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Ravi Shankar
Born April 7, 1920 (1920-04-07) (age 88)
Benares, United Provinces, British India
Genre(s) Indian classical music
Occupation(s) Composer, sitar player
Instrument(s) Sitar
Years active 1939 – present
Label(s) HMV, Private Music
Associated acts Ustad Alla Rakha
Yehudi Menuhin
Website RaviShankar.org

Pandit Ravi Shankar ( Bengali: রবি শংকর, Devanagari: रविशंकर, "Pandit" (Sanskrit, "learned") is honorific), born April 7, 1920, in Benares, United Provinces, British India is a Bengali Indian sitar player and composer. Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Varanasi ( Sanskrit: वाराणसी Vārāṇasī, pronunciation) also commonly known as Benares ( or Banaras (बनारस The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, more commonly the United Provinces, was a Province of British India, which existed from 1902 to 1947 For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hindustani Classical Music ( Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत Urdu: ہندوستانی شاستریے سنگیت A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label Private Music is an American Record company founded in 1984 by experimental musician Peter Baumann, as a home for instrumental music Ustad Alla Rakha ( April 29, 1919 - February 3, 2000) was a master of the Tabla, a classical Hindustani percussion instrument Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Events 529 - First draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in Jurisprudence) is issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Varanasi ( Sanskrit: वाराणसी Vārāṇasī, pronunciation) also commonly known as Benares ( or Banaras (बनारस The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, more commonly the United Provinces, was a Province of British India, which existed from 1902 to 1947 For usage see British rule in India British Raj ( rāj, lit "reign" in Hindustani) primarily refers to the British The Bengali people are the ethnic community from Bengal (divided between Bangladesh and India) on the Indian subcontinent with a history dating India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The sitar ( Hindi: सितार Urdu: ستار Persian: سی تار) is a Plucked stringed instrument. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance He is a disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan, the founder of the Maihar gharana of Hindustani classical music. Allauddin Khan ( Bangla: ওস্তাদ আলাউদ্দীন খান also known as Baba Allauddin Khan) (1862 &ndash 1972 was a Bengali The Maihar gharana was formed principally by Sarod maestro Baba Allaudin Khan in Maihar, India. Hindustani Classical Music ( Hindi: हिन्दुस्तानी शास्त्रीय संगीत Urdu: ہندوستانی شاستریے سنگیت [1]

Ravi Shankar is a leading Indian instrumentalist of the modern era. He has been a longtime musical collaborator of tabla-players Pandit Chatur Lal and Ustad Allah Rakha, and intermittently also of sarod-player Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. This article is about the Indian drum For the drum with the same name in Arabic, see Goblet drum. Chatur Lal (b Udaipur, Rajasthan, 1925 died 1965 was an Indian Tabla player Ustad Alla Rakha ( April 29, 1919 - February 3, 2000) was a master of the Tabla, a classical Hindustani percussion instrument The sarod is a stringed musical instrument used mainly in Indian classical music. Ustad Ali Akbar Khan (আলী আকবর খাঁ a master of the Sarod, His performances worldwide have established the modern sarod idiom and contributed His collaborations with violinist Yehudi Menuhin, film maker Satyajit Ray, and the The Beatles (in particular, George Harrison) added to his international reputation. Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent Satyajit Ray (সত্যজিত রায় or সত্যজিৎ রায়) (2 May 1921–23 April 1992 was a Bengali Indian Filmmaker. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001 was an English rock Guitarist Singer - Songwriter, Author

In 1999, Ravi Shankar was awarded the Bharat Ratna award, India's highest civilian honor. Bharat Ratna (translates to Jewel of India or Gem of India in English) is India 's highest Civilian award, awarded for the

He is the brother of renowned dancer Uday Shankar, uncle of fellow Indian musician Ananda Shankar, and the father of singer Norah Jones and sitarist Anoushka Shankar, who were born in 1979 and 1981 to Sue Jones and Sukanya Shankar respectively. Uday Shankar ( December 8, 1900 – September 26, 1977) (উদয় শংকর was a world renowned classical dancer and Ananda Shankar ( 11 December 1942 - 26 March 1999) was an Indian Bengali Musician best known for fusing Western Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar on March 30 1979) is an American Singer-songwriter, Pianist, Keyboardist Anoushka Shankar (अनुष्का शंकर b June 9, 1981, is a Sitar player and Composer in the United Kingdom.

