FLUTE

By Ritesh Prasanna

RITESH PRASANNA
Ritesh Prasanna is the latest signature in the realm of flute
playing in the country.
Hailing from a renowned family of musician of Varanasi who
have traditionally played & nurtured the shehnai for over two &
half centuries, he has taken to music by inheritance.
His father Pandit Rajendra Prasanna is one of the great flute &
shehnai players of the country. He received all his illustrious
training from his grandfather ,the late Pt. Raghunath Prasanna
,who was the first in the prasanna family to introduce flute

playing in the Gharana otherwise known for the shehnai
playing.He taught them the basic tecniques of the flute playing
and exposed them to the vast potential of this wind instrument
He also guided and trained by Tauji Pt. Ravi Shankar Prasanna
and his father Pt. Rajendra Prasanna.and uncle sh.Rakesh
Prasanna..
At the young age he has a good command over Flute. His recitals
are methodical with emphasis on Gayaki Ang. Consistency in sur
& laya is the hallmark of his playing. This talented young has not
only imbided the subtle nuances of Banaras Gharana but also
presents them in a very beautiful way.
He performed at many European and Asian nations including
France,Switzerland ,Italy, South Africa,Slovenia ,Finland,Africa,Mauritius,
Thailand, combodia and Vietnam….
At this young age, he has performed at various renowned musical
concerts in india and abroad…
• Performed at the prestigious world economic forum annual meeting
2011 in Davos (Switzerland).
• Slovenia and finland under the auspices of ICCR Ministry of External
Affairs on 2011…..
• Performed at the Africa day in Africa..
• Wits theatre , Johannesburg
• Suncoast cine centre , Durban
• Zoo lake ,johannesburg
• Eldos jazz festival , Johannesburg
• Pt. Raghunath Prasanna Smriti Sangeet Samaroah
• Performed at the launch of the Germany and India 2011-2012
Infinite Opportunities programme
• Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan Sangeet Sammelan,
• Pt. Vishnu Prasanna Smriti Sangeet Samaroah,
• Gharana Utsav
• Ustad Bismillah Khan Smriti Sangeet Samaroah in Varanasi
on 2006,
• Delhi international arts festival 2010,
• Jahan e khusro festival, jaipur
• Delhi jazz festival on 2011.
• Jadhav garh music festival ,pune
• Mumbai kal ke kalakar sangeet sammelan ,2008
• International sufi festival of india, Ajmer
• Woods talk festival , Rishikesh
• Kyra theatre , Bangalore
• Gulmarg winter festival,Kashmir.
• World flute festival,2013
• Ahmedabad international art festival
He is conferred with the Title of “Surmani” award by Sur-Singar
Samsad, Mumbai. He is honored with ‘Sangeet Sadhak Samman’, Delhi