Milind Date (born 28 February) is an Indian

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and music composer who plays the

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. He studied under

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and is known for his blowing technique and playing in various musical styles.

Early life and career

At the age of 21, Date started learning flute from Ajit Soman in his hometown

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. In a year's time, he was learning from

. When Date turned 25, he had already performed with Hridaynath Mangeshkar,

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, Usha Mangeshkar, Yashwant Deo,

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, Ghulam Ali,

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and other outstanding musicians. In 1998, Date started a world Music band – "Fusion Ensemble". Date has performed in over 3500 Indian classical, fusion, and world music concerts. In 2002, Milind Date began to perform extensively in

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and gained recognition for his collaborations with musicians like maestro Kim De Hwan, Beik in Young, Park Chang Soo, Chang Jae Hyo, Mutdance – Kim Young Hee, Jin Bora, Roh Young Sim, Lim won Sik, Park Je Chun, Mi Yeon, Lim dong Chan, Lee Ki Hwa, Park Chi Um, and others. Date is the member of Orientillica – the World Music Ensemble and recorded several albums released in Korea. Milind Date has performed different styles of music such as

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, Fusion or World Music, and Free Music. He has experimented with several music and dance forms through his performances and recordings. Date produced and composed an album called "The Earth Concerto" with musicians from

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and

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. This album won several awards in

. Date co-produced the mainstream American pop music album "Fantasy" for the New York-based singer, Angeli. "Prayer from the Heart", a meditation album, was released by Polyglobe Music Austria. For this album Milind has collaborated with Tanmayo, a Scottish singer and violinist, and Shubhangi, an Indian singer. In 2010, Milind Date produced his debut album of devotional Marathi songs 'Krishna Gaan'. Singers including

and Shubhangi Gokhale-Joshi have covered the songs. This album went into private circulation and copies have been distributed for free. Milind date has recently launched his another live production 'Milind Date Experience' and has been touring with it for last five years. The group has performed in over 500 shows. After Fusion Ensemble, Date performs with a keyboard-orientated sound more than the previous guitar-orientated sound for live performances. Now, Date is touring with a steady line up of Charudatta Phadake playing

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–

Kanjira The kanjira, khanjira, khanjiri or ganjira, a South Indian frame drum, is an instrument of the tambourine family. As a folk and bhajan instrument, it has been used in India for many centuries. The kanjira's emergence in South Indian Carnatic m ...

, Subhash Deshpande playing

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and Abhay Ingale playing various percussion instruments,

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Octapad and

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. They have travelled in India performing about 300 concerts in the last three to four years. In April 2013, Date travelled to the USA for the first time. He performed mostly Indian classical music in several concerts. Date went on his around the world tour, called the "World is Round 2013" tour, until October of that year. As a part of this tour, Date performed extensively in South Korea after a gap of six years. This was his 11th performance tour to South Korea. Date recently performed for an event in Delhi where Honorable President of India was gracing the occasion. In this performance he created a new Woodwind Ensemble. Indian wind instruments from India included in the ensemble were Shehnai, Nadaswaram, Venu,

Algoza Alghoza is a paired woodwind instrument. It is traditionally used by Baloch, Saraiki, Sindhi, Kutchi, Punjabi and Rajasthani folk musicians. It consists of two joined beak flutes, one for melody, the second for drone. The flutes are either t ...

, Pungi, Sundri and

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. Date composed music for the film ''Among the Believers'' directed by

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winner

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. This filmed was released in

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and was nominated for the 2017

. Date also composed music for the film, ''Flying On One Engine'' in 2008 directed by Joshua Z. Weinstein. On the day of

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of 2015, Milind's Indian Classical music album 'Milder Milind' was launched by the Kolkata-based 'Qustz World' music label. Milind has played Raag Naagmani, Raag Madhuvanti, Raag Gorakh Kalyan and Bhatiyal Dhun in this album. This album was nominated for Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GiMA) awards in India. The USA-based record label, Neelam Audio Video released another Indian Classical Album Sunand Sarang on the day of

