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Bhimsen Joshi
Bhimsen Joshi
Background information Birth name Born Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi February 4, 1922 Gadag, Karnataka January 24, 2011 (aged88) Pune, Maharashtra Hindustani classical music
Died
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Occupations singer Years active 19412011 Website Signature of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
,pronunciation); February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school), he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, awarded in 2008.[2]
Early life
Joshi was born in Gadag district of northern Karnataka,[3][4] to a Kannada Madhwa Brahmin family.[5] His father, Gururaj Joshi, was a school teacher. Bhimsen was the eldest in a family of 16 siblings. Some of the siblings still live in their ancestral home in Gadag.[6] Bhimsen lost his mother when he was young, and his stepmother then raised him. His parents lived initially with his grandfather as tenants of a Kulkarni household, but then moved to Gadag District. As a child, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's craving for music was evident to his family as he managed to lay his hands on a 'tanpura' used by his 'Kirtankar' grandfather, which had been kept away from his gaze at home. Music had such a magnetic pull over him that a 'bhajan singing' procession or just 'azaan' from a nearby mosque was said to draw him out of house.[7]
Musical training
Until the first half of the 20th century, khyal was principally taught in the Guru Shishya (master-disciple) tradition. Bhimsen's guru Sawai Gandharva was the chief disciple of Abdul Karim Khan, who along with his cousin Abdul Wahid Khan was the founder of the Kirana Gharana school of Hindustani music.
Bhimsen Joshi North India, including in Delhi, Kolkata, Gwalior, Lucknow and Rampur, trying to find a good guru.[8] Eventually, his father succeeded in tracking him down in Jalandar and brought young Bhimsen back home.
Sawai Gandharva
In 1936, Rambhau Kundgolkar (alias Sawai Gandharva), a native of Dharwad, agreed to be his guru. Bhimsen Joshi stayed at his house in the traditional guru-shishya (teacher-student) tradition, gleaning knowledge of music from his master as and when he could, while performing odd-jobs in his house. Another renowned vocalist from the Kirana Gharana, Gangubai Hangal, was a co-student of Bhimsen during this time. Joshi continued his training with Sawai Gandharva till 1940.
Career
Joshi ji first performed live in 1941 at the age 19. His debut album, containing a few devotional songs in Kannada and Hindi, was released by HMV the next year in 1942. Later Joshi moved to Mumbai in 1943 and worked as a radio artist. His performance at a concert in 1946 to celebrate his guru Sawai Gandharva's 60th birthday won him accolades both from the audience and his guru.[9]
Devotional music
In devotional music, Joshi was most acclaimed for his Kannada, Hindi and Marathi Bhajan singing. His commercially successful CDs Daaswani and Enna Paliso included Kannada Bhajans, and Santawani included Marathi Abhangs.
Patriotic music
Bhimsen Joshi was widely recognized in India due to his performance in the Mile Sur Mera Tumhara music video (1985), which begins with him. The video was created for the purpose of national integration in India, and highlights the diversity of Indian culture. Bhimsen Joshi was also a part of Jana Gana Mana produced by A. R. Rahman on the occasion of 50th year of Indian Republic.
Bhimsen Joshi
Playback singing
Joshi sang for several films, including "Basant Bahar" (1956) with Manna Dey, Birbal My Brother (1973) with Pandit Jasraj, and Kannada films like Sandhya Raaga and Nodi Swami Naavu Irodhu Heege. He also sang for the films Tansen (1958), 'Sur Sangam' (1985) and Ankahee (1985).[11]
Students
Joshi taught many students, several of whom have gone onto commercial success. They include Madhava Gudi, Shripati Padegar, Shrikant Deshpande, Rajendra Dixit (Rathod), his son Shrinivas Joshi, Sanjeev Jahagirdar, Ashutosh Bharadwaj, Anand Bhate, Pandit Upendra Bhat, and Pandit Harish Tiwari.
