Ravi Shankar
Born: 7th April 1920, Varanasi, India
Died: 11th December 2012, La Jolla, California, USA
Nationality: Indian
Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.
Shankar was born to a Bengali Brahmin family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan.
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Vision of Peace | The Art of Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (Sitar), Mrs. Jiban & Mrs. Widya (Tanpura), Alla Rakha (Tabla)
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