Rajan and Sajan Mishra

Rajan and Sajan Misra
File:Rajan and Sajan Misra.jpg Rajan and Sajan Misra
Background information
Genres	Hindustani Classical Music
Members	Rajan Mishra Sajan Misra

Rajan and Sajan Misra (Template:Lang-hi) are brothers, 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 National Tansen Samman 2011-2012 on 14 December 2012.

Rajan Misra died on April 25, 2021 at St. Stephen's Hospital in New Delhi due to a heart attack caused by COVID-19 complications.

Rajan and Sajan Misra performing at Bharat Bhavan Bhopal (July 2015)

Early life

Rajan (1951 - 2021) and Sajan (born 1956) Misra were born and brought up in Varanasi. They received their initial musical training from their grandfather's brother, Bade Ram Das Ji Misra, and also their father, Hanuman Prasad Misra, and from their uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Gopal Prasad Misra, and started performing while they were still in their teens. They moved to Ramesh Nagar in Delhi, in 1977, where they continue to live.

Career

Rajan and Sajan Misra are part of a 300-year-old lineage of khyal singing of the Banaras Gharana, the Misra brothers have been performing to audiences all over Indian and the world for many years.

Rajan Misra used to work as an accountant in a company 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. 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. The brothers taught music to many students. The prominent disciples are their sons, Ritesh-Rajnish Mishra, Nabanita Chowdhary, Prabhakar-Diwakar Kashyap, Sarathi Chatterjee etc.