Milind Date
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Milind Date [born 28 February] is a flautist and music composer from India who is known as an accomplished player of the Bansuri or Bamboo Flute. Milind is a senior performing disciple of the renowned Bansuri virtuoso Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. Milind is known for his blowing technique, and his melodious and expressive playing displays a mastery over a variety of music styles.
Milind started his musical journey late in life. At the age of 21, he started learning flute from a well-known master Pandit Ajit Soman in his hometown Pune. In a year, he was learning from Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. By the time he was 25, he had already performed with great Indian masters such as Pandit Hridaynaath Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale, Usha Mangeshkar, Yashwant Deo, Suresh Wadkar, etc. In 1998 he started his now famous fusion - World Music band – "Fusion Ensemble". Over the years, his career as an artiste has blossomed and has led him to perform over 2000 Indian Classical, Fusion and World Music concerts for wide and varied audiences.
Beginning 2002, Milind has performed extensively in South Korea and gained recognition for his collaborations with musicians like Beik in Young, Lim won Sik, Park je Chun, Mi Yeon, Lim dong Chan, Lee Ki Hwa, Park Chi Um and more. Milind is also a part of Orientillica - the World Music Ensemble. He has also recorded for and featured in several albums released in Korea.
A keen student of music, Milind has explored different styles of music such as Indian Classical Music, Indian Folk Music, Devotional Music, Jazz, Arabic, Blues, Rock, Fusion - World Music, and Free Music. This interest and ability has helped him in his performances and collaboration with musicians from across the world.
Milind has also experimented with several music and dance forms through his performances and recordings.
Some of the great musicians with whom Milind has worked are Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Asha Bhosale, Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Hridaynaath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Ram Kadam, Bhaskar Chandawarkar, Taufiq Qureshi, Anandan Sivamani, Zhubin Kalhor, Mohmed Alnuma, Chinmaya Dunster, Angeli, Ageha, Bhakta, Nawang Khechog, Chuki Tethong, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, Zhenfang Zhang, Xu Fengxia, Tu Shang Xian, Sato Yuki, Satygyan, Mitsutaka Ishii, Madhura Jin Bora, Alviro Alavares, Jurgen Ohnemus, Buddhen Gobbles and painters like M. F. Husain, Udayraaj Gadnis, Achut Palav, Milind Mulick and many more.
Milind has several award winning albums to his credit too. He produced and composed an album called "The Earth Concerto", where musicians from Iran, Iraq, Korea, Israel, Morocco and India came together to create a unique style. Milind has also produced mainstream American pop music album "Fantasy" for the New York based singer, Angeli.
Milind's latest release is an album called "Prayer from the Heart" released by Polyglobe Music Austria. It's basically a Meditation Music album used for Reiki, Meditation, Pranic Healing & Inner Peace. In this album Milind has collaborated with Tanmayo - a Scottish singer and violinist & Shubhangi - an Indian singer.
