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'''Selina Sharma (Thielemann)''' is an Italian-born Indian musicologist and vocalist.<ref name=maanav>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369107 "Maanav prem hi vishva Sanskriti"], [http://www.livehindustan.com/ Hindustan], 18 February 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=bhakti>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369113 "Bhakti ka aadhaar prem hai: Thielemann"], [http://ajhindidaily.com/ Aaj], 20 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=manushya>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369106 "Manushya ki puja hi bhagavan ki puja"], [http://www.bhaskar.com/ Dainik Bhaskar], 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> Her theoretical work concentrates on [[South Asia]], in particular on the devotional music tradition of the [[Vraja]] region, the [[Baul]]s of [[Bengal]] as well as on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of music. Currently she is the Vice-Secretary and Academic Director of Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana (Institute of Vraja Art and Culture) at [[Vrindaban]].<ref name=indische>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380996 "Indische Kunst in Dohna"], [http://www.sz-online.de/ Saechsische Zeitung], 9–10 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>
'''Selina Sharma (Thielemann)''' is an Italian-born Indian [[Musicology|musicologist]] and vocalist.<ref name=maanav>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369107 "Maanav prem hi vishva Sanskriti"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150500/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369107 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.livehindustan.com/ Hindustan], 18 February 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=bhakti>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369113 "Bhakti ka aadhaar prem hai: Thielemann"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150457/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369113 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://ajhindidaily.com/ Aaj], 20 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=manushya>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369106 "Manushya ki puja hi bhagavan ki puja"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150457/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369106 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [https://www.bhaskar.com/ Dainik Bhaskar], 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> Her theoretical work concentrates on [[South Asia]], in particular on the devotional music tradition of the [[Vraja]] region, the [[Baul]]s of [[Bengal]] as well as on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of music. Currently she is the Vice-Secretary and Academic Director of Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana (Institute of Vraja Art and Culture) at [[Vrindaban]].<ref name=indische>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380996 "Indische Kunst in Dohna"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150457/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380996 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.sz-online.de/ Saechsische Zeitung], 9–10 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>


