Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

Shivkumar Sharma was one of the truly great visionaries in the Hindustani classical music firmament. His popularity created a knotty problem for his admirers. His success led to a demand for his recordings, to the degree that releasing a Shivkumar Sharma album acted like a kind of validation for a label. Consequently, the market was flooded with his records. His playing was consummate, and he rarely recorded a piece of work that was below par, which makes selecting a shortlist even more difficult. Sharma's story was one of dedication. He was born in January 1938 in Jammu Kash...