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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.
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.
Apr 7, 2022 · The Godfather of world music, Pandit Ravi Shankar was one of the most influential and prolific Indian sitar maestros. His exceptional talent, enormous contribution to music catapulted him to stardom and till date he is considered as the world’s best-known exponent of Indian classical music.
Dec 12, 2012 · Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, who died on Wednesday morning in San Diego in the United States, was labeled "the godfather of world music" by George Harrison. Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury was born April 7, 1920, in the Indian city of Varanasi.
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.
One of the brightest and youngest stars of the sitar Anoushka Shankar pays tribute to her late father, the legendary Pandit Ravi Shankar in this benefit concert for the Bhavan. A beacon of Indian classical music across the world, the Bhavan is proud to present Anoushka Shankar for the every first time.
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.
