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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. Before him the santoor was regarded as only an accompanying instrument.
He is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument, to the extent that the santoor and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma are synonymous. 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). Besides, he also created a new technique of playing with which he could sustain notes and maintain sound continuity.
Sharma has performed many concerts with renowned musicians such as the tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has also partnered with well-known flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to form a group called Shiv-Hari for composing Hindi film music.
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)
He is credited with single-handedly making the santoor a popular classical instrument, to the extent that the santoor and Pandit Shivkumar Sharma are synonymous. 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). Besides, he also created a new technique of playing with which he could sustain notes and maintain sound continuity.
Sharma has performed many concerts with renowned musicians such as the tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has also partnered with well-known flautist Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia to form a group called Shiv-Hari for composing Hindi film music.
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)
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Soundscapes - Music of the Mountains
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Raga Bhopali
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The Elements - Water
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Raga Rageshri
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quora wrote:
yep, agreed about "elements" - too much cheesy arrangements (keyboards and similar new age stuff) which change the music very much but, otherwise, this album is easy listenable for many, so, it may attract some people to his pure santoor music
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rameshhp wrote:
If you want to attain "nirvana" (liberation, higher bliss) through music, try Shivkumar Sharma's music. He has had more than 100 albums to his credit and not one of them is bad. Perfect balance of melody and rhythm, technically and aesthetically superior. Try his "A Concerto in Raga Yaman" which is available on iTunes -- an incredible live concert recording made in 1988, with Zakir Hussain on tabla.
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GroupSupport wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IgA50Tefck
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Akarik wrote:
I think that Raga Rageswari is one of the greatest things I`ve ever heard.
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eleseus wrote:
According to me, Music is not for entertainment. It was my life-long dream to play such kind of music which will make the listeners forget to clap; which will make them silent. My dream came true, once. I played one raga, while the listeners immersed deep into meditation and I experienced a state of thoughtlessness. This silence was so nourishing, so fulfilling, there was no need to play anything else. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
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LondonLouis wrote:
Just working my way into Indian music. Raga Charukeshi certainly grabbed me.
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rameshhp wrote:
It's weird that people make comments about some music without even listening to it :-)
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Smekermann wrote:
yeah 4 realz
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klimaz wrote:
Need to unify Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Shiv Kumar Sharma, and Shivkumar Sharma
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LAMAMACHA wrote:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Smekermann wrote:
i never said anything about music of the mountains fyi. probably because i haven't heard it lol
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dgallego wrote:
instead of endless debating you could relax, listen to his music and let it to pull you up, and at the same time blow your head appart!
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rameshhp wrote:
"Elements: Water" and "Music of the Mountains" are embarrassing? Just see how many of the top tracks for this artist are from those albums! Mountain Love Song, Himalayan Dawn, Springtime, Evening Prayer, Spirit of Kashmir, Walking in the Rain, Twilight Shadows, Echoes From The Valley, Ballad, Sunrise on the Peaks, Dewdrops, Shikara By Moonlight -- all these in top 20! I am sure these albums will pull a lot many listeners into the heavenly realms of Indian classical music!
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Smekermann wrote:
haha. ok, how 'bout you compare elements to something like raga bhimpalasi or rag madhuvanti and then get back to me on that. shivkumar sharma is one of the best santur players out there, but that doesn't mean he hasn't released his fair share of embarassing material.
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rameshhp wrote:
Smekermann seems to have a bad music taste. The Elements and Music of the Mountains are great albums where Shivkumar Sharma fits Indian classical music into a thematic framework with stunning results. Cheesy and Shitty are not the terms befitting a legendary musician like Shivkumar Sharma or Zakir Hussain. Smekermann, grow up!
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rameshhp wrote:
Dear Panditji, Thank you very much for your life-changing, life-giving music. I am lucky to have come across your music early in my life. I pray that more and more people around the world get to relish your soulful music. Respectfully, Ramesh
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sanytramk wrote:
It's like language of God. Magnificent
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astro1_rohit wrote:
tag: indian classical
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Smekermann wrote:
in other news, I wish classical players like Sharma and Zakir Hussain and everyone else would stop releasing embarassingly bad new-age albums like the Elements series. Classical Indian music has a certain appeal that completely disappears when you combine it with cheesy keyboards and shitty drum machines. It's not avant-garde, it's not ground-breaking, it just sounds silly and dated.
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Smekermann wrote:
yeah kvlt is definitely an adjective i'd use to describe sharma's santur playing. maybe nekro too. he should don some corpsepaint on and let the blastbeats rip
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