Acclaimed sitar player and Professor Prateek Chaudhuri passed away due to Covid-19 complications on Thursday, May 6, 2021. His father, the celebrated sitar master Devbrata Chaudhuri (Debu Chaudhuri), also died last week due to Covid-19.
Prateek Chaudhuri was born on September 7, 1971. He was an admired sitar player. Prateek trained under his father and belonged to the Senia Gharana of music. He was also a professor at the Department of Music in Delhi University. He is survived by his wife Runa and children Rayana and Adhiraj (also a sitar player).
[headline image: Prateek Chaudhuri. Ambivert123, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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oh what a pity..so young and so superb sitar player…sad times…thanks for this post: music never dies.
What an incredible loss, and devastation to their family, my heart goes out to them all.