Listen to Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute Music - Hariprasad Chaurasia MP3 song. Flute Music - Hariprasad Chaurasia song from the album Sirivennela is released on Jan 1970. The duration of song is 04:07. This song is sung by Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.

With his virtuousic blowing technique, Hariprasad Chaurasia has turned the Bansuri (bamboo) flute into an instrument of beauty. Blending the musical traditions of India with imagination and innovation, Chaurasia has reached beyond classical music to create a sound of his own.

Presented with the national award of the Sangeet Natak Academy in 1984, Chaurasia received the Gaurav Puraskar from the state government of Maharashtra, India in 1990, the Padma Bhushan and the Konarak Samman in 1992 and the Yash Bharati Sanman in 1994. In addition to recording as a soloist, Chaurasia has collaborated with such jazz musicians as John McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek.

His compositions have been heard in several Indian films including Silsila, which he co-wrote with Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma. Although he began his musical studies as a vocalist, Chaurasia switched to the flute after hearing a performance by Pandit Bholanath a year later.

Inspired by what he heard, Chaurasia spent the next eight years studying with Bholanath. He later studied with surbahar player Shrinimati Annapurna Devi, the daughter of Ustad Allaudin Khan and the siter of Ali Akbar Khan. In 1957, Chaurasia began playing and composing material for All India Radio in Calcutta.

Ten years later, he collaborated with Shivkumar Sharma and Brijbhushan Kabra on a much-celebrated raga suite, 'Call Of The Valley.'

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • Early life [ ] Chaurasia was born in in the Indian state of. His mother died when he was 6. Huawei u5110 firmware update. He had to learn music without his father's knowledge, as his father wanted him to become a wrestler. He did go to the and train with his father for some time, although he also started learning music and practising at his friend's house. He has stated, I was not any good at wrestling.

I went there only to please my father. But maybe because of the strength and stamina I built up then, I'm able to play the bansuri even to this day. 's Tabla player accompanying Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia in a concert Career [ ] Chaurasia started learning vocal music from his neighbour, Rajaram, at the age of 15. Later, he switched to playing the flute under the tutelage of of for eight years. He joined the,, in 1957 and worked as a composer and performer.

Much later, while working for All India Radio, he received guidance from the reclusive, daughter of. She only agreed to teach him if he was willing to unlearn all that he had learnt until then.

Another version is that she only agreed to teach him after he (of his own) took the decision to switch from right-handed to left-handed playing to show her his commitment. In any case Chaurasia plays left-handed to this day. Apart from classical music, Hariprasad has collaborated with, forming a group called. The pair composed music for many popular movies, including Silsila and Chandni, and created some highly popular songs.

Pandit Chaurasia also collaborated with Odia musician Bhubaneswar Mishra, forming the pair 'Bhuban-Hari' (in line with Shiv-Hari), and the pair composed music for many Odia movies, creating numerous songs that were hugely popular in the state. These include Muje janena kaha baata (sung by Suman Kalyanpur; movie: Gapa helebi Sata); and all songs from Maa o Mamata, and many more.

Pandit Chaurasia's nephew and pupil is a highly accomplished flutist now, and has been performing globally with such eminent maestros as Ustad Zakir Hussain. He serves as the artistic director of the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory in the Netherlands [ ]. He was also the founder of the Vrindavan Gurukul in Mumbai (opened 2006) and Vrindavan Gurukul in Bhubaneshwar (opened 2010). Both of these institutes are schools dedicated to training students in in the. He has collaborated with several western musicians, including,, and, and has composed music for Indian films.

Chaurasia also played on ' 1968 B-side ', which was written. Personal life [ ] Chaurasia was married to Kamla and Anuradha. He has three sons Vinay, Ajay and Rajiv, five granddaughters and a single grandson. In popular culture [ ] The 2013 features the life and legacy of Chaurasia and was directed by the musician's son Rajeev Chaurasia and produced by the Films Division,, Government of India. With Ustad (2012) 1967 • with and 1978 • Krishnadhwani 60 1981 • Pt.