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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 succumbed to cardiac arrest on Tuesday morning at his Pali Hills residence in Mumbai. At this sad event, we look at his life.
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...
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was an Indian famous classical musician, who attained international fame by playing the music instrument, santoor. The Santoor is a trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer often made of walnut wood and has 72 strings, which are struck with two delicate carved wooden mallets.
May 9, 2024 · Shiv Kumar Sharma, Indian santur (hammered dulcimer) virtuoso who is credited with shifting the instrument from a predominantly accompanimental and ensemble role in the Sufi music of Kashmir to a solo role in the Hindustani classical music tradition of North India.
May 15, 2022 · Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, a recipient of several awards including the Padma Vibhushan, was one such path-breaker who encountered challenges in his efforts at establishing the santoor as an instrument for solo recitals at a time when the sitar and the sarod reigned supreme.
May 10, 2022 · Indian classical music legend Shiv Kumar Sharma has died at the age of 84. Sharma was an exponent of santoor, a dulcimer-like instrument. He suffered a heart attack at his residence in...
Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, famous santoor player and music composer, died in Mumbai on Tuesday morning. He suffered a heart attack, family sources confirmed to PTI. He was 84.
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...
