Education
He gave his first flute recital at the age of eleven.He graduated from the School of Fine Arts, Andhra University (Vishakhapatnam) in 1982.
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Naveen Kumar
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Career
Naveen has also directed music for Gospel recordings. At the age of three, Naveen started singing, and with no formal training, he started playing the flute. Naveen has played for leading Bollywood film music composers such as Arkansas Rahman, Ilayaraja, Pritam, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Sajid-Wajid and Salim Sulaiman.
He has performed with musicians such as Sivamani, Louiz Banks, Mandolin Srinivas, and John McLaughlin.
Eventually, Naveen moved to Mumbai to get chances to work with other composers in India. He has featured vocals in film songs by M.M. Keeravani and Deva, among others
Songs include "Kaadhal Sadugudu" in Mani Ratnam"s Alaipaayuthey, and "Salam Gulamu" in Deva"s Hello. He created his own flute, which he calls the "Naveen Flute".
This flute features flute tone and the vibration of strings (through the placement of a string on the side of the flute).
Naveen has received great attention for the instrumental orchestral piece, "Bombay Theme", which Arkansas Rahman composed and arranged for the film Bombay in 1995. Other popular songs that feature his flute interludes are Zara Zara (Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein) and the Kal Ho Na Ho title track. He also performed with Arkansas Rahman and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Southbank Centre in London on 7 April 2010.
