Listen to nocturnal music inspired by Indian ragas, and especially inspired by bansuri flute from composer Jacob TV for Laura Lentz, percussionist Sameer Gupta, and others. Hear a raga meant for an ...

The journey of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia is nothing short of a Hindi film plot. Born into a wrestler’s family in Allahabad, he secretly pursued the flute and took the humble folk instrument to the ...

Flautist Pandit Nityanand Haldipur, in Kolkata for a music conference, speaks to Tathagata Ray Chowdhury about his music, his gurus Pandit Pannalal Ghosh and Annapurna Devi, and the former’s ...

When we think of soothing music, it’s often the soothing, soul-stirring notes of the bansuri that first reach our ears. And when it’s bansuri, one name rises above all — legendary flautist, Padma ...

In Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, the bamboo bansuri is more than a musical instrument—it is a living family craft. From melas and devotional gatherings to trained musicians seeking precise tuning, flutes ...

In a symphony of contrasts, the roar of tigers and melodious flute tunes co-exist in the high pitched election campaign in Pilibhit, also known as the Bansuri Nagari (Flute City). A flute maker at ...