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Kim Kashkashian (born August 31, 1952) is an American violist.She has spent her career in the U.S. and Europe and collaborated with many major contemporary composers. In 2013 she won a Grammy Award for Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
Sopori was born in Srinagar into a Kashmiri Pandit family to Shambhu Nath Sopori on 22 June 1948. [3] [4] Sopori hailed from Sopore in the Baramulla district of the Kashmir Valley and traced his lineage to ancient Santoor experts.
Photograph of rabab players titled 'Lute Players Near the Golden Temple', taken on 28 January 1903 In northern India , the seni rebab , which emerged during the Mughal Empire , has "a large hook at the back of its head, making it easier for a musician to sling it over the shoulder and play it even while walking."
The repertoire of sarangi players is traditionally very closely related to vocal music. Nevertheless, a concert with a solo sarangi as the main item will sometimes include a full-scale raag presentation with an extensive alap (the unmeasured improvisatory development of the raga) in increasing intensity ( alap to jor to jhala ) and several ...
2. The second type of flute is also called 'Pi-Pi' in Kashmiri language. This type of flute is made of walnut’s wood. Even this flute has seven holes but the hole from where the air is blown is absent, but its adjacent hole is put into the mouth and blown. The player sees the seven holes clearly.
Shah is a traditional Sufi music performer and songwriter and a virtuoso of the rabab.When a boy, in 1970, he was noticed for his talent with the idiophone-style Kashmiri percussion instrument of nout (clay pot) by the local singer Mohammad Yousuf Shah who then invited him to his troup for training and work.
Gingger Shankar (10-string double violin, of The Smashing Pumpkins) John Sheahan (The Dubliners, folk) Ray Shulman (Gentle Giant) Rosemary Siemens (gospel, classical, pop, bluegrass) Antoine Silverman (bluegrass, jazz) Kyla-Rose Smith (Afropop, hip hop) Sophie Solomon (Oi Va Voi, klezmer, folk, rock) Eric Stanley (hip hop, pop, classical) Robby ...
This is a list of Wikipedia articles on notable viola players. In cases where a violist has also achieved fame in another musical area, such as conducting or composing, this is noted. In cases where a violist has also achieved fame in another musical area, such as conducting or composing, this is noted.