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Rajan and Sajan Mishra performing at Bharat_Bhavan Bhopal (July 2015)
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Genres | Hindustani Classical Music |
Members | Rajan Mishra Sajan Mishra |
Rajan and Sajan Mishra (Hindi: राजन और साजन मिश्रा) are brothers, renowned singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music.
Rajan (born 1951) and Sajan (born 1956) Mishra were born and brought up in Varanasi. They received their initial musical training from their grandfather's brother, Bade Ram Das Ji Mishra, and also their father, Hanuman Prasad Mishra, and from their uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Gopal Prasad Mishra, and started performing while they were still in their teens. They moved to Ramesh Nagar in Delhi, in 1977, where they continue to live.
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 India and the world for many years. They gave their first concert abroad, 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.
They were awarded following awards:
# Posthumous conferral