santoor legend pandit shivkumar sharma to be felicitated with flute legend pandit hariprasad chaurasia puraskar for his outstanding contribution for over seven decades state cultural minister vinod tawde and flute maestro pandit hariprasad chaurasia will be doing the honours and felicitating pandit shivkumar sharma during eleventh bansuri utsav on october 14 at ravindra natya mandirhe will be felicitated with the flute legend pandit hari prasad chaurasia puraskar for his outstanding contribution to the hindustani classical music for over last seven decades the award will be handed over to him by maharashtras cultural minister shri vinod tawde and in the presence of flute maestro pandit hariprasad chaurasia during the eleventh bansuri utsav on sunday october 14 2018 at 7 pm at ravindra natya mandir prabhadevi mumbaithe bansuri utsav will commence with the melody of the flute symphony led by vivek sonar at 700 pm the flute symphony is a tribute by 80 flute artists to felicitate pandit hariprasad who has recently completed his 80th birthday the flute symphony players spanning three generations of guru shishya parampara will perform accompanied by pandit bhavani shankar sangeet haldipur sachin nakwa and gaurav murkarbansuri utsav is one of a kind where flautists from age groups ranging from eight to 85 years can be seen on one platform playing the flute with passion and the melody created from 80 flutes is incredible to be experienced only at bansuri utsav which has been blessed by senior artists and stalwarts from the field of hindustani classical musicthe bansuri utsav will conclude with the sarod jugalbandi of amaan and ayaan ali bangash with satyajit talwalkar on tabla