== Early life and career (1994-2006) ==
== Early life and career (1994-2006) ==


Born as Selina Thielemann into a family of musicians and scholars, Selina Sharma was introduced to Indian culture and philosophy as a young child, inspired especially by her violinist father Peter Thielemann and her mother Serena Mitzscherling, a renowned concert pianist.<ref name=selina>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369116 "Selina Thielemann. London se vrindavan tak"], [http://www.bhaskar.com/ Dainik Bhaskar], 14 July 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=berlin>Regunathan, Sudhamahi. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369101 "From Berlin to Brindavan"], [http://www.thehindu.com The Hindu], 10 April 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2016.</ref> Selina received training in violin from her father.<ref name=selina/><ref name=berlin/> After completing her schooling and musical education in Germany, she pursued her M.Mus. in [[ethnomusicology]] from the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]], where she also studied mediaeval [[Hindi literature]], [[Sanskrit]] and South Asian politics.<ref name=selina/><ref name=vrindavan>Vats, Pritima. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369115 "Vrindavan ke suron ne Italy lautne nahi diya"], [http://www.livehindustan.com/ Hindustan], 29 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=bharat>Ranjan, Prabhat. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369103 "Bharat apna desh lagta"], [http://www.jansatta.com/ Jansatta], 4 June 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> She completed her M.Phil. in musicology from the [[University of Cambridge]], and obtained her Ph.D. from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name=selina/><ref name=pioneer>Varadapande, M.L. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369028 "If music be the food of life, daal roti it has to be"], [http://www.dailypioneer.com The Pioneer], 17 November 1996. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=ishvar>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369114 "Ishvar ka asli rup manav hriday me"], [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009552613545&sk=about Nayee Baat], 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> Her doctoral thesis on "Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja" was supervised by renowned musicologist Professor [[Prem Lata Sharma]], who essentially shaped Selina's views.<ref name=pioneer/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369104 "Saundaryashaastriya chetna ki aatyaantik abhivyakti thi premlata sharma"], [http://www.rashtriyasahara.com Rashtriya Sahara], 5 December 2000. Retrieved 25 June 201.</ref><ref name=bharatiya>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369099 "Bharatiya sangit unhe Italy se kinch laya"], [http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/ Navabharat Times], 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> The other personality to significantly influence Selina's academic outlook was the German scholar Professor Josef Kuckertz,<ref name=berlin/><ref name=pioneer/> whose writings she compiled after his death and published them under the title ''Essays in Indian music'' in 1999.<ref>[https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2011/03/page/2/ "Carnatic music and its German links]", Madras Heritage and Carnatic music, 7 March 2011. Retrieved on 10 May 2016.</ref>
Born as Selina Thielemann into a family of musicians and scholars, Selina Sharma was introduced to Indian culture and philosophy as a young child, inspired especially by her violinist father Peter Thielemann and her mother Serena Mitzscherling, a renowned concert pianist.<ref name=selina>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369116 "Selina Thielemann. London se vrindavan tak"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205021650/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369116 |date=5 February 2021 }}, [https://www.bhaskar.com/ Dainik Bhaskar], 14 July 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=berlin>Regunathan, Sudhamahi. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369101 "From Berlin to Brindavan"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204193016/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369101 |date=4 February 2021 }}, [http://www.thehindu.com The Hindu], 10 April 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2016.</ref> Selina received training in violin from her father.<ref name=selina/><ref name=berlin/> After completing her schooling and musical [[education in Germany]], she pursued her M.Mus. in [[ethnomusicology]] from the [[School of Oriental and African Studies]], [[University of London]], where she also studied mediaeval [[Hindi literature]], [[Sanskrit]] and South Asian politics.<ref name=selina/><ref name=vrindavan>Vats, Pritima. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369115 "Vrindavan ke suron ne Italy lautne nahi diya"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150518/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369115 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.livehindustan.com/ Hindustan], 29 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=bharat>Ranjan, Prabhat. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369103 "Bharat apna desh lagta"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [http://www.jansatta.com/ Jansatta], 4 June 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> She completed her M.Phil. in musicology from the [[University of Cambridge]], and obtained her Ph.D. from [[Banaras Hindu University]].<ref name=selina/><ref name=pioneer>Varadapande, M.L. [https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369028 "If music be the food of life, daal roti it has to be"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210050745/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369028 |date=10 February 2021 }}, [http://www.dailypioneer.com The Pioneer], 17 November 1996. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=ishvar>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369114 "Ishvar ka asli rup manav hriday me"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009552613545&sk=about Nayee Baat], 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> Her doctoral thesis on "Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja" was supervised by renowned musicologist Professor [[Prem Lata Sharma]], who essentially shaped Selina's views.<ref name=pioneer/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369104 "Saundaryashaastriya chetna ki aatyaantik abhivyakti thi premlata sharma"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [http://www.rashtriyasahara.com Rashtriya Sahara], 5 December 2000. Retrieved 25 June 201.</ref><ref name=bharatiya>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369099 "Bharatiya sangit unhe Italy se kinch laya"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205195445/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369099 |date=5 February 2021 }}, [http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/ Navabharat Times], 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> The other personality to significantly influence Selina's academic outlook was the German scholar Professor Josef Kuckertz,<ref name=berlin/><ref name=pioneer/> whose writings she compiled after his death and published them under the title ''Essays in Indian music'' in 1999.<ref>[https://sriramv.wordpress.com/2011/03/page/2/ "Carnatic music and its German links]", Madras Heritage and Carnatic music, 7 March 2011. Retrieved on 10 May 2016.</ref>


In 1994, Selina came first to India to pursue fieldwork on the temple music traditions of the Vraja region as part of her M.Phil. thesis at the University of Cambridge.<ref name=pioneer/> Here, she started her training as a [[dhrupad]] vocalist with Pandit Vidur Mallik at [[Vrindaban]].<ref name=vrindavan/><ref name=pioneer/> Seeing the declining state of many forms of traditional music and art in the [[Vraja]] area, she returned to Vrindaban upon completion of her studies at Cambridge University in the summer of 1994, and from then onwards dedicated her work to the research and documentation of the musical traditions of Vraja and other areas in India. In the course of this work, her intent of establishing an academic institution for the research, documentation and dissemination of Vraja art took firm roots,<ref name=selina/><ref name=berlin/>  a goal which materialized in 2004 when  [http://www.vrajkalasanskriti.webs.com Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana] was established by a group of dedicated artists and scholars including Selina Sharma and her husband Shashank Goswami.<ref name=indische/><ref name=indischetem>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381000 "Indische Tempelmalerei in Dohna<nowiki>]</nowiki>"], [http://www.dresdner-nachrichten.de Dresdner Nachrichten], 14 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>
In 1994, Selina came first to India to pursue fieldwork on the temple music traditions of the Vraja region as part of her M.Phil. thesis at the University of Cambridge.<ref name=pioneer/> Here, she started her training as a [[dhrupad]] vocalist with Pandit Vidur Mallik at [[Vrindaban]].<ref name=vrindavan/><ref name=pioneer/> Seeing the declining state of many forms of traditional music and art in the [[Vraja]] area, she returned to Vrindaban upon completion of her studies at Cambridge University in the summer of 1994, and from then onwards dedicated her work to the research and documentation of the musical traditions of Vraja and other areas in India. In the course of this work, her intent of establishing an academic institution for the research, documentation and dissemination of Vraja art took firm roots,<ref name=selina/><ref name=berlin/>  a goal which materialized in 2004 when  [http://www.vrajkalasanskriti.webs.com Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana] was established by a group of dedicated artists and scholars including Selina Sharma and her husband Shashank Goswami.<ref name=indische/><ref name=indischetem>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381000 "Indische Tempelmalerei in Dohna<nowiki>]</nowiki>"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150509/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381000 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.dresdner-nachrichten.de Dresdner Nachrichten], 14 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>


