Pt Jasraj (Hindustani Vocal)

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Pt Jasraj is one of the most well known and colorful vocalists of our time and the foremost exponent of Mewati Gharana.

Born in 1930 to a musical family, he received his guidance under his elder brother Pt Muniram and Maharaja Jaywant Singhji Waghela.

Endowed with a rich, soulful and sonorous voice, which traverses effortlessly over all 3 ½ octaves, Panditji’s vocalizing is characterized by a harmonious blend of austere and opulent elements, projecting traditional music as an intense spiritual expression, at once chaste and densely colored. This gives his music a very sublime emotional quality, touching the soul of the listener.

Panditji’s greatest and most original contribution in the field of Indian music is his conception of an unique and novel jugalbandhi based on the ancient system of moorchanas, between a male and a female vocalist, each singing in their respective scales and different ragas at the same time. This has been so well acclaimed all over India that connoisseurs of music named it “Jasrangi Jugalbandi” after his name.

Pt Jasraj is today one of the most sought after concert musicians. He was awarded the Padmavibhushan in 1999.

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