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Sharma, Shivkumar, 1938-2022

LC control no.n 85269890
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML419.S425 Biography
Personal name headingSharma, Shivkumar, 1938-2022
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Variant(s)Sharma, Shiv Kumar, 1938-2022
Shiv Kumar Sharma, 1938-2022
Shivkumar Sharma, 1938-2022
Sarma, Sivakumar, 1938-
Sharma, Shiv Kumar, 1938-
See alsoShiv-Hari (Musical group)
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Birth date1938-01-13
Death date2022-05-10
Place of birthJammu (India)
Place of deathMumbai (India)
Field of activitySantù„r music Hindustani music
Profession or occupationSantur players
Found inHis Santur [SR] p1984: label (Sivakumar Sarma, santur player) container (b. 1938)
His Pt. Shivkumar Sharma--in concert [SR] p1987: label (Shivkumar Sharma) data from India (Sharma, Shiv Kumar, 1938-)
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma's Santoor Web site, July 11, 2003 (Shivkumar Sharma; b. Jammu, Jan. 13, 1938; teamed up with the Bamboo Flute Maestro, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia and the Slide Guitarist, Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra)
IMDb, July 11, 2003 (Hariprasad Chaurasia; sometimes credited as Bhuban-Hari, Shiv Hari, Shiv-Hari; Shiv Kumar Sharma; sometimes credited as Shiv Hari, Shiv-Hari)
Music India online-profiles of Shiv-Hari Web site, July 11, 2003 (Shiv-Hari comprises two stalwarts in Hindusthani classical music, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia)
Indian Express (website), viewed, May 12, 2022 (Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, who exalted the santoor-once a little-known trapezoid-shaped, stringed instrument-from the folk circuit of Jammu and Kashmir and placed it on the proscenium alongside other more traditional and heavyweight classical instruments such as the sitar and sarod, passed away in Mumbai after suffering a cardiac arrest [May 10, 2022])
   <https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/santoor-maestro-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away-7909458/>
Wikipedia, May 12, 2022 (under Shivkumar Sharma: Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938-10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music; born: 13 January, 1938, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj; died: 10 May, 2022 (aged 84) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
   <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shivkumar_Sharma>
NPR website, May 12, 2022 (report on May 10, 2022, under hdg.: Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84: Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma, who elevated the 100-stringed hammered dulcimer to classical concert stages around the world, died Tuesday in Mumbai at age 84 .... Sharma (whose name was also written in English as Shiv Kumar Sharma) was celebrated both as a virtuoso of the santoor, the hammered dulcimer, as well as a composer who wrote well-loved scores for Bollywood films along with his writing partner, flutist Hariprasad Chaurasia)
   <https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097841651/celebrated-indian-musician-and-composer-shivkumar-sharma-has-died-at-age-84)>
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