Shivpreet Singh Kapoor was trained in Indian classical music and bansuri (the bamboo flute) by Late Pandit Raghunath Prasanna of the Banaras Gharana. He trained under Pandit ji for approximately 10 years in Delhi. He also trained under Dr. Bhattacharya and Mr. Misra, at the music department at Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram.  In Shivpreet’s first classical performance in 1990, he shared the stage with Ustad Rashid Khan. He was awarded by former President Gyani Zail Singh for his inaugural flute recital.

Shivpreet studied musicianship, harmony, and composition at University of California, Berkeley and completed a minor in music in 1996. His musical style has thereby evolved from the confluence of raags from Indian classical music and harmonies from the western classical.

Shivpreet’s first album, named ‘Ardaas’ was released by EMI in 1997. He composed and played most of the musical instruments for this album and was accompanied on the tabla by Surinder Singh Mann, a disciple of legendary Allah Rakha. The CD included four shabads, three of which were amalgamation of west and east music and one of which was more pure to Indian classical roots. Shivpreet currently focuses on riyaaz of novel and lost Raag-based compositions in congruence with the prescription in Gurbani.

Shivpreet has occasionally performed solo flute recitals at bay area concerts for ASHA. Shivpreet is an avid ghazal singer, and has shared the stage with ghazal great Ghulam Ali.  He is currently working on a second gurbani album that is a musical collaboration with Pandit Rajendra Prasanna. He actively performs in monthly Kirtan programs in the bay-area and occasionally recites shabads at the Fremont, San Jose and Hayward Gurudwara Sahibs in California.

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