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Nityanand was born in Mumbai into a musical family and showed indications of prodigious abilities at a very young age. His father, Niranjan Haldipur, a senior disciple of Pannalal Ghosh, initiated him into the art of flute-playing. [2] Over the next two decades, Nityanand's training continued under the late Chidanand Nagarkar, and Devendra ...
Krishna with a bansuri is sometimes referred to as Venugopal. A bansuri is an ancient side-blown bamboo flute originating from Indian Subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal like material used in many Indian and Nepali Lok songs. A bansuri is traditionally made from a single hollow shaft of bamboo with seven finger holes ...
However, standard bansuri usually only have six holes. These differences are mainly to accommodate the different styles of music that are played on it. The Sa on the venu is achieved by closing the top two finger holes. On a bansuri the top three finger holes are closed to achieve this note. The way the notes are played is also slightly different.
He is a senior disciple of world renowned bansuri maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia under whom he studied Indian classical music. Deepak's versatile playing and breadth of musical repertoire melds classical and improvisational techniques of Indian Raga, Jazz, Blues and Flamenco into a fusion that has garnered critical acclaim internationally.
Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani flute player. [1] He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute. He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri , by Akashvani ( AIR ).
In 1981, Ronu Majumdar won the first prize at the All India Radio competition, and the President's gold medal. [2] [3]He has associated with Pandit Ravi Shankar on albums like Passages and Chants of India.
Rakesh Chaurasia (born 10 January 1971) is an Indian flautist, who plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute. [1] [2] He is the nephew of flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia.[3] [4]He was awarded 'Indian of the Year 2017.' [5]
Until the late 19th century, the Carnatic flute (better known in Kannada as venu or murali or kolalu, in Telugu as pillanagrovi and in Tamil and Malayalam as pullanguzhal), an 8-hole bamboo flute, the South Indian equivalent of the North Indian 6-hole bansuri flute, had never been used in Carnatic concerts as a main instrument. Sharaba Shastri ...