Internationally-acclaimed Odia flute artist Annada Prasanna Pattnaik was felicitated by the Cassandra Cultural Centre here on Tuesday for his outstanding achievements at international level.
Pattnaik, a native of Kiriburu in Keonjhar district, has played flute for more than 1,500 films ranging from Odia movies to Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Konkani, Marathi, Bengali and even Hollywood movies. Working as a visiting professor in Indian music at the Culurado University in the US, he has performed in concerts in almost all European and Asian countries. Pattnaik, who is currently based in Bangalore, works as a musician, a composer, music director and singer. During his visit to his birth place, Cassandra secretary Dhirendra Rout and vice-president Malaya Mohapatra felicitated him.