India, July 5 -- A Delhi production looks past the applause, revealing the intense discipline and quiet sacrifices that built Hariprasad Chaurasia's musical legacy

Bada natkhat hai ye kishan kanhaiya. A single breath pushed through hollow bamboo carries an entire lifetime of stories. The sharpest vocalists will tell you that a wooden flute mimics the human voice better than anything else, breaking the silence with pure emotion.

That specific magic anchored Bansuri Jab Gaane Lage at Delhi's Kamani Auditorium. Staged by Eastern Harmony and HCL Concerts, the production mapped the complex life of master flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. The man himself sat quietly in the front row. Marking his birthday, all six hundred people packing th...