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Shivkumar Sharma Information Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the santoor, after some years as a student of the tabla and as a vocalist. Sharma modified the Kashmiri folk instrument to make it more suitable for his classical technique, increasing the range of the instrument to three full octaves and making it capable of a smoother meend (the glissando or gliding between notes required in Hindustani classical music to emulate the human voice). Shivkumar Sharma is the recipient of many national and international awards including honorary citizenship of the city of Baltimore, USA (1985), Sangeet Natak Academy Award (1986), Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1990), Honorary Doctorate from the University of Jammu (1991), Padmashree (1991), Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award (1998), and Padma Vibhushan (2001). www.bookrags.com /wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma   (380 words)

Shivkumar Sharma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shivkumar Sharma is the master instrumentalist of the santoor, after some years as a student of the tabla and as a vocalist. Sharma modified the Kashmiri folk instrument to make it more suitable for his classical technique, increasing the range of the instrument to three full octaves and making it capable of a smoother meend (the glissando or gliding between notes required in Hindustani classical music to emulate the human voice). Shivkumar Sharma is the recipient of many national and international awards including honorary citizenship of the city of Baltimore, USA (1985), Sangeet Natak Academy Award (1986), Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar (1990), Honorary Doctorate from the University of Jammu (1991), Padmashree (1991), Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award (1998), and Padma Vibhushan (2001). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma   (424 words)

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma's Santoor The Santoor as used by Shivkumar Sharma, is played with a pair of curved mallets made of walnut wood and the resultant melodies are similar to the music of the harp, harpsichord or piano. Shivkumar 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. The santoor was first presented on the classical stage by Shivkumar Sharma at Bombay in 1955, at the age of 17, and he has brought it a long way to its current status as one of the most beloved classical Indian instruments. www.santoor.com /santoory.html   (1171 words)

MusicalNirvana - Pt. Shivkumar Sharma Shivkumar Sharma had training in music from his father Pt. Shivkumar Sharma learnt vocal music and tabla right from the tender age of 5. Shivkumar Sharma is one of the few maestros to enjoy global reputation and no major musical event is complete without his participation. www.musicalnirvana.com /hindustani/shivkumar_sharma.html   (163 words)

Sharma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sharma is one of the most common Brahmin surnames among Hindus in India, Nepal and abroad. Sharma is derived from the Sanskrit 'Sharman' which means teacher. Most Sharmas originate from Uttar Pradesh, but are also to be found in many other states in India. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sharma   (526 words)

Shivkumar Sharma Sharma was introduced to Hindustani classical music by his father and guru Pundit Uma Dutt Sharma. Shivkumar Sharma gets the credit for this adaptation and therefore santoor in its present form has become synonymous with his name. Rahul Sharma is the younger son of Pundit Shivkumar Sharma. www.unl.edu /raag/sharma/sharma.html   (571 words)

May 11, 2003 Hindustani Classical Music Concert with Pandit Shivkumar Sharma on Santoor and Ustad Zakir Hussain on the ... Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain performed at Westlake High School Auditorium on Sunday to an audience of over 1000 people in Austin’s biggest Indian music concert event of the year. Shivkumar worked with the Santoor for several years adapting the instrument to the point where it could be used for performing Hindustani classical music. Shivkumar and Zakir truly showed their mastery as they effortlessly glided through improvised passages of 6 beats over 10, 12, and 14, etc. They regaled the audience with their interchanges, especially when they played in perfect unison each trying to catch the other unawares by playing increasingly complex passages. studentorgs.utexas.edu /aidaustin/aavartan/review.html   (900 words)

Chembur.com Shiv kumar Sharma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Shivkumar Sharma learnt vocal music and tabla right from the tender age of 5. Shivkumar Sharma began extensive research on the then little known folk instrument – Santoor. Shivkumar Sharma is one of the few maestros to enjoy global reputation and no major musical event is complete without his participation. www.chembur.com /musicians/sharma.htm   (139 words)

Shivkumar Sharma : Santoor (1991) - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect Trained by his father, Pandit Umadutt Sharma, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma began studying tabla and vocals before dedicating himself to learning the Santoor. This solid musical grounding has given Pandit Shivkumar Sharma what many describe as a "Tabla-player's knowledge of rhythm." On the CD Shivkumar Sharma, Santoor, Sharma teams up with a musician who has been central to the development of the tabla-player's knowledge of rhythm: Zakir Hussain. With this collaboration, recorded live in a Calcutta auditorium in January of 1992, Sharma and Hussain pilot an aural journey through the undulating terrain of "Rag Rageshri." A composition intended for the evening, "Rag Rageshri" is characterized by its ascending pentatonic (five-note) scale and descending hexatonic (six-note) scale. www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,230607,00.html   (382 words)

