Ravi Shankar, the legendary sitarist and composer is India's most esteemed musical Ambassador and a singular phenomenon in the classical music worlds of East and West. As a performer, composer, ...

The legendary Indian sitar player, Ravi Shankar, died this week at the age of 92. His music touched a wide range of people - from rock musicians to international ambassadors. Host Michel Martin ...

Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100 years after his birth.

For many, Ravi Shankar, who died in 2012, was a spiritual leader as much as a musician. Anouska Shankar describes the musicians who would stay at the family house as “disciples.” ...

However, the musician was in awe of Ravi Shankar, finally meeting him at Bath in 1966. Despite his initial trepidation, Ravi Shankar took over the role of George Harrison’s sitar mentor.

“Beauty” seemed somehow insufficient a description for the sounds that came from Ravi Shankar’s sitar in a concert hall. It was as if nature itself were being replicated on the stage ...

In an interview with the International Times in 1967, Harrison explained how Shankar was not only a music teacher but a spiritual teacher to him as well. For Harrison, music and spirituality were ...

George Harrison first met Ravi Shankar in 1965, and the sitarist taught him Indian music Technically, George first heard Indian music while his mother was pregnant with him.