Pt.
Bhimsen
Joshi
One
of the
great
sons
of Indian
soil,
Pt.
Bhimsen
Joshi
has
become
an icon
of Indian
Music
today.
The
Heights
of success
he has
achieved,
are
the
rarest
in the
World
of Art
in this
century.
Born
in 1922
in the
town
of Gadag
in Karnataka,
the
Maestro's
passion
for
music
started
at a
very
young
age.
His
life
is the
very
stuff
for
legend.
Flight
from
the
secure
environs
of home
while
still
in his
early
teens
in search
of Guru,
encounters
with
musicians
all
over
India
in this
quest,
the
circular
culmination
of this
journey
in Kundgol,
where
he found
his
Guru
and
Mentor,
Pt.
Rambhau
Kundgolkar,
alias
Sawai
Gandharva.
It is
an epic
saga
of struggle,
of a
single-pointed
thirst
for
music.
Perhaps
that
is why
Panditji
has
been
a daredevil,
a risk
taker
for
most
of his
life.
Through
his
excellent
absorption
of the
souls
of various
Gayakies,
he has
created
a unique
blend,
adding
his
own
introspective
aesthetic
sense.
The
result
is his
unique
Bhimsen
Gayaki.
With
tremendous
power
to perform
with
amazing
vocal
expression,
Panditji
has
created
a New
Era
which
gives
an interesting
dimension
to Kirana
tradition
of Hindusthani
Music.
His
Musical
Philosophy
rests
in not
being
revolutionary
or provoking
but
in being
emotive,
intense
and
soothing
in nature.
To achieve
the
core
of Art,
creating
in a
true
sense
the
catharsis
in audience's
mind,
is the
supreme
goal
of his
performance.
With
this
divine
power,
Bhimsenji's
music
has
crossed
the
borders
of nations
and
has
touched
the
hearts
of the'
Rasika'
of the
World.
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Phule
Pune
University.
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