Pt. Krishen Langoo

Born in Badiyar Bala, Srinagar, Shri Krishen Langoo, son of Late Pandit Tika Lal Langoo is a well known music director from Kashmir. Trained in the folk/traditional music of Kashmir, Shri Langoo has performed widely within the state and outside in many prestigious festivals. As one of the senior musicians of Kashmir, he commands respect and admiration throughout the region. He has been rendering music to Bhand Pather, the traditional theatre of Kashmir for several decades. He has presented folk music performances in the Festival of Asian Arts in Hongkong, Tashkent, Almata and Guyana. He has several audio- cassettes of folk music of Kashmir to his credit. Further he has composed music for the tele-serials like Gul Gulshan Gulfam, Mashaal, Parteet etc. which also fetched him several awards including Uptron award for the best music director of the tele-serial, Gul Gulshan Gulfam for the year 1990-1991 and Rapa award for best title song.