THE MUSO LEGEND Pt. HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is a Indian classical instrumentalist. He is a player of the "Bansuri" the North Indian Bamboo Flute. A trained Hindustani Classical player and composer.
He has won a number of awards including theSangeet Natak Academy (1984), Konark Samman (1992), Padma Bushan (1992),Yash Bharati Sanman (1994) and Padma Vibushan (2000). Hariprasad Chaurasia was born in Allahabad in a non musical family. His father was a wrestler. His mother died when he was four. Hariprasad had to learn music almost in secret, scared of the father who wanted him to become a wrestler.