Science Fair Projects - Shivkumar Sharma Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, born in 1938 is an Indian classical musician, working in the Hindustani classical music tradition. Santoor, a type of hammered dulcimer whose strings are struck with a pair of light carved wooden mallets is a folk instrument from the valley of Kashmir, which owes its classical status to Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Bade Ramdasji of Benaras gharana spotted it, he was convinced of the potentialities of the instrument. www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Shivkumar_Sharma   (524 words)

Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Rahul Sharma (Santoor), Shafaat Ahmed Khan (Tabla) | Contemporary Music | Royal Festival ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Rahul Sharma (Santoor), Shafaat Ahmed Khan (Tabla) Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Rahul Sharma (Santoor), Shafaat Ahmed Khan (Tabla) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is an exceptionally gifted musician, a complete artist, who has introduced the humble folk instrument of Kashmir to concert halls around the world. www.rfh.org.uk /main/events/77074.html?   (79 words)

INDIA INSTRUMENTS: Tablas, Sitar, Indische Instrumente, Klassische Indische Musik, Indische Konzerte Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Shafaat Ahmed Khan (Tabla): Raga Puriya. Shivkumar Sharma, Rahul Sharma (Santoor), Shafaat Ahmed Khan (Tabla): Santoor Duet. Shivkumar Sharma (Santoor), Zakir Hussain (Tabla): The pioneer of Santoor. www.india-instruments.de /pages/cdkatalog/santur_shivkumarsharma.html   (413 words)

Vimoksha - Indian classical music and dance portal - Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) To state that Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has created history in the world of music, is an understatement, an inadequate attempt to capture the maestro’s achievements and contributions. Sharma’s open minded approach has resulted in some of the most popular, innovative experimental albums like Call of the Valley, Feelings, Mountains, etc. In fact he is among those rare musicians who have been able to create successfully in the world of film music as well. orn in 1938, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, a musician par excellence, a great composer, an understanding, kind guru, a sensitive and aware citizen, this living legend is truly a personification of the Indian ethos and values. www.vimoksha.com /shivkumar-sharma.html   (804 words)

The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, T.K. Murthy honoured CHENNAI: Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and mridangam vidwan T.K. Murthy were felicitated on Sunday for their contributions to music. Sharma as a musician who single-handedly transformed the santoor, "an obscure, unknown instrument, to the level of being indispensable on the concert platform." Through his performance over the last four decades in the country and abroad, the Padma Shree and Padma Vibushan recipient had over 100 recordings. Sharma said the function was a "unique experience" and Mr. www.hindu.com /2006/06/05/stories/2006060514800800.htm   (310 words)

Shivkumar Sharma Biography - AOL Music Shivkumar Sharma is one of the truly great visionaries in the Hindustani classical music firmament. Popularity has led to a demand for recordings by him, to a degree that having a Shivkumar Sharma album acts like a kind of validation for a label. Though its Persian relative, the santur, had associations with Persian and Iranian classical music, elevating the Indian instrument to the classical concert platform was widely viewed as folly in conservative quarters. music.aol.com /artist/shivkumar-sharma/28636/biography   (171 words)

Shivkumar Sharma Shivkumar Sharma's hands, each gripping a delicate, flexible hammer, are like hummingbirds. The details of his elegant handiwork are lost in a blur of activity, but it's easy to make out in the quivering showers of notes what makes him one of the great masters of the instrument. Sharma has spent the last 50 years proving that point, adapting the instrument along the way to widen its range. www.citypaper.net /articles/2005-04-07/musicpicks.shtml   (230 words)

P. Shivkumar Sharma to perform at Tech The artists featured are Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and his son Rahul Sharma on the santoor and Ustaad Shafaat Ahmed Khan on the Tabla. Sharma has further refined the instrument by introducing a chromatic arrangement of the notes and increasing the range to three full octaves. Shivkumar Sharma has won acclaim, both in India and abroad, as the greatest living santoor player and one of the most accomplished exponents of Indian classical music. technique.library.gatech.edu /issues/spring1997/apr25/campus6-s.html   (613 words)

RFI - Shivkumar Sharma et Zakir Hussain : un duo incomparable le samedi 7 octobre à 17h et dimanche 8 octobre à 11h ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) RFI - Shivkumar Sharma et Zakir Hussain : un duo incomparable le samedi 7 octobre à 17h et dimanche 8 octobre à 11h au Théâtre de la ville Shivkumar Sharma et Zakir Hussain : un duo incomparable le samedi 7 octobre à 17h et dimanche 8 octobre à 11h au Théâtre de la ville Joueur de santour et chanteur, Shivkumar Sharma est passé maître dans l’art mélodique et la science rythmique. www.rfi.fr /pressefr/articles/081/article_205.asp   (364 words)

