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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music.
May 10, 2022 · Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was an Indian musician who had an instrumental role in co-relating Indian classical music with the Santoor. He started learning Tabla and Vocal music from his father when he was just five years old and had his initial training as a vocalist.
May 10, 2022 · Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, who exalted the santoor – once a little-known trapezoid-shaped, stringed instrument – from the folk circuit of Jammu and Kashmir and placed it on the proscenium alongside other more traditional and heavyweight classical instruments such as the sitar and sarod, passed away in Mumbai after suffering a cardiac arrest.
May 15, 2022 · Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an Indian musician and composer who was the foremost exponent of the santoor, a 100-string instrument similar to the hammered dulcimer, died on Tuesday at his home in...
May 10, 2022 · Reverentially known as Pandit ("teacher"), Shivkumar Sharma took the hammered dulcimer from humble folk instrument to classical concert stages around the world. He died Tuesday in Mumbai.
May 10, 2022 · Renowned santoor player and celebrated musician Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, who took the folk instrument to the global stage, breathed his last in Mumbai today. He was the recipient of the Padma Shri in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
Classical musician Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has died at 84. He was behind the timeless music of films such as Chandni, Darr and Lamhe.
Tributes poured in for Indian music composer and santoor player Pandit Shivkumar Sharma who passed away on Tuesday aged 84. The renowned musician, who breathed his last in Mumbai, had been...
Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma died on Tuesday following a heart attack. Several film and music celebrities paid their last respects to him on Wednesday. Among them were Amitabh...
May 10, 2022 · In a deeply upsetting piece of news, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, legendary Indian music composer and santoor player, passed away in Mumbai today. As per the reports, Sharma was suffering from kidney-related issues for the last six months and was undergoing dialysis. He passed away due to cardiac arrest, aged 84.
