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- Ravi_Shankar abstract "Ravi Shankar (IPA: [ˈrɔbi ˈʃɔŋkɔr]; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, his name often preceded by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician and composer who was one of the best-known exponents of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century as a composer of Hindustani classical music.Shankar was born to a Bengali family in Benares, British India, and spent his youth touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.In 1956 he began to tour Europe and the Americas playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatles guitarist George Harrison. His influence on the latter helped popularize the use of Indian instruments in pop music throughout the 1960s. Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra, and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992, he served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. He continued to perform up until the end of his life. In 1999, Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.".
- Ravi_Shankar activeYearsEndYear "2012".
- Ravi_Shankar activeYearsStartYear "1939".
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- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Ali_Akbar_Khan.
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- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Chatur_Lal.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist George_Harrison.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist John_Coltrane.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Lakshmi_Shankar.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Norah_Jones.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Uday_Shankar.
- Ravi_Shankar associatedMusicalArtist Yehudi_Menuhin.
- Ravi_Shankar background "non_vocal_instrumentalist".
- Ravi_Shankar birthDate "1920-04-07".
- Ravi_Shankar birthPlace British_Raj.
- Ravi_Shankar birthPlace Varanasi.
- Ravi_Shankar deathDate "2012-12-11".
- Ravi_Shankar deathPlace California.
- Ravi_Shankar deathPlace San_Diego.
- Ravi_Shankar genre Hindustani_classical_music.
- Ravi_Shankar instrument Singing.
- Ravi_Shankar instrument Sitar.
- Ravi_Shankar recordLabel East_Meets_West_Music.
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