Pandit Niranjan Prasad

Pandit Niranjan Prasad

Pandit Niranjan Prasad was an Indian flutist.

Prasad belonged to Varanasi Gharana and was one of the principal disciples of Flute and Shehnai player, Shri Bholanath Prasanna. He was a Guru-Bhai of international flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia. He performed at major music festivals and conferences throughout India, America, Australia, Europe and countries like Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Baghdad and Bahrain of Middle East. He used to feature regularly on Indian national radio and television. He also played flute in films from 1964 to 1972. From 1974 he was also associated with National Orchestra A.I.R. New Delhi and retired from A.I.R. Lucknow in 2001.^[1]

Prasad worked with Pandit Vinay Bharat Ram society, U.P. Sangeet Natak Akademy, Birju Bawra Sangeet Samiti, U.P. Saanskritik Nideshalaya, Sur Sarang Society of Delhi, PM House in the time of Late Ex PM Shri Rajiv Gandhi and National Orchestra of India in Delhi. He was the founder of Dr. Ambedkar Sangeet Akademy (Lucknow) and Ex-Professor N. R. Sangeet Vidhalaya (Allahabad). The music museum of Baghdad still houses a flute gifted by him to the institute.

His worke featured in the Bollywood Movies Guddi, Shor, Dharkan and Prem Parvat

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  Performing at a convert at Australian Embassy

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  With Laxmikant Pyarelal

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  Live concert with Roona Laila on the famous song 'Damadam Mast Kalandar'

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  Performing at a concert, New Delhi

References

1. ↑ "Death anniv of Pandit Niranjan Prasad on Mar 31" Hindustani Times 26 Mar 201 "World-renowned flautist Pandit Niranjan Prasad would be remembered on his first death anniversary in the state capital on March 31"