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Shankar, Ravi Filmography
- Untitled Sri Chinmoy Biopic (2011)
- Ravi Shankar, l'extraordinaire leçon (2010)
- Wisdom (2008)
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)
- Hit for Six (2007)
- Concert for Bangladesh Revisited with George Harrison and Friends (2005)
- Concert for George (2003)
- The Song of the Little Road (2003)
- Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001)
- George Harrison - Der sanfte Beatle (2001)
- Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001)
- Tenussian Vacuvasco (2000)
- Sixties Summer Songs (1999)
- Yehudi Menuhin: The Violin of the Century (1996)
- Rock & Roll (1995)
- Woodstock Diary (1994)
- Genesis (1986)
- Gandhi (1982)
- Meera (1979)
- The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
- Unterwegs nach Kathmandu (1971)
- Unterwegs nach Kathmandu (1971)
- Raga (1971)
- Raga (1971)
- Ravi Shankar (1970)
- Sex and the Animals (1969)
- The Best on Record (1968)
- Charly (1968)
- Niet genoeg (1968)
- Monterey Pop (1968)
- Chappaqua (1966)
- Chappaqua (1966)
- The Psychedelics (1966)
- Godaan (1963)
- Ustad Alauddin Khan (1963)
- Dheuer Pare Dheu (1962)
- Anuradha (1960)
- Apur Sansar (1959)
- The Sword and the Flute (1959)
- Parash Pathar (1958)
- A Chairy Tale (1957)
- En djungelsaga (1957)
- Kabuliwala (1956)
- Aparajito (1956)
- Pather Panchali (1955)
- Mastera Indiyskogo iskusstva (1954)
- Neecha Nagar (1946)
- Dharti Ke Lal (1946)
Ravi Shankar is a world-renowned musician, composer, performer, and scholar of classical Indian music. He is one of the leading cultural figures of the twentieth century whose accomplishments place him as the leading figure of an important musical tradition. His long and distinguished musical career includes numerous recordings, performances at all the world's leading venues, and a series of unprecedented collaborations with other leading musicians. Although he is well known because of his interaction with the popular music world, it is important to underscore that Shankar is considered the leading international figure in a very elevated art form, Hindustani music. Shankar was born on April 7, 1920, in Varanasi, India. He moved to Paris in 1930, and received most of his education there. From the age of 12, he performed as a musician and dancer on tour in Europe and America with his brother Uday Shankar, and in 1939 had his first concert as soloist at a music conference in Allahabad. By 1945 Shankar's reputation as the leading performer of traditional Hindustani music on the sitar had coalesced. He began to branch out as a composer, writing music for ballet and for important films such as such as Dharti Ke Lal and Neecha Nagar. He also composed the song Sare Jahan Se Accha, which is the most widely known piece of music in India, second only to the national anthem. In 1949, Shankar became Music Director of All-India Radio at Delhi, and founded the Vadya Vrinda Chamber Orchestra. The years 1950-55 were a particularly intense period of compositional activity, most notably in the internationally-acclaimed film studios of Calcutta, where he scored The Ray Triology. For his outstanding contribution to Indian music and culture, he received his first of five Presidential Awards in 1962, India's highest honor in the arts. In the mid-1960s, his preeminence as one of the world's leading serious musicians was augmented with wide popular success. George Harrison of 'The Beatles' (qv) developed a deep, abiding interest in Hindustani music, and began to study with Shankar. One influence of this study can be heard in his song Within You, Without You.