Between 1996 and 2005, Selina Sharma produced the major body of her publications including eleven books on various subjects of Indian music and philosophy, as well as a large number of articles.<ref name=berlin/> Together with the famous folk singer [[Purna Das Baul]], she authored the first extensive written account on the philosophy of the [[Bauls]] to be published in English language.<ref name=vrindavan/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369117 "Bharatiya baul gaane jarmani se yahan aayi lekhika Selina"], [http://www.rashtriyasahara.com Rashtriya Sahara], 21 November 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369111 "Enjoy Baul geets today"], [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Baroda-Times Baroda Times], 6 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>
Between 1996 and 2005, Selina Sharma produced the major body of her publications including eleven books on various subjects of Indian music and philosophy, as well as a large number of articles.<ref name=berlin/> Together with the famous folk singer [[Purna Das Baul]], she authored the first extensive written account on the philosophy of the [[Bauls]] to be published in English language.<ref name=vrindavan/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369117 "Bharatiya baul gaane jarmani se yahan aayi lekhika Selina"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [http://www.rashtriyasahara.com Rashtriya Sahara], 21 November 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369111 "Enjoy Baul geets today"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Baroda-Times Baroda Times], 6 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>


== Dissemination of Vraja art and culture (2006-present) ==
== Dissemination of Vraja art and culture (2006-present) ==


Since 2006, Selina Sharma concentrated her activities on the dissemination of the rare and endangered forms of folk and traditional art of Vraja. Together with her husband, [[Sanjhi]] artist Shashank Goswami, she conducts regular workshops and lectures on Indian music and art, Indian stage plays on epic themes enacted by school children, as well as exhibitions of miniature paintings by young artists from [[Vraja]] in India and abroad.<ref name=indische/><ref name=indischetem/><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/180709/artist-couple-up-bring-sanchi.html "Artist couple from UP bring Sanchi art to Udupi"], [http://www.deccanherald.com Deccan Herald], 1 August 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.</ref><ref name=einblicke>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381026 "Einblicke in das Leben der Inder"], [http://www.pirna-meine-region.de/pirnaer_zeitung-in-pirna.html Pirnaer Zeitung], 3–4 May 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=indischemyt>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380998 "Indische Mythologie in Liedern und Erzaehlungen"], [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 4 August 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=erstes>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381028 "Erstes Deutsch-Indisches Festival startet in der Johannstadt"], [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> She also performs as a dhrupad singer in India and abroad.<ref name=pioneer/><ref name=indischemyt/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369121 "Kalakaron ne banaya mahakumbh"], [http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Amar_Ujala/400x60/0 Amar Ujala], 2 March 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381002 "Indische Klaenge in Dohna"], [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 10 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>
Since 2006, Selina Sharma concentrated her activities on the dissemination of the rare and endangered forms of folk and traditional art of Vraja. Together with her husband, [[Sanjhi]] artist Shashank Goswami, she conducts regular workshops and lectures on Indian music and art, Indian stage plays on epic themes enacted by school children, as well as exhibitions of miniature paintings by young artists from [[Vraja]] in India and abroad.<ref name=indische/><ref name=indischetem/><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/180709/artist-couple-up-bring-sanchi.html "Artist couple from UP bring Sanchi art to Udupi"], [http://www.deccanherald.com Deccan Herald], 1 August 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.</ref><ref name=einblicke>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381026 "Einblicke in das Leben der Inder"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150524/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381026 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.pirna-meine-region.de/pirnaer_zeitung-in-pirna.html Pirnaer Zeitung]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, 3–4 May 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=indischemyt>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380998 "Indische Mythologie in Liedern und Erzaehlungen"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316160813/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206380998 |date=16 March 2023 }}, [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 4 August 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref name=erstes>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381028 "Erstes Deutsch-Indisches Festival startet in der Johannstadt"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150521/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381028 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref> She also performs as a dhrupad singer in India and abroad.<ref name=pioneer/><ref name=indischemyt/><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206369121 "Kalakaron ne banaya mahakumbh"]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, [http://www.indiapress.org/gen/news.php/Amar_Ujala/400x60/0 Amar Ujala], 2 March 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381002 "Indische Klaenge in Dohna"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315150504/https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/photo?photoid=206381002 |date=15 March 2023 }}, [http://www.sz-online.de Saechsische Zeitung], 10 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.</ref>
In 2012, Selina Sharma was honored with the Kiran Achievement Award for her contributions in the field of musicology.<ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/album?albumid=16238703 Press release by Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana], 25 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021</ref>
In 2012, Selina Sharma was honored with the Kiran Achievement Award for her contributions in the field of musicology. <ref>[https://www.vrajkalasanskriti.org/apps/photos/album?albumid=16238703 Press release by Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana]{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}, 25 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021</ref>


