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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Shivnath Mishra<br />
| image = Pt. Shivnath Mishra.jpg<br />
| caption = Shivnath Mishra at his academy in 2007<br />
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist<br />
| birth_name = <br />
| alias = <br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|10|12|}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Benares]], [[Benares State]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = <br />
| instrument = [[Sitar]]<br />
| genre = [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]]<br />
| occupation = [[Sitarist]]<br />
| years_active = <br />
| label = T-Series, Soundings of the Planet<br />
| associated_acts = [[Ravi Shankar]], [[Fazal Qureshi]], [[Deobrat Mishra]], Prashant Mishra<br />
| website = {{URL|music-of-benares.com}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''Pandit Shivnath Mishra''' (born 12 October 1943) is an Indian [[sitarist]]. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana school of [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical music]].<ref>{{cite web | title = सात समंदर पार, सुरों का गुलदस्ता ‘सुर बहार’ |work=[[Amar Ujala]] Hindi News | url = https://www.amarujala.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/111512419761-varanasi-news |language=Hindi|date= December 5, 2017| accessdate = 2018-05-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web <br />
| title = Maheshwar Narmda Start of river festival - नर्मदा के सुरम्य घाट पर सजी संगीत की शाम |work= [[Patrika (Hindi newspaper)]]|language=Hindi <br />
| url = https://www.patrika.com/khargone-news/maheshwar-narmda-start-of-river-festival-2388398|date=February 19, 2018| accessdate = 2018-05-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Musical journey of Mishra brothers started with advent in varanasi|work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]]<br />
| url = https://www.livehindustan.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/story-musical-journey-of-mishra-brothers-started-with-advent-in-varanasi-1653049.html |quote= प्रख्यात सितार वादक पं. शिवनाथ मिश्र|language=Hindi|date=November 20, 2017| accessdate = 2018-05-30 }}</ref> He was formerly a lecturer and the Head of the Music Department at the [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]], [[Varanasi]].<ref name=registerguard>{{cite news |title=Father and son sitarists plan Eugene concert |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120119284.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020104842/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-120119284.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-20 |work=[[The Register-Guard]] |date=2004-07-30 |accessdate=2008-06-21 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Shivnath Mishra was born in 1943 in [[Varanasi|Benares]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh|United Provinces]], [[British India]] into a family of professional musicians. He is the 10th generation of the prominent Benares Gharana lineage{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}. He studied under his father, Badri Prasad Mishra and uncle Mahadev Prasad Mishra. However, when he was eight his musical inclination led him to study the sitar.<br />
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==Musical career==<br />
[[File:Pt. Shivnath and Deobrat Mishra performance.JPG|thumb|Pt. Shivnath and Deobrat Mishra performing at a charity event for victims of 26/11 terrorist attacks on Mumbai in Varanasi on 20 January 2009]]<br />
In 1967, Mishra won the prestigious [[All India Radio]] competition held at Allahabad{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}. This was followed by a gold medal at the All India Music Conference in Calcutta in 1967{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}. Mishra has played at several prestigious music festivals including Sangeet Natak Academy in 1993{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}. He has played many times in Ganga Mahotsav Cultural Program organized by the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. He is a prominent 'A' class Artist in [[All India Radio]].<br />
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Shivnath Mishra, his son Deobrat, and various other members of the Mishra-Maharaj family were featured in the 2011 British [[ITV1]] documentary ''A Passage Through India'', narrated by [[Caroline Quentin]]{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}.<br />
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Mishra has toured extensively internationally including to Italy, Germany and the US{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}.<br />
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Mr. Mishra is known for supporting social movements through his music{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}. He has organized several charity events to support social organizations. In January 2009 he organized a concert at his own academy in Varanasi as a tribute to the victims of [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]. On 12 June 2012 Mr. Mishra organized another huge event to support Ganga Seva Abhiyanam’s fight to protect the purity and sanctity of the river Ganges{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}.<br />
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==Discography==<br />
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* Sound of Sitar<br />
* Soul of Sitar<br />
* Sitar Jugalbandi: Live in Milan<br />
* Raag Desh: Monsoon Raga (2002)<br />
* Joy (2003)<br />
* Raga Cycle (2004)<br />
* Rare Instruments: Surbahar - Pandit Shivnath & Deobrat Mihsra (ASA Music)<br />
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==References==<br />
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