Ravi Shankar India

Biography

Ravi Shankar (7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit, was a multiple Grammy Award-winning Indian musician best known for his virtuosity on the sitar. Shankar was awarded the three highest national civil honours of India: the Padma Bhushan, in 1967, the Padma Vibhushan, in 1981, and the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. He has received honours from the UNESCO International Music Council, three Grammy Awards, a Magsaysay award, a Légion d'honneur and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Popular Songs

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  Anxiety

  Transmigration Macabre

  186 BPM
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  I am Missing You (reprise)

  Shankar Family & Friends
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  Raga Multani

  A Life in Music

  174 BPM
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  Raga Ragehwar Jhaptal (10 Beats), Teental (16 Beats)

  Festival from India

  110 BPM
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  Submission

  Transmigration Macabre

  140 BPM

Discography

The Living Room Sessions Part 2

2013

The Living Room Sessions Part 1

2012

Festival from India

2009

More Flowers of India

2008

A Life in Music

2007

Sitar Soul

2007

Music for Flute and Percussion

2005

Homage To Mahatma Gandhi

2004

The Ravi Shankar Collection: In San Francisco

2001

The Ravi Shankar Collection: A Morning Raga / An Evening Raga

2001

Ragas & Talas

2000

The Doyen of Hindustani Music

1999

Chants of India

1997

In Celebration

1996

Towards the Rising Sun

1996

From India

1995

Menuhin meets Shankar

1993

Tana Mana

1987

Pandit Ravi Shankar

1986

Raga-Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2)

1982

The Spirit of India

1980

Raga Jogeshwari

1980

Ragas Hameer & Gara

1979

Shankar Family & Friends

1974

Transmigration Macabre

1973

Sound of the Sitar

1967

Chappaqua

1966

Portrait of Genius

1965

In London

1963

Ravi Shankar In Concert

1962

The Sounds of India

1958

Three Ragas

1956