राजन और साजन मिश्रा

राजन मिश्र एवं साजन मिश्र  भारत के प्रसिद्ध शास्त्रीय गायक हैं। इन्हें सन २००७ में भारत सरकार द्वारा कला के क्षेत्र में पद्म भूषण से सम्मानित किया गया था।  इनका सम्बन्ध बनारस घराने से है।

Rajan and Sajan Mishra (Hindi: राजन और साजन मिश्रा) are brothers, singers of the khyal style of Indian classical music. They were awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2007Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, jointly in 1998he Gandharwa National Award for 1994-1995 and the National Tansen Samman 2011-2012 on 14 December 2012.

Rajan Mishra died on April 25, 2021 at St. Stephen's Hospital in New Delhi due to a heart attack caused by COVID-19 complications.

Rajan Mishra performing at Bharat_Bhavan Bhopal (July 2015)

Sajan Mishra performing at Bharat_Bhavan Bhopal (July 2015)

Early life
Rajan (born 1951) and Sajan (born 1956) Mishra were born and brought up in Varanasi. They received their initial musical training from their grandfather's brother, Bade Ram Das Ji Mishra, and also their father, Hanuman Prasad Mishra, and from their uncle, sarangi virtuoso, Gopal Prasad Mishra, and started performing while they were still in their teens.They moved to Ramesh Nagar in Delhi, in 1977, where they continue to live.

Career
Rajan and Sajan Mishra are part of a 300-year-old lineage of khyal singing of the Banaras Gharana, the Mishra brothers have been performing to audiences all over Indian and the world for many years.

They were both accountants in a small shop when they gave a performance in the presences of Satguru Jagjit Singh. The Satguru, realizing their talent, offered to pay double their living wages in exchange for them to put in more time to practice their vocals. They gave their first concert abroad in Sri Lanka in 1978, and soon they went on to perform in many countries across the world including, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, USA, UK, The Netherlands, USSR, Singapore, Qatar, Bangladesh and Muscat