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- Kathakali Katthak
- Transmigration
- Misha Piloo
- Dhun Man Pasand
- Dhun In Devgiri Bilawal
- Reflection
- Raga Patdeep / Gat Sitarkhani Taal
- Tabla Solo (feat. Zakir Hussain)
- Bilashkani Todi (feat. Ali Akbar Khan)
- Genesis Theme
- Woman Reminiscing
- Fair
- Return From the Fair
- Passion
- Jealousy and Fighting
- Variation on Genesis
- Bounty Full Crops
- Song in the Fair
- Swing
- Camel
- Title
- Raga Private Instruction
- David Frost Show
- All Things Must Pass
- 'I like a lot of music'
- Ride Rajbun
- Yin & Yang
- All Things Must Pass
- Bangladesh
- Prabhujee
- Anoushka
- 40 Years
- Here Comes The Sun
- Homeward Bound
- Mo
- Abandoned Love
- Rockline Radio Medley
- Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
- Don't Try To Own Me
- Here Comes Emerson
- Your True Love
- All Things Must Pass
- Sandhya Raga
- Chase
- West Eats Meat
- Ragas in Minor Scale
- Tarana
- Tana Mana
- Sadhanipa
- Friar Park
- Reunion
- Prashanti
- Shanti-Mantra
- Jane Kaise Spnon Mein
- Kaise Din Beete
- Sun Mere Lal
- Sanware Sanware
- O Bedardi Kyon Tadpaye
- Janam Liyo Lalna
- Hiya Jarat Rahat Din Rain
- Pipra Ke Patwa Sarikhe Dole Manva
- Raaga Ahir Lalit
- Raaga Nat Bhairav
- Raaga Bhatiyar
- Raaga Yamani Bilawal
- Raaga Hemant
- Raaga Marwa
- Raaga Puriya Kalyan
- Raaga Bangla Kirtan
- Raga Sindhu Bhairavi
- Improvisations on the theme music from 'Panther Panchali'
- Fire Night
- Karnataki
- Raga Rageshri - Part 1 (Alap)
- Raga Rageshri - Part 2 (Jor)
- Raga Rageshri - Part 3 (Gat)
West Meets East: The Historic Shankar/Menuhin Sessions
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- Vandanaa Trayee
- Omkaaraaya Namaha
- Vedic Chanting (one)
- Asato Maa
- Sahanaa Vavatu
- Poornamadah
- Gaayatri
- Mahaa Mrityunjaya
- Veenaa-Murali
- Geetaa
- Mangalam
- Hari Om
- Svara Mantra
- Vedic Chanting (two)
- Prabhujee
- Sarve Shaam
- Prabhati (based on Raga Gunkali)
- Raga Puriy Kalyan
- Swara-Kakali (based on Raga Tilang)
- Raga Piloo
- Raga Ananda Bhairava
- Prarambh
- Shanti Mantra
- Three Ragas in "D" Minor
- Tarana
- Sandhya Raga
- Bahu Rang
- Shanti Mantra (reprise)
- 31st of January 1948
- South Africa - The Beginning
- Bands of the Raj
- Discovery of India
- Villages of Bihar
- Massacre at Amritsar and the Aftermath
- Intermission
- Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram and Reflections of Early Days
- Salt
- Partition
- End of the Fast
- Remember This Always
- For All Mankind
- (I) Lalit (presto)
- (II) Bairagi (Moderato)
- (III) Yaman Kalyan (Largo Moderato)
- (IV) Mian Ki Malhar (Allegro)
- I Am Missing You
- Kahan Gayelava Shyam Saloné
- Supané Mé Ayé Preetam Sainya
- I am Missing You (reprise)
- Jaya Jagadish Haré
- Dream, Nightmare & Dawn: Overture
- Part One - Dream: Festivity & Joy
- Part One - Dream: Love - Dance Ecstasy
- Part Two - Nightmare: Lust (Raga Chandrakauns)
- Part Two - Nightmare: Dispute & Violence
- Part Two - Nightmare: Disillusionment & Frustration
- Part Two - Nightmare: Despair & Sorrow (Raga Marwa)
- Part Three - Dawn: Awakening
- Part Three - Dawn: Peace & Hope (Raga Bhatiyar)
- Raga Hameer (Tala Farodast)
- Raga Gara (Alap, Gat I, Gat II, Gat III)
- Raga Jogeshwari (Alap)
- Raga Jogeshwari (Jor)
- Raga Jogeshwari (Gat I / Tala Jhaptal)
- Vandana
- Hey Nath
- Pather Panchali
- Supaney Mein Aye
- West Eats Meat
- Oh Bhagawan
- Friar Park
- Tana Mana
- I Am Missing You
- Ta Na Tom
- Fire Night
- Sanwaréy, Sanwaréy
- Dispute & Violence
- Shanti Mantra
- Raga Ahir Lalat
- Raga Puriya Dhanashri
- Raga Jansammohini
- Raga Mishra Gara
- Raga Parmeshwari
- Mishra Bhairavi
- An Introduction To Indian Music
- Dadra
- Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival Of Colors)
- Raga Des
- Raga Palas Kafi (Excerpt)
- Sitar Todi
- Dhun: Fast Teental (Excerpt)
- Raga-Tilak Shyam, Alaap & Gat Teentaal (Tabla-Kanai Dutt)
- Raga-Abhogi Kanada, Alap-Jod-Gat Roopak (Tabla-Kanai Dutt)
- Raga-Mishra Piloo Gat-Vilambit, Drut & Ati Drut Teentaal (Tabla-Ustad Alla Rakha)
- Raga: Jhinjhoti
