Milind Date

Milind Date (born 28 February) is an Indian flautist and music composer who plays the bansuri.

[1] At the age of 21, Date started learning flute from Ajit Soman in his hometown Pune.

Jagjit Singh [Ghazal Singer], and Ustad Zakir Hussain[3] Milind has been blessed by the teachings of spiritual masters Osho and Sai Kaka.

Date produced and composed an album called "The Earth Concerto" with musicians from Iran, Iraq, Korea, Israel, Morocco and India.

Date co-produced the mainstream American pop music album "Fantasy" for the New York-based singer, Angeli.

In 2010, Milind Date produced his debut album of devotional Marathi songs 'Krishna Gaan'.

As a part of this tour, Date performed extensively in South Korea after a gap of six years.

Indian wind instruments from India included in the ensemble were Shehnai, Nadaswaram, Venu, Algoza, Pungi, Sundri and Bansuri.

Date composed music for the film Among the Believers directed by Emmy Award winner Hemal Trivedi.

The USA-based record label, Neelam Audio Video released another Indian Classical Album Sunand Sarang on the day of Krishna Janmashtami in 2015.

From Tamil Nadu to Ladakh, Date travelled interacting with local musicians and artisans.

By applying very specific rules, Date has created these ragas which bear the mark of his style on them.