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Whom out of the following is a maestro of Santoor?

Whom out of the following is a maestro of Santoor? Correct Answer Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

The correct answer is Pandit Shivkumar Sharma.

Key Points

  • ​String instruments and Indian musicians who play them:
    • Santoor: Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma, Bhajan Sopori
    • Sarod: Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Amjad Ali Khan, Buddhadev Dasgupta, Bahadur Khan, Sharan Rani, Zarin S Sharma
    • Sitar: Pt Ravi Shankar, Shahid Parvez Khan, Budhaditya Mukherjee, Anushka Shankar, Hara Shankar Bhattacharya, Nikhil Banerjee, Vilayat Khan, Mushtaq Ali Khan
    • Surbahar: Annapurna Devi, Sajjad Hussain
    • Been: Asad Ali Khan, Zia Moin-ud-din Khan
    • Veena: Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Ayyagari Syamasundaram, Doraiswamy Iyengar, Chittibabu, Emani Sankara Shastri, Dhanammal, KR Kumaraswamy, Sundaram Balachandrer
    • Rudra Veena: Asad Ali Khan

​Additional Information​

  • Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
    • He (born 13 January 1938) is an Indian music composer and Santoor player from the state of Jammu and Kashmir
    • The Santoor is a folk instrument.
    • He is credited with making the santoor a popular classical instrument.
    • He composed the background music for one of the scenes in Shantaram's Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje in 1956.
    • He recorded his first solo album in 1960.

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