Question
Download Solution PDFWhich Indian musician served as the artistic director of the World Music Department at the Rotterdam Music Conservatory in the Netherlands?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Hariprasad Chaurasia.
Key-points
- Hariprasad Chaurasia has also been a guru to innumerable students in his Mumbai and Bhubaneswar gurukuls, and at the World Music Department, Rotterdam Music Conservatory, the Netherlands, where he is artistic director.
- Chaurasia started learning vocal music from his neighbour, Rajaram, at the age of 15.
- Later, he switched to playing the flute under the tutelage of Bholanath Prasanna of Varanasi for eight years.
- He joined the All India Radio, Cuttack, Odisha in 1957 and worked as a composer and performer.
Additional information
- Pravin Godkhindi
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Pravin Godkhindi (born 28 October 1973) is an Indian classical Hindustani flute (bansuri) player.
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He has mastered both the tantrakari and gayaki style of playing on the flute.
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He was called a top ranking artist in Hindustani bansuri, by Akashvani (AIR).
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1st Indian flautist to perform on the 8-foot long contrabass flute.
- 1st Indian to represent bansuri at the World Flute Festival in Mendoza, Argentina
- National awards for films Beru and Vimukthi
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- Ronu Majumdar
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In 1981, Ronu Majumdar won the first prize at the All India Radio competition, and the President's Gold Medal.
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He has associated with Pandit Ravi Shankar on albums like Passages and Chants of India.
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He has more than 30 audio releases to his credit.
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He won the prestigious Aditya Vikram Birla Award in 1999 for his dedication to music.
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Sahara India Pariwar felicitated him with a lifetime achievement award on the occasion of Jyoti Diwas 2001.
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In 2014 he won the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
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Nityanand Haldipur
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Nityanand Haldipur (born 7 May 1948) is a performer and teacher of the Indian bamboo flute, known in India as the bansuri.
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He is a purist in the true Maihar Gharana tradition and learned from Ma Annapurna Devi, in Mumbai, India.
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He has been rated as a "Top Grade" artist by the All India Radio and was awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academi award in 2010.
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