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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.
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Dec 11, 2012 · Fast Facts. Date of Birth: April 7, 1920. Place of Birth: Varanasi. Birth Name: Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury. Date of Death: 11 December 2012. Place of Death: San Diego, California. Profession: Sitar player, composer, singer. Spouses: Annapurna Devi, Sukanya Rajan. Children: Shubhendra Shankar, Anoushka Shankar. Father: Shyam Shankar Chowdhury.
Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992, he served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. He continued to perform until the end of his life.
May 8, 2020 · Ravi Shankar: A Life In Music was displayed in the Mike Curb Gallery on the Museum’s fourth floor and gave visitors a unique look into the GRAMMY-winning world music icon’s early life, the roots of his musicality and his vast impact on Western music – most notably, The Beatles.
Apr 2, 2014 · Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer best known for popularizing the sitar and Indian classical music in Western culture.
Apr 7, 2020 · Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100 years after his birth.
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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.
