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A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, [4] and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999.
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Read more about Ravi Shankar GRAMMY History and other GRAMMY-winning and GRAMMY-nominated artists on GRAMMY.com.
Dec 2, 2014 · This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to individuals who, during their careers in music, have made significant contributions, other than performance, to the field of recording (through 1983, recipients included performers).
Ravi Shankar. Jump to. 7 wins & 8 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1983 Nominee Oscar. Best Music, Original Score. Gandhi. Shared with: George Fenton. Berlin International Film Festival. 1957 Winner Silver Berlin Bear. Special Prize. Kabuliwala. For the best film music. BAFTA Awards. 1983 Nominee BAFTA Film Award. Best Score. Gandhi.
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Ravi Shankar (3rd from left) won 5 Grammy awards including Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, Zakir Hussain (rightmost) has won 4. Zubin Mehta has been nominated 18 times, most for any Indian.
YearCategoryNominees (s)Nominated Work2024Shakti [17] ( Zakir Hussain, V.2024Zakir Hussain and Rakesh ChaurasiaAs We Speak2024Best Global Music PerformanceZakir Hussain and Rakesh Chaurasia [16]Pashto2024Falu, Gaurav Shah [15]GRAMMY Live - Lifetime Achievement Award: Ravi Shankar. Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar accept the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of their father, the late Ravi...
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Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance. West Meets East. Check all the awards won and nominated for by Ravi Shankar - Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2012) , Grammy Award for Best World Music Album (2012) , Grammy Award for Best World Music Album (2001) and more awards.