{{no footnotes|date=July 2022}} {{Short description|Indian musician (1935–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist | birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|04|24}} | birth_place = Lyallpur, Punjab Province (British India), India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|24|1935|04|24}} | death_place = San Rafael, California, United States of America | genre = Hindustani Classical Music | instrument = Bansuri (a type of flute) }} '''G. S. Sachdev''' (born '''Gurbachan Singh Sachdev''', in Lyallpur, Punjab, 24 April 1935 – 24 June 2018)<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: G.S. Sachdev (1935-2018) |url=https://otherminds.mystagingwebsite.com/sachdev/ |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=Other Minds |language=en-US}}</ref> was an Indian performer of the ''bansuri'' (bamboo flute). He performed Hindustani classical music.
Sachdev was a student of the flautist Vijay Raghav Rao for 12 years, living with him for 3 years as a disciple.<ref>{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: G.S. Sachdev (1935-2018) |url=https://otherminds.mystagingwebsite.com/sachdev/ |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=Other Minds |language=en-US}}</ref>
Sachdev was on the advisory board of the World Flute Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Leadership Team |url=https://www.worldflutesociety.org/leadership-team |access-date=2025-11-21 |website=World Flute Society |language=en}}</ref>
thumb|G. S. Sachdev performing at Other Minds in San Francisco in February, 2013.
Among his students were Oscar van Dillen<ref>{{Cite web |last=van Dillen |first=Oscar |title=About Oscar van Dillen |url=https://www.oscarvandillen.com/about/oscar_van_dillen/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> and Jin Hi Kim<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kim |first=Jin Hi |url=https://jinhikim.com/img/2024/Jin-Hi-Kim-Memoir.pdf |title="JIN HI KIM MEMOIR" |year=2024 |location= |pages=27 |language=English}}</ref>.
==Discography== *''Spirit'' *''Live in Concert'' *''Flights of Improvisation'' *''Full Moon'' *''Master of the Bamboo Flute'', v. 2 *''Bansuri'' (Solo) *''Classical North Indian Ragas'' *''Two Moods'' *''Romantic Ragas'' *''Live in New York'' *''Lyrical Grace'' *''Amar Sangit'' *''Jasmine Nights'' *''Incantations'' *''Aradhana'' *''Greeting of the Dawn'' *''Raga Patdeep (cassette)''
==See also== *Bansuri *Hindustani classical music
== References == <references />
==External links== *[http://bansuri.net/gssachdev/ G. S. Sachdev official site]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sachdev, G. S.}} Category:1935 births Category:2018 deaths Category:Hindustani musicians Category:Indian flautists Category:People from Faisalabad
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