Pandit Pannalal Ghosh (24 July 1911 – 20 April 1960), born Amal Jyoti Ghosh in Barisal (now Bangladesh), was the pioneering force behind the bansuri’s transformation into a classical concert instrument. Raised...
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (born July 1, 1938, in Allahabad) is a revered Indian flautist who transformed the bansuri into a premier instrument of Hindustani classical music. Initially trained in vocal music by...
The Bansuri is a traditional Indian bamboo flute, known for its pure and soulful sound that closely resembles the human voice. It has six or seven finger holes and is played by...
Born to a biochemist father in the extraordinarily musical village of Rudrapatna, Shashank Subramanyam started learning early in life – he could reputedly recognise all 72 Melakarta scales by the age of...
Pandit Rupak Kulkarni is one of today’s finest bansuri exponents, with a style rooted in the Maihar gharana. He is the leading student of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, having been accepted as the...
Pandit Ranendranath ‘Ronu’ Majumdar is a bansuri master from Benares. His father was a homeopathic doctor, oil painter, and amateur flautist who took lessons from Pandit Pannalal Ghosh, who provided him with...
Rakesh Chaurasia is an innovative exponent of the modern bansuri (a side-blown subcontinental flute). His style has been hailed as enchanting and mesmerising, and is informed by a detailed study of vocal...
Pandit Rajendra Prasanna is a leading exponent of both the bansuri and the shehnai, two wind instruments with contrasting textures. He hails from a distinguished lineage of Benares musicians – a young...
Pravin Godkhindi is an eclectic classical flautist, performing Hindustani music on the bansuri. He studied under his father Pandit Venkatesh Godkhindi, an exponent of the Kirana gharana, as well as Carnatic mridangist...
Pandit Nityanand Haldipur is among the Maihar gharana’s leading bansuri exponents. He was a longtime student of surbahar maestro Annapurna Devi, one of India’s most revered musicians. He continues his guru’s tradition...