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  MusicalNirvana - Rahul Sharma
Rahul Sharma is one of the bright young Santoor players.
He is the son and disciple of Santoor pioneer and the person most responsible of its raise as a classical instrument, Pt.
Rahul Sharma has quickly become a saught after concert artist.
www.musicalnirvana.com /hindustani/rahul_sharma.html   (129 words)

  
  Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Shivkumar Sharma who gave a concert in Sri Lanka two years ago along with his son Rahul is pleased with his son's dedication to music, but Rahul worries if he will last the distance.
Pt Shivkumar Sharma who gave a concert in Sri Lanka two years ago along with his son Rahul is pleased with his son's dedication to music, but Rahul worries if he will last the distance.
Sharma senior is an internationally acclaimed artiste who turned santoor into a classical music instrument and even changed its old design - bringing down the number of strings from the traditional 100 to 87 - to give it greater clarity and make it easier to tune.
www.sundayobserver.lk /2001/10/21/fea19.html   (793 words)

  
 Indian Classical Music Circle of Austin
Poised, sensitive, humble, and exceptionally creative, Rahul is the son and the youngest disciple of the legendary Santoor maestro Pt.
Rahul has not only absorbed the ever enriching depths of Indian classical music, but even the inner calm and a mature detachment from his illustrious father.
Rahul is all set to take the santoor to greater heights in the twentyfirst century by adding new dimensions to it with his creativity.
www.icmca.org /artistes/rahulrakesh/rahul_rakesh.html   (261 words)

  
 Music Today
For 25-year-old Rahul Sharma, son of santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma, music was the most natural vocation in the world.
Rahul was born in 1973 in Mumbai, the cultural capital of India.
Rahul has adopted the footsteps of his father and created a ripple among the new age listeners.
www.music-today.com /complete.phtml?id=94   (243 words)

  
 Biography
By the time Rahul Sharma, the tabla maestro Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan and the pakhawaj player and “sound effects” percussion maestro Pandit Bhawani Shankar take the stage of Turin’s Festival Settembre Musica on 13 September their musical chemistry is zinging.
Rahul Sharma, his second son, was born on 25 September 1972 in Bombay.
Even though he was not formally introduced to the santoor until 1985, Rahul Sharma had already demonstrated his potential musicality by playing and composing on a cheap keyboard that his dad had brought back from Japan and the inevitable harmonium.
www.realworldrecords.com /rahul/biography/biography.html   (662 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma CD Akaash
Rahul is only too well aware that his father faced many hardships on this tireless journey performing all over India, waging a continuing battle to establish the Santoor which was not initially accepted by classical purists.
Rahul Sharma sustains the resonance of the notes and maintains their continuity by gliding his kalam, or strikers along the strings very delicately creating very little vibration.
Rahul plays three compositions gaining in momentum and tempo as the performance progresses culminating with a very fast tempo that stretches the technical ability of each of the performers to the limit.
www.earthvibemusic.com /cd/indiancd/sense/sense2003_4/akaash.htm   (900 words)

  
 INDOlink - India General News - Former Gujarat Minister Denies ‘Balancing’ Hindu, Muslim Death Ratio
Earlier on Saturday, Rahul Sharma gave a statement to the Nanavati commission that during a police firing in the Gujarat riots, six people were killed, out of them five were Hindus.
Sharma told the commission that former home minister Gordhan Jhadafiya telephoned him and said that the ratio of dead was not proper, as more Hindus were killed.
Sharma, at present serving as SP with the CBI in Gandhinagar, also described how the locals provoked women to gherao (picket) the division police station for the release of these persons.
www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=110104105402   (472 words)

  
 Rediff On The Net, Life/Style: Virasaat -- from santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma to his son, Rahul.
Pandit Sharma also felt that the son of a famous father need not necessarily have the same interests, "You either have it or you don't, and Rahul, I noticed, had a strong grasp of melody.
And Rahul readily admits he has not had to struggle much, mainly due to the invaluable work that his father has already done to establish the santoor in the canvas of classical music.
Rahul is quick to stress that his roots are firmly in India at the moment, while travel basically provides him with the opportunity to learn new things and broaden his horizons.
www.rediff.com /style/1998/mar/18rahul.htm   (1612 words)

