In TrendsStock MarketUPIGold and SilverStocks To WatchCrude Oil PricesBRICS SummitWho is Joi Barua? Indian singer-composer takes music to the cosmos with NASA-linked projectAssam-born singer-composer Joi Barua has joined the international Cosmic Rhapsody project, connecting music and NASA astrophysics through two songs inspired by the science of supernovae and the origins of elements.By CNBCTV18.com September 16, 2026, 12:46:32 PM IST (Published)(Photo Credit : Joi Barua via Instagram)Popular Indian singer-composer Joi Barua has embarked on an international collaboration that brings together NASA astrophysics and performing arts, contributing melodies to two songs inspired by the wonder of the cosmos.The initiative connects NASA’s COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission, led by principal investigator John Tomsick at the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, with the global orchestral and multimedia project Cosmic Rhapsody.Created by storytelling and songwriting duo Susan Lim and Christina Teenz Tan, Cosmic Rhapsody features French composer Manu Martin as its chief composer, orchestrator and arranger for the orchestral work.Barua, who hails from Assam, has contributed to films including Agent Vinod, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, DevD, Munna Bhai MBBS and Lage Raho Munna Bhai as a playback singer, vocal arranger and background singer. He has also sung the radio version of the…
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