Chetan Joshi

For the Indian writer and graphic artist, see Chetan Joshi (writer).

Chetan Joshi is a noted flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition and also the former Senior Headmaster of Delhi Public School, Bokaro. He was born in Jharia and brought up at Noamundi and Bokaro Steel City. He trained under Acharya Jagadish, Bholanath Prasanna, Raghunath Seth[1] and Ajoy Chakravorty.[2]

Awards

He has been awarded with Rajakiya Sanskritik Samman (State honor) by the Government of Jharkhand. He has also been awarded Sur Mani, Bismillah Samman and other awards.[3]

Performances

As one of the leading classical instrumentalists from Jharkhand Chetan Joshi has performed in various concerts over the last fifteen years. In 2003 he performed in the cultural festival organised by the government of Jharkhand on World Music day.

He gave his performance along with a Japanese artist for a programme named Venu Naad (sound of flute) in a series of concerts organised in the first and second week of December 2004 in places like Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ranchi, Petarwar, Bhelatand, Munger and Kolkata. His other performances include one at XLRI at Jamshedpur for Spicmacay in 2006, at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati in 2008 and at IIM Ranchi in 2012[4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Rajan, Anjana (March 7, 2014). "On wings of harmony". The Hindu, New Delhi (Mumbai, India). Retrieved 14 March 2014.
  2. ↑ Kumar, Navtan (16 November 2005). "State flautist to play in reel life - Mumbai-based producer to make docu-drama on musician from Jharkhand". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. ↑ Kumar, Navtan (23 November 2004). "Creating harmony with flute". The Telegraph (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Chetan Joshi melodies enthrall IIM-Ranchi". dailypioneer.com. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  5. ↑ Ganguly, Achintya (January 8, 2013). "Musical flight on flute". The Telegraph, Calcutta (Calcutta, India). Retrieved 24 February 2013.
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