- Raga: Patdeep
- Raga: Devgiri Bilawal
- Raga: Rasiya
- Raga: Rasia
- Farewell, 'my Friend' Raga: Rajya-Kalyan
- Padhasapa
- Kaharwa
- Improvisation on the Theme of "Rokudan"
- Namah Shivaya
- Tribute to Nippon
- Homage to Baba Allauddin (Raga Hemant)
- Main Title
- Charly Theme
- Scenic Tour
- Improvisation on Charly Theme - The Maze
- Termoil
- Reprise
- Love Montage
- Variations on Love Theme
- Self Pursuit
- Love Theme Transformation
- Charly Theme and Resolution
- Raga Malkauns, Rupaktal
- Raga Vasanta, Tal Rupakam
- Raga Mishra Gara, Teental
- Dhun, Tala Kaharva
- Sur Das Bhajan Desh In Dadra
- Punjabi Folk Song
- Doh Bahar
- Raga Jansammohini - Vilampat
- Raga Nan (Aanandi)
- Raga Panchamse Gara
- Raga Megh
- Raga Bhatiyar
- Raga Kaushi Bhairav
- Raga Panch Drat
- Raga Kirwani (1968)
- Raga Hamir
- Raga Khamaj
- Raga Mishra Gara - Drut
- Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival Of Colors)
- Dhun (Folk Airs)
- Mishra Piloo
- Raga Puriya Dhanashri
- Raga Charu Keshi
- Vedic Hymn
- Raga Yemen in Teental
- Raga Kirwani
- Raga Rageshwar
- Raga Puryadhanashree
- Thumrin in Manj Khamaj, Talchanghar
- Thumrin in Mishra Khamaj
- Chase
- Tana Mana
- Village Dance
- Seven And 10 1/2
- Friar Park
- Romantic Voyage
- Memory Of Uday
- West Eats Meat
- Reunion
- Supplication
- Dhun Kafi
- Supaney Mein Aye
- 2nd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1
- 3rd Movement Sitar Concerto No. 1
- West Eats Meat
- Tilak Shyam
- I Am Missing You
- Shanti Mantra
- Dawn To Dusk
- Vedic Hymns
- Baba Teaching
- Birth To Death
- Vinus House
- Gurur Bramha
- United Nations
- Raga Parameshwari
- Rangeswhari
- Banaras Ghat
- Bombay Studio
- Kinnara School
- Frenzy and Distortion
- Raga Desh
- Raga: Sanjh Kalyan - Alap & Jod
- Raga: Yaman - Gat - Matta Tal (2 + 3 + 4)
- Dhun - Keharwa (Drut) Teental
- Drum Duet In Tala Dadra (6 beats) - ALla Rakha, Pughat Raghu
- Tabla Solo In Rupaktal (7 beats) - Chatur Lal
- Tabla Solo In Jhaptal (10 beats) - Zakir Hussain
- Drum Duet In Adi Tala (8 beats) - A.K. Palinivel and P.K. Kalimurthi
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Ravi Shankar on the Dick Cavett Show
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:46
- Published: 19 Aug 2006
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Ravi Shankar on the Dick Cavett Show
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Ravi & Anoushka Shankar - Raga Anandi Kalyan
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 9:15
- Published: 04 Jan 2008
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Ravi & Anoushka Shankar - Raga Anandi Kalyan
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Ravi Shankar
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 18:37
- Published: 13 Jan 2011
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Best Sitar/Tabla piece ever Ravi Shankar & Chatur Lal Raga Mishra Piloo In Thumri Style
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 10:46
- Published: 06 Oct 2009
- Updated: 31 May 2012
A veritable gem..with virtuoso tabla of Chatur Lal recorded in 1963 when Shankar had fire in his belly ..was in his early prime....the majestic start ...the meandering melody thus reconditions the soul inculcating in it a certain sense of levitation.. imbued with divinity..a kind of mantra..a dialogue with God...elevates you to Nirvana ..leads you to Valhalla and firmly deposits you there ... sempiternally...tabla solo in the middle ( 5:51 to 8:44) by Chatur Lal is simply mesmerizing! And 8:44 to 10-45 is probably one of the best and perfect sitar/tabla rapport ( jugalbandi) of all time! Don't miss 5:22 to 6:35 sitar engages in a dialogue with tabla then fades gracefully to make way for tabla solo....if ever there was a magical music tour this is it...this is it...and this is it...Ravi Shankar and Chatur Lal here transport you to a world where music is redefined...and reinvented...... coruscating with a thousand nuances of vibrating colour...transforming the banal into a source of wonder.... and wonderment...
