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{{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
| image_size       = 
| birth_name       = 
| alias            = 
| 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
| label            = 
| 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.

==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>

==Career==
[[File:Dia5246 Shiv Kumar Sharma.jpg|thumb|Sharma in 1988]]

Starting his career playing the santoor with his father, Sharma is credited with introducing the [[santoor]] as a popular Indian classical music instrument.<ref name="comingofage" /><ref name="dawn">{{cite book |title=The Dawn of Indian Music in the West |last=Lavezzoli |first=Peter |year=2006 |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |isbn=0-8264-1815-5 |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC |access-date=23 October 2016 |archive-date=4 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704201315/http://books.google.com/books?id=OSZKCXtx-wEC |url-status=live }}</ref>  He recorded his first [[solo album]] in 1960.<ref name="dreamfulfilled" /> Sharma took the santoor as an Indian classical musical instrument playing at various music venues. He collaborated with Indian tabla player [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and with [[flautist]] [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] on many of his performances as well as on his albums.<ref name=":0" /> In 1967, he teamed up with Chaurasia and guitarist [[Brij Bhushan Kabra]] to produce a [[concept album]], ''[[Call of the Valley]]'' (1967), which turned out to be one of Indian classical music's greatest hits.<ref name="dreamfulfilled" /><ref name="dawn" />

Sharma composed the background music for one of the scenes in [[V. Shantaram]]'s film ''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje]]'' (1955) where [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]] performed a [[Kathak]] dance piece.<ref name="enchantment">{{cite news |date=6 April 2000 |title=Enchantment from Eden valley |work=[[The Hindu]] |location=Chennai, India |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/04/06/stories/09060701.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=15 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107182557/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/2000/04/06/stories/09060701.htm |archive-date=7 November 2012}}</ref> Further, he composed music for many Hindi films in collaboration with Chaurasia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000220/fle20057.html|title=I just pick up the flute and feel the urge to play|work=Financial Express|access-date=15 February 2009|date=19 February 2000|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730165820/http://www.financialexpress.com/old/fe/daily/20000220/fle20057.html|archive-date=30 July 2012}}</ref> starting with ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]'' (1981).<ref name="enchantment" /> They came to be known as the [[Shiv–Hari]] music duo.<ref name="enchantment" /> Some of the movies they composed music for were musical hits, such as ''[[Faasle]]'' (1985), ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]'' (1989), ''[[Lamhe]]'' (1991), and ''[[Darr]]'' (1993).<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Shivkumar Sharma dies at 84: How Yash Chopra believed in santoor legend, gave us Silsila, Lamhe, Chandni and Darr |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/shivkumar-sharma-passes-away-film-music-yash-chopra-santoor-shiv-hari-silsila-lamhe-chandni-darr-7909426/ |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045852/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/shivkumar-sharma-passes-away-film-music-yash-chopra-santoor-shiv-hari-silsila-lamhe-chandni-darr-7909426/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sharma also played tabla including in the popular song "Mo Se Chhal Kiye Jaaye" sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]] in the 1965 film ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]'', on the insistence of music director [[S. D. Burman]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Balaji Vittal and Anirudha |title=Back-to-back heartbreak: SD Burman's 'Guide' experiment remains unparalleled in Hindi film music |url=https://scroll.in/reel/820398/back-to-back-heartbreak-sd-burmans-guide-experiment-remains-unparalleled-in-hindi-film-music |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=Scroll.in |date=31 October 2016 |language=en-US |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045854/https://scroll.in/reel/820398/back-to-back-heartbreak-sd-burmans-guide-experiment-remains-unparalleled-in-hindi-film-music |url-status=live }}</ref> However, Sharma's focus remained on classic music rather than film songs; he said, "Classical music is not for entertainment. It is to take you on a meditative journey, ''ye toh mehsoos karne ki cheez hai'' (This has to be experienced)."<ref name=dreamfulfilled/> Sharma’s 1968 concert in Los Angeles was his first performance abroad. He followed this with a tour of England in 1970. In 1996, Sharma and his son Rahul played the santoor on a stage in Norway, as 'equals' for the first time. <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>

