Rishab Prasanna

Rishab Prasanna is an Indian flute or bansuri player. He was born in New Delhi. He is son of flute and shehnai player Rajendra Prasanna.

Career

Rishab Prasanna learned Indian classical music from his grandfather, Raghunath Prasanna, his father Rajendra Prasanna, and his uncles Ravi Shankar Prasanna and Rakesh Prasanna.
Apart from his solo concert, Rishab Prasanna also plays with his brother, Rajesh Prasanna.
He has worked on several projects with musicians in Europe
Rishab has played at the WOMAD Festivals in Australia, and New Zealand, the Festival international de la musique andalou, in Algeria, Les Allées Chantent in Isère, Musique et Patrimoine in Chinon, the Darbar Festival in London, Festival Messiaen, Salle Pierre Boulez- Philharmonie de Paris, Festival Avignon, Philharmonie of Hamburg, Sacred Music Festival Fez, 75th anniversary of UNESCO in Paris.

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Rishab has been awarded as the cultural ambassador of French city Toulouse in the year 2016.
He is also a recipient of National Award of India, "Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar", Sangeet Natak Academy Award by Ministry of Culture, India in 2021.