Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia ( Hindi : हरिप्रसाद चौरसिया, Hariprasād Caurasiyā ; born July 1, 1938 in Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh ) is an Indian master of the bansuri flute . As a composer, he is responsible for several film scores and soundtracks.
Live and act
His father was a wrestler, his mother died when he was four years old. He started learning vocal music at the age of 15 from his neighbor Pt. Rajaram. Later he switched to the flute under the direction of Pt. Bholanath from Varanasi . Years later, while working for All India Radio , he received support from surbahar player Annapurna Devi , the daughter of sarod player Allauddin Khan .
In 1986 he recorded the album Making Music with Zakir Hussain , John McLaughlin and Jan Garbarek . The album, released under Zakir Hussain on ECM , has been described by critics as "one of the most inspired albums ever recorded with east-west fusion".
In 1997 he played as a guest musician with Shakti on the Remember Shakti Tour ; the live album Remember Shakti was released in 1999 by The Verve Music Group .
Chaurasia has been artistic director of the Department of North Indian classical music of the Conservatory of Rotterdam .
He has received several state awards, including a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1983), Padma Bhushan (1992), and Padma Vibhushan (2000). In 2014 he was awarded the Honorary Prize of the German Record Critics' Prize for his life's work .
Discography
1978
- Krishnadhwani 60
1981
- Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
1984
- Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute (Same name as 1981, different album)
1987
- Morning to Midnight Ragas - Morning Ragas
1988
- Call of the Valley
1989
- Venu
- Live in Ahmedabad '89
1990
- Immortal Series
1991
- Megh Malhar
1992
- Night ragas
- Live in Amsterdam '92
- Morning to Midnight Ragas - Afternoon Ragas
- All time favorites
- Live from Sawai Gandharva Music Festival - Video (VHS)
- Raga-s DU Nord Et Du Sud
- Immortal Series - Flute Fantasia
1993
- Indian Classical Masters
- Daylight ragas
- Flute - Hariprasad Chaurasia
1994
- Thumri - The Music of Love
- In A Mellow Mood
- Possession
- Immortal Series - Devine Drupad
- Classic Greats1 - Ideas on Flute
1995
- In Live Concert
- Cascades of Hindustani Music
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Sunrise Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Morning Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Midday Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Afternoon Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Evening Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Sunset Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Midnight Melody
- Maharishi Gandharva Veda - Late Night Melody
- Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
- Malhar-Chandrika
- Music 157 - Live in London
- Music - Flute
- Great Jugalbandis
- Music from the world of OSHO - Above & Beyond
- Prem Yog
- Written on the wind
- Romantic themes
- Saptarishi - Live at Siri Fort
- The Mystical Flute of Hari Prasad Chaurasia
- Maestro's Choice
- Basant Bahar
- Chaurasia's Choice
1996
- Hari Prasad Chaurasia & his Divine Flute
- Flute recital
- Valley Recalls - In search of Peace, Love and Harmony
- Krishna's Flute - Master of the Bansuri
- Classical Encounters - A live Experience with Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia
- Fabulous flute
- Pundit Hari Prasad Chaurasia
- In Concert - Vancouver, BC
- Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute
- The Bamboo Flautist of His Generation
- Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia - Nada in Jerusalem
1997
- Classical Encounters - A Live Experience with Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Great Jugalbandis
- The Golden Collection (Classical)
- Immortal Essence
- Golden Raga Collection
1998
- Samarpan-VCD Special 60th Birthday Edition
- The Charms Companion
- Morning to Midnight - Morning to Dusk
1999
- Jugalbandi
- Rasdhaara
- Live Inside Khajuraho
- Live in New Delhi - '89
- Golden Raga Collection
- Musical Titans of India - Jugalbandhi Video (VHS)
- Pure Joy - Positive Energy Music
2000
- Music without Boundaries (Navras 2000, with Larry Coryell , George Brooks , Vikku Vinayakram , Swapan Chaudhuri, John Wubbenhorst)
- Maaya - Far East
- Hriday - Cuba
- Caravan Spain
- Live Concert at Savai Gandharva Music Festival
- Gurukul - The Guru shishya Parampara
2001
- Adi-Ananth
- Love Divine - Parables of Passion
- Power & Grace - Live at the Saptak Festival 2001
- Discovery of Indian Classical Music
- Flute Duet
2003
- Flute Deity Hariprasad Chaurasia
- The Greatest Hits of Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Salvation - Instrumental Bhajans
2015
- Ajanma (double CD)
Further albums, year of release unknown:
- La Flute De Pundit Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Hariprasad Chaurasia - The Most Celebrated Flautist of India
- Sound of Silence
- Charm of the Bamboo flute
- Kalpana - Imagination
- A Kaleidoscope of various ragas
- Krishna Utsav
- Kali - Classical Instrumental
- Moon Light Moods - Flute Recital
- Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia - The Living Legend of Flute
- Indian Music
- HariDhwani
- Buston Abraham - Fanar
- Nothing but wind
- Fusion India - Passage of India Series
- Being Still
- Dhammapada - Sacred teaching of Buddha
- The Charms Companion
- Eternity
Web links
- Homepage of Hariprasad Charasia
- Complete discography
- Hariprasad Chaurasia in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chaurasia, Hariprasad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian master of the bansuri flute |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Allahabad , Uttar Pradesh, India |