Born on 15th August 1964, Prof. Harvinder Singh was initiated into music by his father late Bhai Santa Singh, a noted Gurbani Kirtankar. Being a disciple of the ‘Khalifa’ of Agra Gharana Ustad Yunus Hussain Khan & Pandit Yashpaul, Prof. Singh imbibed the unique traits of ‘Agra gayakee’ & inherited a vast repertoire of Uncommon Ragas and Rare compositions. From time to time, he was fortunate to have learnt the nuances of ‘Khayal Gayakee’ from Pt. L.K. Pandit and Pt. Atam Prakash Sharma of Gwalior Gharana, Ustad Tarlochan Singh of Kairana Gharana & Pt. Gopal Krishan of Maihar Gharana. With a blessed voice and gifted ability, he uniquely blends the different traditions in his own style with variation having predominance of Agra & Gwalior gaykee.
The case with which he renders the different forms of vocal performances matched with technical excellence & aesthetic appeal reveals the depth of understanding & skill of this musician, who readily delineates any Raga, whether common or rare and obsolete, in its purest form & character. He sings in the style of his great mentors with his individualistic insight and creative ability essential for an artiste. His style is marked for attaractive Alaap, Behlava, Bol-Alaap, Bol-Baant, Bol-Taans, Variations of Taans, Layakaari and unique renderation of Composition with perfection. Other than Khayal, he is equally proficient in Dhamaar, Thumri, Tarana, Dadra, Kafi and Bhajan.


Besides being an acclaimed performer in India and Abroad, he has been associated with the Academics as a Professor in Music. He is also rendering his services as Advisory Member of I.C.C.R (Ministry of External Affairs) and Censor Board (Ministry of Information & Broadcasting). He has performed in prestigious music festivals like Tansen Sangeet Samaroh Gwalior, Harivallabh Sangeet Sammelan Jalandhar, Nehru Kendra London, Indian Classical Music Festival Canada, etc. He has been awarded with prestigious ‘Sangeet Natak Academy’ award by the Hon’ble President of India, ‘Sangeet Manishi’ award, Kala Shree’ award, Haryana Yuva Lalit Kala Samman, Honour by Legislative Assembly of Alberta, etc. to name a few.
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