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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Memorial services of the legendary Indian sitar maestro and composer, Pandit Ravi Shankar, who died in California early this week, would be held in both the United States and India. Both the services, near his home in Southern California and India,...
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Boston.com
| 5 months ago
The walls of Sanjay Sharma's music shop are lined with gleaming string instruments and old photographs of legendary musicians...Indian classicial musicians Zakir Hussain, Shiv Kumar Sharma and Vishwamohan Bhatt. And the man who brought these two very...
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The Progressive
| 5 months ago
His impact in helping make Indian classical music known worldwide cannot be overstated. It was Shankar's vision that brought the sounds of the raga into western consciousness, writes The Guardian. He was thus the first performer and composer to...
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The Hindu
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar did not allow his cross-cultural collaborations to influence the Indianness of his own creations, even in those projects It has been a day of remembrance and eulogy. Great masters, musicians young and old, politicians and artistes have...
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HNN
| 5 months ago
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 a fascination that had expanded by the mid-1970s into...
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Indian Express
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar died on December 11 following a heart-valve replacement surgery in San Diego...His 33-year-old daughter Norah, with American Sue Jones, said Shankar's music has inspired millions of people, reported Aceshowbiz. "My Dad's music touched...
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International Business Times
| 5 months ago
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata February 7, 2009. When he was born to a privileged Bengali Brahmin family (his father was a British-educated lawyer and international traveler) during the height of the...
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The Daily Herald
| 5 months ago
As both the local Indian community and music lovers around the world mourn the death of Ravi Shankar, the iconic master of the sitar is being remembered as the godfather of Indian classical music and an ambassador who built bridges between cultures...
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The Financial Express
| 5 months ago
The award would be presented on February 10 at the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. Shankar, a three-time Grammy winner, died yesterday after undergoing a heart-valve replacement surgery at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla,...
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The Journal Gazette
| 5 months ago
Associated Press Shankar Labeled the godfather of world music by George Harrison, Ravi Shankar helped millions of Westerners classical, jazz and rock lovers discover the ancient traditions of Indian music...A statement on his website said he died...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar, the sitar player, who has died aged 92, did more than any person to popularise Indian music in the West and in the process became one of the most celebrated Indians of his time. Yehudi Menuhin once said that Shankar had a "genius and...
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The Hindu
| 5 months ago
AP In this December 12, 2012 photo, students light candles to pay tribute to Pandit Ravi Shankar at the Bengali Tola Inter College in Varanasi, his birth place. The sitar maestro would receive the lifetime achievement Grammy award, organisers have...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Global ambassador of Hindustani classical music, Pt Ravi Shankar, passed away in San Diego, California early Wednesday at the age of 92. He was under treatment for breathing difficulties since December 6 at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.
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The Star
| 5 months ago
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar is to receive a posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy award, organizers of the music industry's top prize show said Wednesday. Three-time Grammy winner Shankar, who died Tuesday in California, is among seven artists...
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The Globe and Mail
| 5 months ago
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar performs in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata in this February 7, 2009 file photo. Sitarist and composer Shankar has died in San Diego, media reports said on December 12, 2012 Reuters Video In this Aug. 3, 1967 file...
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Telegraph India
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar, who died at the age of 92, is famous for introducing Indian classical music to the West but that popular recognition hides a less appreciated quality...He died in a hospital near his home in southern California after undergoing heart-...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
The godfather of world music', multiple-Grammy awardee, sitar virtuoso Pt Ravi Shankar has been credited for putting Indian classical music on the global platform and his sad demise has created an irreparable void. Born in Varanasi on April 7, 1920,...
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Starpulse
| 5 months ago
Jazz singer Norah Jones has broken her silence following her father Ravi Shankar 's death on Tuesday, insisting the celebrated sitar player will be "greatly missed." The Indian musician passed away in San Diego, California at the age of 92, and his...
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The Independent
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar will be remembered in two strikingly different ways. First and foremost, he was probably the greatest sitar-player of post-Independence India. Secondly, he was principally responsible for introducing classical Indian music to western...
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The Hindu
| 5 months ago
The Hindu In this February 7, 2012 photo, sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar performs at a concert in Bangalore. Photo:V Sreenivasa Murthy Pandit Ravi Shankar, whose mastery over the sitar helped rejuvenate the classical instrumental tradition in...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Manish Swarup/AP George Harrison correctly described Ravi Shankar as "the godfather of world music ", a virtuoso pioneer who popularised new global styles and instruments in the west some two decades before the term world music was invented.
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China Post
| 5 months ago
Legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, who influenced musicians ranging from The Beatles to violinist Yehudi Menuhin, has died aged 92 in the United States after surgery, his family said Wednesday. Shankar, the father of American singer-...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Ravi Raveendran 7 April 1920 Born Robendra Shankar in Varanasi, India , youngest of five sons of Dr Shyama Shankar. He has a lonely early childhood; his father is abroad, practising law in London, and his mother has little money...Travels to Paris...
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The Arlington Advocate
| 5 months ago
Business News Trending topic Ravi Shankar died last night at age 92, his family said today. Shankar was a legendary sitar player who popularized the instrument in the West, and he even taught Beatle George Harrison how to play it. Shankar, who was...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar salutes the audience during a concert at the Barbican centre, London. Photograph: Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images Musicians, actors, artists and politicians across the world paid tribute to Ravi Shankar , described as "a national treasure"...
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NY Daily News
| 5 months ago
Indian legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar welcomes the audience during his concert at the Vienna State Opera House at the Jazz Festival Vienna 2005 Ravi Shankar did more than play music...It's safe to say that his pinging, quavering sitar music was...
