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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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Apr 7, 2023 · Pandit Ravi Shankar (1920-2012) was an Indian musician and composer who was widely regarded as one of the greatest sitar players of all time. He was born in Varanasi, India, and began his music career as a young boy, studying under his guru, Allauddin Khan.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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.

  9. Pandit Ravi Shankar, born Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury, was a world-renowned Indian musician and composer known for his mastery of the sitar. He popularized Indian classical music globally through teaching, performances, and collaborations with Western musicians like Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison.

  10. Dec 12, 2012 · We were saddened to get the news overnight that Pandit Ravi Shankar has died at the age of 92. The great sitar virtuoso was perhaps best known in the West for his work with The Beatles during the...

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