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
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== Bibliography==
== Bibliography==
* [http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/darbhanga-tradition-dhrupada-in-school-of-pandit-vidur-mallik-IDE547/ ''The Darbhanga tradition: dhrupada in the school of Pandit Vidur Mallik''] (Varanasi: Indica Books), 1997 {{ISBN|81-86569-01-4}}
* [http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/darbhanga-tradition-dhrupada-in-school-of-pandit-vidur-mallik-IDE547/ ''The Darbhanga tradition: dhrupada in the school of Pandit Vidur Mallik''] (Varanasi: Indica Books), 1997 {{ISBN|81-86569-01-4}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=_AX9mq1s9PQC&pg=PA390&dq=Rasalila+Selina+Thielemann&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-sKOQps_MAhUkH6YKHWn_CMMQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=Rasalila%20Selina%20Thielemann&f=false ''Rasalila. A musical study of religious drama in Vraja''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1998 {{ISBN|81-7024-864-7}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=_AX9mq1s9PQC&dq=Rasalila+Selina+Thielemann&pg=PA390 ''Rasalila. A musical study of religious drama in Vraja''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1998 {{ISBN|81-7024-864-7}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ApPQkACQdzQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Sounds of the Sacred. Religious Music in India''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1998 {{ISBN|81-7024-990-2}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=ApPQkACQdzQC ''Sounds of the Sacred. Religious Music in India''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1998 {{ISBN|81-7024-990-2}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqgHAQAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitr5aKn8_MAhUnGqYKHfrmCu4Q6AEIOjAG ''The music of South Asia''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1999 {{ISBN|81-7648-057-6}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqgHAQAAMAAJ ''The music of South Asia''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 1999 {{ISBN|81-7648-057-6}}
* (Edited) ''Essays on Indian music by Professor Josef Kuckertz'' (Bombay and Baroda: Indian Musicological Society), 1999
* (Edited) ''Essays on Indian music by Professor Josef Kuckertz'' (Bombay and Baroda: Indian Musicological Society), 1999
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=XCVfa6bMf2oC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Singing the praises divine: music in the Hindu tradition''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2000 {{ISBN|81-7648-165-3}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=XCVfa6bMf2oC ''Singing the praises divine: music in the Hindu tradition''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2000 {{ISBN|81-7648-165-3}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=3BQJAQAAMAAJ&q=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwitr5aKn8_MAhUnGqYKHfrmCu4Q6AEISjAJ ''Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja. A comparative study of samaja and the dhrupada tradition of North Indian classical music''] (2 vols., New Delhi: Sagar Printers and Publishers), 2001 {{ISBN|81-7123-070-9}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=3BQJAQAAMAAJ ''Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja. A comparative study of samaja and the dhrupada tradition of North Indian classical music''] (2 vols., New Delhi: Sagar Printers and Publishers), 2001 {{ISBN|81-7123-070-9}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=NmPXtTo5qMwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEIMTAE#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The spirituality of music''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2001 {{ISBN|81-7648-249-8}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=NmPXtTo5qMwC ''The spirituality of music''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2001 {{ISBN|81-7648-249-8}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KWFWeNqIms0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEINjAF#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Divine service and the performing arts in India''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2002 {{ISBN|81-7648-333-8}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KWFWeNqIms0C ''Divine service and the performing arts in India''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2002 {{ISBN|81-7648-333-8}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=soG8XGr-d-cC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEILDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Samgita-sadhana. The path of human oneness''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2003 {{ISBN|81-7648-474-1}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=soG8XGr-d-cC ''Samgita-sadhana. The path of human oneness''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2003 {{ISBN|81-7648-474-1}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqiHtgAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiq6M2tmc_MAhUo26YKHbtRC1k4ChDoAQgeMAE ''Armonie yoga. Un flusso universal di musica, poesia e filosofia che parla al cuore''] (Savona: Lakshmi Edizioni), 2012 {{ISBN|88-9664-211-6}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=jqiHtgAACAAJ ''Armonie yoga. Un flusso universal di musica, poesia e filosofia che parla al cuore''] (Savona: Lakshmi Edizioni), 2012 {{ISBN|88-9664-211-6}}
* (with Baul Samrat Purna Das) [https://books.google.com/books?id=8RIf3s4J3UoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEIPzAH#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Baul Philosophy''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2003 {{ISBN|81-7648-409-1}}
* (with [[Purna Das|Baul Samrat Purna Das]]) [https://books.google.com/books?id=8RIf3s4J3UoC ''Baul Philosophy''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2003 {{ISBN|81-7648-409-1}}
* (with Saurabh Goswami) [https://books.google.com/books?id=xEnT57bbZG8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Selina+Thielemann%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPwpWpls_MAhUliKYKHXIlC_0Q6AEIRTAI#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Music and fine arts in the devotional traditions of India. Worship through beauty''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2005 {{ISBN|81-7648-811-9}}
* (with Saurabh Goswami) [https://books.google.com/books?id=xEnT57bbZG8C ''Music and fine arts in the devotional traditions of India. Worship through beauty''] (New Delhi: APH Publishing Corporation), 2005 {{ISBN|81-7648-811-9}}


