Milind Date

Milind Date is a music composer and flute player of Indian origins. He was born in Pune in the state of Maharashtra. He is a master at playing in genres such as pop, fusion, Hindustani classical music, and world music. In his youth years, Milind learned to play flute under the guidance of Ajit Soman and later from Hariprasad Chaurasia Hariprasad Chaurasia was born in Allahabad, Uttar >> Read More... . Milind formed his band the ‘Fusion Ensemble’ specializing in world music in the year 1998. The band went on to perform 3000+ shows all across the world. The influence of South Korea has been quite evident in his career. He has performed numerous shows in South Korea and has released albums and songs with Lim won Sik, Mi Yeon, Jin Bora, Park Chi Um, Kim Young Hee, and Roh Young Sim over the years. Milind was lucky enough to have been able to perform with legends like Ghulam Ali Ustad Ghulam Ali was born on December 5, 1940, in >> Read More... , Asha Bhosle Asha is considered to be the second greatest femal >> Read More... , Usha Mangeshkar Born on December 15, 1935, Usha Mangeshkar is an I >> Read More... , and Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is a well-known playback sing >> Read More... early in his career.

‘The Earth Concerto’ was an album co-produced and composed by him along with other musicians from Korea, India, Iraq, Morocco, Iran, and Israel. This album was felicitated with several awards. He has also done different albums with a Scottish singer Tanmayo and an American album titled ‘Fantasy’ with Angeli. He released an album of spiritual songs in Marathi titled ‘Krishna Gaan’ in the year 2010 which also featured singers like Shubhangi Gokhale Shubhangi as a child has traveled to several citie >> Read More... and Suresh Wadkar. Milind has toured throughout the country performing, for the past five years with his group Milind Date Experience. He went on his first American tour in 2013 and performed Indian Classical music throughout the States, which was followed by ‘World is Round – 2013’ – his world tour. He composed the music for the 2017 Emmy Award-winning movie Among the Believers which was also screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. His spiritual nature is reflected in his albums like Milder Milind (2015) launched on the occasion of Gudhi Padwa and Sunand Sarang (2015) on the festival of Janamashtami.

The album Milder Milind (2015) received a nomination at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards (GIMA). He has also released a collection of meditational songs in collaboration with Manish Vyas. He has been felicitated with the Economic Times Gen Next Award (2020) and Femina Pune's Most Powerful Award (2019). He has also had the honor of performing for former President Pranab Mukherjee and Russian President Vladimir Putin on different occasions. He has been given the title Virtuoso for his flawless flute playing skills. He has been credited for creating new ragas including Madhav Bhairav, Uday Chandrika, Mugdha Chandrika, Hari Mohini, Zim Kalyan, Sunand Bhairav, Narendra Kaunsa, Hussaini Bhairav, Mangeshi Todi( which was a tribute to the Mangeshkar family), Divya Chandrika among others.