Gharanas & musical lineages

A Kashmiri instrument brought into classical music within the last century, by two families working in parallel.

Type

teaching lineage

Where it grew

Kashmir and Jammu

Voice or instrument

Santoor

Earliest documented figures

Uma Dutt Sharma, Sopori family

The santoor belonged to Kashmir's sufiana mausiqi; two twentieth-century families adapted it for Hindustani classical performance.

• Uma Dutt Sharma20th centuryVocal and santoorNo page yet

  Directed his son towards the santoor as a classical instrument.

  No teaching relationship was proposed for this musician, so no relationship check was run; biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Shivkumar Sharma — Wikipedia · Santoor | Instruments | Hindustani Raga Index

• Shivkumar Sharma1938–2022Santoor

  Established the santoor on the classical concert stage.

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Shivkumar Sharma — Wikipedia · Remembering Pandit Shivkumar Sharma

• Bhajan Sopori1948–2022SantoorNo page yet

  Santoor player of the Sufiana gharana line and a prolific composer.

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Bhajan Sopori — Wikipedia

• Rahul Sharmaborn 1972Santoor

  Continues his father's santoor line in classical and collaborative work.

  Taught by Shivkumar Sharma

  Relationship checking is complete against the source text read for this musician; wider biographical research is still outstanding.

  Sources: Rahul Sharma (musician) — Wikipedia · Rahul Sharma

• Abhay Rustum Soporiborn 1979SantoorNo page yet

  Third-generation Sopori santoor player and composer.

  No continuous-text source was read for this musician in the research run, only search result listings, so both the teacher checks and the wider biography remain unchecked.

  Sources: Abhay Sopori