Rajendra Prasanna

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Rajendra Prasanna
Rajendra Prasanna playing at Womad festival Australia
Rajendra Prasanna playing at Womad festival Australia
Background information
Born (1956-04-15) 15 April 1956 (age 68)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
GenresIndian classical music
Occupation(s)Instrumentalist, composer
Instrument(s)Bansuri, shehnai
Musical artist

Rajendra Prasanna (राजेन्द्र प्रसन्ना; born 15 April 1956) is an Indian classical flautist and shehnai (Indian oboe) player from Benares Gharana.[1]

Career

Rajendra was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He learnt music from his father Raghunath Prasanna and from his uncles Bholanath Prasanna and Vishnu Prasanna. His family moved to Delhi in the early seventies, and he later became the disciple of Hafeez Ahmed Khan and Sarfaraz Hussain Khan. He also took lessons from singer Mahadev Mishra of Benares Gharana.

Performances

He performed at the Edinburgh festival (UK), Sydney Opera House, WOMAD Festival (Australia, New Zealand),[2] World Music festival for golden jubilee celebration for India's Independence held in America, Canada and Switzerland (U.N.O. Headquarters) in 1997, Concert for George in London (Ravi Shankar project), Opera de Lyon in France. [3]

Rajendra Prasanna playing shehnai

Awards and honors

Discography

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References

  1. ^ "Profile:: Pt. Rajendra Prasanna". Rajendraprasanna.com. 15 April 1956. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Rajendra Prasanna » Artists » WOMAD". womad.org. Archived from the original on 5 July 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Rajendra Prasanna". www.darbar.org. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rajendra Prasanna CDs". Shrimatis.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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