Riverside Ragas: Sanskrati Wahane (sitar) and Gurdain Rayatt (tabla)

Friday 28th November 2025

Sitar prodigy Sanskrati Wahane was first discovered through a raw home video in 2016, filmed during a routine practice session by her father. Just 18 at the time, her command over the sitar stunned classical music lovers.  Now 23, Wahane is known for preserving the purity of raga and balancing gayaki and tantrakari ang—hallmarks of the Etawah gharana. She began playing at age five, ...