

Ravi Shankar
- composer
- sitarist
- film director
- politician
- conductor
- singer
- musician
- Born 1920-04-07
- Died 2012-12-11 (aged 92)
- Nationality British Raj, India
- Years active 1930–2012
Biography
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Known for
Filmography
See full filmography- 1982GandhicomposerMovie
age 62 - 1959Apur SansarcomposerMovie
age 39 - 1956AparajitocomposerMovie
age 36 - 1955Pather PanchalicomposerMovie
age 35
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Gandhi | Movie | composer | 62 |
| 1959 | Apur Sansar | Movie | composer | 39 |
| 1956 | Aparajito | Movie | composer | 36 |
| 1955 | Pather Panchali | Movie | composer | 35 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
1920 age 0
Born1955 age 35
1956 age 36
1959 age 39
1982 age 62
2012 age 92
Died
Worked with most
Family and influences
Children
Nothing recorded for: Spouse, Partner, Parents, Siblings, Influenced by, Studied under, Taught.
Photos
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Photo:Markgoff2972CC BY-SA 4.0
Quotes
Thank you, if you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you will enjoy the playing more.
Ravi Shankar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Sound is God.
Ravi Shankar, CC BY-SA 4.0
The magic happens only when the artist serves with love and the listener receives with the same spirit.
Ravi Shankar, CC BY-SA 4.0
Thank you. If you appreciate the tuning so much, I hope you'll enjoy the playing more.
Ravi Shankar, CC BY-SA 4.0
I didn't start with rock or jazz musicians. It was just my great dear friend whom I miss very much who is no more, Yehudi Menuhin, Lord Yehudi Menuhin. We got very friendly from the year 1952. And when I came to Europe and started performing, we cut three albums in those days, known as "West Meets East." And then I did many other things later on, of course. My student George Harrison, who is like my son, and a great friend of mine, whom I taught sitar initially but later on he was so interested he composed a lot of songs being influenced by our Indian music and Indian spiritual and religious teachings, things like that. And I've done a lot of experimentations, which I don't like to call fusion or trying to mix Indian music or Western music like a cocktail to make it interesting. Genuinely what I wanted to do is have the base as pure as possible Indian music within the framework of raga and tala, and use non-Indian musicians, non-Indian instruments for a special sound, for the range, fo
Ravi Shankar, CC BY-SA 4.0
TV appearances
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- British Raj, India
- Cause of death
- respiratory failure
- Languages
- English
- Years active
- 1930–2012
- Instruments
- sitar
- Record labels
- His Master's Voice, Private Music, Apple Records, Dark Horse Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Pacific Jazz Records, Manticore Records
- Genres
- Hindustani classical music, Indian classical music



