Hindustani classical · 1980s–2021
Pandit Prateek Chaudhuri
A Senia sitarist and teacher who also worked widely in ensemble and crossover music.
- Instrument
- Sitar
- Gharana
- Senia tradition, through Debu Chaudhuri and Mushtaq Ali Khan
- Born
- 7 September 1971, Delhi, India
- Died
- 6 May 2021
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Raga Bihag and a Bhairavi dhun — India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
Bihag · Tabla: Ustad Akram Khan · Performed 2012-12-21 · 48:54 · Prateek Chaudhuri
Second half of a concert at the Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, on 21 December 2012, per the artist's own description. Raga Bihag followed by a dhun in Bhairavi.
Watch on YouTubeUploaded 2013-06-12
Sitar and kathak jugalbandi with Pandit Rajendra Gangani — "Abhinandan 80"
Kathak: Pandit Rajendra Gangani · Performed 2015-06-02 · 29:20 · Prateek Chaudhuri
Duet concert in the "Abhinandan 80" festival held in New Delhi on 2 June 2015 for the 80th birthday of his father and guru Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. The description names further accompanists but the text is truncated at source, so only the named co-performer is credited.
Watch on YouTubeUploaded 2016-11-13
Raga Shuddha Sarang — National Seminar on Talas, Kurukshetra University
Shuddha Sarang · Tabla: Shri Shubh Maharaj · 24:00 · Prateek Chaudhuri
Performance at the National Seminar on Talas, Kurukshetra University, Haryana, with compositions in cycles of 8½ and 9 beats. Performance date not stated by the uploader.
Watch on YouTubeUploaded 2013-12-14
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Biography
Life
Prateek Chaudhuri was born in Delhi in 1971, the son of the sitarist Pandit Debu Chaudhuri. He trained first with his father and also, in the traditional manner, with his father's guru Ustad Mushtaq Ali Khan, placing him in the Senia line his family represented.
He was graded a Top Class artist by All India Radio and national television, taught as a professor in the Faculty of Music at the University of Delhi, and recorded for Saregama both alone and in duet with his father. Alongside classical recitals he developed ensemble and crossover projects, among them "Sitar Ecstasy", "Sitars of India" and "Soul of India". He also co-wrote books on Indian music and on plucked instruments of northern India.
He died of Covid-19 in Delhi on 6 May 2021, five days after his father's death from a Covid-related illness.
Musical contribution
What they brought to music
Chaudhuri's classical playing followed the clear, unhurried Senia manner taught in his family, while his ensemble work placed the sitar alongside other instruments in arranged settings — two strands he kept distinct in performance rather than blending into a single style.
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Lineage & company
Teachers, students and musical connections
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Senia sitar lineage (Masitkhani baaj)1971–2020
Sitar player trained by his father Debu Chaudhuri; the line's later generation.
Taught in this tree by: Pandit Debu Chaudhuri
People
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Teachers and gurus
- Ustad Mushtaq Ali KhanTeacher
Also studied with his father's guru.
Prateek Chaudhuri — Wikipedia
Family
Pandit Debu ChaudhuriFather and first teacherTrained with his father from childhood and later recorded with him.
Prateek Chaudhuri — Wikipedia
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Photograph: Ambivert123, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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