Chetan Joshi

Chetan Joshi is a noted flautist in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He was born in Jharia and brought up at Noamundi and Bokaro Steel City. He was trained under Late Acharya Jagadish (Bokaro), Late Pandit Bholanath Prasanna (Allahabad), Late Pandit Raghunath Seth (Mumbai)[1] and Pandit Ajoy Chakravorty (Kolkata).[2]

Early life

He was born in Jharia of Dhanbad district in Bihar (now Jharkhand). His father Bhupendra Joshi was trader of tea. He completed his matriculation from Ramchndra high school and college from Allahabad Degree College, Prayagraj. He completed his graduation from Bokaro College.[3][4]

Career

He started playing flute as a music teacher from 1987 in Guru Gobind Singh School. Then he was music teacher in Delhi Public School from 1988 to 2012. From 2012, he played flute in different shows from Noida.[3][4]

Performances

As one of the leading classical instrumentalists from Delhi, Chetan Joshi has performed in various concerts over the last thirty years.

He gave his performance along with a Japanese artist for a programme named Venu Naad (sound of flute) in a series of Jugalbandi concerts organised in the first and second week of December 2004 in places like Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ranchi, Munger and Kolkata. He has also performed Jugalbandi with Santoor, Violin, Guitar, Sitar, Sarod and Flute artists from various parts of country.

His other performances include one at XLRI at Jamshedpur in 2006, at Rabindra Bhawan, Guwahati in 2008 and at IIM Ranchi in 2012.[5] [6]

In September 2016 Chetan Joshi performed in the 7th edition of Rasrang World Flute Festival, a five-day long international event held in New Delhi, in which artists from several countries like Italy, Slovakia and Afghanistan participated and where he was able to perform along with other leading flautists of India like Hariprasad Chaurasia and Ronu Majumdar. The festival was especially linked with one of UN Sustainable Development Goals and its aim was to propagate world peace.[7][8]

He performed in a special programme organised by Sanskar Bharti at Punjab Kala Bhawan on 8 April 2017.[9]

He also performed in a special program organised by Skoolz with the celebrity show host Mrs. NIDHI KUMAR on Sunday, 04 Dec 2022. [10]

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, Sangeet Kala Gaurav Award, Kala Ratna Sammaan, Sangam Sammaan and many other awards and accolades.[11] He was awarded Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2019.[3][4]

References
  1. Rajan, Anjana (7 March 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. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  3. "संगीत नाटक अकादमी अवार्ड 2019 के लिए बोकारो के चेतन जोशी का हुआ चयन" (in Hindi). thefollowup. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. "झारखंड के चेतन जोशी को संगीत नाटक अकादमी अवार्ड 2019, बांसुरी वादन में बेहतरीन प्रदर्शन के लिए सम्मान" (in Hindi). etvbharat. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  5. "Chetan Joshi melodies enthrall IIM-Ranchi". dailypioneer.com. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  6. Ganguly, Achintya (8 January 2013). "Musical flight on flute". The Telegraph, Calcutta. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 8 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  7. "7th World Flute Festival to propagate global peace". Business Standard, New Delhi. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  8. "Bamboo tunes to bring a message of peace". The Hindu, New Delhi. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
  9. "Chetan's flute recital captivates audience". The Tribune, Chandigarh. 9 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  10. "Fish Tank- MUSIC OF INDIA: FLUTE". Skoolz. Skoolz. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  11. Kumar, Navtan (23 November 2004). "Creating harmony with flute". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
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