Date: 26th December 2002, By: Ayaan & Amaan Ali Bangash, Pt. Shivkumar sharma
Ayaan Ali and Amaan Ali represent the seventh generation of a musical lineage known as the senia bangash school. The sons and dispile of the Sarod titan maestro Amjad Ali Khan. They stepped into the world of music and sarod with confidence, clarity, consistency and technical mastery that they learnt at their father’s knee. They have given many solo performance and also assisted his illustrious father at concerts all over the world. They have performed at the Carnegie Hall, Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Hall, the summer arts festival in Seattle, and the Royal Festival hall in London.
They have performed and toured with organizations such as the asia house and the asia music circuit in UK, the Temenos Acedamy and the smith sonium. They also assisted their father for a concert for HRH Prince Charles at his highgrove residence in June,1995 and the st. James Palace in July,1997.
At the young age Amaan and Ayaan have won the hearts of music lovers both in India and around the globe.Ayaan along with his brother Amaan received the best budding artiste award by the Prime Minister of India in 1998.
They have presented a famous show SA-RE-GAMA on Zee TV.
PT. Shiv Kumar Sharma
PT. Shiv Kumar Sharma is an exceptionally gifted musician. In a sense he is complete artist, having had his training in vocal, percussion, and instrumental music, from none other than his father Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma, a distinguished state musician of Jammu and Kashmir. Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma has not only elevated this folk instrument of Kashmir to the concert hall status but thanks to his endearing efforts, the santoor has taken its place in concert halls around the world.
Shiv Kumar Sharma gave his first public performance in Mumbai in 1955. He recorded his first solo album in 1960. In 1967, he teamed with the bamboo flute mastro. Pandit Hari Prashad Chaurasia and the slide Guitarist Pandit Braj Bhushan Kabra to produce thematic album “the call of the valley”. Easily one of the greatest hits in the field of Indian classic music.
The measure of Shiv Kumar Sharma achievements with the santoor has parallels with that of the great master of the shehanai an oboe like instrument which was also more a folk instrument than a classical one, before the legendry Ustad Bismillah Khan came on the scene almost seven decades ago.The names of Shiv Kumar and Santoor are synonymous….!. He has also provided music to number of Yash Chopra films as Shiv Hari. Shiv has performed at LSS earlier also.