Sharma was awarded the [[Sangeet Natak Akadeemi Award]] in 1986, the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award in 1991, and the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian award in 2001.<ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Sharma married Manorama<ref name="notebynote" /><ref>{{cite web |date=18 August 2006 |title=Sultan of strings: Shivakumar Sharma |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?newsid=1048006&pageid=2 |access-date=7 February 2009 |publisher=DNA |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045854/https://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/grandeur-sultan-of-strings-shiv-kumar-sharma-1048006 |url-status=live }}</ref> and had  two sons, Rohit, who learned Sitar and is currently an executive with Sony India<ref name="rediffinterview" /> and [[Rahul Sharma (musician)|Rahul]], who started learning at the age of 13 to become a [[santoor]] player,<ref>{{cite web |date=18 March 1998 |title=Virasaat |url=http://www.rediff.com/style/1998/mar/18rahul.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516073156/http://www.rediff.com/style/1998/mar/18rahul.htm |archive-date=16 May 2008 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Dastur |first1=Nicole |date=3 July 2006 |title=What's Rahul Sharma's Dalai Lama connection? |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/whats-rahul-sharmas-dalai-lama-connection/articleshow/1702443.cms |access-date=7 February 2009 |archive-date=14 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114102836/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/pune-times/Whats-Rahul-Sharmas-Dalai-Lama-connection/articleshow/1702443.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and they performed together since 1996.<ref>{{cite web |date=1 July 2007 |title=Santoor notes that bind: father-son 'Jugalbandi' |url=http://www.livemint.com/2007/07/01145054/Santoor-notes-that-bind-fathe.html |access-date=7 February 2009 |publisher=livemint.com |archive-date=20 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220041832/https://www.livemint.com/2007/07/01145054/santoor-notes-that-bind-fathe.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=29 July 2008 |title=Inner Melodies |url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inner-Melodies/341516/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003153340/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Inner-Melodies/341516/ |archive-date=3 October 2012 |access-date=7 February 2009 |work=The Indian Express}}</ref> In a 1999 interview, Sharma stated that he chose Rahul as his ''[[shishya]]'', because he thought he had the "gift of God".<ref name="rediffinterview" /> He became a staunch devotee and follower of [[Sathya Sai Baba]] after starting off as a sceptic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=3NcVpOcpO9c | title=Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma talk about Sri Sathya Sai Baba | website=[[YouTube]] | date=24 February 2013 }}</ref>

Sharma died on 10 May 2022 from a cardiac arrest. He was 84 years old. He had kidney failure for the last few months and went through regular dialysis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-santoor-maestro-and-music-composer-passes-away-at-84-due-to-cardiac-arrest-3689704.html|title=Pandit Shivkumar Sharma Dies: Santoor Maestro and Music Composer Passes Away at 84 Due to Cardiac Arrest|work=LatestLY|date=10 May 2022 |access-date=10 May 2022|archive-date=10 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510163715/https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-santoor-maestro-and-music-composer-passes-away-at-84-due-to-cardiac-arrest-3689704.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma passes away">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Santoor maestro Shivkumar Sharma passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/santoor-maestro-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away/article65400723.ece |access-date=10 May 2022 |date=10 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510135730/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/santoor-maestro-shivkumar-sharma-passes-away/article65400723.ece |archive-date=10 May 2022 |language=en-IN}}</ref> He received a state funeral at [[Pawan Hans]] Juhu aerodrome, Mumbai, on 11 May 2022.<ref name=dreamfulfilled/>

==Discography==
=== Albums ===
'''Source:'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/65626-Pandit-Shiv-Kumar-Sharma |access-date=10 May 2022 |publisher=[[Discogs]] |language=en |archive-date=15 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415220931/https://www.discogs.com/artist/65626-Pandit-Shiv-Kumar-Sharma |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|1964
|''Santoor & Guitar'' 
|with [[Brij Bhushan Kabra]] 
|-
|1967
|''Shivkumar Sharma'' 
| (re-released 2005 as "First LP Record of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma"
|-
|1967
|''[[Call of the Valley]]''
|with Brij Bhushan Kabra and [[Hariprasad Chaurasia]] 
|-
|1982
|''When Time Stood Still!''
|with [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] (Live in Bombay)
|-
|1987
|''Rag Madhuvanti & Rag Misra Tilang''
|with Zakir Hussain
|-
|1988
|''Hypnotic Santoor''
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |1991
|''Maestro's Choice, Series One''
|
|-
|''A Sublime Trance''
|
|-
|''The Glory of Strings'' 
|
|-
|''Raga Purya Kalyan''
| with Zakir Hussain
|-
| rowspan="4" |1993
|''Rag Rageshri''
|with Zakir Hussain
|-
|''Raga Bhopali vol I''
|
|-
|''Raga Kedari vol II'' 
|
|-
|''Varshā – A Homage to the Rain Gods''
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |1994
|''Sound Scapes, Music of the Mountains''
|
|-
|''Hundred Strings of Santoor'' 
|
|-
|''The Pioneer of Santoor'' 
|
|-
|''Raag Bilaskhani Todi'' 
|
|-
|''A Morning Raga Gurjari Todi'' 
|
|-
|''Feelings''
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1996
|''The Valley Recalls - In Search of Peace, Love & Harmony''
|with Hariprasad Chaurasia
|-
|''The Valley Recalls - Raga Bhoopali''
|with Hariprasad Chaurasia
|-
|''Yugal Bandi''
|with Hariprasad Chaurasia
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
|''Maestro's Choice, Series Two''
|
|-
|''Sampradaya'' 
|
|-
|''Rasdhara''
|with Hariprasad Chaurasia
|-
|2001
|[[Remember Shakti – Saturday Night in Bombay|''Saturday Night in Bombay'']] – [[Remember Shakti]] (Universal Records), Composed ''Shringar''
|with [[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]], [[Zakir Hussain (musician)|Zakir Hussain]] and many others musicians
|-
| rowspan="3" |2002
|''Ananda Bliss''
|with Zakir Hussain
|-
|''The Flow of Time''
|with Zakir Hussain
|-
|''Sangeet Sartaj''
|
|-
|2003
|''Vibrant Music for Reiki'' 
|
|-
|2004
|''Sympatico (Charukeshi – Santoor)''
|
|-
|2004
|''The Inner Path (Kirvani – Santoor''
|
|-
|2007
|''Essential Evening Chants''
| with Hariprasad Chaurasia 
|}