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Musical career

Ravi Shankar not only studied under Maria Kanapi, but lived with him as if he were his son. This type of mentorship is typical of the Indian Classical music tradition. Ravi's first public performances in India came in 1939. Formal training ended in 1944, and he worked out of Bombay. Mumbai ( Marathi:,, IPA: formerly Bombay, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the financial He began writing scores for film and ballet and started a recording career with HMV's Indian affiliate. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance His Master's Voice, today usually abbreviated to HMV, is a famous Trademark in the music business and for many years was the name of a large record label He became music director of All India Radio in the 1950s. All India Radio (abbreviated as AIR) officially known as Akashvani ( Devanagari: आकाशवाणी ākāshavānī ( Urdu: اکاشوانی From 1946 onwards he began to compose original music for films. Some of his most noted scores include the ones for Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy and Richard Attenborough's Gandhi. The Apu trilogy is a series of three movies directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali ( Song Of The Little Road) Aparajito Gandhi ( 1982) is a Biographical film about Mohandas ("Mahatma" Gandhi, who was a leader of the Nonviolent resistance movement

Ravi Shankar then became well known to the music world outside India, first performing in the South pole in 1953 and then the West in 1956. The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth. He performed in major events such as the Monterey Pop Festival and major venues such as Royal Festival Hall. Royal Festival Hall is a concert dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London, England.

After reaching pop cultural fame, largely through the spotlight of Alex Voynow, Shankar was invited to play venues that were unusual for a classical musician, such as the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, California, with Ustad Allah Rakha on tabla. The Monterey International Pop Music Festival was a three-day concert event held June 16 to June 18 1967 at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Monterey Ustad Alla Rakha ( April 29, 1919 - February 3, 2000) was a master of the Tabla, a classical Hindustani percussion instrument This article is about the Indian drum For the drum with the same name in Arabic, see Goblet drum. He was also one of the artists who performed at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and with Harrison was one of the organizers of The Concert for Bangladesh in 1971, in an attempt to raise awareness of the growing crisis (see 1970 Bhola cyclone, Bangladesh Liberation War and 1971 Bangladesh atrocities) that was occurring in East Pakistan (now independent Bangladesh) where Shankar's family origins lay. The Concert For Bangladesh was the event title for two Benefit concerts organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at noon and at 700 p The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating Tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India 's West Bengal on The Bangladesh Liberation War (i ( Bengali: মুক্তিযুদ্ধ Muktijuddho) was an armed conflict between West Pakistan (later Beginning with the start of Operation Searchlight on 25 March 1971 and continuing throughout the Bangladesh War of Independence, there were widespread violations East Pakistan ( Bengali: পূর্ব পাকিস্তান Purbo Pakistan, Urdu: مشرقی پاکستان Mashriqi Pakistan) was ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Ravi Shankar & Friends co-headlined Harrison's 1974 tour of North America with mixed reviews. His final working album with Harrison was on a 1997 album, Chants of India, where Harrison grew an interest in chant music. Chant (from Old French chanter) is the Rhythmic speaking or Singing of Words or Sounds often primarily on one or two After his colleague's death on 29 November in 2001, after a long fight against cancer, Shankar, his daughter, Anoushka, along with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Billy Preston, among many others attended Concert for George in London, where Shankar dedicated the memorial to Harrison. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942 is an English rock Singer, Bass guitarist songwriter Composer, Ringo Starr, MBE (born Richard Starkey on 7 July 1940 is an English Musician, Singer, Songwriter and Actor Jeffrey Lynne (born 30 December 1947 in Shard End, Birmingham) is a Grammy Award -winning English rock Songwriter Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945 is an English Blues-rock Guitarist, singer Songwriter and Composer Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20 1950 is an American singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist William Everett Preston ( September 2 1946 – June 6 2006) was an American Soul musician from Houston Texas, The Concert for George was held at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 29 November 2002 as a memorial to George Harrison on the first London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Shankar has been critical of some facets of the Western reception of Indian music. On a trip to San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district after performing in Monterey, Shankar wrote, "I felt offended and shocked to see India being regarded so superficially and its great culture being exploited. Haight-Ashbury is a district of San Francisco, California, US, named for the intersection of Haight and Ashbury Streets Yoga, Tantra, mantra, kundalini, ganja, hashish, Kama Sutra? They all became part of a cocktail that everyone seemed to be lapping up!" In 1969 he published an English language autobiography, "My Music, My Life". Yoga ( Sanskrit: योग, IAST: yóga, joːgə refers to traditional physical and mental disciplines originating in India, to the Tantra ( Sanskrit: तन्त्र; " Weave " denoting continuity) tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric A mantra ( Devanāgarī मन्त्र (or mantram is a religious or mystical syllable or poem typically from the Sanskrit language Kundalini (kuṇḍalinī sa कुण्डलिनी Sanskrit, literally "coiled" Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a Hashish (from Arabic: ar حشيش, lit "grass" also hash) is a preparation of cannabis composed of the compressed The Kama Sutra ( Sanskrit: कामसूत्र (alternative spellings Kamasutram or simply Kamasutra) is an ancient Indian English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

