Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (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 was born in Jammu to the singer Uma Dutt Sharma and his mother tongue is Dogri. His father started teaching him vocals and tabla when he was just five Shivkumar started learning santoor at the age of thirteen. He gave his first public performance in Bombay in 1955.

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