Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

Melody for Devotion and Peace

Raga Bhairava

This melody can be played between 4 - 7 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Increased Energy

 Raga Deshkara

This melody can be played between 7 - 10 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Success
 

Raga Shuddha Saranga

This melody can be played between 10 - 13 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Happiness
 

Raga Madhuvanti

This melody can be played between 13 - 16 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Celebration & Joyfulness

Raga Mishra Pilu

This melody can be played between 16 - 19 hrs and also at any time.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Celebration & Happiness

Raga Hansadhwani

This melody can be played between 19 - 22 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Relaxation & Rest

Raga Bageshvari

This melody can be played between 22 - 1 hrs.

Duration: about 60 min

Melody for Love & Happiness

Raga Basanta

This melody can be played between 1 - 4 hrs and also at any time. During Spring

Duration: about 60 min

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, a world renowned performer on the santoor, thrills everyone with his music on the 'Shata Tantri Veena' (hundred-stringed lute).
He modified the instrument and created new playing techniques to express the full range and beauty of classical Gandharva Music on the santoor.
Pandit Sharma has won the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy Award of India and several other national and international honours.
Santoor is played with a pair of curved sticks made out of walnut wood, and produces a variety of lively tonal effect reminiscent of the Piano or the Harp.

On these recordings Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is accompanied by Aneesh Pradhan on tabla, and by Rahul Sharma on tanpura.

Santoor

The santoor is called the 'shata tantra veena' ­ the hundred-stringed lute. It produces a variety of lively tonal effects reminiscent of the piano or harp. The santoor is played with a pair of curved sticks made of walnut wood, and consists of a trapezoid-shaped sound body with twenty-five to twenty-nine bridges on each side and four strings per bridge. Two strings are tuned to the same pitch.