Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia born on July 1st, 1938 in Allahabad is an internationally acclaimed flautist of India.
- He began his musical pursuit at the age of 15, learning classical vocal
technique from Pandit Rajaram.
- He switched
to flute playing, after hearing Pandit Bholanath, a noted flautist from
Varanasi. He tutored under Pandit Bholanath for eight years.
- In 1957, he became regular staff artiste of All India
Radio, Cuttack in Orissa, where he worked as performer as well as a
composer.
- In 1960, he was transferred by AIR to Mumbai. He
received further guidance from Surbahar player Shrimati Annapurna Devi,
daughter of late Ustad Allaudin Khan and sister of Ustad Ali Akbar
Khan. Under her guidance his music acquired a new dimension and he left
AIR to pursue his performing career.
- He has been conferred upon with Padma Bhushan (1992), Padma Vibhushan (2000) and many more national and International honours.
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