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| birth_date = {{birth date|1930|01|01}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Allahabad]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|12|06|1930|9|17}}<br />
| instrument = [[Violin]]<br />
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music]]<br />
| occupation = [[Violin]]ist<br />
| years_active = 1948-2003<br />
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'''Pt Joi Srivastava''' was a well-known North Indian [[violin]]ist of the [[Senia Gharana]].<br />
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== Early life and training ==<br />
Joi Srivastava was born in [[Allahabad]] on 1 January 1930. He learned Hindustani classical violin from [[Gagan Chandra Chatterjee]],<ref name="Gagan Chandra Chatterji">{{cite book|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Music of India|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195650983|url=http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095840253?rskey=mH20Zr&result=0&q=gagan}}</ref> a violinist who is credited with introducing the gat-style of violin playing in North India. After his teacher died, Joi Srivastava learnt from the celebrated Ustad [[Alauddin Khan]] as well for a few years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roychoudhury|first1=Bimalakanta|title=Bharatiya Sangeet Kosh|publisher=Vani Prakashan|location=Delhi|isbn=978-93-5000-463-0}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
He was a prodigy who became a master of the instrument even before he turned 20. He started teaching at the University of Allahabad and also at Kala Bharati Allahabad. Around 1957 he moved to Delhi and joined the [[All India Radio]] where he was a regular artiste till his retirement in 1987. After that he taught violin at the [[Gandharva Mahavidyalaya]], Delhi till 1994.<br />
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===Music for documentaries===<br />
* ''Saarang - the Peacock'' <ref>{{cite web|title=Saarang - the Peacock|url=http://www.indianwildlifeclub.com/Videos/sarang.aspx|work=Indian Wildlife Club site|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> (features Raag Megh and Raag Vrindavani Saarang played by him on the violin)<br />
* ''Lime Buildings Breathe'' (features Raag Dhani, Raag Sindhu Bhairavi and Raag Yamani Bilawal played by him on the violin)<br />
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== Style ==<br />
Joi Srivastava pioneered a unique style of playing North Indian Classical music on the violin. He was the most accomplished student of Gagan Chandra Chatterjee and could play the full range of music hitherto possible on sitar and sarod only. He also went further and imbibed techniques of Carnatic Veena and Western classical as well into his playing.<br />
==Family==<br />
*Joi Srivastava was married to Sushil Srivastava<br />
Joi Srivastava has three children:-<br />
* Dr.Gunjan.S.Bhatnagar (Eldest daughter)<br />
* Seema Madhusudan(Second daughter)<br />
* Bharat Srivastava (Youngest son)<br />
Joi Srivastava has three grandchildren:-<br />
* Mansa Madhusudan (Daughter of Madhusudan and Seema Madhusudan)<br />
* Mandira Bhatnagar (Daughter of Gunjan Bhatnagar and Rajendra Kumar Bhatnagar)<br />
* Arpit Bhatnagar(Son of Gunjan Bhatnagar and Rajendra Kumar Bhatnagar)<br />
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== Students ==<br />
Joi Srivastava was a teacher to many violinists of North India, and also of other countries:<br />
* Kumar Dinesh Deo <ref>{{cite news|title=Traditional tunes|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050815/asp/jamshedpur/story_5116080.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210303/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050815/asp/jamshedpur/story_5116080.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|accessdate=13 November 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=15 August 2005}}</ref> <br />
* Prakash Narayan of Allahabad <ref>{{cite book|last1=Narayan|first1=Prakash|title=Violin Vaadan|date=1963|publisher=Sangeet Kala Sadan}}</ref><br />
* Guruprasad Sharma of Allahabad<br />
* [http://www.pattiweiss.com Patti Weiss]<ref>{{cite web|title=Pattie Weiss|url=http://www.ancient-future.com/patti.html|work=Ancient Future site|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref><br />
* Anne Marie Ene<br />
* Lenneke van Staalen <ref>{{cite web|title=Lenneke van Staalen|url=http://indianmusiccircle.com/Lenneke_van_Staalen.html|work=Indian Music Circle site|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> <br />
* [[Sharat Chandra Srivastava]] is his grandson and the leading performer in his style <ref>{{cite web|title=Sharat Chandra Srivastava|url=http://www.sharatraag.com|accessdate=13 November 2013}}</ref> <br />
* Satyanarayan Sharma of Jaipur<br />
* Harvinder Singh (sitar)<br />
* Janardhan Prasad Mishra, Sangeet Samiti, Allahabad.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/article1064013.ece Article in The Hindu on his 80th birth anniversary]<br />
* {{YouTube|dSIAupxJi7g|Lime Buildings Breathe}}<br />
* {{YouTube|bXtcu9OOCew|Clip from Saarang - the Peacock}}<br />
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