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Selina Sharma
Selina Sharma delivering lecture at M.G.M. College Udupi, July 2011
Born (1970-01-06) 6 January 1970 (age 56)
Other namesSelina Thielemann, Selina Goswami
OccupationMusicologist and singer
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)Shashank Goswami (m.2006)
Selina Sharma in 2006

Selina Sharma (Thielemann) is an Italian-born Indian musicologist and vocalist.[1][2][3] Her theoretical work concentrates on South Asia, in particular on the devotional music tradition of the Vraja region, the Bauls of Bengal as well as on the philosophical and spiritual aspects of music. Currently she is the Vice-Secretary and Academic Director of Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana (Institute of Vraja Art and Culture) at Vrindaban.[4]

Early life and career (1994-2006)[edit | edit source]

Born as Selina Thielemann into a family of musicians and scholars, Selina Sharma was introduced to Indian culture and philosophy as a young child, inspired especially by her violinist father Peter Thielemann and her mother Serena Mitzscherling, a renowned concert pianist.[5][6] Selina received training in violin from her father.[5][6] After completing her schooling and musical education in Germany, she pursued her M.Mus. in ethnomusicology from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where she also studied mediaeval Hindi literature, Sanskrit and South Asian politics.[5][7][8] She completed her M.Phil. in musicology from the University of Cambridge, and obtained her Ph.D. from Banaras Hindu University.[5][9][10] Her doctoral thesis on "Musical traditions of Vaishnava temples in Vraja" was supervised by renowned musicologist Professor Prem Lata Sharma, who essentially shaped Selina's views.[9][11][12] The other personality to significantly influence Selina's academic outlook was the German scholar Professor Josef Kuckertz,[6][9] whose writings she compiled after his death and published them under the title Essays in Indian music in 1999.[13]

In 1994, Selina came first to India to pursue fieldwork on the temple music traditions of the Vraja region as part of her M.Phil. thesis at the University of Cambridge.[9] Here, she started her training as a dhrupad vocalist with Pandit Vidur Mallik at Vrindaban.[7][9] Seeing the declining state of many forms of traditional music and art in the Vraja area, she returned to Vrindaban upon completion of her studies at Cambridge University in the summer of 1994, and from then onwards dedicated her work to the research and documentation of the musical traditions of Vraja and other areas in India. In the course of this work, her intent of establishing an academic institution for the research, documentation and dissemination of Vraja art took firm roots,[5][6] a goal which materialized in 2004 when Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana was established by a group of dedicated artists and scholars including Selina Sharma and her husband Shashank Goswami.[4][14]