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Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Rag Charukeshi
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- Duration: 6:33
- Published: 03 Aug 2006
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Aochar, Rupak
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Ravi Shankar, Alla Rakha - Tabla Solo in Jhaptal
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- Duration: 8:25
- Published: 07 Jul 2006
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
french subtitle - sous-titres en français
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George Harrison - sitar lesson with Ravi Shankar
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- Duration: 1:43
- Published: 03 Jul 2009
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
George Harrison's sitar-lesson with Ravi Shankar Aprendiendo de a poco
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Sitar Legend Pt. Ravi Shankar & his lovely Daughter Anoushka
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- Duration: 6:22
- Published: 29 Apr 2010
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
Check out this too: 1. youtu.be 2. youtu.be 3. youtu.be 4. youtu.be 5. youtu.be 6. youtu.be
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Ravi Shankar
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- Duration: 14:23
- Published: 12 Dec 2010
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Concerto for Sitar & Orchestra track 1 : Raga Khamaj Ravi Shankar: Sitar André Previn: conductor London Symphony Orchestra "This is my first humble offering to be performed in the West, and I am proud and happy to be playing it with the LSO and André Previn. The listener will not find much of the harmony, counterpoint or sound patterns he is used to, and which form the basis of Western classical music. I have consciously avoided these, only using them minimally, because they are elements which, if emphasized, can spoil or even destroy the RAGA BHAVA (the mood and spirit of the Raga). Modulation is not used in Indian classical music, but a musician may suddenly shift the tonic (the Sa) and in a flash suggest the pattern of a different Raga, before coming back to the originaltonic and Raga. This is a feat which gives a great thrill to connoisseurs and is known in Sanskrit as AVIRBHAVA-TIROBHAVA (appearance and disappearance). In the semi-classical form known as THUMRI, however, modulation is used quite frequently. I have made special use of this technique in Concerto. The basic Raga (first movement) is KHAMAJ, and D is established as the tonic (Sa). The second movement is in the morning Raga SINDHI BHAIRAVI. The tonic shifts to B. A few other notes are used occasionally as accidentals. The third movement is in the evening Raga ADANA, where the tonic shifted to E. The last movement is in the evening Raga MANJ KHAMAJ, and the tonic moves back to D. Manj Khamaj is an offshoot <b>...</b>
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Pt Ravi Shankar at Woodstock
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- Duration: 3:51
- Published: 07 Jun 2010
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
As far as we know, the only footage shot of Pt Ravi Shankar's final pop concert performance ever, at Woodstock. Even the Pandit himself didn't know this existed when I met him in Delhi on Republic day 2009.
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the heart of bangladesh
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- Duration: 7:56
- Published: 11 Nov 2006
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
ravi shankar and some genius's of music play at the concert for bangladesh.. i posted a few images of more "preetier" bangladesh in contrast to the poverty shown at the start of the video which i edited in from teh concert also...
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Ravi Shankar - Mangalam
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 02 Jul 2009
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Artist: The one and only Ravi Shankar Album: Chants of India (with George Harrison) Track: Mangalam Enjoy!
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Pandit Ravi Shankar- Raga Rasia (রবি শংকর- রাগঃ রসিয়া)
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- Duration: 20:59
- Published: 12 May 2011
- Updated: 31 May 2012
পণ্ডিত রবি শংকরের সেতঁারে রাগঃ রসিয়া...
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Ravi Shankar - Morning Love 2.2
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- Duration: 9:29
- Published: 31 Jan 2010
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Amazin Sitare (Indian) & Flute (Rampal)
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Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustaad Alla Rakha Rag Charukeshi on Sitar
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- Duration: 6:35
- Published: 30 Dec 2008
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
video.vandeindia.com For More videos please visit above URL. Indian Claasical Videos are categorised in to Artist,Raagas and Instruments
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Ravi Shankar - US Network Debut ?
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- Duration: 4:19
- Published: 13 Mar 2007
- Updated: 25 May 2012
The master of the sitar's 1968 appearance on the Smothers Brothers show. Probably his first network TV appearance in the US. Arguably the greatest musician I've ever seen in my life. His dexterity is astonishing.
