Hariprasad Chaurasia

Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1938 in Allahabad) is an Indian bansuri player in the Hindustani classical tradition. The son of a wrestler, he studied singing with Pandit Rajaram and flute with Bholanath Prasanna before training with Annapurna Devi of the Maihar gharana. He is known for the 1967 album Call of the Valley and for the film scores he wrote with santoor player Shivkumar Sharma as the duo Shiv-Hari. Chaurasia joined All India Radio in Cuttack and was later moved to Bombay.