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Milind Date

Flautist

Milind Date
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Milind Date is one of the most versatile musicians from India. He is known for his immaculate Bansuri – Bamboo Flute playing and composing. Milind is a senior performing disciple of world famous Bansuri virtuoso – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. With more than 3000 performances to his credit, Milind has vast experience of performing on various stages and for varied size of audience ranging from 20-30 to 30,000 / 50,000 !!. His concerts are energy packed and the crowd involvement is surely exciting!!

Milind has studied not only Indian classical and folk music. He has studied and featured in different styles of music from all over the world. Indian Classical Music, Indian Folk Music, Devotional Music, Jazz, Blues, Rock, Fusion-World Music, and Free Music are the common types in which he is seen performing and recording. An accomplished, versatile composer and arranger, Milind has experimented with several music and dance forms in as showcased in his band Fusion Ensemble.

This experimental trait has led him to incorporate various dance forms and instruments and perform with several musicians from around the world. Milind has composed music for several short films and documentaries too. One of these documentaries was on The Dalai Lama and other one on Dr. Shardchandra Dicksheet the well-known Plastic Surgeon. These films were shown in many, many film festivals all over the world.
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Milind Date performing with Lim Won Sik
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Milind Date performing with Jiten Shende
Milind Date performing with Jiten Shende
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   Career
Milind is really a unique flautist from India.Milind has performed more than 3000 concerts in various parts of the world. He is known for his innovations in performances. Depending on the venue, requirements of the organisers, particulars of the promotions, and product; Milind can customise his performance to best suit the occasion.

Milind has composed music and performed with :
Dancers of the following styles – Kathak, Bharat Natyam, Kuchipudi, Odissi, Belly Dance, Modern Dance, Samba, Free Form Dance, Ballet, Latin Dance etc…

Instruments like Saxophone, Sitar, Sarod, Flamenco Guitar, Piano, Violin, Double Bass, Chinese Er Hu, Pipa, Korean Daegum, Kumengo, Ecuadorian Pan Pipes, Japanese Stone Flute and various others…

Organisations Milind has performed for…

The Ministry of Culture – India, Mercedes Benz, De Beers – The Diamond People, HSBC, Halliburton, Hyundai, Voxwagen, SKF, Honeywell, Sandwik, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Bacardi, Kingfisher, Smirnoff, ITC-Gold Flake, Skoda Car Company, Bajaj Pulsar [Motorcycle], Close-Up, Kalyani Steel Industries, Venkateshwara Hatcheries, DMeg, Whirlpool, Infosys, TCS, Zensar Technologies, The Times Group of Companies, Indian Express, Citibank, GMR Group, Lufthansa ….. And many, many others.

Celebrities who have enjoyed Milind’s performances…

Important Personalities like Pt.Bhimsen Joshi, Baba Amate, Yash Chopra, Vinod Khanna, Pooja Bhatt, Jacke Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Meenakshi Sheshadri, Nana Patekar, American Consulate General, Sharad Pawar, William Kline – Consul for Financial affairs of USA to India,  Ambassadors of many, many countries abroad, President of Commonwealth Games Committee…

Corporate icons like Rahul Bajaj, Kirloskars, Balaji Rao of Venkatshwara Hatcheries, Baba Kalyani, Lee family of Samsung [in Korea], Ganesh Natarajan of Zensar, Rumi Contractor, Jeff Wolfers, Ignacio Vera, Ram Kumar, of HSBC, Pankaj Dhume of BMC Software, Ashutosh Parasnees of PTC, Ashwin Deo of  Moët Hennessy, Vivek Talghatti of Rapidigm, Senior management of KPIT Cummins, Paresh Parasnees of HDFC…

Occasions…

Milind has performed on many, many special occasions. He has performed many public performances where the audience sizes were ranging from 35,000 to a few hundreds. Because of the adaptability of his music and performance, lots of times he is called to perform for some exclusive gathering of corporate entities and VVIPs. Also, as he is into Fusion Music he is preferred for the occasion when some special guests from abroad are to visit.

Here is a small list…..

