Editing Shivkumar Sharma (section)

==Early life==
Sharma was born to a [[Dogras|Dogra]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Suchismita |date=10 May 2022 |title=J&K loses illustrious son: Santoor maestro Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma passes away |url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/editorial/jk-loses-illustrious-son-santoor-maestro-pt-shiv-kumar-sharma-passes-away/ |work=[[Greater Kashmir]] |access-date=30 October 2024}}</ref> family on 13 January 1938, in [[Jammu]] in the [[princely state]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] in [[British India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Tsioulcas |first=Anastasia |date=10 May 2022 |title=Celebrated Indian musician and composer Shivkumar Sharma has died at age 84 |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097841651/celebrated-indian-musician-and-composer-shivkumar-sharma-has-died-at-age-84 |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045851/https://www.npr.org/2022/05/10/1097841651/celebrated-indian-musician-and-composer-shivkumar-sharma-has-died-at-age-84 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father [[Uma Dutt Sharma]] was a vocalist and a [[tabla]] player.<ref name="notebynote">{{cite news |date=13 October 2002 |title=Note by note |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/24965752.cms |access-date=7 February 2009 |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607015434/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/24965752.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="rediffinterview">{{cite web |date=20 August 1999 |title=Music is an expression of human emotions |url=http://www.rediff.com/chat/2508shiv.htm |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=rediff.com |archive-date=7 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607024641/http://www.rediff.com/chat/2508shiv.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gilbert |first=Andrew |date=16 November 2007 |title=Masters of the East come West |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/11/16/masters_of_the_east_come_west/ |access-date=7 February 2009 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003902/http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/11/16/masters_of_the_east_come_west/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His father started teaching him vocals and [[tabla]], when he was just five.<ref name=rediffinterview/> His father saw an opportunity to introduce him to the [[santoor]], a [[hammered dulcimer]], which was a folk instrument that traced its origins to ancient [[Persia]], but was played in [[Kashmir]]. He saw the styles that integrated [[Sufism|Sufi notes]] with traditional Kashmiri folk music and had his son play the instrument that was then new to [[Indian classical music]].<ref name=":0" /> Sharma started learning [[santoor]] at the age of thirteen<ref name=rediffinterview/><ref name=dreamfulfilled/> and gave his first public performance in [[Mumbai]] in 1955.<ref>{{Cite web |last=parab |first=bhagwan |date=11 May 2022 |title=Shivkumar Sharma, the santoor king, dies at 84 |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/110522/shivkumar-sharma-the-santoor-king-dies-at-84.html |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=Deccan Chronicle |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045852/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/110522/shivkumar-sharma-the-santoor-king-dies-at-84.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The one-hour-long rendition of Raga Yaman at his first live performance in 1955, left his audience in Mumbai shouting ‘Encore!’ <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20220523-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-player-of-our-heartstrings-1948637-2022-05-13 |title=Pandit Shivkumar Sharma: Player of our heartstrings |date=13 May 2022 |access-date=20 January 2024 |archive-date=20 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120092121/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/20220523-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-player-of-our-heartstrings-1948637-2022-05-13 |url-status=live }}</ref>