Harvinder Sharma
Harvinder Sharma
Sitar
11 Renditions • 3 h 20 m
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PLAYS
Sitar
GHARANA
Etawah (Imdadkhani)
GURUS
Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan
Shri Meghraj Sharma
AWARDS
Karam Yogi award, Haryana Institute of Fine Arts
Prashashti Patra2012
Dr. Harvinder Kumar Sharma is a sitarist of the Imdadkhani gharana and a disciple of Ustad Vilayat Hussain Khan. He showed an interest in the sitar at the age of five, learning initially from his father, Shri Meghraj Sharma, and gave his first public performance at the age of nine. He obtained a master's degree in Hindustani classical music (sitar) from Punjab University, Chandigarh, in 1978, and a second master's degree in Hindustani classical music (vocal) from the same university in 1980. He spent two years as a research scholar at the Research Institute of Fine Arts, Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and did his Ph.D. in Music at Kurukshetra University. He has received awards and honours from organisations and the State Government of Haryana, including the Karam Yogi award, described as the highest civilian award in the field of music, conferred by the Haryana Institute of Fine Arts, and the "Prashashti Patra" on the occasion of the 65th Republic Day (2012). He will be visiting New Zealand to give advanced sitar lessons.