Singh Bandhu

Singh Bandhu
Surinder Singh (right) of Singh Bandhu receiving the Baba Allauddin Khan Award, 2011
Background information
OriginIndia
GenresHindustani classical music, Shabad
MembersTejpal Singh, Surinder Singh

Singh Bandhu is an Indian musical duo composed of brothers Tejpal Singh (b 1937) and Surinder Singh (b 1940), exponents of Hindustani classical music and Sikh music (shabad kirtan).[1]

In 2004, Tejpal Singh and Surinder Singh were given a joint Sangeet Natak Akademi Award from India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama.[2] Also in the same year, Surinder Singh was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[3][4] By this time (year 2004), the elder brother Tejpal Singh had become reclusive and had mostly stopped singing in public due to poor health.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference hindu04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees". Sangeet Natak Akademi Official website. Archived from the original on 30 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2009)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Music : Brief recital, short shrift". The Hindu. 23 December 2005. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2013.