Sunday, August 18, 2013
RAJAN MISHRA AND SAJAN MISHRA are brothers, renowned singers of the khyal style
of Indian classical music. They were awarded the Padma Bhushan in
2007, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998, the Gandharwa
National Award for 1994-1995 and the prestigious National Tansen Samman 2011-12
on 14 December 2012.
Rajan and Sajan Mishra are part of a 300-year old lineage of khyal singing
of the Banaras gharana, the Mishra brothers have been performing to
audiences all over Indian and the world for many years.
They were both accountants in a small shop when they gave a
performance in the presences of Satguru Jagjit Singh. The Satguru, realizing
their talent, offered to pay double their living wages in exchange for them to
put in more time to practice their vocals. The rest was history and they gave
their first concert abroad, was in Sri lanka in 1978, and soon they
went on to perform in many countries across the world including, Germany,
France, Switzerland, Austria, USA, UK, The Netherlands, USSR, Singapore, Qatar,
Bangladesh and Muscat.
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