{"id":2105,"date":"2013-06-27T15:38:23","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/?page_id=2105"},"modified":"2019-03-23T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T18:08:16","slug":"ustaad-kiran-pal-singh-santoor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/?page_id=2105","title":{"rendered":"Ustaad Kiranpal Singh &#8211; Santoor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><div class=\"su-column su-column-size-3-4\"><div class=\"su-column-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/s522045047.websitehome.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/kp-nehru-center-march17.jpg\" width=\"407\" height=\"347\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Born in Tanzania and subsequently educated in England, Kiranpal Singh&#8217;s first music study was the tabla, which he pursued under the guidance of Shree Ripdhaman Singh of Punjab Gharana from 1970 to 1977.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">His potential as an artiste of the highest calibre was recognised by His Holiness Sri Sat Guru Jagjit Singh Ji Maharaj, then spiritual guide and leader of the Namdhari Sikhs, on a visit to the UK, and His Holiness bountifully arranged for Kiranpal to be sent to Bombay to study Santoor in the traditional way under Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Amongst his many recordings, outstanding works include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1994 &#8211; STRINGS OF PARADISE &#8211; Raga Bageshwari and Bhairavi published by Riverrun Records UK<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1994 &#8211; STRINGS OF ELEGANCE &#8211; Raga Chandrakauns and Sindhi Bhairavi(tabla Sukhvinder Singh)published by Multitone BMG<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1995 &#8211; RAGA SHREE (tabla Shafaat Ahmed Khan)published by Multitone BMG<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">1996 &#8211; MOMENTS IN TIME &#8211; Raga Kaunsi Kanhra and Bhairavi Dhun (tabla Sukhvinder Singh) published by Multitone BMG<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">2001 &#8211; MORNING MEDITATION &#8211; Raga Todi and Bhairavi Thumri (tabla Sukhdev Singh disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj)published by KSC records, Southall UK<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Indian Classical Music Evenings\u00a0to celebrate the 5oth Gurgaddi Annivarsary Of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji. &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In 2010 a series of Indian Classical Music evenings were organised by Namdhari Sikh Sangat Southall to celebrate the 5oth Gurgaddi Anniversary Of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji.\u00a0The first evening took place on Saturday 13th Feb 2010. Ustaad Dharambir Singh performed a recital on the sitar.\u00a0The next musical evening was<b>\u00a0<\/b>on Saturday 14 August 2010:\u00a0Santoor maestro Ustad Kiranpal Singh and tabla genius Pandit Sanju Sahai played to a packed congregation. The evening began with kirtan performed by Ustad Harbhajan Singh. He was accompanied by Ustad Gurdev Singh, Raagi Jagir Singh and New York youngster Rohan. Sarabjit Singh was on the tabla.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In the santoor and tabla performance, Raag Puriya Dhanashri was on offering. Both artists exhibited the skills and command which makes them leading artists of classical music in the UK. The performance was well received and appreciated, leaving the sangat &amp; musicians surprised at the standard attainable in this country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Kiranpal Singh &amp; Pdt Sanju Sahai perform Raag Puriya Dhanash<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"su-audio\" data-id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1ac4\" data-audio=\"http:\/\/www.kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs\/sound\/2010\/14aug10_03_kp_sanju_raag_puriya_dhanashri.mp3\" data-swf=\"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/shortcodes-ultimate\/vendor\/jplayer\/jplayer.swf\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-loop=\"no\" style=\"max-width:30%\"><div id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1ac4\" class=\"jp-jplayer\"><\/div><div id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1ac4_container\" class=\"jp-audio\"><div class=\"jp-type-single\"><div class=\"jp-gui jp-interface\"><div class=\"jp-controls\"><span class=\"jp-play\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-pause\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-stop\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-mute\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-unmute\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-volume-max\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"jp-progress\"><div class=\"jp-seek-bar\"><div class=\"jp-play-bar\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-volume-bar\"><div class=\"jp-volume-bar-value\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-current-time\"><\/div><div class=\"jp-duration\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-title\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff4b33; line-height: 24px;\" href=\"http:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/?attachment_id=2454\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2454\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/?attachment_id=2454\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480.jpg?fit=320%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,453\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480.jpg?fit=211%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480.jpg?fit=320%2C453&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2454 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480.jpg?resize=284%2C401\" alt=\"santoor-prg-15dec2012-a480\" width=\"284\" height=\"401\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">15 Dec 2012:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0In memory of Sri Satguru Jagjit Singh Ji.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Performance by Ustad Kiranpal Singh &amp; Madhan Oak (with Saleel Tambe -tabla).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;\">Raga-Jin jyoti<br \/>\n<\/span><div class=\"su-audio\" data-id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1afe\" data-audio=\"http:\/\/www.kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs\/sound\/2012\/dec2012\/15dec2012-ukps-saleel-tambe-raga-jin-jyoti.mp3\" data-swf=\"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/shortcodes-ultimate\/vendor\/jplayer\/jplayer.swf\" data-autoplay=\"no\" data-loop=\"no\" style=\"max-width:30%\"><div id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1afe\" class=\"jp-jplayer\"><\/div><div id=\"su_audio_player_69e1cad1a1afe_container\" class=\"jp-audio\"><div class=\"jp-type-single\"><div class=\"jp-gui jp-interface\"><div class=\"jp-controls\"><span class=\"jp-play\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-pause\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-stop\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-mute\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-unmute\"><\/span><span class=\"jp-volume-max\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"jp-progress\"><div class=\"jp-seek-bar\"><div class=\"jp-play-bar\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-volume-bar\"><div class=\"jp-volume-bar-value\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-current-time\"><\/div><div class=\"jp-duration\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"jp-title\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More information at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kiranpalsingh.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.kiranpalsingh.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1622,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-onecolumn.php","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2105","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8dkaY-xX","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2105\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kukasikhs.com\/kukasikhs-wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}