Rupak Kulkarni is an Indian
Bansuri player.
Background
With the musical background of his father Pt Malhar Rao Kulkarni, Rupak continued his learning under
Padma Vibhushan
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Hariprasad Chaurasia
Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition.
Early life
Chaurasia was born in Allahabad (1938) (officially called Prayagraj) in the I ...
to represent
Maihar gharana
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.
Performances
Rupak has performed at the
Tansen Samaroh
Tansen Samaroh or Tansen Sangeet Samaroh () is celebrated every year in the month of December in Behat village of Gwalior district, Madhya Pradesh. It is a 4-day musical extravaganza. Artists and music lovers from all over the world gather here to ...
, Peshkar World Music Festival, Vishnu Digambar Paluskar Samaroh,
Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan,
Times of India 150 years celebration concerts, Bheeshm Parv (Pune), Ustad Amir Khan Samaroh,
Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Festival
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, Uttarpara Sangeet Chakra, Saptak Music Festival (Ahmedabad), Gunidas Sammelan, Hirabai Barodekar Smruti Samaroh, and Shruti Mandal.
His flute concerts are aired on
All India Radio
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, World Space Radio and various TV channels such as
Doordarshan,
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,
Zee TV, and
CNN-IBN
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.
Rupak has also performed in Indian classical music concerts around the world.
Awards and achievements
* Pannhala Ghosh Award
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* TOP Grade (All India Radio).
Discography
Pt Rupak Kulkarni's first album was released when he was 18, titled ''Tenderly'', and he was accompanied by Anindo Chatterji on the tabla
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. Kulkarni's albums have been released by Times Music, HMV, Navras, Plus Music, Rhythm House, Ninaad, ABCL’s Big B, Sense World (London), WorldWideRecords etc.Times Music
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)
* ''Divinity - Instrumental'' (Times Music)
* ''Music Albums'' (Indian Classical Music)
* ''The Flautist'' (HMV
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)
* ''Allure'' (RagaRang, USA)
* ''Draupadi "Five styles of Bansuri vadan"'' (Times Music)
* ''Learn to play flute'' (Gitanjali)
* ''Dharohar'' (Times Music)
* ''Tenderly'' (Rhythm House)
* ''Music Therapy for migraine'' (Times Music)
* ''De-Stress revive'' (Times Music)
* ''Music for sound sleep'' (Times Music)
* ''The Divine wheel'' (Sense World, London)
* ''Music Therapy for Diabetes'' (Times Music)
* ''Akansha'' (Ninaad)
* ''Garbhankur'' (Times Music)
* ''Sumadhur'' (Legendary Legacy)
* ''Unwind 1 & 2 –'' (Ninaad Music)
* ''Monsoon Magic'' (Plus Music)
* ''Drishti'' (Times Music)
* ''Trinity'' (Sona Rupa)
* ''Eternity'' (Times Music)
References
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Indian flautists
Hindustani instrumentalists
Maihar gharana
Bansuri players
Hindustani composers
Indian male classical musicians
20th-century Indian male classical singers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century flautists