About Shivkumar Sharma
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. As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia under the collaborative name Shiv–Hari and composed music for such hit Indian films as Faasle (1985), Chandni (1989), and Lamhe (1991). Sharma was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986 and the Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan (India's fourth and second highest civilian awards) in 1991 and 2001. Sharma started learning santoor at the age of thirteen and gave his first public performance in Mumbai in 1955. It is to take you on a meditative journey, ye toh mehsoos karne ki cheez hai (This has to be experienced)." Sharma’s 1968 concert in Los Angeles was his first performance abroad. In 1996, Sharma and his son Rahul played the santoor on a stage in Norway, as 'equals' for the first time.
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