When we think of soothing music, it’s often the soothing, soul-stirring notes of the bansuri that first reach our ears. And when it’s bansuri, one name rises above all — legendary flautist, Padma ...

A bamboo tube with a few holes, the bansuri seems to be a simple instrument. But looks can deceive. In the hands of a skilled artist, the flute is an integral part of the classical music of northern ...

Satyajit Talwalkar (Tabla) Satyajit Talwalkar has had the privilege of studying tabla from a very young age with his father, the tabla maestro Suresh Talwalkar. Today he is recognized as a versatile ...

LOS ANGELES, CA (ANI) – Rakesh Chaurasia flautist, composer, and the nephew of legendary maestro Hariparasad Chaurasia, who notched two Grammy Awards on February 5, said he was overjoyed to bring back ...

Music lovers across the world revere him. Some even see him as the incarnation of Lord Krishna. Such is Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia’s musical association with the flute. Now, people will know ...

The 16th Bansuri Utsav in Thane showcased a grand Flute Symphony by over 90 flutists, paying tribute to the late Ustad Zakir Hussain. The event also honored notable artists such as Pandit Hariprasad ...

For most Westerners, Indian classical music begins with the sitar and ends with the tabla. More aware listeners may also be familiar with the lute-like sarod and the double-reed shenai. But few are ...

With Reshma Shetty portraying five pivotal women and Vikas Rawat embodying the bansuri, the play brings the maestro’s life and music to the stage The special and unusual feature of the musical play ...

MUMBAI: Rehearsals for the musical ‘Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage’ (BJGL) have just wrapped up at the Chaurasias’ Marve Road bungalow, the sun has painted the sky crimson and the evening air has cooled. In a ...

When Grammy-winning Indian flautist Rakesh Chaurasia lifts his bansuri, the bamboo flute supposedly played by the deity Krishna, something more than music fills the air. It’s memory, meditation and an ...