Darbar Festival 2025 An unprecedented gathering of percussive brilliance honouring India’s greatest tabla virtuoso, the late Ustad Zakir Hussain and the great santoor brilliance of the late Pandit Shivkumar Sharma. Double Bill...
Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an iconic santoor maestro whose innovation transformed the instrument into a respected voice of Hindustani classical music. Born in Jammu, he began...
In the centuries-old tradition of Indian classical music, few living legends can claim to have single-handedly made history. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma was one of those few. An exponent of the dulcimer-like santoor,...
The Santoor is a trapezoidal, hammered dulcimer-like instrument, known for its bright, cascading tones and intricate melodic patterns. Played with a pair of wooden mallets called mezrab, it produces a shimmering, ethereal...
In the heart of Yorkshire, the music of India thrives in the hands of young santoor virtuoso Eeshar Singh. Born and raised in Bradford, his musical journey began at the SAA-UK Hindustani...
At university, Prakrati Wahane is an English Literature student. But at home, she is a dedicated disciple and the first female player of the santoor in her entire Ehtawa gharana. Surprisingly, however,...
Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya’s santoor style is highly distinctive, borrowing from the melodic inclinations of many other instruments. In his youth he learned guitar, piano, organ, sitar, and tabla with Rabi, his father,...
Rahul Sharma, though born as the son of illustrious santoor master Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, did not begin learning the instrument until he was 13. Instead, he started on harmonium, only switching to...
Kiranpal Singh is an esteemed santoor artist, born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, but resident in the UK for the past half-century. He initially studied tabla under Ripudaman Singh of the Punjab...
Kaviraj Singh is one of Europe’s leading young Hindustani musicians. Born in the UK to Dharambir Singh, an esteemed sitarist who studied under Vilayat Khan, Kaviraj was inducted into music early. Santoor...