Legacy
Bhimsen Joshi was known for his powerful voice, amazing breath control, musical sensibility and grasp of the fundamentals, representing a subtle fusion of intelligence and passion that imparted life and excitement to his music.[7] A classicist by training and temperament, Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was renowned for having evolved an approach that sought to achieve a balance between what may be termed as "traditional values and mass-culture tastes" and as such he went on to have supposedly the largest commercially recorded repertoire in Hindustani vocal music. His greatest endeavour in perpetuating his legacy could be the Sawai Gandharva Festival held at Pune annually since the year 1953 which seeks to promote a certain music culture.[7]
Personal life
Bhimsen Joshi was well known to have a passion for cars. He was known to be an expert swimmer, a keen enthusiast of yoga and a football player in his younger days. He had acknowledged his weakness for alcohol but left it in 1979 after it started affecting his career.[7]
2003 - "Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram" by Government of Kerala[17] 2005 - Karnataka Ratna[12] 2008 - Bharat Ratna[12]
Bhimsen Joshi 2008 - "Swami Haridas Award"[18] 2009 - "Lifetime achievement award" by Delhi government[19] 2010 - "S V Narayanaswamy Rao National Award" by Rama Seva Mandali, Bangalore
References
[1] http:/ / www. outlookindia. com/ article. aspx?238987 [2] "Bharat Ratna for Vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi" (http:/ / www. rediff. com/ news/ 2008/ nov/ 04ratna. htm). Rediff. . Retrieved 2009-02-21. [3] "Kannadiga family" (http:/ / frontlineonline. info/ thehindu/ mp/ 2002/ 10/ 31/ stories/ 2002103100070100. htm). The Hindu. 2002-10-31. . Retrieved 2009-02-21. [4] "Relentless riyaz- Bhimsen Joshis recipe for success" (http:/ / archive. deccanherald. com/ content/ Nov52008/ national2008110598978. asp?section=thirdcolumnupdatenews). Deccan Herald. 2008-11-05. . Retrieved 2008-11-05. [5] "Bhimsen Joshi's legacy will remain: Singer" (http:/ / www. asianage. com/ music/ bhimsen-joshis-legacy-will-remain-singers-026). The Asian Age. 2011-01-25. . [6] "Naughty lad turned muse is 'Bharat Ratna'" (http:/ / archive. deccanherald. com/ Content/ Nov62008/ state2008110599086. asp). Deccan Herald. 2008-11-06. . Retrieved 2008-11-07. [7] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, the glory of Indian music" (http:/ / movies. ndtv. com/ movie_story. aspx?Section=Movies& ID=ENTEN20110167653). NDTV. 2011-01-24. . Retrieved 2011-01-24. [8] "A class apart" (http:/ / www. mumbaimirror. com/ index. aspx?page=article& sectid=91& contentid=2008110620081106034527780499316b0). Mumbai Mirror. 2008-11-06. . Retrieved 2008-11-18. [9] Chatterji, Shoma A. (7 December 2008). "A living legend" (http:/ / www. tribuneindia. com/ 2008/ 20081207/ spectrum/ main5. htm). The Sunday Tribune. . Retrieved 25 January 2011. [10] "Seeking the stars" (http:/ / www. hindu. com/ fr/ 2008/ 11/ 07/ stories/ 2008110751130100. htm). The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2008-11-07. . [11] "Bharat Ratna Bhimsen Joshi passes away in Pune" (http:/ / ibnlive. in. com/ news/ bharat-ratna-bhimsen-joshi-passes-away-in-pune/ 141342-3. html). IBN Live. 24 January 2011. . Retrieved 24 January 2011. [12] "Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: A Profile" (http:/ / www. zeenews. com/ news481046. html). ZEE News. 5 November 2008. . Retrieved 24 January 2011. [13] Bhimsen Joshi: Living legend in Indian classical music - Entertainment - DNA (http:/ / www. dnaindia. com/ report. asp?newsid=1229441) [14] Screen -The Business of Entertainment (http:/ / www. screenindia. com/ old/ 20001117/ tnews. htm) [15] 'Nadoja' for Bhimsen Joshi (http:/ / www. hindu. com/ thehindu/ 2000/ 12/ 29/ stories/ 04292104. htm) [16] Times Of India Article (http:/ / timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ articleshow/ 8184698. cms) [17] "Award presented to Bhimsen Joshi" (http:/ / www. hindu. com/ 2003/ 12/ 02/ stories/ 2003120208750400. htm). The Hindu (Chennai, India). 2003-12-02. . [18] Bhimsen Joshi to be presented Swami Haridas Award (http:/ / www. hinduonnet. com/ thehindu/ holnus/ 009200808272140. htm) [19] Bhimsen happy about Delhi govt award (http:/ / timesofindia. indiatimes. com/ NEWS/ City/ Pune/ Bhimsen-happy-about-Delhi-govt-award/ articleshow/ 4956725. cms)
Further reading
Nadkarni, Mohan (1983). Bhimsen Joshi: the man and his music. Prism Communications. Nadkarni, Mohan (1994). Bhimsen Joshi: a biography. Indus, New Delhi. ISBN8172231261. Majumdar, Abhik (2004). Bhimsen Joshi: A Passion for Music. Rupa & Co. ISBN8129103540.
External links
Bhimsen Joshi (http://www.dharwad.com/bhimsen.html) Bhimsen Joshi Picture Album (http://www.kamat.com/indica/music/bhimsen_joshi.htm) Bhimsen Joshi: List of Classical Vocal Recordings (http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/ellpatke/Miscellany/ bhimsen.htm) A Films division documentary on Bhimsen Joshi (http://www.filmsdivision.org/view_video. php?movId=ODU4)
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