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Pandit Ravi Shankar clip
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- Duration: 5:22
- Published: 11 Jun 2009
- Updated: 23 May 2012
An old clip of the Pandit from UK tv with the late great Ustad Alaa Rakha on tabla.
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Ravi Shankar - Gat Kirwani
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- Duration: 2:36
- Published: 18 Mar 2008
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Ravi Shankar - Gat Kirwani. The best sitar player in the world
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Ravi Shankar - Tana Mana!
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 12 Jul 2009
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
The Track is taken from Ravi Shankar's Album "Tana Mana" (resp."Bridges - the best of Ravi Shankar" (2001). Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a lot of stunning masterpieces with genius. This is only one example of these. Listen & Enjoy it.
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Ravi Shankar/George Harrison - I am missing you (Rare Live)
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- Duration: 6:37
- Published: 20 Apr 2009
- Updated: 01 Jun 2012
Ravi Shankar/George Harrison - I am missing you (Rare Live)
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Pandit Ravi Shankar performing at Woodstock 1969
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- Duration: 1:27
- Published: 19 Nov 2010
- Updated: 21 May 2012
Amazing performance by Sitar maestro from India Pandit Ravi Shankar performaing to a standing ovation from the crowd at Woodstock in 1969. Woodstock Festival It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel, in Sullivan County, is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, in adjoining Ulster County. During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two acts performed outdoors in front of 500000 concert-goers. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most pivotal moments in popular music history and was listed among Rolling Stone's 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll. Swami Satchidananda - gave the invocation for the festival and pandit Ravi Shankar performed on Friday Aug 15th 1969.
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RAVI SHANKAR
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- Duration: 0:30
- Published: 20 Oct 2010
- Updated: 05 Apr 2012
Ravi Shankar - Improvisation on the Theme of "Rokudan"!
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- Duration: 10:03
- Published: 13 Jul 2009
- Updated: 02 Jun 2012
The Track is taken from Ravi Shankar's Album "Shankar & Friends - Towards The Rising Sun" resp. "Vision Of Peace - The Art Of Ravi Shankar - Improvisation on the Theme of 'Rokudan' (East Greets East)". Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a lot of stunning masterpieces with genius. This is only one example of these. Listen & Enjoy it. Personnel: Ravi Shankar: sitar, tanpura Susumu Miyashita: koto Hozan Yamamoto: shakuhachi Alla Rakha: tabla Mrs. Widya: tanpura Prodyot Sen, Sunil Kumar Banerjee, Mrs. Jiban
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| Ravi Shankar | |
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 Shankar performs in Delhi in March 2009 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury |
| Born | (1920-04-07) 7 April 1920 (age 92) Varanasi, United Provinces, Indian Empire |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Occupations | composer, musician |
| Instruments | sitar |
| Years active | 1939–present |
| Associated acts | Uday Shankar, Allauddin Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Lakshmi Shankar, Yehudi Menuhin, Chatur Lal, Alla Rakha, George Harrison, Anoushka Shankar, Beatles |
| Website | RaviShankar.org |
Ravi Shankar (Bengali: রবি শংকর; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury on 7 April 1920), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the most known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.[1]
Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.
In 1956, he began to tour Europe and America playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison of The Beatles. Shankar engaged Western music by writing concerti for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he served as a nominated member of the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy Awards. He continues to perform in the 2000s, often with his daughter Anoushka.
