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Ravi Shankar was born in Varanasi, India on April 7, 1920 and spent his youth performing across Europe and India as a member of his brother Uday's dance troupe. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study the sitar under the legendary court musician Ustad Allauddin Khan. After completing his studies in 1944 ...
Apr 7, 2020 · Ravi Shankar's last recorded concert was a three-hour performance delivered on the eve of his 92 nd birthday. It would become his musical farewell to his home country and to the cultural font of ...
Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) Ravi Shankar. Ravi Shankar was a world-renowned musician, composer, performer, and scholar of classical Indian music. He was one of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century whose accomplishments placed him as the leading figure of an important musical tradition. His long and distinguished musical career ...
Aug 31, 2020 · At age 23, when she walked off stage with an armful of Grammys, Jones wilfully decided to remain low-key. Stuck in the centre of a media storm insinuated by her strained relationship with her famous father, the legendary sitar player, Pandit Ravi Shankar (the only controversy she ever courted), she emerged calm, collected and too well-brought-up to be mudslinged.
Jun 21, 2018 · Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is a globally revered spiritual and humanitarian leader. He has spearheaded an unprecedented worldwide movement for a stress-free, violence-free society. Through a myriad of programs and teachings, a network of organizations including the Art of Living and the International Association for Human Values, and a ...
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The Beginning. Born in 1956 in Southern India, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was a gifted child. By the age of four, he was able to recite parts of the Bhagavad Gita, an ancient Sanskrit scripture and was often found in deep meditation. Gurudev’s first teacher, Sudhakar Chaturvedi, had a long association with Mahatma Gandhi.
Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar was one of India’s greatest musicians. A pioneering ambassador of Indian classical music, Ravi Shankar achieved critical and popular acclaim both in India and abroad. Charismatic and unusually open to the world, Ravi Shankar’s life over nine decades was a rollercoaster of people, places and events.