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in 2015. Date has played a new Raga composed by him - Sunand Sarang. This is a variation of the raag Madhymaadi Sarang. Date released two albums with Manish Vyas, a singer and composer. These were released by New Earth Records and Malimba Records. Date toured South Korea 12th time in 2015. The tour was a part of his 'East Winds Tour' of Malaysia and Thailand as well as the One Month Festival curated by famous pianist Park Chang Soo. In November 2019, Date was conferred the prestigious Femina Pune's Most Powerful Award. On 23 February 2020, Date was conferred the prestigious Economic Times Gen Next Award. From January 2021 till July 2021, he travelled solo in his car, across western India. From Tamil Nadu to Ladakh, Date travelled interacting with local musicians and artisans. He is reported to be writing a travel book from his experiences in this travel. On the day of

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of 2022, Date released his new series of albums - Music For Sleep. Date released 20 albums in the month of August 2022.

New ragas

Date has been credited with the creation of several new

raga A ''raga'' or ''raag'' (; also ''raaga'' or ''ragam''; ) is a melodic framework for improvisation in Indian classical music akin to a musical mode, melodic mode. The ''rāga'' is a unique and central feature of the classical Indian music tradit ...

s. Most of these are not just a combination of two other already existing ragas, but they have special structure. By applying very specific rules, Date has created these ragas which bear the mark of his style on them. One can find a certain similarity in the ragas created by Date. Some of these ragas are now performed by his students and the students of his students. Here is a small list of notable ragas Date has created – *Zim Kalyan *Sunand Sarang *Sunand Bhairav *Hari Mohini (Tribute to his Guru Pandit

) *Hari Bhairav (Tribute to his Guru Pandit

) *Hussaini Bhairav (Tribute to Ustad

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) *Mugdha Chandrika *Divya Chandrika *Uday Chandrika *Mangeshi Todi (Tribute to

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, Hridaynath Mangeshkar and Family) *Narendra Kaunsa (Tribute to Shri

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) *Krishna Prabha (Dedicated to Spiritual Guru Sai Kaka) *Keshav Bhairav (Dedicated to

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) (Of

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) *Madhav Bhairav (Dedicated to

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) (Of

) Neelam Records of USA released an album of Raga Sunand Sarang in 2015.

Discography

* Sunand Bhairav

Indian Classical Music Indian classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent. It has two major traditions: the North Indian classical music known as '' Hindustani'' and the South Indian expression known as '' Carnatic''. These traditions were not ...

single *Swar Venu -

album * Prabhat Sagar -

album * Contemplative Mind -

album * The Noble Mind * Prashanti * From Anxiety to Ecstasy Meditation Music * Maitri Bhavana Meditation Music * Reiki * Mindfulness * Ocean and Trees * Lights of Faith * A Walk in Himalayas * Pensive Mind - Music For Sleep - Malkaunsa * Infinite Mind - Music For Sleep - Hari Mohini * Krishna Mind - Music For Sleep - Krishna Prabha * Empathetic Mind - Music For Sleep - Mugdh Chandika * Quiet Mind - Music For Sleep - Rageshree * Tranquil Mind - Music For Sleep - Yaman * Bansuri Lounge * Chitta Shanti * Naad Nidra - Shoonyata * Naad Nidra - Swasth Nidra * Naad Nidra - Sushupti * Naad Nidra - Antar Pradnya * Atma Bhakti - New Earth Records (With Manish Vyas) * Sunand Sarang - Neelam Audio * Milder Milind - Questz World GIMA Awards 2016 * Enchanting Kirwani - Live in Concert * Raag Poorvi - Transcendent Evening * 'Prayer From The Heart' * 'Earth Concerto' - with musicians from 6 countries * 'Fusion Ensemble' - The East West Fusion * 'Fantasy' - Angeli * 'Krishna Gaan' Featuring Suresh Wadkar, Shubhangi Gokhale-Joshi * 'Universe Will Never End' - With Devapath * 'Aayuta ki Pawan' - With 'Sangeet' - Kim JinMook * Punyapur ki Sarita - Mook Sound - South Korea * Diamond Sutra - Mook Sound -Winner of Critics Choice Award in South Korea

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