Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia |
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Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is an internationally acclaimed player of bansuri, the North Indian bamboo flute. He was born on July 1, 1938. He is considered as a rare combination of innovator and traditionalist. He has expanded the expressive possibilities of the bansuri through his blowing technique.
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Today, Hariprasad Chaurasia is one of the busiest North Indian classical musicians who perform throughout the world. He serves as the Artistic Director of the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory in the Netherlands. He has also collaborated with several western musicians and has won a number of awards including the Sangeet Natak Academy (1984), Konark Samman (1992), Padma Bhushan (1992), Yash Bharati Sanman (1994) and Padma Vibhushan (2000). |
