caption associated_acts death_date death_place birth_place label name birth_date instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
pt . raghunath seth suns of arqa , sultan khan 15 february 2014 mumbai , india gwalior , india arka sound raghunath seth 1931 bansuri hindustani classical music raghunath seth
 pandit raghunath seth musician , composer
raghunath seth

pandit raghunath seth -lrb- 1931 -- 15 february 2014 -rrb- was a noted indian exponent of hindustani classical music through the medium of bansuri , or bamboo flute ; he was also a noted film score composer .
he has received sangeet natak akademi award in 1994 , given by sangeet natak akademi , india 's national academy for music , dance and drama .
as an indian classical music bamboo flautist , he delighted his audiences and fans across the globe .
his flute composition `` music to help you sleep '' from the album nidra has over 5.5 million views on youtube .
his filmography included songs by stalwarts like yesudas , lata mangeshkar , asha bhosle , chithra , kavita krishnamurty , alka yagnik , bhupinder , suresh wadkar , hariharan , udit narayan and more .
`` yeh paudhay yeh pattay '' , from the film `` ek baar phir '' , has been documented as anuradha podwal 's first film song .
his private albums included songs by talat mehmood , asha bhosle , vani jairam , arti mukherjee , talat aziz , peenaz masani , sudha malhotra , hari om sharan , sharma bandhu .
he scored music for around 2000 documentary films and many television serials .
several of them like , ` ocean to sky , ` the last tiger ' , ` mughal gardens ' & ` death sentence ' were widely recognized for their music scores as well .
pandit raghunath seth made many breakthroughs in the technique of flute making and playing .
he is well known for adding a bamboo key to his bansuri that makes previously impossible phrases , such as the meend -lrb- glissando -rrb- between ma and pa , easily playable .
he also added an 8th hole which allows to extend the range of indian bamboo flute , further into the lower octave .
as a flute guru , he has gifted the world with many fine disciples including : his son apurva shrivastava , steve gorn , rao kyao , chris hinze , clive bell , sunil gupta , krishna bhandari , joshua geisler , chetan joshi , atul sharma and datta chaughule .
