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What does Ravi Shankar KBE stand for?
Ravi Shankar KBE ( Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, (sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury ); 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit (scholar), was an Indian sitarist and composer.
What happened to Ravi Shankar?
Mr. Shankar died in San Diego, at a hospital near his home. He had been treated for upper-respiratory and heart ailments in the last year and underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last Thursday, his family said. ^ “Photo of Ravi Shankar in January 2012”.
What is the book number for Ravi Shankar?
“Shankar, Ravi”. In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 23 (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 0-333-60800-3. “Ravi Shankar”.
Is the Ravi Shankar Symphony available on CD or DVD?
^ This performance was recorded and is available on CD. The website of the Ravi Shankar Foundation provides the information that “The symphony was written in Indian notation in 2010, and has been interpreted by his student and conductor, David Murphy.”
Is Ravi Shankar getting a lifetime Grammy?
“Arts / Music : Ravi Shankar to be honoured with lifetime Grammy”. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012. ^ “Pt Ravi Shankar gets posthumous Grammy nomination”. India Today. 7 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013. ^ PTI (6 March 2013).
What was Shankaracharya’s first performance on sitar?
Shankar began to perform publicly on sitar in December 1939 and his debut performance was a jugalbandi (duet) with Ali Akbar Khan, who played the string instrument sarod. Shankar completed his training in 1944. He moved to Mumbai and joined the Indian People’s Theatre Association, for whom he composed music for ballets in 1945 and 1946.
How did Shankaracharya influence Western music?
His influence on Harrison helped popularize the use of Indian instruments in Western pop music in the latter half of the 1960s. Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra, and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s.