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 ...

Pandit Bhajan Sopori died on Thursday. He was 74. The Santoor maestro and renowned music composer was undergoing treatment for cancer at Fortis Hospital in Gurugram. Santoor player and renowned music ...

Today, the world celebrates World Music Day, or Fête de la Musique—a tribute to music and musicians everywhere, and their power to connect people across cultures, languages, and borders. Just a day ...

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 ...

A maestro is one who has perfected the established techniques and aspects of music. But what do you call someone who gives music a new identity altogether and join the ranks of Mozart, Baray Ghulam ...

Clearly, Sharma’s life revolved around the santoor, and he is singularly credited with the instrument’s adaptation and elevation to Hindustani classical music. Earlier, it was played in folk and ...

SRINAGAR: In a modest workshop filled with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations — the making of the Kashmiri ...

Twenty one years ago, when Alancode Haridas set about to buy a ‘Santoor’ from a Kashmiri music store in Delhi, his only reference point was the spellbinding music he heard from a concert the day ...

Santoor player Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya talks about bridging the gap between Hindustani Classical Music and Carnatic Music, and how musicians can play their part on doing so ...

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 ...

Santoor Maestro Rahul Sharma, son of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, has curated amazingly divine music for the MX Player web series Ramyug. Directed by Kunal Kohli, the series features a beautiful number ...

Rahul Sharma, despite a successful Bollywood debut with 'Mujhse Dosti Karoge,' prioritized his classical and fusion santoor explorations. He found balancing film music with global performances ...