  
 Trusting friend robbed of valuables   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Around 3 am, Sharma, who was wearing a tight pair of jeans, began feeling uneasy sleeping with his cell phone (valued at over Rs 5,000) and 1,050 dirhams (over Rs 12,000) in his pocket and therefore handed them to Ansari.
Sharma visited Ansari at his Bandra residence, but had to return disappointed as Ansari denied having the money or mobile phone.
Sharma then visited Azad Maidan police station, where the police registered a non-cognizable offence and gave him the option of pursuing the matter in court.
web.mid-day.com /news/city/2004/august/90644.htm   (297 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Rahul Sharma
The santoor, a stringed instrument played with curved wooden sticks, has a sound akin to that of the hammered dulcimer, and like the dulcimer was long thought of as mainly a folk instrument.
Now Rahul is becoming an acknowledged master of the santoor, which has become one of the most important instruments in Kashmiri music.
For this live recording from a festival in Italy, Rahul is joined by Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan on tabla and Pandit Bhawani Shankar on various folk percussion instruments.
www.ink19.com /issues/january2003/musicReviews/musicS/rahulSharma.html   (372 words)

  
 Shivkumar Sharma
Sharma was introduced to Hindustani classical music by his father and guru Pundit Uma Dutt Sharma.
He was accompanied by his son Rahul Sharma on the santoor and by Shafaat Ahmad Khan who played the tabla.
Rahul Sharma is the younger son of Pundit Shivkumar Sharma.
www.unl.edu /raag/sharma/sharma.html   (571 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma, son of the legendary santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, has attempted to explore and interpret Zen Buddhism and meditation in his latest album, ‘Zen the Music’.
The music of Zen is composed by Rahul Sharma and he has also played the santoor, Jayanti Gosher has played the guitar and the rabab, Shyam Edwankar, the wave drums and Kesri Lord on the keyboards.
Born in September 1972, Rahul Sharma is the youngest son of the santoor maestro, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/aug12/yh2.asp   (717 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma's compositions express the character and flavor of Kashmir Valley's beauty and diversity of language, custom, values, traditions, attire, festivity, reverie, and pursuit of the divine, through the prism of its folk and contemporary easy listening music.
Rahul Sharma, talented son of the renowned Santoor maestro Shiv Kumar Sharma, has all of those qualities, which will raise him one day to superstardom.
Rahul Sharma is the first young musician (not to mention the only Indian musician) to collaborate with the world-renowned pianist Richard Clayderman to not just cut an album but give live concerts too.
www.hindisong.com /Profile/Profile.asp?ContentID=660   (694 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma takes the listener through the green meadows of Gulmarg teaming with blossoms, flora and fauna.
Rahul sharma's composition has a colour of expansive openness, which unfolds the winter season in the valley when the people survive the bittering cold keeping kangri close to their heart and sipping Kehwa. 
Rahul Sharma's ability to convey plethora of human emotions and turmoil through music, is best highlighted through this amazing melody.
www.hindisong.com /Movie/MusicReview.asp?CDDetailID=49&cID=1257   (740 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma welcomes you :: Biography ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul thrives on challenges, loves to crossover boundaries, take un-treaded path and try the never before.
His grandfather Pandit Umadutt Sharma had the vision of making Santoor, an obscure folk instrument from Kashmir, to be established on the classical concert platform.
And, from the looks of it, Rahul is all set to make it indispensable in the world of music, across the globe.
rahulsharma.santoor.com /biography.asp   (474 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma: Music of the Himalayas CD - RW-12621   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma is the prodigious son and disciple of legendary santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (who is credited with transcending the santoor to full acceptance within the classical solo field and popularising it worldwide).
Belonging to a family steeped in the tradition of Kashmiri music, Rahul has naturally acquired the inner calm and deep understanding of the Indian classical music tradition, whilst adding new dimensions with his creativity.
This piece is played in two parts: the first part is influenced by light classical music in an 8-beat rhythmic cycle called Kehrwa Taal; the second part is influenced by classical instrumental music and the composition is in Teen Taal, a 16-beat rhythmic cycle.
www.worldmusicstore.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=7617   (260 words)

