Hindustani classical · Twentieth century
Pandit Bholanath Prasanna
The Banaras bansuri teacher who trained Hariprasad Chaurasia.
- Instrument
- Bansuri
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Biography
Life
Bholanath Prasanna was born in Varanasi in 1919 into a musical family and learned the bansuri from his father, Pandit Gauri Shanker. He worked as a flute player and guru at All India Radio in Allahabad, and received the Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi Award.
His teaching is what carries his name. Among his disciples were Hariprasad Chaurasia, who studied flute with him in Varanasi; his nephew Rajendra Prasanna; his son Ajay Shankar Prasanna; Niranjan Prasad; and the flute duo Debopriya and Suchismita Chatterjee. He died in 1995.
Lineage & company
Teachers, students and musical connections
In the documented teaching trees
Where the archive's lineage research places Pandit Bholanath Prasanna, and the teaching links recorded around them inside each tree.
Bansuri concert lineage1919–1995
Varanasi flute player and All India Radio guru whose disciples include Hariprasad Chaurasia.
People
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Teachers and gurus
Pandit Chetan JoshiStudentChetan Joshi names him among his teachers, in Allahabad.
Chetan Joshi — Wikipedia
Students and disciples
Pandit Hariprasad ChaurasiaStudentListed among the disciples he taught bansuri.
Bholanath Prasanna — Wikipedia- Niranjan PrasadStudent
Listed among his bansuri disciples.
Bholanath Prasanna — Wikipedia - Debopriya ChatterjeeStudent
Studied flute with him before continuing with Hariprasad Chaurasia.
The Flute Sisters — official site - Suchismita ChatterjeeStudent
Studied flute with him before continuing with Hariprasad Chaurasia.
The Flute Sisters — official site - Pandit Ajay PrasannaDisciple (child)Ajay Prasanna — Wikipedia
Family
- Pandit Gauri ShankerFather and teacher
Bholanath Prasanna learned the bansuri as a disciple of his father.
Bholanath Prasanna — Wikipedia 
Rajendra PrasannaNephew and studentNephew, listed among his bansuri disciples.
Bholanath Prasanna — Wikipedia- Ajay Shankar PrasannaSon and student
Son, listed among his bansuri disciples.
Bholanath Prasanna — Wikipedia 
Raghunath PrasannaBrotherNamed among Rajendra Prasanna's paternal uncles, alongside his father Raghunath Prasanna.
Rajendra Prasanna — Wikipedia
Recognition
Honours and recognition
- Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi AwardYear not stated in the available source.
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