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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 · Shivkumar Sharma who is accredited for taking the stringed instrument to the global stage started his career in 1955. A year later, he composed the background music for one of the scenes in...
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- Uma Dutt Sharma
- 13 January 1938
- Musician
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 Mumbai...
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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.
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May 10, 2022 · Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma, who elevated the 100-stringed hammered dulcimer to classical concert stages around the world, died Tuesday in Mumbai at age 84. He created a...
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 10, 2022 · Pt Shivkumar Sharma was one of India's most well known classical musicians. New Delhi: He began his journey in music as a tabla player when he was only five but Shiv Kumar Sharma soon...
