Ravi Shankar was a virtuoso sitar player long before he became a cult for a drug-fuelled hippy generation that found the exquisite music he plucked from the strings a perfect accompaniment to the ...

Movie"Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century India. A segment from "India, Haunting Passage ...

On April 23, 1981, Grammy-winning sitar player Ravi Shankar made his debut with the New York Philharmonic, performing his “Raga Mala Concerto Number Two for Sitar and Orchestra” at Lincoln Center’s ...

Ravi Shankar, the world's leading sitar player. In 1999 he published his autobiography, Ravi Shankar: Raga Mala. The book was edited and introduced by his friend George Harrison. Hell discuss his ...

Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100... The Enduring Afterglow Of Ravi Shankar's Life In ...

1964 Movie"Ravi Shankar plays the sitar, while members of the Children's Little Theatre Unit of Calcutta dance. Presents a montage of scenes from 20th-century India. A segment from "India, Haunting ...

A real treat for fans of legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar, this is not only a live recording of a rare morning concert, but also an "at home" performance Shankar did for some special friends at his ...

Ravi Shankar, the man who made traditional Indian sitar music popular worldwide, didn’t shoot to fame overnight. The musician—who was born on this day, April 7, in 1920—first began performing when he ...