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Kartick Kumar

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

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

Kartick Kumar is an Indian musician and Sitarist, He was also a disciple of 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.234 He moved to Mumbai in 1960.5

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  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.