Prateek
Chaudhuri,
the
renowned
Sitar
player
passed
away
due
to
COVID-19
complications.
His
father,
the
legendary
sitarist
Debu
Chaudhuri
aka
Devbrata
Chaudhuri,
had
died
due
to
COVID-19
last
week.
Reportedly,
Prateek
breathed
his
last
at
Guru
Teg
Bahadur
hospital,
Delhi,
where
he
was
admitted
for
the
past
few
days.
Pavan
Jha,
the
renowned
music
historian
revealed
the
news
with
a
social
media
post,
recently.
"And
the
bad
news
is
Not
stopping.
Prateek
Chaudhuri,
the
promisisng
talent
&
son
of
legendary
Debu
Chaudhuri
is
no
more.
Was
struggling
hard
in
ICU
&
Yesterday
he
joined
his
father
as
they
walked
together
on
the
path
of
eternity-
#RestinPeace
Prateek," wrote
Jha
on
his
post.
"He
was
doing
improvements
with
his
health,
as
he
was
also
admitted
to
GTB
with
Debu
ji
and
was
to
be
discharged
from
Hospital
on
Monday,
when
I
last
spoke
him,
but
was
totally
distressed
&
broken
with
the
death
of
his
father.
So
so
sad,"
Pavan
Jha
added.
Prateek
Chaudhuri
also
belonged
to
the
Senia
Gharana
of
music,
much
like
his
father,
the
later
Sitar
Maestro
Debu
Chaudhuri.
He
was
also
serving
as
a
professor
at
the
Department
of
Music,
Faculty
of
Music
and
Fine
Arts,
University
of
Delhi.
The
sitarist
is
survived
by
his
wife
Runa
and
children
Rayana
and
Adhiraj.