Kartick Kumar

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Pandit
Kartick Kumar
Born(1936-11-11)November 11, 1936
Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh)
OriginKolkata, India
Genres
  • Hindustani classical music
  • Film music
Occupations
  • Sitarist
  • Surbahar player
  • Music educator
Instruments
  • Sitar
  • Surbahar
Years active1950s–present

Pandit Kartick Kumar is an Indian musician and Sitarist, He was also a disciple of pandit Ravi Shankar and father of Niladri Kumar. [1]

In 1958, Kumar was awarded the President's Gold Medal All India Award for sitar at a music competition held by All India Radio. [2] [3] [4] He moved to Mumbai in 1960. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ghosh, Devarsi (13 February 2022). "'All music comes from seven notes': Sitarist Kartick Kumar on his career in film and classical music". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Viegas, Vanessa (12 November 2018). "Building a musical fortress". The Asian Age.
  3. ↑ "Mellifluous intricacies". www.telegraphindia.com.
  4. ↑ Pradhan, Aneesh. "Celebrate Guru Purnima with a performance by Ravi Shankar and his students Kartik Kumar, Harihar Rao". Scroll.in.
  5. ↑ "'As a guru, he was the king of kindness'". Hindustan Times. 16 December 2012.
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