Rishab Prasanna
Indian musician

Rishab Prasanna

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16 February 1985(New Delhi, Delhi, India)
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Rishab Prasanna (Hindi: ऋषभ प्रसन्ना, Urdu: رشبھ پرسنا‎) (born 16 February 1985) is an Indian flute or bansuri player. He was born in New Delhi. He is the son of the flute and shehnai player Rajendra Prasanna.

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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.

Flute jugalbandi – Rajesh & Rishab Prasanna

He has worked on several projects with musicians in Europe such as the Danish/Swedish folk band Dreamers' Circus, guitarist Mattias Pérez, the collective Drifting Orchestra, Issa Murad and his group Joussour, the group One Million Faces with Davy Sur and David Amar.

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 (France), Musique et Patrimoine in Chinon (France), the Darbar Festival in London among others.

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Rishab has been awarded as the cultural ambassador of French city Toulouse.