  
 Celebrity Speak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
It will always be a very ‘addressable’ – for lack of a better word – question while speaking of Rahul Sharma, son of internationally acclaimed santoor maestro, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
But apart from being talented, Rahul also has in abundance patience and the humility to accept that it is not time yet.
Because while the rest of the world was skinning their knees and playing the fool, Rahul was spending his teen years with the 100-strings that bind his life today.
www.indiainfoline.com /week/mar1/cesp.html   (895 words)

  
 MusicalNirvana - Review of Native Signs by Rahul Sharma
This CD by Rahul Sharma presents the live recording of a concert held as part of Saptak Music Festival, 2003.
Rahul Sharma is the son and disciple of one of the most prominent musicians of today, Pt.
Rahul Sharma has mastered the instrument quite well and forces Shafat Ahmed Khan to play faster and faster as the track progresses.
www.musicalnirvana.com /specials/rahul_sharma_028.html   (665 words)

  
 CD Zen
In Zen, Rahul Sharma's aim is to create a meditative mood that is not restricted by the boundaries of a traditional Indian classical Raga.
It is, in fact, the anti-thesis of philosophy in that it teaches us that the existence of the human mind is peripheral, existing only on the circumference.
Rahul Sharma has chosen the track titles in accordance with the specific stages of meditation practised in Zen.
www.earthvibemusic.com /cd/indiancd/rupa/zen.htm   (186 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma, MP3 Music Download at eMusic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
His grandfather, Uma Dutt Sharma, was a master of the santoor, an instrument that is similar to the hammer-dulcimer.
Shivkumar's son, Rahul Sharma continued the tradition of the instrument.
Rahul Sharma was always in love with music, often singing at an early age and playing the harmonium.
www.emusic.com /artist/11589/11589020.html   (325 words)

  
 rediff.com: Movies: A new sound
Sharma feels he can use films to introduce classical instruments to a younger audience.
Sharma is also experimenting with fusion, which involves merging Western and Eastern sounds.
One of his biggest concerns, Sharma says, is to find ways and means to attract the yuppie crowd to his kind of music.
www.rediff.com /entertai/2002/jun/25rahul.htm   (783 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma
C’est de ce même instrument qu’a décidé de jouer son disciple de fils Rahul SHARMA, dont l’apprentissage des ragas et de leur science rythmique a commencé à l’âge de quinze ans.
Ce n’est pas le premier album solo de Rahul SHARMA, mais gageons que c’est celui qui devrait lui assurer une plus grande reconnaissance mondiale, du fait de la large diffusion dont bénéficie Real World.
Rahul n’aura certes pas le privilège d’être reconnu pour avoir inauguré une voie nouvelle en mettant en valeur un instrument quasi ignoré, puisque son père l’a déjà fait.
www.ethnotempos.org /chroniques/rahul_sharma.htm   (369 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma’s Maya - The illusion is a treat - Music India OnLine
Santoor king Rahul Sharma fits perfectly into the shoes of his renowned father Pt.
The album has been created through a mix of animation and live action and Rahul believes he has to be witness to such experiences though he must not become part of it.
Rahul’s 35 albums so far have been very different from each other and so is ‘Maya’ from the rest.
www.musicindiaonline.com /n/i/top_stories/2051   (324 words)

  
 Rambles: Richard Clayderman & Rahul Sharma, The Confluence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
He is the son and student of the illustrious Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who at the instigation of his father, Uma Dutt Sharma, succeeded in making the "folksy" santoor into an acceptable instrument for playing classical Indian music.
Half of the compositions on this album are from the hand of Rahul Sharma.
Sharma subsequently recorded the santoor contributions in India, after which Clayderman's arrangers and producers rewrote Sharma's original santoor scores for piano.
www.rambles.net /clayderman_conf02.html   (360 words)

