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New Delhi, Sept 28- The internationally acclaimed ‘Santoor maestro’ and music composer Abhay Rustum Sopori has been awarded the prestigious ‘Bharat Shiromani Award’- 2009. Abhay is one of the youngest recipients of the award.
General Secretary of the Shiromani Institute Jagmohan Singh made the formal announcement of this year’s recipients which among others included Abhay Rustum Sopori (Santoor maestro and music composer from Jammu and Kashmir.
The Bharat Shiromani Award was founded in 1977.
Abhay Rustum Sopori has also been the youngest artist from the country to be awarded the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar. He has also been honoured with the prestigious Ma Sharika Samman, Dogri Award, Sangeet Bhushan Award, Excellence Award, Young India Award, Juenjo Korean International Heritage Award and Kalawant Samman. He has participated in various prestigious festivals across the world and has many notable albums to his credit. Grandson of the great music legend Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori who is hailed as the ‘Father of Music’ in J&K, and son of the great Santoor legend and composer Pandit Bhajan Sopori, Abhay has inherited a profound sense of music from his fabled Sufiana Gharana of Kashmir, the exclusive Santoor Gharana of the country. Abhay has carried forward the great legacy of his family in propagating and promoting the Indian culture globally. He has the credit for creating a Cultural Revolution in the Jammu and Kashmir State bringing the youth together through music. His efforts and initiatives have been path-breaking creating a new generation of music connoisseurs and bringing more recognition to the art and culture of the State at national and international level. He has not only established himself as one of the most prominent musicians of the present generation but simultaneously promoted numerous upcoming and talented musicians of the country.
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