Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, composer and santoor master, has died. He was 84 years old. His wife, Manorama Sharma, and sons Rahul and Rohit Sharma survive him.
The veteran gave Santoor international recognition. He was one half of the composer duo Shiv-Hari, and he collaborated with flute legend Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia on music for films such as Silsila (1981), Lamhe (1991), and Chandni (1989).
He received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1986, the Padma Shri Award in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001.
Who Is Padma Vibhushan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Wife? Meet Manorama Sharma
Padma Vibhusan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was married to Manorama and the couple has two sons.
Shivkumar Sharma, credited with bringing the stringed instrument to the global stage, began his career in 1955. He composed the music for one of the scenes in Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje a year later. In 1960, he released his first solo album.
In 1967, he worked on the concept album Call of the Valley with flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia and guitarist Brij Bhushan Kabra. The album was a huge success in Indian classical music.
Since the 1980s, he has collaborated with flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia to compose music for many Hindi films. The Shiv-Hari duo quickly became well-known. Faasle, Chandni, Lamhe, and Darr are some of their musical hits.
Padma Vibhushan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Son- Rahul and Rohit Sharma
Padma Vibhusan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma’s son Rahul, who began learning the santoor at the age of 13, is also a santoor player, and the two have been performing together since 1996. Shivkumar stated in a 1999 interview that he chose Rahul as his shishya because he believed he possessed a “gift from God.”
Rahul Sharma began performing with his father after studying economics at Mumbai’s Mithibai College. He began accompanying him in concerts in 1996, when he was 24 years old.
Peter Gabriel signed Sharma at the age of 22 to perform at WOMAD and the Darbar festival.
Rahul has taken the santoor into world music with various collaborations, including Namaste India, after learning from his father Shivkumar Sharma.
In 2009, he married his childhood sweetheart, Barkha Sharma. Abhinav, the couple’s son, was born on June 17, 2014.
Padma Vibhushan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Death Cause- How Did He Die?
Padma Vibhusan Pandit Shivkumar Sharma had reportedly been suffering from kidney problems for the previous six months and was on dialysis. According to reports, he died yesterday of cardiac arrest.
Shivkumar Sharma was born in Jammu to singer Uma Dutt Sharma and speaks Dogri as his mother tongue. When he was five years old, his father began teaching him vocals and tabla. Shivkumar began studying santoor at the age of thirteen and gave his first public performance in 1955 in Mumbai.