Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia was born on 1 July 1938 and is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition.
15 Facts About Hariprasad Chaurasia
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Hariprasad Chaurasia's mother died when he was six years old.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia had to learn music without his father's knowledge, as his father wanted him to become a wrestler.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia did go to the Akhada and trained with his father for some time, although he started learning music and practising at his friend's house.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia started learning vocal music from his neighbour, Rajaram, at the age of 15.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia joined the All India Radio, Cuttack, Odisha in 1957 and worked as a composer and performer.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia only agreed to teach him if he was willing to unlearn all that he had learnt until then.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia collaborated with Bhubaneswar Mishra, forming the pair "Bhuban-Hari", and the pair composed music for many Odia movies, creating numerous songs that were hugely popular in the state.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia's nephew and pupil Rakesh Hariprasad Chaurasia is a highly accomplished flautist now, and has been performing globally with such eminent maestros as Ustad Zakir Hussain.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia serves as the artistic director of the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory in the Netherlands.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia was the founder of the Vrindavan Gurukul in Mumbai and Vrindavan Gurukul in Bhubaneshwar.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia played on The Beatles' 1968 B-side "The Inner Light", which was written by George Harrison.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia has married twice, first to Kamala Devi and then Anuradha Roy.
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Hariprasad Chaurasia's nephew Rakesh Chaurasia is a flautist and carrying forward the family legacy.
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The 2013 documentary film Bansuri Guru features the life and legacy of Hariprasad Chaurasia and was directed by the musician's son Rajeev Hariprasad Chaurasia and produced by the Films Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India.