At 18, Bhai Baldeep Singh had exclaimed that the era of Gursikh Renaissance and Cultural Resurgence was upon us. A keen aviator, he shocked his world by renouncing a promising career in aviation at 20 in order
to salvage the near extinct cultural heritage of Gursikh Panth from the ruins of Punjab. He went on to study
and research with 27 elders including the legendary Bhai Arjan Singh Tarangar (1900-1995), Gyani Bhagat
Singh, Bhai Avtar Singh and Bhai Gurcharan Singh, doing comparative studies with Ustad Fahimuddin
Khan of Dagurvani and Ustad Mohammad Hafiz Khan KhandehreTalwandiwale, Bibi Jaswant Kaur, and
others. As a 13th generation exponent of Gurbani Kirtan, Bhai Baldeep Singh (b.1969) belongs to the last
remaining direct Guru-Sikh lineage blessed by all ten Gursikh Gurus from Guru Nanak till Guru Gobind
Singh. He is direct descendent of Nanak-Panthi Bhai Sadharan Sembhi, a master craftsman, blacksmith,
warrior, architect, designer, musician and calligrapher, who was blessed with the title ”Bhai” by Guru Amar
Das after doing the sewa of Baoli Sahib for the third Gursikh Guru. His descendants were all blessed to serve
all Sikh Gurus, participated in all Gursikh battles and constructed strategic buildings for the Gurus.
Bhai Baldeep Singh also heads the Sultanpur Lodhi-Amritsari Baj, which is the odest surviving system of
percussion in South Asia. He is also a pioneering luthier having revived several extinct musical instruments
such as the taus (mayuri veena), dhrupadi rabab, saranda and jori/pakhawaj by handcrafting them under the
guidance of Gyani Harbhjan Singh (1920-2005) who last built them until 1949.
Since 1991, he has emerged as a great Gursikh protagonist and mentor, inspiring people the world over to
become custodians of heritage endowed by the Gurus. Bhai Baldeep Singh has been associated with various
committees, boards, academies and advisory councils. Unarguably the most respected pedagogue of his era,
he has recovered the original pratices of Nada Yoga and the indigenous educative processes that produced
master aestheticians over the centuries. His concerts, workshops and seminars became significant markers
in a number of ways insofar as mutualism of Gurbani with raga-nada-laya-ved is concerened. Several of his
aricles, poems and papers have been published in renowned academic journals. He has won many awards
and honours for his contribution to Gurbani Sangeet and Indian Classical Music and has been a role-model
for the young and elderly alike. An ace audio-restorer, he has to his credit more than 1000 hours of recording
of Inidan classical and Gurbani Sangeet compositions. He donates his spare time to restore old recordings in
his studio, which is among the world’s finest audio-restoration suites.
He continues to encourage young artists and cares for the elderly irrespective of the art forms they serve.
Bhai Baldeep Singh founded The Anad Foundation which is dedicated to the conservation of tangible and
intangible heritage of South Asia. Anad also offers major awards in the field of music, arts and poetry. He
has founded the Anad Conservatory, an intitute exclusively dedicated to the study of arts, aesthetics, cultural
traditions and developmental studies at the 9-centuries old ruins of Sutanpur Lodhi, Punjab.
Bhai Baldeep Singh was the Aam Aadmi Party candidate from Khadur Sahib Constituency in the 2014
Parliament Election. An ardent socio-political activist, a passionate human rights and minority rights
advocate, and commentator, he has been contemplating on the future course of action that could actually
benefit Punjab. On April 12, 2016, Bhai Baldeep Singh, proposed the revival of the Hindostan Ghadar Party,
or the Ghadar. Among his many vital contributions and interventions is the Sarbat Khalsa Movement of
2015 and his initiation of the 2nd Gursikh Gurdwara Reform Movement to free the Gursikh institutions
freed from state contrrol both, overt and covert.
