The pakhawaj is a rare instrument today, with very few practitioners and few opportunities to perform, for those who still keep it alive, since as an instrument of accompaniment the pakhawaj is tied to the Dhrupad and Been traditions which themselves have very few exponents left. It is crucial that the pakhawaj be popularized and its practitioners be given more opportunities to teach and to perform.

One of the most renowned pakhawaj exponents of India both in performnace and teaching today is Pandit Dalchand Sharma.

Based in Delhi Pandit Dalchand Sharma, one of the finest pakhawaj exponents of India, received training in the guru shishya parampara from Pandit Totaram Shama, Pandit Murlidhar Sharma and Pandit Purshottamdas of the Nathadwara style associated with the Nathadwara temple near Udhaipur in Rajasthan. Born in Bharatpur Rajasthan he started learning Haveli Sangeet in Vrindavan as a child and eventually started his training in pakhawaj from Pandit Totaramji. Later in Delhi he had the privilege of learning from the great maestro of Nathadwara Pandit Purshottam Das. He has performed in prestigious music concerts all over India and abroad, is a top grade artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan, and a staff artist of the Faculty of Music and Fine Arts, DelhiUniversity.

He is a very renowned and dedicated teacher of the Pakhawaj and has taught many young pakhawaj players who are now performing with distinction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

sharmadalchand_pakhawaj(at)yahoo.in

mobile 0091 9810200503

past event of Pt. Dalchand Sharma organized by anjaliarts