=== Contributing artist ===
''Source''<ref>{{Citation |title=Various - The Rough Guide to the Music of India & Pakistan |year=1995 |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/4159657-Various-The-Rough-Guide-To-The-Music-Of-India-Pakistan |language=en |publisher=[[Discogs]] |access-date=10 May 2022 |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045853/https://www.discogs.com/release/4159657-Various-The-Rough-Guide-To-The-Music-Of-India-Pakistan |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Title
!Network
|-
|1996
|''[[The Rough Guide to the Music of India and Pakistan]]'' 
|[[World Music Network]]
|}

== Awards ==
[[File:Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship to Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, at the investiture ceremony of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards-2011, at Rashtrapati Bhavan.jpg|thumb|President [[Pranab Mukherjee]] presenting the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship to Sharma in 2011]]
Sharma was the recipient of national and international awards, including an honorary citizenship of the city of [[Baltimore]], USA, in 1985,<ref>{{cite web|title=Profile|url=http://www.india-today.com/mtoday/profiles/sksharma.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427083504/http://www.india-today.com/mtoday/profiles/sksharma.html|archive-date=27 April 2009|access-date=7 February 2009|publisher=India Today}}</ref> the [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1986,<ref>{{cite web|title=Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards – Hindustani Music – Instrumental|url=http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_music_hindustani_instrumenta.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031324/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_music_hindustani_instrumenta.html|archive-date=16 August 2007|access-date=13 May 2009|publisher=Sangeet Natak Akademi}}</ref> the [[Padma Shri]] in 1991, and the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Sharma&award=All|access-date=13 May 2009|publisher=Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|archive-date=29 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329045746/http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Sharma&award=All|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some of his other awards included:<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2022 |title=Santoor legend's other honours {{!}} News |url=https://zeenews.india.com/photos/entertainment/padma-vibhushan-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-at-84-leaves-behind-rich-legacy-a-look-at-his-impeccable-achievements-2462185/santoor-legends-other-honours-2462188 |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=Zee News |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511045853/https://zeenews.india.com/photos/entertainment/padma-vibhushan-pandit-shivkumar-sharma-dies-at-84-leaves-behind-rich-legacy-a-look-at-his-impeccable-achievements-2462185/santoor-legends-other-honours-2462188 |url-status=live }}</ref>

* [[Platinum Disc]] for ''[[Call of the Valley]]''
* Platinum Disc for music of film ''[[Silsila (1981 film)|Silsila]]''
* [[Gold Disc]] for music of film ''[[Faasle]]''
* Platinum Disc for music of film ''[[Chandni (film)|Chandni]]''
* Pandit Chatur Lal Excellence Award – 2015
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==External links==
* [http://www.santoor.com/ www.santoor.com – Official Site]
* {{IMDb name|0788919}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p28636|label=Shivkumar Sharma}}
* {{discogs artist|Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma}}

{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Art}}
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:Hindustani instrumentalists]]
[[Category:Indian male classical musicians]]
[[Category:People from Jammu (city)]]
[[Category:Musicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in arts]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]]
[[Category:Santoor players]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship]]
[[Category:Dogra people]]