Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
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Pandit Bhimsen Joshi
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| Background information | |
| Native name | भीमसेन जोशी |
| Born |
4 February 1922 Ron, Karnataka, India |
| Died | 24 January 2011 (aged 88) Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Hindustani Classical, Bhajans (Kannada, Marathi and Hindi) |
| Years active | 1941–2000 |
| Labels | Bharat Ratna Pd Dr BHIMSEN JOSHI MEMORIAL TRUST COMMITTE RON (Regd) |
| Website |
www.bhimsenjoshiron.com  Signature of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi |
www.bhimsenjoshiron.com
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (
pronunciation ; 4 February 1922 – 24 January 2011) was an Indian vocalist from Karnataka in the Hindustani classical tradition. He is known for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs).
In 1998, he was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. Subsequently, he received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2009.
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi was born in a Madhwa Brahmin family in a town called Ron, in the Gadag district of Karnataka on 4 February 1922 to Gururaj Joshi (who had authored a Kannada-English dictionary) and Godavaribai, a home-maker. Bhimsen was the eldest among 16 siblings. He lost his mother at a young age and was raised by his stepmother.
As a child, Bhimsen was fascinated with music and musical instruments like the harmonium and tanpura and would often follow processions accompanied by music bands. This exercise often tired him and he would curl up somewhere and sleep, forcing his parents to go to the police after efforts to trace him failed. Fed up, his father Gururajacharya Joshi came up with the solution, writing " ಜೋಷಿ ಮಾಸ್ತರರ ಮಗ " (son of teacher Joshi) on Bhimsen's shirts. This worked and those who found the boy sleeping would safely deposit him back to his house.
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