Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said he was puzzled to receive a call from sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar for the first time a week before the music legend's demise. Noted sitar maestro Pt Ravi ...
As India experiences a vibrant renaissance in the live music industry with classical music gaining more mainstream appreciation, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, the youngest and last disciple of the legendary ...
Sharma’s talent soon caught the eye of sitar virtuoso late Pandit Ravi Shankar after a performance in Delhi in 2011, when a clip reached Shankar’s wife. Becoming the youngest and last disciple ...
The award was special for Hussain as it was also the first time when Pandit Ravi Shankar addressed Hussain as ‘Ustad.’ In an encounter with DD, the percussionist revealed an interesting ...
Somehow! He thought of acquiring the money, first through the sale of his album, Joi Bangla, and later by arranging a charity concert. Pandit Ravi Shankar's initial plan was to raise around $25,000.
“If Not for You” with George Harrison, the late Beatles guitarist who, along with Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, organised the concert in 1971.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed sadness over the demise of sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, saying the "unsurpassable genius" was the country's one of the "most effective cultural ...
HYDERABAD: Anoushka Shankar — does the masterful sitarist and daughter of the great Pandit Ravi Shankar really need an introduction? For the past 30 years, she has rendered melodious tunes with ...