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Shiv Kumar Sharma
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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a master of the santoor, a folk instrument from the valley of Kashmir. It is a type of hammered dulcimer whose strings are struck with a pair of light carved wooden mallets. He is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument in Indian classical music (santoor is a widely used instrument in Persian music), to the extent that the santoor and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma are synonymous. Sharma modified the Kashmiri fol… read more
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a master of the santoor, a folk instrument from t… read more
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born January 13, 1938) is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. He is a master of the santoor, a folk instrument from the valley of Kashmir. It is a type of hammered… read more