Shivkumar Sharma, Zakir Hussain: Raga Purya Kalyan CD Import - NET-52984 Shivkumar Sharma, the great santur virtuoso, weighs every note he plays with infinitesimal care. As if free of gravity’s fetters, Sharma hovers over the hundred strings of his instrument to create sounds of dazzling beauty, ranging from meditative calm to complex, percussive whirlwind passages. Before Shivkumar Sharma, no one considered it possible to perform classical music on the santur. www.worldmusicstore.com /index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9155   (167 words)

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma -- Setting shloka to tune The instrument which Pandit Shivkumar Sharma has been playing for nearly half-a-century takes on a new role when it punctuates the Swami’s interpretation. And combining the two was the challenge that Sharma agreed to take on, fully aware of the creative solutions that had to be found to strike the right balance between the universal and the desi. And while he appears to be satisfied with the outcome, Sharma is already tuning his Santoor for a hectic season of concerts all over the globe, at the same time looking for another challenging opportunity to compose. www.screenindia.com /oct08/music2.htm   (766 words)

PANDIT SHIVKUMAR SHARMA CD Santoor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) This solid musical grounding has given Pandit Shivkumar Sharma what many describe as a "Tabla-player's knowledge of rhythm." On the CD Shivkumar Sharma, Santoor, Sharma teams up with a musician who has been central to the development of the tabla-player's knowledge of rhythm: Zakir Hussain. With this collaboration, recorded live in a Calcutta auditorium in January of 1992, Sharma and Hussain pilot an aural journey through the undulating terrain of "Rag Rageshri." A composition intended for the evening, "Rag Rageshri" is characterized by its ascending pentatonic (five-note) scale and descending hexatonic (six-note) scale. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma begins "Rag Rageshri" with an "Alap-Jor-Jhal," in which he slowly introduces the theme of piece. dev.coolforever.com /m/browse.cfm/item/43909   (404 words)

MusicalNirvana - Review of The Inner Path by Pt Shivkumar Sharma Shivkumar Sharma presents the live recording of a concert held as part of Saptak Music Festival, 2003. Sivkumar Sharma, is synonymous with the instrument he pioneered, Santoor. It is interesting to see how tabla play has changed in the past few decades, from a pure rhythm maintenance to a higher level of adding complexity and beuty to the concert, like the southern Carnatic counterpart Mridangam has done for quite a while. www.musicalnirvana.com /specials/shivkumar_sharma_027.html   (562 words)

India News: Pandit Shivkumar Sharma News, Articles, Information Jabbar Patel starts shooting for a documentary on Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and his musical journey The perfectly-planned camera work did not, for a second, disturb the climax of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma's recital. Son of famous Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Rahul has recorded more than thirty albums in just six years, and shared fusion CDs with pianists... In an innovative event, Sangeet Kala Mandir brought Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Pandit Ajoy Chakrabarty together on stage to bridge the yawning gap between... www.dailyindia.com /news/pandit-shivkumar-sharma.php   (564 words)

Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn Shivkumar Sharma Sharma is a leading proponent of the santoor, a hammer dulcimer-like instrument that is key in Indian classical music. Sharma has also worked as a tabla player, which informs and enriches his santoor-playing. Sharma elevated the status of the santoor with some difficulty. www.real.com /dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=63050   (128 words)

Shivkumar Sharma Interview There were two mild earthquakes the hour before santoor genius, Shivkumar Sharma, a towering figure in Indian classical music, was to perform at Occidental College's beautiful multi-faith Herrick Chapel in Los Angeles. It was both a transcendental, and intellectually thrilling sensation to breath with him, and follow his every phrase, from the shining and vocal-like tracings of the alap, to the swift "flying like a bird" passages of the concluding gat articulated with super-human precision. The resplendent tabla bols, and melodic rhythms of Ustad Shafaat Ahmed Khan were equally delightful, and Rahul Sharma, also on santoor, was well-prepared for the challenge of playing with these great masters, enhancing the performance with his own blend of sensitivity and verve. www.azuremilesrecords.com /sharmaone.html   (2766 words)

Pandit Shivkumar Sharma - den indiske santoor-mesteren til NMH - NMH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma - den indiske santoor-mesteren til NMH Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (født i 1938) har selv utviklet det folkelige indiske instrumentet Santoor fra Kashmir. Shivkumar Sharma har vært med på å heve statusen og gi dette vakre instrumentet solistplass, slik at det virkelig kommer til sin rett. www.nmh.no /nyhetsarkiv/24258/no?view=print   (783 words)

eBay - shivkumar sharma, CDs, Records items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) Shivkumar Sharma / Zakir Hussain Nimbus 1987 VG+ Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zaki - Flow of... SHARMA, SHIVKUMAR -PANDIT~AN EXQUISITE RAAG IN A LI NEW search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=shivkumar+sharma&...   (326 words)

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