Between 1996 and 2005, Selina Sharma produced the major body of her publications including eleven books on various subjects of Indian music and philosophy, as well as a large number of articles.[6] Together with the famous folk singer Purna Das Baul, she authored the first extensive written account on the philosophy of the Bauls to be published in English language.[7][15][16]

Dissemination of Vraja art and culture (2006-present)[edit | edit source]

Since 2006, Selina Sharma concentrated her activities on the dissemination of the rare and endangered forms of folk and traditional art of Vraja. Together with her husband, Sanjhi artist Shashank Goswami, she conducts regular workshops and lectures on Indian music and art, Indian stage plays on epic themes enacted by school children, as well as exhibitions of miniature paintings by young artists from Vraja in India and abroad.[4][14][17][18][19][20] She also performs as a dhrupad singer in India and abroad.[9][19][21][22] In 2012, Selina Sharma was honored with the Kiran Achievement Award for her contributions in the field of musicology. [23]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Selina Sharma is married to hereditary priest and Sanjhi artist Shashank Goswami since 2006. They have two sons Shri Ram Goswami and Shri Lakshman Goswami.[18][20] Selina Sharma speaks many languages, including Hindi, Sanskrit, Bengali, English, Italian and German.[7]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Discography[edit | edit source]

  • Dekho gopala ki avani (Devotional songs from the temples of Vraja), produced by Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana, Vrindaban, 2004
  • Sañjhi Utsava vol. 1, produced by Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana, Vrindaban, 2005

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Maanav prem hi vishva Sanskriti" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan, 18 February 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Bhakti ka aadhaar prem hai: Thielemann" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Aaj, 20 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Manushya ki puja hi bhagavan ki puja" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Dainik Bhaskar, 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Indische Kunst in Dohna" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Saechsische Zeitung, 9–10 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Selina Thielemann. London se vrindavan tak" Archived 5 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Dainik Bhaskar, 14 July 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Regunathan, Sudhamahi. "From Berlin to Brindavan" Archived 4 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine, The Hindu, 10 April 2000. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Vats, Pritima. "Vrindavan ke suron ne Italy lautne nahi diya" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Hindustan, 29 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Ranjan, Prabhat. "Bharat apna desh lagta"[dead link], Jansatta, 4 June 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 Varadapande, M.L. "If music be the food of life, daal roti it has to be" Archived 10 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine, The Pioneer, 17 November 1996. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ishvar ka asli rup manav hriday me"[dead link], Nayee Baat, 19 March 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Saundaryashaastriya chetna ki aatyaantik abhivyakti thi premlata sharma"[dead link], Rashtriya Sahara, 5 December 2000. Retrieved 25 June 201.
  12. ↑ "Bharatiya sangit unhe Italy se kinch laya" Archived 5 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Navabharat Times, 29 May 2000. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Carnatic music and its German links", Madras Heritage and Carnatic music, 7 March 2011. Retrieved on 10 May 2016.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Indische Tempelmalerei in Dohna]" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Dresdner Nachrichten, 14 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  15. ↑ "Bharatiya baul gaane jarmani se yahan aayi lekhika Selina"[dead link], Rashtriya Sahara, 21 November 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016
  16. ↑ "Enjoy Baul geets today"[dead link], Baroda Times, 6 December 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  17. ↑ "Artist couple from UP bring Sanchi art to Udupi", Deccan Herald, 1 August 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Einblicke in das Leben der Inder" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Pirnaer Zeitung[dead link], 3–4 May 2008. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Indische Mythologie in Liedern und Erzaehlungen" Archived 16 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Saechsische Zeitung, 4 August 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Erstes Deutsch-Indisches Festival startet in der Johannstadt" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Saechsische Zeitung, 31 May 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  21. ↑ "Kalakaron ne banaya mahakumbh"[dead link], Amar Ujala, 2 March 2003. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "Indische Klaenge in Dohna" Archived 15 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine, Saechsische Zeitung, 10 July 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  23. ↑ Press release by Vraja Kala Sanskriti Sansthana[dead link], 25 November 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2021

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