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About The Department
Gurmat Sangeet Chair was established in 2003 with the financial support of Sri Guru Gian Parkash Foundation, New Delhi for Research, Archival Preservations, Audio-Visual Publications
Objectives
- Dedicated for the Revival & Promotion of Unique and Exclusive Music Tradition of Punjab.
- Preservation and presentation of Gurmat Sangeet with the help of modern gadgets and techniques.
- To promote, preserve and present Gurmat Sangeet in various manners.
Projects
Revival of String Instrument Rabab
A team of scholars and musicians explored the original version of Rabab prevalent in Sikh Music. Finally, Firandia Rabab was introduced, dedicated to Bhai Firanda who with the blessings of Guru Nanak Dev ji, presented Rabab to Bhai Mardana at the place of Bhairoana, Sultanpur Lodhi. Gurmat Sangeet Chair has procured Rababi Bhai Mardana with the same Rabab as emblem of the Chair.
Efforts to Preserve Rababi Kirtan Tradition
For the revival of Rababi Kirtan Tradition, the Chair has made special efforts and organized various training workshops with the exponents Rababi Bhai Ghulam Mohammad Chand and Bhai Laal from Pakistan in 2005 and 2006.
Archives of Music
Gurmat Sangeet Chair has established An Archives of Music and regularly recording performances and interviews of prominent artists of Gurmat Sangeet, Folk Music, Sufi Music and Classical Music. These recordings have been preserved by Archives of Music and till now, more than 2200 Hrs. of Recording have been uploaded on the Website under Archives of Music link.
Some of the prominent Archival presentations and Interviews of various artists in the field of Classical Music, Folk Music, Sufi Music and Gurmat Sangeet, that has been preserved in Sant Sucha Singh Archives of Music are as follows
:
Classical Music
- Pt. Yashpal (Classical Vocalist)
- S. Pargat Singh Punjabi (Classical Vocalist)
- Ustad Sattar Khan Tari (Tabla Maestro)
- Ustad Badar-uz-Zaman - Ustad Faqar-uz-Zaman (Classical Vocalists)
- Principal Dyal Singh (Classical Vocalist)
- Rustam Fateh Ali Khan (Classical Vocalist)
- Rimpa Shiva (Tabla Player)
- Prof. S.B. Sharma (Classical Vocalist)
- Pt. L.K. Pandit (Classical Vocalist)
- Ustad Lachhman Singh Seen (Classical Vocalist)
- Sh. Humayoun Sakhi (Rabab Player)
- S. Raginder Singh (Violinist)
Folk Music
- Baba Kashinath (Folk Instrument Player)
Sufi Music
- Sh. Adreem Khan - Shakur Khan (Sufi Vocalists)
Gurmat Sangeet
- Rababi Bhai Ghulam Mohammad Chand (Rababi Kirtaniye)
- Shiromani Ragi Bhai Balbir Singh (Former Hazoori Ragi, Sri Darbar Sahib, Amritsar)
- Padam Shri Bhai Nirmal Singh Khalsa (Former Hazoori Ragi, Sri Darbar Sahib)
- Shiromani Ragi Prof. Kartar Singh (Director, Gurmat Sangeet Academy, Sri Anandpur Sahib)
- Bhai Hari Singh (Former Hazoori Ragi, Sri Darbar Sahib)
- Bhai Kultar Singh (Hazoori Ragi, Gurdwara Sri Seesganj Sahib, New Delhi)
ਫੈਕਲਟੀ Faculty
Dr. ALANKAR SINGH
(ਅਲੰਕਾਰ ਸਿੰਘ)
Incharge,
gurmatsangeetchair@pbi.ac.in
+91- 8968995182
ਤਕਨੀਕੀ ਸਟਾਫ Technical Staff
| ਨਾਮ Name | ਅਹੁਦਾ Designation | ਸੰਪਰਕ Contact |
Dr. HARMINDER KAUR
(ਹਰਮਿੰਦਰ ਕੌਰ)
|
Technical Assistant
|
+91-8968031188
drhkgurmatsangeet@gmail.com
|
S. RANBIR SINGH
(ਰਣਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ)
|
Project Assistant
|
+91-9876068505
ranbir483gs@gmail.com
|
S. JASBIR SINGH
(ਜਸਬੀਰ ਸਿੰਘ)
|
Programme Assistant
|
+91-9878123494
jasbir671@gmail.com
|
Sh. PREM PARKASH
(ਪ੍ਰੇਮ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼)
|
Senior Assistant
|
+91-9988522270
premparkash80@gmail.com
|
Punjabi Bhashai Shastri Gayan Bandishan
Gurmat Sangeet Chair recorded Punjabi Bhashai Shastri Gayan Bandishan in the voice of prominent Punjabi Classical Artists which has been preserved in Sant Sucha Singh Archives of Music:
- Padam Shri S. Surinder Singh Singh Bandhu
- Sh. L.K. Pandit
- Pt. Som Dutt Battu
- Pt. Baldev Narang
- Dr. Nivedita Singh
- Dr. Alankar Singh
- Sh. Ali Akbar
Major Audio-Visual Publications
For the world wide promotion, the chair has also released some prominent audio-visual recordings:
- Gurmat Sangeet Utsav (Recording of Utsav - 2003)
- Puadhi Akhara (A bi-lingual documentary film)
- Prampragat Punjabi Lok Gayaki (A Recording of various traditional folk singing styles)
- Punjabi Lok Sangeet Virasat (A bi-lingual documentary film)
- Shabad Kirtan : Rababi Bhai Ghulam Mohammad Chand
- Parhtaal Shabad Gayaki (7-CDs audio recording of 55 Parhtaal compositions in the voice of different prominent Keertankars)
Book Publication
Raga Ratan (Pictorial Rendering of 31 Princpal Ragas of Sri Guru Granth Sahib based on Visuals of Sri Harimandir Sahib) has been released by Gurmat Sangeet Chair.
Dr. Alankar Singh (Incharge)
0175-5136194
gurmatsangeetchair@pbi.ac.in
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Ranbir Singh
Last Updated on:
22-05-2020