Jasvinder Singh
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Jaswinder Singh is an India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n Ghazal
Ghazal
The ghazal is a poetic form consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, with each line sharing the same meter. A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain. The form is ancient, originating in 6th century...

 singer.

Early life

Jaswinder Singh was born in Punjab to legendary composer Kuldip Singh, composer of ghazals such as Tumko dekha to ye khayal aaya, movie Saath-Saath and Itni Shakti Hame De Na Daata, movie Ankush. He is trained in classical singing by Dr Sushila Pohankar and Pt Ajay Pohankar
Ajay Pohankar
Ajay Pohankar is an Indian classical vocalist.-Early life:Ajay Pohankar was born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He had his initial tutelage under his mother Sushilabai Pohankar, a classical vocalist and a musicologist of Kirana gharana.-Career:...

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His album named "Yours Truly" has a great collections of gazals and his voice is touched heart

Career

Jasvinder Singh was chosen to sing for the play ‘Kaifi Aur Main’, a epistolary style play dealing with the life and times of the noted lyricist and poet Kaifi Azmi. The play features the husband and wife duo of Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi. The lead actors share interesting anecdotes from the life of the great revolutionary poet Kaifi Sahib, while Jaswinder lends his voice to some of the most memorable ghazals and songs penned by Kaifi Saheb.

He performed at Ghalibnaama, a conceptual show based on the prose and poetry of Mirza Ghalib.

Jaswinder Singh has toured US, Canada, UK, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai and Muscat. He has performed over 300 live concerts.

Awards

He was awarded ‘The young Ghazal Maestro’ by Indian Music Academy. The title was presented by Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia in the presence of the former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.

Recordings

" Ishq Nahin Asaan " released by Saregama - HMV

" Dilkash " released by Tips

"Yours Truly" released by Tips

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