

Publisher's number: 24025

Genre: Orchestra

Subgenre: Orchestra

Scoring: vc-solo sitar-solo fl ob cl fg h tpt trb timp hp str

Duration: 45'00"

Year of composition: 2024

BACKGROUND

Pandit Shubhendra Rao (protégé of Sitar Maestro Ravi Shankar), and Maestro Saskia Rao-de Haas (Indian cellist and disciple of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia) have collaborated with orchestras and artists around the world and are active in promoting Indian music and culture, performing classical orchestral works by Ravi Shankar with many leading orchestras and have performed at prestigious venues and music festivals such as John F. Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts, Prince William Network, Sydney Opera House, Salzburg International Music festival, National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, National Arts Festival in South Africa, BRICS Summit in China, Théâtre de la Ville in Paris to name a few

 

Following the Indian premiere of ‘Song of Water’ at the National Gallery of Modern Arts, New Delhi in November 2022, and international premiere of the orchestral composition at the Municipal Theatre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with the Orquestra Sinfonica Brasileira on 19th August 2024 under Maestro Stefan Geiger, they look forward to bringing this unique composition to other orchestras across the world.

 

The score presents a wonderful application of Indian Ragas to orchestral composition that is accessible to players and listeners. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CONTACTS

The score is listed with Donemus in the Netherlands. Please see the links below: 

 

Composer Bio from Publisher: https://donemus.nl/composer/saskia-rao/ 

 

Song of Water Program in Brazil - International Premiere Event: 

https://donemus.nl/events/saskia-rao-de-haas-pandit-schubhendra-rao-song-of-water/

 

Publisher Work Listing: https://webshop.donemus.com/action/front/sheetmusic/24025

 

Video:  Live audio & highlights from the Brazil Premiere program + inspirational paintings https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aO05zFENT5gquwp9ugYYk7BHm-l2Qla3/view

 

Thank you for your time and consideration. We look forward to engaging with you. 

 

For more information please contact:

 

 Ms Anita Sen, Artists representative in New Delhi

 productions@sangeet4all.com 

or

sitar@shubhendrarao.com

 

Aleksandra Marković, Ph.D. 

aleksandra@donemus.nl

Manager New Titles, Rental/Sales 

Donemus Publishing BV

Kon. Julianaplein 10, 1st Floor

2595 AA The Hague

The Netherlands 

+31 70 8917996 

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