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| name = Gajanan A. Joshi<br />
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| birth_name = Gajanan Anant Joshi<br />
| alias = Gajananbuwa Joshi<br />
| birth_date = January 30, 1911<br />
| birth_place = [[Aundh State|Aundh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| origin = [[Aundh State|Aundh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|06|28|1911|01|30}}<br />
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| occupation = Indian Classical Vocalist<br />
| instrument = [[Vocalist]], [[Violin]]<br />
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]], [[Khayal]], [[Bhajan]]<br />
| years_active = 1930-1987<br />
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'''Gajanan Anant Joshi''', better known as '''"Gajananbuwa Joshi"''', (January 30, 1911 – June 28, 1987) was a vocalist and violinist in the field of [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani music]].<br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Gajananrao Joshi came from a family of musicians. His grandfather Manohar had studied dhrupad and dhamar, and his father [[Anant Manohar Joshi]] (known as Antu-buwa Joshi) was a [[khayal]] singer who had studied under [[Balakrishnabuwa Ichalkaranjikar]].<br />
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Gajananbuwa studied ''gayaki'' (singing style) of the [[Gwalior gharana]] under his father and also under other teachers in whom he found something to learn, and assimilated other styles in his art. His other gurus were Vazebuwa of Gwalior gharana, Vilayat Hussein Khan from [[Agra gharana]], Bhurji Khan from [[Jaipur-Atrauli gharana]] and Vinayakrao Ghangrekar for ''[[tabla]]''.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Joshi's students include vocalist and violinist [[Madhukar Joshi]], [[Arun Kashalkar]], [[Vikas Kashalkar]], [[Ulhas Kashalkar]], [[Padma Talwalkar]], and violinist [[Shridhar Parsekar]]. He also taught vocalists Kaushalya Manjeshwar, [[Shubhada Paradkar]], [[Veena Sahasrabuddhe]] and [[Jayashree Patanekar]]. His daughter Malati (Malu-tai) and sons Manohar, Madhukar and Narayan are also trained musicians. His sons variously took to singing, violin, and tabla. His daughter Sucheta Bidkar (nee Malutai Joshi) taught music at SNDT College. His son Manohar (known as Bachchu-bhai Joshi) formed Shivanand Trust which organizes the annual music festival at Aundh, near Satara. <br />
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Buwa worked as a Professor of Music at the Faculty of Music, [[University of Mumbai]] in 1970.<br />
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He also worked as a Music Advisor to [[All India Radio]] from 1956 to 1968 at the Mumbai, Indore and Lucknow Radio Stations.<br />
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His autobiography and his compositions for violin written by him was published in the form of a book by the renowned Mouj Publishing House in Mumbai.<br />
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==Awards and honours==<br />
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Gajananbuwa was invited to participate in almost all the major music conferences, festivals and events all over India. In addition he was also invited to go to Nepal and Pakistan for music programmes.<br />
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Buwa received the following prestigious awards for his contribution to Indian classical music both as a violinist and a vocalist:<br />
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[[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|title=SNA: List of Akademi Awardees|publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]] Official website|access-date=6 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160331060603/http://www.sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm|archive-date=31 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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An award given in 1982 by the [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]], a Trust promoted by ITC Limited, Calcutta.<br />
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[[Tansen Samaroh#National Tansen Samman|Tansen Samman]] given by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] in 1985.<br />
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'''Gajananbuwa's First Guru.'''<br />
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'''Pandit Anant Manohar Joshi'''<br />
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Gajananbuwa's first and principal Guru was his father Pandit Anant Manohar Joshi affectionately called Antubuwa. His family and many of his disciples used to address him as 'Baba'.<br />
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'''Antubuwa''' was born in 1881 in a small village 'Kinhai' near Aundh in Satara District in Maharashtra State.<br />
His father Manoharbuwa unfortunately died when Antubuwa was only seven years of age. Antubuwa's mother after some preliminary training in Music to Antubuwa by one Mr. Ayachit approached the great Balkrishnabuwa Ichalkatnjikar who agreed to teach Antubuwa. '''Balkrishnabuwa''' himself was a highly accomplished and eminent musician of Gwalior Gharana Gayaki.<br />
Antubuwa received training from Balkrishnabuwa for about eight to nine years after which Antubuwa began his own career as a Gwalior Gharana Vocalist initially as a court singer of the princely state of Aundh. As luck would have it Antubuwa got an opportunity to travel with and accompany on Tanpura the Great '''Ustad Rehamat Khan Saheb whose father was Ustad Haddu Khan Saheb one of the originators of the Gwalior Gharana.'''<br />
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Needless to say that exposure to Ustad Rehamat Khan Saheb's Gayaki enriched Antubuwa's Gayaki. After couple of years in the company of Ustad Rehamat Khan Saheb Antubuwa settled in Mumbai and started his own school of music. In addition to teaching, Antubuwa also wrote and published books for learners of music.<br />
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However, due to the changed circumstances in his life Antubuwa left Mumbai and returned to Aundh as a court singer of the Aundh State. His services were welcomed by the well cultured and supporter of arts the prince Balasaheb Pantapradhinidhi.<br />
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Although Gajananbuwa later mastered the Gayaki of Jaipur and Agra Gharanas his first and last love always remained the Gayaki of Gwalior Gharana. In fact his Violin playing mostly was based on Gwalior Gayaki.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* http://sarod.free.fr/wp-images/who (English website)<br />
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[[Category:Hindustani violinists]]<br />
[[Category:Hindustani singers]]<br />
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[[Category:Gwalior gharana]]<br />
[[Category:Indian music educators]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male classical singers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century violinists]]<br />
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