Inauguration ceremonies Milind has performed…

Pune International Film Festivals, Chung Mu Art Hall – Seoul, Kyunggi cultural center- Suwon, Ekanaath Theatre –Aurangabad, Pimpari Chinchwad Theatre and a few other, Dong Ah Daily’ Art Gallery, All India Dental Medical Association meet, All India Political Science Conference Many college Festivals like Insynch, Gaandhar, Verve, Rendezvous, Mood Indigo, QuickSilver

Occasions Milind has performed…

Russian Festival, Indian Festival in France, Ganesh Festival – Seoul, Corporate meets of Zensar, Cisco, Fujitsu, HSBC, Kalyani Steels, GMR Group, KPIT Cummins, Citibank APR [Asia pacific Region] Chiefs meet in Seoul, Annapoorna meet on Chamonix – France, opening of Skoda Factory, Visit of Russian Premier Vladimir Putin, Lead organisation world meet in Bhopal, visit of the President of Commonwealth Games Committee, Worli festival – Mumbai

Venues Milind has performed…

National Museum Delhi, Vigyan Bhavan – Delhi, Seoul Cultural Centre, Osho Commune International,  World Cup Stadium-Daegu-Korea, Naaju prehistoric Ruins, Gyeonggi Korean Traditional Music Centre, Ill Min Art Gallery – Seoul, Bannam – The Ancient Tombs, Noor E Sabah Palace –Bhopal, Falak Numa Palace Hydrabad, Cultural Centre –Chamonix – France, Shanivar Wada – Pune, and many more prestigious venues. Besides these, Milind has performed in most of the 5 Star hotels in India as almost all corporate performances mostly take place there.

Artists Milind has worked with…

India - Milind  has accompanied his Guru Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia and Ustad Zakir Hussain in live concerts.

Over the period of 20 years, Milind has worked with

Musicians like – Asha Bhosle, Jagjit Singh, Ghulam Ali, Pt. Hridaynaath Mangeshkar, Trilok Gurtu, Loy Mendonsa, Suresh Wadkar, Yashvant Deo, Usha Mangeshkar, Kalyanji Anandji, Ram Kadam, Bhaskar Chandawarkar, Peanaaz Masani, Taufiq Qureshi, Shiv Mani, Manish Vyas and many others

Painters like MF Hussain, Udayraaj Gadnis, Achut Palav, Milind Mulick

Dancers like Kelucharan Mohapatra, Pandita Rohini Bhate, Pandita Prabha Marathe, Zhelum Paranjape, Shama Bhate…

International Artists Milind has worked with…

Brazil – Alviro Alavares [The Weather Report – Santana Percussionist], Nivedano, Bodhigeeta,
Korea- Beik in Young, Park Chang Soo, Chung Eun Han, Park je Chun, Mi Yeon,  Lim won Sik, Lim dong Chan, Roh young Sim, Choi Sori, Yeoum, Song Gyu, Kim Jin Mook, Madhura Jin Bora, Yu Kyung Hwa, Heoh Yoon Jeong, Ki Hwa, Maestro Kim De Hwan
Iran – Iraq – Morocco – Zhubin Kalhor, Mohmed Alnuma, Ramadhan Meir Suisa, Yamat, Ashar
UK - Karen ‘Tanmayo’ Boyd, Chinmaya Dunster, Mike Turnbull, Lucy Johnson, Marcus Corbett
USA – Anant Jesse, Angeli, Joe Foster, Jennifer Berezen, Raamdas Khalsa
Denmark – Ageha Lorentzen, Dinesh Mattuk, Preetam
Australia - Bhakta, Bharati,
Germany – Jurgen Ohnemus, Buddhen Gobbles, Amreesh Leib, Prem Joshua, Disha, Helmut Beiler-Wendt, Peter Hollinger, Mizuki Walderhard,
Canada – Gnethan Jehman, Michael Simpson, Amrit Bassi, Altaf Vellani, Chip Yarwood, Maryem Hassan Tollar, Rick Lazar, Paco Luviano, Celina, Arjun, Niranjan Kaur, Hari Singh Khalsa
Netherlands – Saskia Laroo, Warren Byrd, Devapath Van Riel
Japan – Sato Yuki, Satygyan, Mitsutaka Ishii, Mukai Chie, Kojima Takashi, Chino Shuchi, Aai Onogi, O Hoshi,
Tibet- Nawang Khechog, Chuki Tethong, Dechen ShakDagsay
China –Zhenfang Zhang, Xu Fengxia, Tu Shang Xian [Kitaro],
Mexico - Gustavo Aguilar

And Many, many more

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Milind Date presents Flute recital

Milind Date is one of the most versatile musicians from India. He is known for his immaculate Bansuri – Bamboo. Flute playing and composing. Milind is a senior performing disciple of world famous Bansuri virtuoso – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. With more than 3000 performances to his credit, Milind has vast experience of performing on various stages and for varied size of audience ranging from 20-30 to 30,000 / 50,000 !!. His concerts are energy packed and the crowd involvement is surely exciting!!
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