Rishab Prasanna

Flutist & Composer

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Philharmonie de Paris, 2023

Philharmonie of Hamburg, 2023

Sydney Opera House, 2011

WOMAD Festival in Australia and New Zealand, 2011

Opéra de Lyon, 2016

Festival d'Avignon

World Sacred Music Festival in Fez, 2022

75th anniversary of UNESCO in Paris

Auckland Arts Festival, New Zealand 2011

Melbourne recital Center, 2011

Flute Virtuoso

Rishab Prasanna is celebrated as one of India's premier flute players, showcasing exceptional talent and artistry.

Background

Rishab Prasanna grew up in a family of musicians from Varanasi, the city of light and cradle of North Indian music. His grandfather, Raghunath Prasanna, regarded as one of the great pioneer of Indian flute Bansuri and established the renonwed Prasanna Gharana, features in the famous anthology of Indian classical music published by UNESCO, recorded by Alain Daniélou in the 50s. He was a court musician in the service of the Maharajas.

His father, Pandit Rajendra Prasanna, is today the leading exponent of this musical tradition, steeped in the regional repertoire of the Ganges Valley, inspired by the Khyal and Thumri vocal tradition, and nourished by the technical refinements that have brought the bansuri flute to the forefront of the world stage.

He has performed at some renonwed venues and festival such as Philharmonie de Paris, Sydney Opera House, WOMAD festival in Australia and Newzealand, World Sacred Music Festival in Fez, Philharmonie of Hamburg, 75th anniversary of UNESCO in Paris and many more...

Honored with Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeet Natak Academy award (National award from Ministry of Culture, India), 2021

and french award as- “Ambassador of the city of Toulouse” - from Toulouse City, 2016

For the past fifteen years, Rishab has spent part of the year in Europe, where he has taken part in numerous musical projects with artists from different horizons

-Matthias Pérez (Swedish tradional music)

-Issa Murad (oriental jazz)

-the Drifting Orchestra collective

-the Milap project (experimental music)

-Marc Nammour (slam),

-Thierry Pécou (contemporary music),

-Pedro Soler (flamenco),

-EPO (jazz).

Masterclass and Workshop

Rishab is also appreciated for his teaching, he organizes workshops and teaches musicians from various backgrounds; he has conducted numerous master classes, among others,

Mahatma Gandhi Institute in Mauritius,

the DROM association in Brittany,

the Haute École de Musique in Geneva,

the Chaville Conservatory,

the CNSM in Lyon,

Pole Sup

and regularly collaborates for educational programs with the ethnomusiKa and KALASETU associations.

Theatres

2013- Rangmanch Festival, NSD, India

2019-20: Théâtre de Sartrouville Yvelines CDN, projet Penthisélée (France)

2022- Festival D'avignon

Films

Rishab regularly gives his artistic service to films.

In recent years he has been working for French cinema

Le Sens de la fête by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache and

Monsieur by Rohena Gera.

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Flute Mastery

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