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Ravi Shankar KBE (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.
Dec 11, 2012 · Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer, best known for popularizing the Indian classical instrument Sitar all over the world. Shankar grew up studying music and toured as a member of his brother's dance troupe.
May 29, 2024 · Ravi Shankar (born April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India—died December 11, 2012, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Indian musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India, who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian music.
Mar 16, 2016 · 19K. 1.8M views 8 years ago. Pandit Ravi Shankar plays Raga Yaman Kalyan. Recorded in London, 1974 at the "Music Festival from India" organized by George Harrison. Ustad AllaRakha on tabla....
Often hailed as the godfather of world music and ambassador of Indian music all across the globe, Pandit Ravi Shankar is one of the most prolific and influential music maestros of the 20th century. Bestowed with innumerable awards and honors, he served as the sole stream conjoining eastern and western musical styles all through his life.
Dec 12, 2012 · Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died.
Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences, has died.
Apr 12, 2020 · Pt Ravi Shankar, whose virtuosity and brilliance would change the way the world understood India and the ingenuity of its music, was yet to burst onto the international music scene. Before Shankar, Indian music, for the west, was exotic, monotonous and never considered rich or at par with their classical greats.
PANDIT RAVI SHANKAR: This sitar maestro was one of India’s most influential and prolific virtuosos during the 20th century. A lifelong champion of the fusion genre that conjoined eastern...
Apr 7, 2016 · Listed here are some facts you must know about the Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar: Ravi Shankar was born as Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury; He started his career as a dancer in his brother, Uday Shankar's dance group; The song, 'Sare Jahan Se Achha', although written by Muhammad Iqbal in the year 1904 was revived after it was was tuned by Ravi ...
