He began piano lessons not long thereafter when his father, himself an amateur musician, noticed the boy attempting to play Beethovens Moonlight Sonata by ear
त्यांचे मोठे भाऊ प्रसिद्ध गायक सुरेश बाबू माने यांच्याकडेच हिराबाईनी प्रथम संगीत शिकण्यास सुरुवात केली.