Background information | |
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Born | 1954 (age 64–65) Kent, England |
Genres | Celtic and Hindustani music |
Instruments | Sarod |
Website | http://www.chinmaya-dunster.com/chinmaya-dunster.php |
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Chinmaya Dunster (born 1954 in Kent, England) is a sarod player whose compositions incorporate elements of Celtic and Hindustani music. He is an active environmentalist and performs concerts to foster awareness for saving ecosystems and wildlife. Dunster has released over twenty CDs over the past quarter century.
Biography[edit]
Born in 1954 in Kent, England, Dunster[1] (né Stephen Dunster) attended Art college in Canterbury and pursued an independent study of classical guitar and composition throughout his adolescence and early twenties.[2]
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After finishing his formal education in the late seventies, Dunster left Europe and travelled through Afghanistan into northern India, where he became acquainted with classical Indian music and instrumentation. During spring break of his last year of art school in 1979, he flew off to Dehli to meet with his future wife, Diana. They travelled to the Himalayas. In the north Indian city of New Delhi, he attended an all-night performance of the sarod master, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and subsequently spent the next thirteen years engaged in the study of the sarod both in London and India.[2]
Once he finished his Art college training, he spent a year in Canada. Before returning to England he travelled through the East, first to Japan, then to Thailand and Sri Lanka.[2]
In 1982 he became a disciple of Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh).
As Hindustani musical tradition dictates that knowledge of technique and tradition is generally handed down from father to son, Dunster was initially challenged to find a teacher. In 1983 in London he became a disciple of Ustad Gurdev Singh[3] (leading disciple of Ustad Amjad ali Khan). After moving to Pune, India, in 1989, he studied for a further six years with Pandit Shekhar Borkar,[2] a mainly self-taught sarod master.
In 1990, following an intense year of music making at the Osho International Meditation Resort in Pune, Dunster founded the east-west fusion band with Prem Joshua, Terra Incognita and released two albums under that name through New Earth Records.[1] After several solo projects, Dunster then founded the Celtic Ragas Band, whose self-titled 2001 release attracted the favour of former Beatles member Sir Paul McCartney, who then invited Dunster to perform at his 2002 wedding to Heather Mills in Ireland.[2][4]
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The following year he and the Celtic Ragas Band performed a CONCERT FOR INDIA'S ENVIRONMENT at BVIEER, Pune, released as the live CD 'Fragrance of the East' on New Earth Records.[1][5] The video of this concert, blended with interviews with environmentalists, Indian school children reading their own poems on nature and stunning footage of the Indian wilderness, has been shown at numerous international film festivals, and aims to spread awareness of the state of India’s environment: www.chinmaya-dunster.com/concert-environment-2.php[6]
In February 2010, Chinmaya Dunster formed the Green Ragas Band, playing at British Council, New Delhi (India) during the TERI YUVA Meet for environmental awareness,[4] and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Video of these concerts blended with information about climate change, threats to biodiversity and the difficulties faced by the rural poor in India found here: www.chinmaya-dunster.com/concert-environment-2.php[6]
Chinmaya Dunster currently resides in Totnes, Uk [1] with his partner Naveena Goffer and their daughter Koyal Goffer-Dunster.[2] He is currently creating songs based on expanded consciousness, such as his singles releases 'At the Edge', and 'Dance Your Way to God'. He does not use a smartphone.
Discography[edit]
- Terra Incognita (1 January 1991). No Goal But The Path. Köln, Germany: Tao Music. ASINB0021H4EK2. OCLC222031825.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (15 May 1995). Feng Shui Part 1. Tucson, AZ: Meistersinger Music. ASINB00004SCRI. OCLC40576938.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (20 August 1995). Feng Shui Part 2. Tucson, AZ: Meistersinger Music. ASINB00004SCRJ. OCLC40577104.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (15 March 1996). Lands of the Dawn. Forchheim, Germany: Meistersinger Musik. ASINB000008SNF. OCLC163140477.
