Prof. Dalbir Singh

Dalbir Singh has been spreading the knowledge of Gurmat Sangeet with devotion and dedication for the last 35 years. He is the son of the renowned Taus player Giani Beant Singh who was a disciple of Ragi Bhai Juwala Singh of Thattha Ttibba gharana. Dalbir Singh started acquiring the knowledge of Gurmat Sangeet from his childhood, and continued to seek it in his college years. He started learning sitar from Mrs. Shakuntalaa Arora, and later from Sri Surinder Kumar Dutta, who was a disciple of Pundit Ravi Shankar. Dalbir Singh was awarded with a gold medal in B.A. Honors Music from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, and later, received his Masters in Music from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He has since established himself as a prominent educator and performer of Gurmat Sangeet, and has students in various countries. Dalbir Singh has composed and published innumerable shabad kirtan compositions. In his latest book, Gurmat Sangeet Rachnavali, Dalbir Singh has created 122 shabad compositions in thirty one Raags of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. He is currently residing and teaching in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.