Bhavani Shankar (1956 – 30 December 2023) was an Indian
pakhawaj drum player.
Bhavani Shankar was born into a musical family, beginning his study of pakhawaj and tabla at the age of eight. His father Babulalji was a renowned
Kathak
''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...
performer, a style of Indian classical dance. He played with many Indian artists including bansuri player
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) (present day Prayagraj) in the Indian ...
, santoor player
Shiv Kumar Sharma and tabla players
Zakir Hussain and
Anindo Chatterjee. In later years he made his mark as a composer for films and experimental fusion projects.
Shankar died from a cardiac arrest on 30 December 2023.
References
External links
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1956 births
2023 deaths
Pakhavaj players
Hindustani instrumentalists
Indian percussionists
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award