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Ravi Shankar

Sound

Born April 7, 1920 · Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]

Died December 11, 2012

Also known as Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury · Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury · Rabi Śaṃkar

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Biography

Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known exponent of Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician and sitar player Anoushka Shankar.

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Awards & recognition

  • Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award · 2013
  • Tagore Award · 2012
  • Grammy Award — Best Global Music Album · 2001
  • Bharat Ratna · 1999
  • Polar Music Prize · 1998
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  • Praemium Imperiale · 1997
  • Ramon Magsaysay Award · 1992
  • Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize · 1991
  • Padma Vibhushan · 1981
  • Grammy Award — Album of the Year · 1972
  • Grammy Award — Best Chamber Music Performance · 1967
  • Padma Bhushan · 1967
  • Sangeet Natak Akademi Award · 1962
  • Banga Bibhushan
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour
  • Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
  • Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
  • Grammy Award — Best Global Music Album
  • honorary doctor of the University of Calcutta
  • James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
  • Academy Award — Best Original Score · 1983 · nominated

Filmography14 titles

Woodstock Diary

1994as Self

The Beatles Anthology

1995as Self (archive footage)

Concert for George

2003as Self

The World of Apu

1959Original Music Composer

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

2011as Self (archive footage)

Aparajito

1956Original Music Composer

Pather Panchali

1955Original Music Composer

Gandhi

1982Original Music Composer

Monterey Pop

1968as Self

The Dick Cavett Show

1968as Self - Guest

A Chairy Tale

1957Music

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948as Self

Awake: The Life of Yogananda

2014as Self

George Harrison - All Things Pass

2018as Self