Life and career of Pandit Shivkumar Sharma 1938 Born in Jammu on January 13 1943 Under the tutelage of his father , Pandit Uma Dutt Sharma starts learning vocal music, tabla and instruments other than the santoor 1950 Starts learning santoor from his father 1955 Persuaded by Dr. Karan Singh, gives his first public performance of the santoor at the Sur Singar Samsad's Swami Haridas Sammelan in Bombay Starts working on the modifications on the santoor over the period of the next 10 years Works with music director Vasant Desai and composes and plays several pieces for V. Shantaram's film, Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje Works with several music directors over the next 25 years 1960 First longplaying album released by HMV 1967 Call of the Valley, a raga based thematic album is released. It is to become the largest selling album of Indian Classical music 1980 Composes the full musical score of Yash Chopra's film Silsila with Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, as part of the musical duo Shiv-Hari 1985 Named honorary citizen of the city of Baltimore 1986 Receives the Sangeet Natak Akademi's Award 1987 Nazr-E-Khusro, the Amir Khusro Society of America's Award for his contribution to Indian Classical Music 1990 Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskari (Mumbai) 1990 Shatatantri Shiromani (Jodhpur) 1991 Receives the Padmashri Award 1994 Receives the honorary doctorate of letters from Jammu University 1996 Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan Award 1996 Raagmala Society of Toronto honors him for his outstanding contributions as India's musical ambassador at-large 1997 The musical legend of the Sharma family continues with the impressive debut of Rahul Sharma, Shivkumar's younger son, in the concert halls of India and abroad. 2001 Pandit Shivkumar Sharma received "PADMA VIBHUSHAN" the second highest award given to a citizen of India. Recording Awards (Classical and Film) Platinum Disc for 'Call of the Valley' Platinum Disc for music of film 'Silsila' Gold Disc for music of film 'Faasle' Platinum Disc for music of film 'Chandni' Special Award for outstanding music and sale of film 'Lamhe' Special Award for outstanding music and sale of film 'Darr'