About
Pandit Ravi Shankar was the world's most renowned sitar player and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He is widely credited with introducing Indian classical music to the Western world, collaborating with George Harrison of The Beatles and performing at Woodstock.
Born in Varanasi in 1920, he mastered the sitar under the legendary Ustad Allauddin Khan and went on to compose three sitar concertos, film scores and countless ragas. He was the father of singer Norah Jones and musician Anoushka Shankar.
He received three Grammy Awards and the Bharat Ratna — India's highest civilian honour. He passed away in December 2012 aged 92, leaving behind a musical legacy that transformed the world's understanding of Indian classical music.