- Terra Incognita (7 May 1996). Tribal Gathering. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB0000009CG. OCLC781206424.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Jamie, Vidroha (24 November 1998). Celtic Ragas. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB00000G435. OCLC658939743.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Bhakti (2000). The Beloved-Yoga of Devotion. Santa Fe, NM: Malimba Records. ASINB000066CD0.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (19 December 2000). Feng shui : the eight-fold path. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB0000521Y3. OCLC46831187.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (4 September 2001). Yoga: On Sacred Ground. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ISBN978-3-933712-31-8. OCLC48849654.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (3 September 2002). Sacred Temples of India. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB00006EXDY. OCLC51707421.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Sirus, Sangit (2003). Spiral Dance. Forchheim, Germany: Meistersinger Musik. ASINB0000287AQ. OCLC163140708.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Celtic Ragas Band (7 October 2003). Karma Circles. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB0000D1FDO. OCLC70688794.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Akasha (2004). Akasha: Yoga Spirit. Hawai'i, US: Malimba Records. ASINB00097DX7G. OCLC65390296.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Celtic Ragas Band (1 February 2005). Fragrance of the East: Live in India. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB00069MQ6G.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Kumar, Niladri (11 October 2005). Yoga Lounge. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB000B9EYAC. OCLC68136146.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (10 April 2007). Buddha Moon. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB000NVKY8Y. OCLC148071536.
- Dunster, Chinmaya; Akasha (20 March 2007). Akasha: Om Shanti. Hawai'i, US: Malimba Records. ASINB000MEYJDS. OCLC259809550.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (13 October 2009). Land of Buddhas. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB002L9PQCU. OCLC437312799.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (16 March 2010). Ragas Relax. Maui, Hawai'i: Malimba Records. ASINB0033HKCC8. OCLC500831696.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (13 October 2011). Gaia's Garden. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB005HUY8TC. OCLC756605899.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (13 October 2013). Meditation Ragas. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. ASINB00CMQXU0W. OCLC853501185.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (March 2014). At the Edge. Hawai'i, US: Global Spirit Music. ASINB00JMYIXT0.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (6 June 2014). Dance Your Way to God. Hawai'i, US: Global Spirit Music. ASINB00KVUJ4JM.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (15 February 2016). Rarities-Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1990-2015. Auckland, NZ: Chinmaya Dunster. ASINB01BV33VTQ.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (12 October 2018). Bulleh Says. Auckland, NZ: Chinmaya Dunster. ASINB07JFVWNHY.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (22 February 2019). Mindfulness. Totnes, UK: New Earth Records. ASINB07MWJ9N13.
- Dunster, Chinmaya (10 February 2019). The World's Treasure. Totnes, UK: Chinmaya Dunster. ASINB07NTKB214.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ abcd'Chinmaya Dunster'. Visionary music to enhance wellbeing. Santa Fe, NM: New Earth Records. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ abcdefDunster, Chinmaya. 'Bio of Chinmaya Dunster ~ musician, composer, sarod player'. Chinmaya Dunster ~ music and films. punyaweb.net. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^Singh, Ustad Gurdev. 'Biography of Ustad Gurdev Singh ~ musician, vocalist, Dilruba and Sarod player'. Ustad Gurdev Singh. gurdevsingh.com. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ abMosca, Michel (15 January 2010). 'Music and Film for India's Environment – Chinmaya Dunster'. Switzerland: cleanteam's net work. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^'Chinmaya Dunster: Making the film Concert For India's Environment'. Osho RebelliousSpirit.com. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- ^ abDunster, Chinmaya. 'Concert for India's Environment DVD ~ Free music video download'. Chinmaya Dunster ~ music and films. punyaweb.net. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
External links[edit]
- Dunster, Chinmaya. 'Chinmaya Dunster ~ music and films'. punyaweb.net. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- Dunster, Chinmaya. 'YouTube – Chinmaya Dunster's Channel'. San Bruno, CA: YouTube, LLC. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
- Dunster, Chinmaya. 'SoundCloud – Chinmaya Dunster's Channel'. San Berlin, Germany: SoundCloud Limited. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
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