Amitabh Bachchan paid tribute to Pandit ShivKumar Sharma, who began his journey in music as a tabla player when he was only five but soon found his calling in santoor, a stringed folk instrument from Jammu and Kashmir, and gave it global identity and classical pride.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma introduced santoor to the world. He mesmerised people not only in India but also across the world with his music.
A Padma Vibhushan recipient, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was born in Jammu in 1938 and is believed to be the first musician to have played Indian classical music on the santoor, a folk instrument from Jammu and Kashmir.
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