Editing Shivkumar Sharma (section)

{{Short description|Indian classical musician, composer (1938–2022)}}
{{About|the Indian classical musician|Sharma's collaboration with musician [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]]|Shiv–Hari}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Shivkumar Sharma
| image            = Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Santoor.jpg
| caption          = Sharma in 2016
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| birth_name       = 
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|df=y|1938|01|13}} 
| birth_place      = [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[British Raj|British India]] 
| death_date       = {{death date and age|df=y|2022|05|10|1938|01|13}}<ref name=dreamfulfilled>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/santoor-maestro-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away-7909458/ |title=Santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma passes away |work=The Indian Express |access-date=10 May 2022 |date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045851/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/santoor-maestro-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away-7909458/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
| death_place      = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| background       = person<!-- track if single person or group for hCard microformat: use value "person" or "group_or_band". -->
| instrument       = {{Hlist | [[Santoor]] | [[tabla]]}}
| genre            = [[Hindustani classical music]]
| occupation       = {{Hlist | Musician | composer}}<!-- occupation as stated in lead -->
| years_active     = 1955–2022
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| associated_acts  = <!-- associated_acts is deprecated [[Rahul Sharma (musician)|Rahul Sharma]] <br />[[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] -->
| website          = {{url|santoor.com}}
}}

'''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]].<ref name="strains">{{cite web |date=10 November 2005 |title=Santoor strains music to ears of unborn too |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=156422 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125110025/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=156422 |archive-date=25 November 2011 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=27 February 2005 |title=Santoor magic |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/02/27/stories/2005022700570500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050305094752/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2005/02/27/stories/2005022700570500.htm |archive-date=5 March 2005}}</ref><ref name="comingofage">{{cite web |date=8 January 2009 |title=Santoor comes of age, courtesy Pandit Shivkumar Sharma |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/santoor-comes-of-age-courtesy-pandit-shivkumar-sharma/408023/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153228/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/santoor-comes-of-age-courtesy-pandit-shivkumar-sharma/408023/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> As a music composer, he collaborated with Indian [[flautist]] [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] under the collaborative name [[Shiv–Hari]] and composed music for such hit Indian films as ''[[Faasle]]'' (1985), ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' (1989), and ''[[Lamhe]]'' (1991).

Sharma was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1986 and the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Vibhushan]] (India's fourth and second highest civilian awards) in 1991 and 2001.