Shivkumar Sharma

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. Santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer whose strings are struck with a pair of light carved wooden mallets is a folk instrument from the valley of Kashmir.

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Pandit - January 13 - 1938 - India - Hindustani classical music - Santoor - Hammered dulcimer

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In the early decades of the twentieth century, Santoor or Shata-Tantri Veena as it was called in the ancient times, was used as an accompaniment to a specific type of singing called Sufiana Mausiqi.

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He has performed many concerts with renowned musicians like the tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has also partnered with well-known flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to form a group called Shiv-Hari for composing Hindi film music. His son Rahul is also a santoor player. Rahul started accompanying his father in concerts in 1996, at the age of 24.

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Tabla - Ustad Zakir Hussain - Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia - Hindi - Film music - Rahul

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Shivkumar Sharma is the recipient of a long list of National and International awards conferred upon him like the Honorary Citizen for the City of Baltimore, USA (1985), Sangeet Natak Academy Award (1986), Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1990), Honorary Doctorate from the University of Jammu (1991), Padmashree (1991), Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award (1998), and Padma Vibhushan (2001), to name a few.

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1985 - Maharashtra - Jammu - 1991 - Padmashree - 1998 - Padma Vibhushan - 2001

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