Shankar has written two concertos for sitar and orchestra, violin-sitar compositions for Yehudi Menuhin and himself, music for flute virtuoso Jean Pierre Rampal, and music for Hōzan Yamamoto, master of the shakuhachi (Japanese flute), and koto virtuoso Musumi Miyashita. Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal ( 7 January 1922 &ndash 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French Flautist and has been personally "credited Hōzan Yamamoto (山本 邦山 Yamamoto Hōzan; born October 6 1937 in Ōtsu, Shiga prefecture) is a Japanese Shakuhachi The is a Japanese end-blown Flute. Its name means "18 feet" referring to its size The koto ( 琴 or 箏) is a traditional Japanese stringed Musical instrument derived from the Chinese Zither ( Guzheng He has composed extensively for films and ballets in India, Canada, Europe, and the United States, including Chappaqua, Charly, Gandhi (for which he was nominated for an Academy Award), and the Apu Trilogy. Chappaqua is a 1966 Cult film written directed by and starring Conrad Rooks. Charly (poster title CHAЯLY) is a 1968 Film which tells the fictional story of a mentally retarded Bakery Gandhi ( 1982) is a Biographical film about Mohandas ("Mahatma" Gandhi, who was a leader of the Nonviolent resistance movement "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Apu trilogy is a series of three movies directed by Satyajit Ray: Pather Panchali ( Song Of The Little Road) Aparajito His recording Tana Mana, released on the Private Music label in 1987, penetrated the New Age genre with its unique combination of traditional instruments with electronics. Private Music is an American Record company founded in 1984 by experimental musician Peter Baumann, as a home for instrumental music New Age ( New Age Movement and New Age Spirituality) is a Social Collective Phenomenon and a Spiritual Nature In 2002, Ravi composed a piece for "The Concert for George. " He did not play at the concert, but his daughter Anoushka led an ensemble of Indian musicians in the piece. The classical composer Philip Glass acknowledges Shankar as a major influence, and the two collaborated to produce Passages, a recording of compositions in which each reworks themes composed by the other. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Passages is a musical Album in the style of Chamber music co-composed by Ravi Shankar and Philip Glass and released in 1990 Shankar also composed the sitar part in Glass's 2004 composition Orion.

Ravi Shankar has homes in Encinitas, California; Warren, New Jersey, and New Delhi, Delhi, India. Encinitas is a coastal city in northern San Diego County California, United States. Warren Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. Delhi (दिल्ली ਦਿੱਲੀ دلی d̪ɪlːiː sometimes referred to as Dilli) is the second largest metropolis of India, with a population India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country

Honours

Shankar is an honorary member of the International Rostrum of Composers. The International Rostrum of Composers ( IRC) is an annual forum organized by the International Music Council that offers Broadcasting representatives the He has received many awards and honours from his own country and from all over the world, including 14 honorary doctorates, the Padma Vibhushan, Desikottam, the Magsaysay Award from Manila, three Grammy Awards, the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (Grand Prize) from Japan, and the Crystal Award from Davos, with the title "Global Ambassador," to name but some. An honorary degree or a degree honoris causa ( Latin: 'for the sake of the honour' is an Academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding The Padma Vibhushan is India 's second highest civilian honour The Ramon Magsaysay Award was established in April 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF based in New York City. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes (福岡アジア文化賞후쿠오카아시아문화상 were established by Fukuoka City and Yokatopia Foundation to honor the outstanding In 1986 he was nominated to be a member of the Rajya Sabha, India's upper house of Parliament, for six years. The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States" is the Upper house of the Parliament of India. In 2002, he was conferred the inaugural Indian Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award. The Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, was awarded to him in 1999. Bharat Ratna (translates to Jewel of India or Gem of India in English) is India 's highest Civilian award, awarded for the In 1998 he was awarded the Polar Music Prize with Ray Charles. The Polar Music Prize is an international music prize and awarded to individuals groups or institutions in recognition of exceptional achievements in the creation and advancement of music Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American He shared an Academy Award nomination with George Fenton for Best Original Score to Gandhi (1982). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. George Fenton (born 19 October The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically Gandhi ( 1982) is a Biographical film about Mohandas ("Mahatma" Gandhi, who was a leader of the Nonviolent resistance movement Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar)

Discography

Films

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Ravi Shankar - Biography

External links

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NAME Shankar, Ravi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES রবি শঙ্কর (Bengali); Shôngkor, Robi (Bengali transliteration)
SHORT DESCRIPTION Musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
DATE OF DEATH living
PLACE OF DEATH
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