Friday, August 21, 2015

Nirvana Academy confers 2015 “Golden Guitar” Award to Gautam Kotwal


Gautam Kotwal, founder and Lead guitarist, Mythya Band has been accorded the “Golden Guitar” Award for his outstanding contribution and achieving excellence in the field of guitar/music with a dedication to the public interest and monumental contributions to the development of the art and life of guitar.
Nirvana Academy a regd cultural club presented 2015 “Golden Guitar” Award to Gautam Kotwal, in a function held at Auditorium, Red Cross, Kachi Chawani Jammu. MLA Jammu East Mr. Rajesh Gupta and Secretary Indian Red Cross society, Jammu region attended the program and honoured Kotwal.
“Since 2010, the Award has been conferred upon outstanding individuals whose careers and advocacy have had a social impact. We also wanted to highlight the impact of an individual who is in the forefront of artists who have made the choice to help change Jammu and Kashmir State for better. Gautam Kotwal is a unique candidate in this regard and is a wonderful addition to our distinguished group of honourees, said President of Nirvana Academy.
Gautam Kotwal, the guitarist, song writer and composer, known for his philanthropy, has a long history of civic and humanitarian outreach through music which has benefitted the upcoming and needy musicians of Jammu and Kashmir. For more than 15 years, Gautam Kotwal has been making music loved by many and he has used his success to help others. Gautam started learning guitar way back in 1992 under the mentorship of Jagmeet Singh Raina and Sanjay Pashi. There were two mentors who made his basics concepts of guitar regarding theory and creativity in music. From there then it was a self taught journey begins. His first band was Scorpio in which he played bass guitar and then in 2006 he made his maiden band Mythya. He mostly southern groove metal on guitar. Gautam did many concerts for social awareness and social cause He was also honoured by Indian Red Cross Society in 2014. Many budding artists are benefitted under the advisory of Gautam Kotwal.


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