Santoor maestro Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma honoured with Kala Shikhar award
 |
| JNANASELE |
- Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has
been awarded with the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for
lifetime achievement. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao presented
the award to 77-year-old Sharma here last evening.
- Maharashtra
Governor also presented the Kala Kiran Awards to Murad Ali Khan
(Sarangi), Satyajit Talwalkar (Tabla) and Special Jury Award to Sanjeev
and Ashwani Shankar (both Shehnai).
- Noted
personalities like Lata Mangeshkar, Pt Bhimsen Joshi, Pt Jasraj, Guru
Kelucharan Mohapatra, Pt Ram Narayan, MF Hussain, Habib Tanvir, Gangubai
Hangal and Dr Girija Devi are some of the past recipients of the award.
- The
Sangit Kala Kendra was founded by late industrialist Aditya Vikram
Birla in 1973 to encourage and nurture the various visual and performing
arts. The awards were instituted in 1996
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.