Global Flute Voices: The Indian Bansuri Flute with Lyon Leifer

Sunday, February 21, 2027

(3:00 - 5:00 PM CT)

New Annual Event highlighting non-Western flute traditions from around the world. 

In-Person at the National India Hub, Schaumburg, IL

(location details coming soon)

Lyon Leifer is recognized in Europe, the Americas, China, and India as a master flutist who performs both on Western flutes and on the bansuri (North Indian keyless bamboo flute). After early studies in Chicago with Emil Eck and Walfrid Kujala, Mr. Leifer attended the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied with Julius Baker. He became a member of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.

Pursuing an interest in the improvised raga music and flute playing in India, he accepted a Fulbright Grant to study there with Devendra Murdeshwar, the inheritor of the legacy of the great Pannalal Ghosh. Remaining in India for five years, Mr. Leifer won the praise of Indian audiences and critics for his authentic renditions of raga melodies. In 2019, he won another Fulbright Grant to study the current state of bansuri playing and making in India, spending two months there and taking part in many seminars organized throughout the country.

Lyon Leifer will present a bansuri recital with a tabla player, followed by an interactive demonstration geared towards western flute players eager to know more about this ancient instrument.