Pandit hariprasad chaurasia biography of william

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  • "Before I started my life as a musician, I worked as a stenographer at a milling company.

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    Playing the flute is yoga & exercise for me: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia

    BENGALURU: Before presenting him with the Samagana Mathanga award for music, instituted by the Bharatiya Samagana Sabha on Sunday, Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty sat down for a tete-atete with legendary flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.

    Being closely associated with Hindustani classical music and a self-confessed Chaurasia fan, Murty was armed with curious questions for the maestro. ET's Divya J Shekhar is the fly on the wall

    When did you come to Bengaluru first?

    I think it was some 40 years I have been coming here at least times a year since. The amount of love people have here for music ­ both South Indian and North Indian ­ you will never find anywhere else.
    Bengaluru used to be like a hill station where people would come for a vacation. Now, everything has changed. I have composed music for Hindi, Telugu and Malayalam films, but never in Kannada. Now, it is too late and the mus

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    ‘I still can’t believe it’: Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia on interactions with Beatles’s George Harrison

    He further said, “Once Harrison took me to his Castle in the s, a little far from London city… what kind of love for Indian music, Indian people… I will never forget.”

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    Chaurasia shared the stage with celebrated author Sathya Saran, discussing Saran’s latest work Breath of Gold which covers Chaurasia’s journey through his time as a wrestler as well as within the Indian rulle industry.

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    “My father liked music, but during those times, nobody was interested in the arts too much. And by virtue of being born in UP where wrestling was the biggest sport, I had to agree to do most of the things my parents asked me to do. But I knew my heart wasn’t happy with it,” Chaurasia said as he recalled his father’s disagreements with his artistic engagements as he wa

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    Lord of the bamboo reed

    the effect of orpheus' flute in greek mythology is legend, but the humble bamboo flute has been a part of indian folklore for many generations. simple to make, but almost celestial in its sound, this is the instrument that has, according to the scriptures, charmed women away from their responsibilities. apart from its phallic symbolism, the fact that the flute was lord krishna's choice of instrument has made it all the more exalted in the eyes of hindus. some say the flute in the divine cowherd's hands stands for each one of us. others say it represents the call of the gudomlig for individual souls. and beside its spiritual connection, the lilting music of the flute has fascinated and hypnotised indians of all ages, irrespective of caste, class and creed. it fryst vatten a fascination that has inspired year-old flautist pandit hariprasad chaurasia to organise, every year for the last 16 years, a hour recital that starts on janmashtami and goes on unt
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