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Dec 12, 2012 · But Shankar, in an exclusive Beat interview, made it clear that he didn't want to appeal to drug users or high hippies. ... Ravi Shankar, India's sitar star, dies aged 92 - video. 12 Dec 2012.
Aug 19, 2023 · The name “sitar” itself evolved from the Persian term “sehtar,” which meant three (seh) strings (tar). The sitar gained global recognition in the 1950s and 1960s when musicians like Ravi Shankar introduced its enchanting melodies to the Western world. In Indian classical music, the sitar holds immense cultural significance.
Dec 11, 2012 · Ravi Shankar & Sitar. Ravi Shankar was introduced to Sitar much later in his life when he was 18 years old. It all began at a concert in Kolkata where he heard Amiya Kanti Bhattacharya play the classical instrument. Moved by the performance, Shankar decided that he too, must learn Sitar under Bhattacharya’s guru, Ustad Inayat Khan.
Dec 13, 2012 · Ravi Shankar, who popularized the sitar and Indian music in America, died this week at the age of 92. He befriended the Beatles, gave George Harrison sitar lessons, and inspired Harrison to launch ...
Dec 12, 2012 · Ravi Shankar, who has died aged 92 after undergoing heart surgery, was the Indian maestro who put the sitar on the musical map. ... (1969), Shankar says that Baba, as he called his teacher, made ...
Nov 27, 2023 · In India, Ravi Shankar was (and still is) considered the most virtuosic player of the sitar, so much so that the fully decorated “instrumental style” sitar is dubbed the Ravi Shankar style. He, along with his famous tabla player, Alla Rakha, is believed to have been responsible for introducing the sitar in Western culture in the 1960s. 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 music ...
