One of the great Western specialists of the Bānsurī flute, Henri Tournier is one of those musicians fascinated by the music of India, who have become , after a long journey, its passionate ambassadors .

For decades, he has been exploring the possibilities of this instrument in its context, that of classical music from North India, as well as in that of world music and contemporary Western music. It was Roger Bourdin, legendary solo flutist of the transverse flute, who transmitted his passion for improvisation to him, and it was improvisation that led him to Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia. He followed his teaching, and became his assistant and then guest professor at the Rotterdam-Codarts Conservatory for more than twenty-five years.

Henri Tournier has built his own language as an improviser and composer, through the prism of the Bansurī flutes and that of Western transverse flutes. He multiplies musical experiences, meetings and recordings on the international scene. In 2016, he was appointed professor of modal improvisation and Indian music at the CNSMDP.