Rakesh Chaurasia

Rakesh Chaurasia is an Indian professional musician and flutist. He plays the bansuri, an Indian bamboo flute. Rakesh Chaurasia was born on January 10, 1971, in India. His nationality is Indian, and his zodiac sign is Cancer. He is the nephew and child prodigy of famous flutist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia Hariprasad Chaurasia was born in Allahabad, Uttar >> Read More... . Hariprasad Chaurasia was the flute maestro of Rakesh Chaurasia, and he always encouraged him to build his creativity in playing the flute. He commenced learning flute under his Uncle Hariprasad Chaurasia’s guidance at four.

Rakesh Chaurasia is a famously accomplished flutist, an enthusiast collaborator, and a widely travelled musician. He initiated his career as a musician. He has enthralled audiences with his performance at classical and non-classical music concerts worldwide. He is an expert studio musician, and he has done recordings with many stalwarts of the Indian film industry. His instrumental fusion albums include Call of Krishna (2003), Call of Krishna 2 (2005), Dor (2006), Call of Shiva (2007), Call of the Divine (2013), and many more. He also played the flute for some thematic albums like Brindavan Mukti and Farewell. He has worked with Rupak Kulkarni Rupak Kulkarni is a famous Indian Bansuri player, >> Read More... , an Indian bansuri player in the album ‘Raga Kirwani,’ He performed on an album “Vira” in 2002 with Talvin Singh Talvin Singh is a recognized English musician, pro >> Read More... , an English musician table player, and producer. He also worked on the album “Tranquility (2001)” with Abhijit Pohankar, an Indian classical instrumentalist who plays classical music on the keyboard. He quickly collaborated with western musicians such as Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek is a Norwegian Jazz Saxophonist and i >> Read More... and John McLaughlin. He has also worked with renowned Bollywood composers such as Laxmikant Pyarelal Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarela l Rampras >> Read More... and R.D. Burman.

He draws strength from his riyaz (practices) and can present raga for four hours. He has continuously appeared in prominent festivals such as Womad Earthstation in Europe, WOMAD festival in Athens, the ‘Festivals of India’ in Japan, Russia, the USA, and Europe. He has also performed solo at significant events within India and abroad, such as the Festival of Saint-Dennis in Paris and the Leicester International Music Festival in England. He has performed with the famous table player Ustad Zakir Hussain at the Aadi-Anant classical concert in Chennai.

He has received numerous awards and accolades. In 2007, he was honored with the Indian Music Academy Award, presented by the Honourable President of India, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. He also received the Aditya Birla Kalakiran Puraskar in 2008, the Guru Shishya award in 2011, IWAP-Pandir Jasraj Sangeet Ratna award in 2013, and the Pannala Ghosh Puraskar in 2013.