  
 Screen The Business Of Entertainment-Music-Cover Story
There’s more to Rahul Sharma than these two albums, as we discovered when we spoke to him on the eve of his departure for London, where he will release a third new album Music From The Himalayas for Peter Gabriel’s Real World Music label at the WOMAD Festival in the UK.
Rahul has produced this album and accordingly has arranged and written for the piano.
This was a little problem for me as Rahul has experience in writing for the santoor and treating the Indian rhythms, but does not have the same experience with the piano, which is only normal.
www.screenindia.com /20020802/mcov.html   (1772 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma Santoor Concert on Sulekha Chicago Events
Tsunami Fundraiser Santoor Concert by Rahul Sharma and Aditya Kalyanpur at the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago.
Shivkumar Sharma, the pioneer of santoor at the Rathi Auditorium of the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago at 10915 S. Lemont Rd, Lemont, IL.
Rahul Sharma was born in 1972 and learnt santoor from the age of twelve.
www.sulekha.com /events/evtdp.aspx?cid=66930   (478 words)

  
 'There is a Priyanka-Rahul wave'
His happiness flows from the fact that Rahul Gandhi decided to contest the Lok Sabha election from Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
A long-time loyal friend of the Gandhi family, Sharma won the parliamentary election from Rae Bareilly in 1999.
I tell you, the active election campaign by Rahul and Priyanka has made all the difference to the Congress in Uttar Pradesh and other parts of the country.
www.rediff.com /election/2004/apr/29einter1.htm   (690 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: Microsoft SQL Server 2000: A Guide to Enhancements and New Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Sharma concludes with a preview of SQL Server.NET, and the evolving role of databases in the.NET era.
Rahul Sharma, Microsoft Certified Professional, is senior database administrator for Manhattan Associates, Inc., in Atlanta, GA. He has been working with Microsoft SQL Server since SQL Server 6.5 and is currently working with both SQL Server 2000 and Oracle 9i.
Rahul has translated his experience into knowledge and ready-to-use tools that database administrators and developers need to realize the many benefits of moving to SQL Server 2000.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0201752832   (850 words)

  
 JAX-RPC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma: Yes, in the.next version of the specification, we aim to add extended support for additional sets of Java classes and XML types.
Rahul Sharma: Apache Axis is implementing the JAX-RPC specification and is a very active contributor in the JAX-RPC expert group.
Rahul Sharma: EJB 2.1 and JSR-109 are focusing on the stateless session bean model.
java.sun.com /developer/community/chat/JavaLive/2002/jl0402.html   (2585 words)

  
 World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
Although not formally introduced to the santoor [or santur] until 1985, when he was 12 years old, Rahul Sharma had already demonstrated his talent by playing and composing on the harmonium, and on a cheap keyboard that his dad had brought back from Japan.
In Rahul’s apprentice years as a musician, his father, Shiv Kumar Sharma, had accompanied him on tabla, bringing heightened awareness of taal (rhythm cycle) to his playing.
By 1996, Rahul was performing “proper concert” and has since recorded solo and in jugalbandi (duet) concerts with his father.
www.worldmusiccentral.org /artists/artist_page.php?id=2043   (200 words)

  
 Rahul Sharma / Music of the Himalayas / cdRoots   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Rahul Sharma is the son and musical disciple of legendary santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, from a family steeped in the tradition of Kashmir.
Rahul Sharma is the prodigious son and disciple of legendary santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (who is credited with transcending the santoor to full acceptance within the classical solo field and popularising it worldwide).
Belonging to a family steeped in the tradition of Kashmiri music, Rahul has naturally acquired the inner calm and deep understanding of the Indian classical music tradition, whilst adding new dimensions with his creativity.
www.cdroots.com /rw-sharma.html   (332 words)

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