India Community Center, West Valley and Sangeethaamsha are proud to present a unique Tribute concert for Late Pt Rajan Mishraji. We have the privilege of hosting two highly accomplished musicians Sri Ritesh Mishraji and Sri Rajnish Mishraji, sons of Pt Rajan Mishra all the way from India, accompanied by Bay-area's own Sri Manoj Tamhankar on Harmonium, and Tanmay Bichu on Tabla.

Artist Bios

Ritesh & Rajnish Mishra
Duet singing in the Indian Classical Music is considered a very difficult art, for it requires not only individual competence but, great amount of self control to improvise and harmonise at the same time. The Maestros Duo Ritesh Mishra and Rajnish Mishra have put in everything to achieve such excellence under the guidance of the Legends, the Sun and Moon of the Banaras Gharana, Padma Bhusham Late Pt. Rajan Misra (Father) and Pt. Sajan Misra (Uncle).

Enliving the sixth generation of the family of great musicians, the Artist brothers are gifted with a very pleasing voice and sensibility for musical notes. Skilled with rich knowledge of Indian Ragas the duos have performed at most prestigious concerts all over the world such as, BBC Proms at Albert Hall, London, Lincoln Centre, NY, USA, closing ceremony of Commonwealth Games, 2002 in Manchester, UK.

They have sung 3rd track "Mahadeva" in the album called Rise that has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards. 'Top Grade’ vocalists of All India Radio and Television, they have been awarded the YUVA Ratna Award for the year 1999, & Bhavishya Jyoti Award for the year 2007, Sangeet Natak Academy’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Award ; for the year 2008 and Sangeet Samriddhi Award. Recently they sung for a Movie called The Tashkent Files. (Track name: Radha Tori Batiyan)

Manoj Tamhankar
He learnt harmonium in childhood from Shri Hari Baba Khare at Guhagar in Konkan Maharashtra. After his M. Tech, he learned Hindustani Vocal for 3 years in Mumbai and Pune. He has had opportunities to accompany many well known musicians such as Pandita late Dr. Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Pandita Late Laxmi Shankar, Pandit Vijay Koparkar, Pandita Shubhada Paradkar, Pandita Arati Ankalikar.

He also has interest in composing music and has two music albums published, one by Times Music India and other by Jay Heramb Productions. With his wife Archana, he continues to learn and teach Hindustani Classical Music in the San Francisco Bay area

Tanmay Bichu
He began learning tabla since the age of 6, under Shri Manohar Pimpalaskar. He received advanced training under Pt. Ramdas Palsule and is now learning under Pt. Swapan Chaudhuri at the Ali Akbar College of Music. He has also received guidance from eminent tabla maestros like Pt. Arup Chattopadhyay and Ustaad Zakir Hussain. He is an active performer in various Indian Classical and World Music concerts in India and the US. He has performed several Tabla solos in India and the US and is a sought after accompanist for all formats of Indian Classical Music - vocal, instrumental and dance.

Padma bhushan Pt Rajan Mishra Tribute Concert

Tribute concert by Ritesh & Rajnish Mishra brothers on Sunday Sept 24, 2023 @10AM in Cupertino Hills, CA

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