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  2. Ravi Shankar Sharma (3 March 1926 – 7 March 2012), often referred to mononymously as Ravi, was an Indian music director, who had composed music for several Hindi and Malayalam films. [2] After a successful career in Hindi cinema, he took a break from the 1970s to 1982, and made a successful comeback in the Malayalam music scene under the ...

  3. Apr 8, 2024 · Ravi Shankar (born April 7, 1920, Benares [now Varanasi], India—died December 11, 2012, San Diego, California, U.S.) was an Indian musician, player of the sitar, composer, and founder of the National Orchestra of India, who was influential in stimulating Western appreciation of Indian music.

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  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer best known for popularizing the sitar and Indian classical music in Western culture. Updated: Apr 2, 2021. Photo: Anthony Barboza/Getty Images...

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    Ravi Shankar KBE (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.

  6. Dec 12, 2012 · Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso and composer who died on Tuesday at 92, created a passion among Western audiences for the rhythmically vital, melodically flowing ragas of classical Indian...

  7. www.npr.org › artists › 17093771Ravi Shankar : NPR

    Apr 7, 2020 · The Record. Ravi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western Legends, Dies. December 12, 2012 • When he was just 10 years old, Shankar began performing in Europe and the US with his family's...

  8. Apr 7, 2020 · In a career that spanned decades and continents, Ravi Shankar single-handedly introduced Western audiences to the centuries-old classical tradition of Indian Ragas — a complex system of melodies...

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