Hariprasad Chaurasia

Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia
	Chaurasia performing at the Rajarani Temple in Bhubaneswar, 2015.
Born	1 July 1938; Allahabad, United Provinces, British India; (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Occupation(s)	music director, flautist, composer
Years active	1957–present
Awards	Padma Bhushan (1992); Padma Vibhushan (2000);
	Musical career
Genres	Hindustani classical music, film score
Instrument(s)	Bansuri

Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition.

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