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Rajkumar Rizvi is one of the few classical ghazal singers still left. A relative of Mehdi Hassan, Rajkumar shares his style as well as his beautiful voice. He normally sings with his talented wife Indrani Rizvi.

Rajkumar Rizvi was born in 1946 at Mandwa in Rajasthan to a musical family. He received music training from his father Noor Muhammad of Kalawant Gharana. He also learnt sitar from Ustad Jamaluddin Bharatiya, a disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar. He became interested in classical ghazals and was the first desciple of Mehdi Hassan.

Rajkumar Rizvi composes the ghazals he sings based on Raagas. He starts his ghazals with sargam and Alaap. His pronunciations of poetry are clear and precise, emphasising the aesthetic implication of the Ghazal and projecting it’s emotional content. Apart from giving ghazal concerts in India and abroad, he has released several albums - Romantic Reflections (HMV), Mehfil E Yara (HMV), Chupke Chupke (HMV), Aaina E Zindagi (MAGNA SOUND) and Nate Ahmad (Sachdev productions). He was very popular as the Dark Prince of Ghazals, during the height of ghazal popularity in the 80's.