This Republic day, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain are performing live in Hyderabad at Shilpakala Vedika. The event is being organized by RNH Eventsto celebrate Republic day as well as to commemorate the 40 years of their music collaboration.
The duo together won numerous accolades since they first came together in the early 1970s to perform at a concert. Pandit Shivkumar Sharma is a pioneer santoor player in India, and is the recipient of several national and international awards, apart from the Padmasri in 1991 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2001 awarded by the government of India. Ustad Zakir Hussain is a renowned tabla player, musical producer, percussionist, film actor and composer, and is the recipient of the Padmasri in 1988 and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.