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Occupation(s)
  
Guitarist

Genres
  
Indian classical music

Role
  
Musical Artist

Name
  
Shrikrishan Sharma

Years active
  
1966 - present


Shrikrishan Sharma

Born
  
23 July 1959 (
1959-07-23
)

Origin
  
Bhiwani, Harayana, Delhi, India

Instruments
  
Guitar and Vichitra Veena

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Shrikrishan Sharma is an Indian musician. He hails from a family of musicians. His initial training in music came from the "Guru Shishya Parampara" from his father, Gopal Krishan Sharma the foremost Vichitra Veena performer. He has given concerts in places such as Delhi, Kolkata, Gwalior, Chennai, Jaipur, Bhopal, Maihar, Lucknow, Banaras, Indore, Pune, Agra, Goa and Shimla. He performed in America, Mauritius, RĂ©union and the Netherlands.

Prominent in his recital is Gayaki Ang, with imaginative Alap, Jod Jhala, Gatkari and Layakari, in which he excels. He featured in programmes broadcast by All India Radio and on television for over three decades. He introduced techniques in his repertoire by redirecting a basically western instrument to perform Indian Classical Music.

References

Shrikrishan Sharma Wikipedia