我的父親是一位作家,他熱愛音樂,常常參加音樂會。我的名字是父親給我的:Hans代表天鵝,Prabhakar代表太陽光,Ravidas是瓦拉那西一位聖者的名字,父親非常崇敬他,所以將這個受祝福的名字給了我。在我學習西塔琴的過程中,父親始終支持著我。我的印度古典樂訓練從一個三年的初階課程開始,之後我進入Banaras Hindu University大學,完成了西塔琴演奏的學士和碩士學位。2008至2015年間,我修讀了印度古典音樂和文學的博士學位。
❅ Dr. Hansraj Prabhakar / Sitar Dr. Prabhakar is a professor of North Indian Music with specialism in sitar. Born in Varanassi, Northern India, he began playing when at six years old, was given a sitar by his father. Since then Hansraj has taken his studies through to earning his doctorate degree at Benares Hindu University. His resulting thesis is entitled ‘North Indian String Instruments and Their Comparative Playing Styles.
❅ Toshihiro Wakaike / Tabla & Esraj Waka has studied North Indian music on the Tabla since 1987 from Keshav Nayak and Dilip Mukherjee. During this time he has performed numerous concerts and and taught workshops in India, Bangladesh,Okinawa, Mainland Japan, Thailand,Korea, China, Canada and Taiwan. In the classical style of North Indian Hindustani music he has accompanied Indian vocalists and a variety of musicians playing the magical, moody and enchanting Indian Raga Instruments. To give added depth to the understanding of Indian classical music, he has been additionally studying to play the melodious Esraj from master Buddhadev Das since 2008 and vocal from Devashish Dey since 2013. Waka has been actively bringing Indian classical music form to Taiwan, In 2011 he was awarded as the Finalist in the Best Performance Awards, in Taiwan.