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Shivkumar Sharma Wiki Information
Shivkumar Sharma
(born January 13, 1938, Jammu, India [1]) is an Indian santoor player. [2] [3] The santoor is a folk instrument [4][ from the valley of Kashmir. [5] [6]
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Early life and background
Shivkumar Sharma was born in Jammu to the singer [7] [8] Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma. [9] In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Sharma said that his father started teaching him vocals and tabla when he was just five. [ He goes on to say that his father did "extensive research" on santoor and decided that Shivkumar should be the first musician to play Indian classical music on santoor. So he started learning santoor at the age of 13.][ and made his father's dream come true.][ He gave his first public performance in Bombay in 1955.
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Career
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Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the santoor, after some years as a vocalist. He is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument.[ [10] In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Sharma said that it was his father who decided that he should play the santoor and that he never thought he would be choosing it when he started learning music.][ Sharma recorded his first solo album in 1960.][ Sharma composed the music of Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje
[11] (1965).
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In 1967, he teamed up with flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra to produce a concept album, The Call of the Valley
which turned out to be one of the greatest hits in Indian classical music.[ He has composed music for many Hindi films in collaboration with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia [12] starting with Silsila
][ (1980). They came to be known as the 'Shiv-Hari' music duo.][ Some of the movies they composed music for which were big musical hits are Faasle
(1985), Chandni
(1989), Lamhe
(1991) and Darr
(1993).
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Personal life
Sharma married Manorama [13][ and has two sons.][ His son, Rahul, [14] [15] is also a santoor player [16] [17] and they perform together since 1996.][ In a 1999 interview to rediff.com, Sharma stated that he chose Rahul as his shishya
because he thought he had the "gift of God".][
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Awards
Sharma is the recipient of national and international awards, including an honorary citizenship of the city of Baltimore, USA, in 1985, [18] the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986, [19] the Padma Shri in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001. [20]
Awards (classical and film)
- Platinum Disc for The Call of the Valley
- Platinum Disc for music of film Silsila
- Gold Disc for music of film Faasle
- Platinum Disc for music of film Chandni
- Special Award for outstanding music and sale of film Lamhe
- Special Award for outstanding music and sale of film Darr
Discography
- The Glory Of Strings - Santoor (1991), T-Series
- Raga Bhopali vol I (1993)
- Raga Kedari vol II (1993)
- Hundred Strings of Santoor (1994)
- Hypnotic Santoor (1994)
- The Pioneer of Santoor (1994)
- Raag Bilaskhani Todi (1994)
- Santoor (Raag Rageshri) (1998)
- Sampradaya (1999)
- Sympatico (Charukeshi - Santoor)(2004)
- The Inner Path (Kirvani - Santoor) (2004)
References
- A dream fulfilled
- Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma in conversation on Antardhwani, the film based on his life
- Santoor strains music to ears of unborn too
- Santoor comes of age, courtesy Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
- The Healing touch
- Minister concerned over slow progress on Kashmir
- Masters of the East come West
- 'Music is an expression of human emotions'
- Note by note
- The Dawn of Indian Music in the West
- Enchantment from Eden valley
- 'I just pick up the flute and feel the urge to play'
- Sultan of strings: Shivkumar Sharma
- Santoor notes that bind: father- son ‘Jugalbandi’
- Inner Melodies
- Virasaat
- What's Rahul Sharma's Dalai Lama connection?
- Profile
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards - Hindustani Music - Instrumental
- Padma Awards
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