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Ravi Shankar

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Also known as Pandit Ravi Shankar, Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury

Indian sitar player (1920–2012)

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Ravi Shankar was an Indian composer, film director, politician, and conductor who played the sitar. He was a prominent figure in Hindustani classical music and Indian classical music. His career included work in film scores and soundtracks, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score. He was affiliated with record labels including His Master's Voice, Private Music, Apple Records, and Dark Horse Records.

Born in Varanasi in 1920, he held citizenship in the British Raj, the Dominion of India, and India. He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His notable awards include the Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Praemium Imperiale. He was married to Annapurna Devi and had children Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar.

Shankar died of natural causes due to respiratory and heart failure in San Diego in 2012. He resided in Varanasi and Encinitas and practiced Hinduism. He is the sibling of Uday Shankar. The Ravi Shankar Foundation is associated with his legacy.

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Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]

Ravi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit and "Sitar maestro", was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.

Known for

  • George Harrison - All Things Pass — Self2018
  • Awake: The Life of Yogananda — Self2014
  • Cachitos de hierro y cromo — Self (archive footage)2013
  • George Harrison: Living in the Material World — Self (archive footage)2011
  • Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India — Self2010
  • The Beatles: The Complete Story — Self (Archive Footage)2010
  • Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts — Self2007
  • George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited — Self2005
  • Concert for George — Self2003
  • The Song of the Little Road — Self2003

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1920
Active to
2012
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Anoushka ShankarAli Akbar KhanHariprasad ChaurasiaZakir HussainAnanda Shankar

Ravi Shankar (7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit, was a multiple Grammy Award-winning Indian musician best known for his virtuosity on the sitar. Shankar was awarded the three highest national civil honours of India: the Padma Bhushan, in 1967, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1981, and the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He has received honours from the UNESCO International Music Council, three Grammy Awards, a Magsaysay award, a Légion d'honneur and was nominated for an Academy Award. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ravi+Shankar">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Varanasi
Place of death
San Diego
Spouse
Annapurna Devi
Child
Anoushka Shankar
Sibling
Uday Shankar
Occupation
politician
Position held
member of Rajya Sabha
Languages spoken
English language
Religion
Hinduism
Participant in
Monterey International Pop Festival
Genre
Indian classical music
Instrument
sitar
Record label
Dark Horse Records
Official website
www.ravishankar.org
Image
Ravi Shankar.jpg
Residence
Encinitas
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Commons category
Ravi Shankar
date of birth
1920-04-07
date of death
2012-12-11
nominated for
Academy Award for Best Original Score
member of
American Academy of Arts and Letters
cause of death
heart failure
manner of death
natural causes
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Ravi Shankar
name in native language
रवि शंकर
start of work period
1930-00-00
end of work period
2012-00-00
different from
Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
related category
Category:Films scored by Ravi Shankar
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Encyclopedic overview

Pandit Ravi Shankar ( Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known exponent of 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. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.

Shankar was born to a Bengali family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sitar for seven years under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.

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