I Rupak Taal Ii Adha Taal - Music

I Rupak Taal Ii Adha Taal by Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Artist Biography For Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Shivkumar Sharma Born January 13 1938 Is An Indian Santoor Player. The Santoor Is A Folk Instrument From Jammu And Kashmir. Sharma Is Often Referred To By The Title Pandit. He Was Born In Jammu To The Singer Uma Dutt Sharma And His Mother Tongue Is Dogri. His Father Started Teaching Him Vocals And Tabla When He Was Just Five. Uma Dutt Sharma Did "extensive Research" On The Santoor And Decided That Sharma Should Be The First Musician To Play Indian Classical Music On The Santoor. So He Started Learning Santoor At The Age Of Thirteen And Made His Father's Dream Come True. He Gave His First Public Performance In Bombay In 1955. Shivkumar Sharma Is The Master Instrumentalist Of The Santoor After Some Years As A Vocalist. He Is Credited With Making The Santoor A Popular Classical Instrument. 4 9 In A 1999 Interview To Rediff.Com Shivkumar Said That It Was His Father Who Decided That He Should Play The Santoor And That He Never Thought He Would Be Choosing It When He Started Learning Music. 7 He Composed The Background Music For One Of The Scenes In Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje 10 In 1956. He Recorded His First Solo Album In 1960. In 1967 He Teamed Up With Flautist Hariprasad Chaurasia And Brij Bhushan Kabra To Produce A Concept Album Call Of The Valley 1967 Which Turned Out To Be One Of The Greatest Hits In Indian Classical Music. He Has Composed Music For Many Hindi Films In Collaboration With Hariprasad Chaurasia Starting With Silsila 1980 . They Came To Be Known As The 'Shiv-Hari' Music Duo. Some Of The Movies They Composed Music For That Were Big Musical Hits Are Faasle 1985 Chandni 1989 Lamhe 1991 And Darr