Pran Nath (musician)

Pran Nath (पंडित प्राणनाथ)
Pandit Pran Nath
Background information
Born	(1918-11-03)3 November 1918 Lahore, British India
Died	13 June 1996(1996-06-13) (aged 77) Berkeley, California, US
Genres	North Indian classical, dhrupad, khayal
Occupation	Singer

Pandit Pran Nath (Devanagari: पंडित प्राणनाथ) (3 November 1918 – 13 June 1996) was an Indian classical singer and master of the Kirana gharana singing style. Promoting traditional raga principles, Nath exerted an influence on notable American minimalist and jazz musicians, including La Monte Young, Terry Riley, and Don Cherry.^[1] He began performing in the United States in the 1970s, and established the Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music in 1972; he subsequently taught in various universities across the US and Europe.^[1]