teaching lineage · Santoor
Santoor lineages
Also written Sufiana santoor, Jammu santoor lineage
A Kashmiri instrument brought into classical music within the last century, by two families working in parallel.
At a glance
- Type
- teaching lineage
- Voice or instrument
- Santoor
- Where it grew
- Kashmir, Jammu
- Earliest documented figures
- Uma Dutt Sharma, Sopori family
- Musicians documented
- 5
Origins and development
The santoor belonged to Kashmir's sufiana mausiqi; two twentieth-century families adapted it for Hindustani classical performance.
Musicians across generations
Ordered oldest first, so the list reads down the generations: the earliest documented musicians of the tradition, then the players who carried it on, then those active today. The second view shows only the teacher-to-student links the archive can source.
- 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
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
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
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Researched entry · 5 musicians documented · Last reviewed 14 September 2026
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