Above three quotes from(25 January 2011), Pandit Bhimsen Joshi passes away, publisher: Times of India, retrieved: 29 November 2013
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He was a great vocalist but even a greater human being. He used to treat me like his daughter and we used to meet frequently. I am fortunate that I got an opportunity to record a bhajan with him. I was very scared while singing with him but he encouraged me
— Above three quotes from(25 January
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About Bhimsen Joshi
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Kannada: ಭೀಮಸೇನ ಗುರುರಾಜ ಜೋಷಿ, February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition trained under Sawai Gandharva. He was known as the "living superstar of the Kirana Gharana". His repertoire is in the khayal form of singing. He was renowned also for renditions of devotional music such as bhajans and abhangs. He was widely acclaimed and honoured and his notable awards are the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1998, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2008. He has recorded songs for films and also sung few celebrated patriotic songs such as Mile Sur Mera Tumhara in the music video (1988) with several other celebrated singers and the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana produced by A. R. Rahman on the occasion of 50th year of Indian Republic.
About Bhimsen Joshi
Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (Kannada: ಭೀಮಸೇನ ಗುರುರಾಜ ಜೋಷಿ, February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition trained under Sawai Gandharva. He was known as the "living superstar of the Kirana Gharana". His repertoire is in the khayal form of singing. He was renowned also for renditions of devotional music such as bhajans and abhangs. He was widely acclaimed and honoured and his notable awards are the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship in 1998, the highest honour conferred by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama and the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 2008. He has recorded songs for films and also sung few celebrated patriotic songs such as Mile Sur Mera Tumhara in the music video (1988) with several other celebrated singers and the National Anthem Jana Gana Mana produced by A. R. Rahman on the occasion of 50th year of Indian Republic.
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