I’m delighted to feature the master bansuri player Milind Date, who joined me from his home in Pune, India, and played his flutes as well as shared his perspectives from his life in music. As always, check the timestamps below for both the music and the many topics we covered. Milind spoke to me about his studies with the legendary Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, of his fusion projects especially in South Korea, he had a great story about a memorable concert he played in Toronto, he talked about his extensive travels in India and internationally. He has a large and varied discography, and has composed music for many films: https://www.milind.date/

Like all my episodes, this is available both as a podcast and video, with a transcript all linked to my website: https://www.leahroseman.com/episodes/milind-date-bansuri-player

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(01:46) bansuri flute

(03:28) Sunand Bhairav

(04:50) early rock music influences, fusion music Hariprasad Chaurasia

(11:01) Korean tours and collaborations

(17:59) solo 6 month trip in India 2021

(26:11) folk tune from Uttarakhand region

(30:01) different folk traditions in India

(32:18) Milind’s collection of flutes in different keys

(35:01) differences between Hindustani and Carnatic music

(38:09) system of gharanas, studies with Hariprasad Chaurasia

(55:49) Zakir Hussain

(01:05:31) writing film music, notation, Western classical musicians

(01:11:31) around the world tour 2013

(01:12:58) performances in Canada

(01:20:00) music as meditation

(01:23:14) teaching and learning

(01:29:56) flute performance