On the banks of river Jhelum in Srinagar’s Siraj Bazaar area of Zaina Kadal, Ghulam Mohammad Zaz is sitting in his house to handcraft santoor, a traditional musical instrument. The 70-year-old Zaz is, ...

SRINAGAR: In a modest workshop filled with the fragrance of seasoned wood, 78-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Zaz continues a craft his family has preserved for eight generations — the making of the Kashmiri ...

Produced by the University of Minnesota’s School of Music, the concert series InterPlay has hosted a diverse lineup of world music and art for the 2002-2003 season. Performances by Latin ...

Wipro’s sandalwood and turmeric soap claimed to make your skin lie about your age and is now raking in the moolah while at it. Everybody craves immortal youth and Santoor, a sandalwood and turmeric ...

Santoor maestro Pandit Tarun Bhattacharya returned from a US tour with a mission to connect Indian Classical music with the next generation. He plans to bring performances to schools and digital ...

Renowned Indian music composer and santoor player, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, left for his heavenly abode on May 10 in Mumbai. He was 84. Reportedly, the maestro was suffering from kidney-related issues ...

He is survived by his wife and two sons Sorabh and Abhay, who also plays santoor. Santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori, often referred to as the 'saint of santoor' and 'king of strings' for his mastery over ...

Nobody says soaps give you a young skin. Young skin is an emotion, and that is what we have tried to highlight in the new Santoor campaign, says S Prasanna Rai, Vice President – Marketing, Wipro ...

Watching Abhay Rustum Sopori play raag Bhagwati, his own creation, on the santoor at a recent concert during the Pandit Kshitpal Mallick Music festival in Delhi, one thought about the instrument’s ...

Pt. Shivkumar Sharma, veteran santoor maestro, passed away in Mumbai due to cardiac arrest. He was 84. Hailing from Jammu, Pt. Shivkumar, put the multiple-string santoor at the centre stage. He ...