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Sacramento Bee
| 5 months ago
Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, whose influence on the Beatles and appearances at rock festivals made him a cult figure for the flower-power generation, is credited with bringing Indian music to the world stage during an illustrious seven-decade career.
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ABC News
| 5 months ago
Musician Ravi Shankar Dead at 92 Indian sitar virtuoso is credited with connecting the Western world with traditional Indian music. Share: Transcript for Musician Ravi Shankar Dead at 92 -- sad news to pass along this morning an international music...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Ravi was the first person who did not try to impress me but in turn I was impressed by him," Beatles legend George Harrison says about his first meeting with Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar in Martin Scorsese's documentary 'George Harrison: Living In the...
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NewKerala
| 5 months ago
As a performer, composer and teacher, he was an Indian classical artist of the highest rank, and he spearheaded the worldwide spread of Indian music and culture. He achieved his greatest fame in the 1960s when he was embraced by the Western...
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NewKerala
| 5 months ago
Nothing better sums up the stature of the sitar maestro perhaps than these words of George Harrison, the late Beatles member whose famous association with the Indian musician is a folklore in the world of music. While George Harrison called him the...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Members in both houses of parliament Wednesday stood in silence to pay tribute to sitar maestro and composer Pandit Ravi Shankar, a former member of the Rajya Sabha, who passed away in a US hospital...Both Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari and Lok...
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United Press International
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar, 89-years-old, arrives for a Sound Check at the Orpheum Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia May 16, 2009...UPI) -- Sitar genius Ravi Shankar, who mesmerized music lovers for years, died in California at age 92, NPR News reported...
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The Independent
| 5 months ago
Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar, who helped introduce the sitar to the Western world through his collaborations with The Beatles, died in Southern California yesterday, his family said...Shankar, a three-time Grammy winner with legendary...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Labelled the 'godfather' of world music, Ravi Shankar undertook an extraordinary journey from the banks of Ganges to the heart of the west mesmerising them with Indian ragas and partnering with musical greats like Beatles' George Harrison and Yehudi...
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Baltimore Sun
| 5 months ago
Suddenly the classically trained Shankar was a darling of the hippie movement, gaining widespread attention through memorable performances at the Monterey Pop Festival, Woodstock and the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh. Harrison called him "the godfather...
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Washington Post
| 5 months ago
Gallery Mr. Shankar, who began his performing career as a young dancer, toured extensively as a musician after learning sitar from one of India's great musicians. The skill with which he played the traditional Indian stringed instrument inspired...
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The New York Times
| 5 months ago
Mr. Shankar had suffered from upper respiratory and heart ailments in the last year and underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last Thursday, his family said in a statement. Mr. Shankar, a soft-spoken, eloquent man whose performance style embodied...
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National Public Radio
| 5 months ago
AP Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar has died, the Indian prime minister announced...A tweet from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official Twitter account said : "Prime Minister condoles the passing away of Pandit Ravishankar A national treasure and global...
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Hollywood Reporter Music
| 5 months ago
12/11/2012 by Mike Barnes Getty George Harrison with Ravi Shankar in 1970 A musical icon in the 1960s, he combined with his most famous pupil, George Harrison, to bring Indian music to the Western world. Ravi Shankar, a master of the sitar who...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Legendary sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, who spearheaded the worldwide spread of Indian music and had a major influence on Western musicians like The Beatles, died today in San Diego at the age of 92. Shankar, whose health had been fragile for...
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The Guardian
| 5 months ago
Corbis/Henry Diltz Ravi Shankar, who has died aged 92 in San Diego, was the Indian maestro who put the sitar on the musical map. George Harrison called him "the godfather of world music" and it was Shankar's vision that brought the sounds of the raga...
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Los Angeles Times
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar , the revered master of the sitar who introduced Indian music to much of the Western world, died Tuesday in San Diego County...Shankar was a hippie musical icon of the 1960s, playing at Woodstock and hobnobbing with The Beatles . In...
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The Courier-Mail
| 5 months ago
Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a major influence on Western musicians ranging from The Beatles to Yehudi Menuhin, has died at the age of 92. Shankar, the father of the American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, died in a hospital in San Diego where...
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The Hindustan Times
| 5 months ago
Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, 92, died in a hospital in United States on Tuesday. He was hospitalised on Thursday after he complained of breathing problem. Ravi Shankar, who was born on 7 April 1920, often referred to by the title 'Pandit', was...
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Qatar English Daily
| 5 months ago
Ravi Shankar, who died on Wednesday aged 92, was the world's most famous sitar player, who popularised classical Indian music abroad largely through his work with The Beatles' George Harrison. His extraordinary musical journey took him from the...
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Just Jared
| 5 months ago
Ravi was admitted to Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego, California last week after having difficulty breathing and died on Tuesday (December 11) at approximately 4:30pm PT. The sitarist was considered to be the driving force of introducing Indian...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 5 months ago
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar has died...The prime minister's office confirmed his death and called him a national treasure. Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers in the West discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 5 months ago
AFP Ravi Shankar, the sitarist and composer described as the "godfather of world music" by Beatles guitarist George Harrison, has died. He was 92. "It's with a very heavy heart that I confirm this sad news," his manager Earl Blackburn, said in an...
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Rediff
| 5 months ago
Legendary musician Pandit Ravi Shankar [ Images ] passed away in San Diego on Wednesday...The musician was admitted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla last Thursday after he complained of breathing difficulties. He breathed his last at 4.
