‘Mishra Bandhu’ Ritesh and Rajnish Misra
, are one of the leading upcoming vocalists
in the country today .Duet singing in the Indian Classical Music is
considered a very difficult art, for it requires not only individual competence
but, great amount of self-control to improvise and harmonize at the same time.
The maestros due Ritesh-Rajnish Mishra have put in every thing to achieve such
excellence under the guidance of the ever great, Padma Vibhushan Pt. Rajan Misra (Father) and Pt. Sajan Misra
(Uncle) of the Banaras Gharana,
The Artist brothers have been
learning music since their birth with sounds of Tanpura, Sarangi, Tabla and
voices of forefathers vibrating in their home and surroundings. Skilled with rich knowledge of Indian Ragas
the duos render Khayal, Tappa, Tarana Bhajans and other classical forms,
casting a spell on the audience.
They have performed at most prestigious concerts all over the world in
countries like Canada, United States of America, that included
Lincoln Centre In New York , the Royal Albert Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London ,
Germany , Italy , France , Spain , Dubai etc.
On the 15 of April, they performed at the young maestro’s
festival in Delhi where they were facilitated by the Chief Minister Mrs Sheila Dixit.
Their work with famous composer
Michol Nymen has been released as an album (SANGAM) selling worldwide. They
have sung 3rd track “Mahadeva” in the album called ‘Rise’ that has been
nominated for the prestigious ‘Grammy
Awards’. They have given background score to the audio book by Penguine
& ANB publisher.
They are ‘A’ grade vocalists of All India Radio and Television. They
have been awarded the prestigious ‘Yuva
Ratna Award’ for the year 1999. They have also received the prestigious “Bhavishya Jyoti Award” for the year
2007. They have received the prestigious “ Sangeet
Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Award” for
the year 2008. They have recently been conferred with "Sangeet Samriddhi Samman".
They are accompanied by Shubh Maharaj on the tabla and Sumit Mishra on
harmonium.
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