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The Grammy Awards 2024, one of many largest nights on the earth of music, noticed the Indian fraternity shine shiny. The 66th version of the Awards happened on the Crypto.com Area in Los Angeles. Flautist Rakesh Chaurasia and percussionist Zakir Hussain received the award for Finest International Music Efficiency. Their music Pashto, which received the award, options American musicians Bela Fleck and Edgar Meyer. The class included Falu’s Abundance In Millets that includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi among the many nominees in addition to Shadow Forces by Arooj Aftab and Vijay Iyer. Rakesh Chaurasia’s collaborative album, As We Converse, was nominated in three classes – Finest Modern Instrumental Album, Finest Instrumental Composition, and Finest International Music Efficiency. It additionally received an award within the Finest Modern Instrumental Album class.
Now, tell us a bit extra about Rakesh Chaurasia
– Rakesh Chaurasia hails from a distinguished musical background. He’s the nephew of the famend flute maestro, legendary Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
– In response to Rakesh Chaurasia’s official web site, ”Similar to his legendary uncle, Rakesh [Chaurasia] possesses the suitable steadiness of energy and serenity, very vital elements for an distinctive flautist. His dextrous blowing method coupled together with his coaching of ‘Swar’ and ‘Tala’ exudes adeptly in his feelings via the hole piece of bamboo.”
– Rakesh Chaurasia has taken Indian classical music to a worldwide platform via his live shows in Japan, Australia, Europe, South Africa, and the US.
– Rakesh Chaurasia’s distinctive expertise earned him an invite to conclude a twenty-four-hour dwell music broadcast on BBC radio, reaching a worldwide viewers in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Silver Jubilee.
– He has carried out solo at among the well-known platforms together with the Competition of Saint-Denis in Paris and the Leicester Worldwide Music Competition in England. Rakesh Chaurasia obtained the Indian Music Academy Award from then President Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam in 2007.