Amrish Mishra
Personal Information
15-01-1971
About Me
‘A resonating, melodious, silky voice with a deep bass - that's how vocalist Amrish Mishra, can be well introduced with.
Amrish is a disciple of eminent classical vocalists duo Padmabhushan Pt. Rajan & Pt. Sajan Misra (since 1992). He was introduced to music during his childhood by his connoisseur parents hailing from Rajasthan. His formal training of Hindustani classical vocal music began under classical vocalist Mrs. Anita Roy at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra, after which he completed Sangeet Shiromani from Delhi University. For Ghazals & light music, he has been since late 1990's a protégé of Padmabhushan Late Sh.Jagjit Singh. The Ghazal king was Amrish's mentor till his demise in 2011.
Amrish has undergone the traditional long route of years of learning & ‘Sangeet Sadhna’. He undertook formal training & Riyaaz under various institutions & Gurus. This makes him a seasoned & versatile singer, who on stage can sense the pulse of audience and can effortlessly surf in his wide repertoire of classical Bandishes, Thumris to his vast repertoire of popular songs, ghazals & Bhajans with great ease.
He also received guidance from various eminent personalities of music, like Messers Mehdi Hassan, Pankaj Udhas, Rajender (& Neena) Mehta etc.
My Achievement
He is an 'A' grade vocalist from All India Radio/Doordarshan and is also on the reference panel of artists of ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations).
A versatile light vocalist, his repertoire has a wide range of great Classicals, Bhajans, Ghazals, Geet popular songs, etc, apart from many of his own compositions in all these styles. He has sung for many serials, jingles, albums and serials.
He has given Solo concerts/performances at prestigious stages such as:
- Baithak@Consulate Concert at New York Consulate General of India
- TEDx : As a speaker at internationally renowned stage of TEDx (an independently organised TED event)... at TEDx JDMC
- 'Jashn-e-Rekhta' (2025, 2022, 2017) at New Delhi. Rekhta Foundation’s reputed festival
- 'Jashn-e-Rekhta' (2025) at Dubai
- Urdu's poetry's festival ' Jashn-e-Adab' 2020 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
- ‘Shaam e Rekhta’ at NCPA Mumbai
- Prayagraj Mahakumbh 2025 Inauguration at ‘Kala Gram’ by Ministry of Culture.
- ‘VHAH’ Festival at Ramgarh Shekhawati, Rajasthan
- Solo concert at Sh.Jagjit Singh's last album 'Nivedan' release at ISKCON Auditorium, Mumbai 2011
- Jashn-e-Talat : To commemorate Talat Mahmood’s birth centenary year at Kamani Auditorium on 15 July 2024:
- ‘Jashn-e-Urdu’ concert by Urdu Academy, Govt of Delhi at Connaught Place Central Park on 20 Oct 2024.
- AIIMS' Annual festival 'Pulse' 2017
- Yaadein : Nida Fazli memorial Concert with Tom Alter on April 2016 at Mavalankar Auditorium, New Delhi
- ICCR's Horizons at Azad Auditorium
- ‘Jahan-e-Khusrau’ by Muzaffar Ali at Tijara Fort.
- International Ghalib Seminar at Institute (Aiwaan-e-Ghalib) - five annual concerts at Ghalib Auditorium???????
- Siri Fort Auditorium - Opening Concert for Sh. Jagjit Singh - 10 December 2006
- Annual Late Sh. Jagjit Singh Memorial Concert Mehfil-e-Mausiqi e Jagjit (Rohtak) organised by Hari Bhoomi (Hindi Daily) at Tagore Auditorium, MDU, Rohtak. Five years in a row.???????
- VSK Baithak of Mr. Vinod Kapur
- Bazm-e-Khas by Mr.Ved P. Gupta
He has travelled and performed all over the world including U.S.A., U.K., Thailand, Nepal, Dubai, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau etc. He is a member of IPRS (Indian Performing Rights Society)???????On several occasions, he has shared the stage with eminent artists like Sh.Jagjit Singh, Mehdi Hassan, Shubha Mudgal, Sonu Nigam, Pankaj Udhas, Naseeruddin Shah, Tom Alter, Muzaffar Ali, Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Abhijeet, Nitin Mukesh, Penaz Masani, Shaan, Suneil Shetty, Annu kapoor - to name only a few.
Eminent poets who have appreciated Amrish are messers Javed Akhtar, Nida Fazli, Waseem Barelavi, Shakeel Azmi etc.
He has been appreciated by who’s who of music and distinguished eminent personalities from all fields such as Javed Akhtar, Khaiyyam, Hariharan, Anup Jalota, Najeeb Jung, Shailendra Singh, Ashok Chakradhar, Pt.Birju Maharaj, Suraj Barjatya, Gen V.K.Singh, Murli Manohar Joshi, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arvind Kejariwal, Satyender Jain, Sister Shivani, Ustad Shujat Khan, Sushma Seth, Sudesh Bhosle, Ajoy Chakraborty, Kavita Seth, Neena Gupta, Shiv Khera, IPS Tejinder Luthra, IPS Alok Kumar, Raju Srivastav, Richa Sharma, Brian Silas, Kavita Seth, Chunky Pandey, Jatin Lalit, Alka Yagnik etc
Filled with obsessive passion for music and with the clarity of diction, his unique baritone mellifluous voice has enthralled many a listener in India and abroad.
On several occasions he has received blessings & encouragement from Senior artists such as Pt.Jasraj, Pt.Hari Prasad Chourasia, Ghulam Ali, Pt.Ulhas Kashalkar, Pt. Kishan Maharaj, Anil Biswas, Pt. Kumar Bose Rita Ganguli, Shanti Hiranand, KAVITA KRISHNAMURTY, Wadali Brothers,
All India Radio as a presenter, Amrish interviewed Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Shabana Azmi, Anil Kapoor, Amjad Ali Khan, Anand Bakshi, Farooq Sheikh, Anupam Kher, Kapil Dev, Kiran Bedi, Saeed Jaffrey,
Acting Debute : Amrish has recently debuted as an actor. He has played the role of the famous Urdu poet Majaz in a film based on the shayar. The film '?????'- ??d ? ????? ???????? ?? ??? UK Asian Film Festival ???? ?? ?????? ?? ??? ????, ???? and was also screened at Cannes Marche du Film 2023 May 20, 2023
Television Programmes:
His various interviews, performances have been telecasted on several channels, viz. Doordarshan’s National, DD Bharati, DD Urdu, Metro channels, (‘Subah-Savere’), CPC’s productions, Sahara TV, ZeeTV, Zee Salaam, (SaReGaMa, SaReGaMaPa, Antakshari), E-TV etc. under various programmes. Amrish has also been the host (anchor) of various television musical programmes like ‘Fun Antakshari’ on channel E-TV, U.P. & ‘Geetanjali’ for channel Doordarshan
My Work
Albums released:
- HMV Saregama: Devotional cassette : Jai Raghunandan Jai Siyaram.
- T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.) : Devotional Albums: Devon Ke Dev Shiv Shankar, Wo Hi Ek, etc.
- He had started work on his Ghazal album under the guidance of Sh.Jagjit Singh, which was left mid way due to the demise of the Ghazal King. It will be released soon.