Nobody else could have been a better ambassador of the santoor than the Jammu-born Pt. Shivkumar Sharma. Raised in the lap of the Himalayas, he captured the melody of the mountain air and serenity of ...

He single-handedly elevated a 100-string instrument little known outside Kashmir into a prominent component of Hindustani classical music. By Shalini Venugopal Bhagat Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, an ...

Vinay Desai, a disciple of well-known santoor maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, has learnt from many different maestros over the years. He has expanded his knowledge and skills in playing this ancient ...

Rahul Sharma's performance has the capacity to surprise. That's not unusual for someone of his caliber. He would, however, like to credit it to the constant need to reinvent himself. "As an artist, ...

Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya returned from a US tour with a mission to connect Indian Classical music with the next generation. He plans to bring performances to schools and digital ...

Renowned santoor player Pt Shivkumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died in Mumbai today following a ...

Dr Varsha Agarwal, the first Indian female classical solo santoor player, mesmerized the audiences at the desert storm series in Jaipur, a joint initiative of a non-government organization (NGO) ...

Pt Shivkumar Sharma was one of India's most well known classical musicians. He began his journey in music as a tabla player when he was only five but Shiv Kumar Sharma soon found the santoor - and his ...

India's santoor player Bipul Kumar Ray and his band completed a tour around four Egypt cities, where he spread ancient knowledge and positive vibrations between 5 and 8 September "When you are feeling ...

For santoor player Rahul Sharma, his late father, santoor legend Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, was his “guiding light and musical guru”. He shares, “My father not only taught me the santoor from my ...

Even as the music world was struggling to come to terms with the demise of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, the news of the demise of another Santoor legend Pandit Bhajan Sopori (1948-2022) on Thursday came ...

Santoor virtuoso Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who took the stringed instrument to the global stage and successfully straddled the worlds of classical and film music, died in Mumbai on Tuesday following a ...