Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (born 13 January 1938[1]) is an Indian Santoor player[2][3] from the state of Jammu and Kashmir.[4] The Santoor is a folk instrument. He was born in Jammu to the singer[6][7] Uma Dutt Sharma[8] and his mother tongue is Dogri. His father started teaching him vocals and tabla when he was just five.[7] Uma Dutt Sharma did "extensive research" on the santoor, and decided that Sharma should be the first musician to play Indian classical music on the santoor. So he started learning santoor at the age of thirteen,[7] and made his father's dream come true.[1] He gave his first public performance in Bombay in 1955.