Ghulam Muhammad Zaz is an artist fromKashmir, India. He is known for makingsantoors and other hand-crafted traditional musical instruments. He is known to be the last santoor maker in Kashmir.[1][2][3]
On 26 January 2023, he was honored with thePadma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India.[1][4][5]
Zaz was born in 1941, in theZaina Kadal area ofSrinagar.[6] He was born into a family of string instrument craftsmen, with his father and grandfather passing down the art of santoor making to him at an early age.[7] He has been making traditionalKashmiri musical instruments like the santoor,rabab andsarangi since 1953.[6]