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Early life[link]
Shankar was born 7 April 1920 in Varanasi to a Bengali Brahmin family as the youngest of seven brothers.[2][3][4] Shankar's Bengali birth name was Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury.[2] His father, Shyam Shankar, an administrator for the Maharaja of Jhalawar, used the Sanskrit spelling of the family name and removed its last part.[2][5] Shyam was married to Shankar's mother Hemangini Devi, but later worked as a lawyer in London.[2] There he married a second time while Devi raised Shankar in Varanasi, and did not meet his son until he was eight years old.[2] Shankar shortened the Sanskrit version of his first name, Ravindra, to Ravi, for "sun".[2]
At the age of ten, after spending his first decade in Varanasi, Shankar went to Paris with the dance group of his brother, choreographer Uday Shankar.[6][7] By the age of 13 he had become a member of the group, accompanied its members on tour and learned to dance and play various Indian instruments.[3][4] Uday's dance group toured Europe and America in the early to mid-1930s and Shankar learned French, discovered Western classical music, jazz, and cinema, and became acquainted with Western customs.[8] Shankar heard the lead musician for the Maihar court, Allauddin Khan, in December 1934 at a music conference in Kolkata and Uday convinced the Maharaja of Maihar in 1935 to allow Khan to become his group's soloist for a tour of Europe.[8] Shankar was sporadically trained by Khan on tour, and Khan offered Shankar training to become a serious musician under the condition that he abandon touring and come to Maihar.[8]
Career[link]
Training and work in India[link]
Shankar's parents had died by the time he returned from the European tour, and touring the West had become difficult due to political conflicts that would lead to World War II.[9] Shankar gave up his dancing career in 1938 to go to Maihar and study Indian classical music as Khan's pupil, living with his family in the traditional gurukul system.[6] Khan was a rigorous teacher and Shankar had training on sitar and surbahar, learned ragas and the musical styles dhrupad, dhamar, and khyal, and was taught the techniques of the instruments rudra veena, rubab, and sursingar.[6][10] He often studied with Khan's children Ali Akbar Khan and Annapurna Devi.[9] Shankar began to perform publicly on sitar in December 1939 and his debut performance was a jugalbandi (duet) with Ali Akbar Khan, who played the string instrument sarod.[11]
Shankar completed his training in 1944.[3] Following his training, he moved to Mumbai and joined the Indian People's Theatre Association, for whom he composed music for ballets in 1945 and 1946.[3][12] Shankar recomposed the music for the popular song "Sare Jahan Se Achcha" at the age of 25.[13][14] He began to record music for HMV India and worked as a music director for All India Radio (AIR), New Delhi, from February 1949 to January 1956.[3] Shankar founded the Indian National Orchestra at AIR and composed for it; his compositions experimented with a combination of Western instruments and classical Indian instrumentation.[15] Beginning in the mid-1950s he composed the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, which became internationally acclaimed.[4][16]
International career 1956–1969[link]
V. K. Narayana Menon, director of AIR Delhi, introduced the Western violinist Yehudi Menuhin to Shankar during Menuhin's first visit to India in 1952.[17] Shankar had performed as part of a cultural delegation in the Soviet Union in 1954 and Menuhin invited Shankar in 1955 to perform in New York City for a demonstration of Indian classical music, sponsored by the Ford Foundation.[18][19] Shankar declined to attend due to problems in his marriage, but recommended Ali Akbar Khan to play instead.[19] Khan reluctantly accepted and performed with tabla (percussion) player Chatur Lal in the Museum of Modern Art, and he later became the first Indian classical musician to perform on American television and record a full raga performance, for Angel Records.[20]
Shankar heard about the positive response Khan received and resigned from AIR in 1956 to tour the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.[21] He played for smaller audiences and educated them about Indian music, incorporating ragas from the South Indian Carnatic music in his performances, and recorded his first LP album Three Ragas in London, released in 1956.[21] In 1958, Shankar participated in the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the United Nations and UNESCO music festival in Paris.[12] From 1961, he toured Europe, the United States, and Australia, and became the first Indian to compose music for non-Indian films.[12] Chatur Lal accompanied Shankar on tabla until 1962, when Alla Rakha assumed the role.[21] Shankar founded the Kinnara School of Music in Mumbai in 1962.[22]
Shankar befriended Richard Bock, founder of World Pacific Records, on his first American tour and recorded most of his albums in the 1950s and 1960s for Bock's label.[21] The Byrds recorded at the same studio and heard Shankar's music, which led them to incorporate some of its elements in theirs, introducing the genre to their friend George Harrison of The Beatles.[23] Harrison became interested in Indian classical music, bought a sitar and used it to record the song "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)".[24] This led to Indian music being used by other musicians and created the raga rock trend.[24]
Harrison met Shankar in London in 1966 and visited India for six weeks to study sitar under Shankar in Srinagar.[14][25][26] During the visit, a documentary film about Shankar named Raga was shot by Howard Worth, and released in 1971.[27] Shankar's association with Harrison greatly increased Shankar's popularity and Ken Hunt of Allmusic would state that Shankar had become "the most famous Indian musician on the planet" by 1966.[3][25] In 1967, he performed at the Monterey Pop Festival and won a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance for West Meets East, a collaboration with Yehudi Menuhin.[25][28] The same year, the Beatles won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band which included "Within You Without You" by Harrison, a song that was influenced by Indian classical music.[26][28] Shankar opened a Western branch of the Kinnara School of Music in Los Angeles, California, in May 1967, and published an autobiography, My Music, My Life, in 1968.[12][22] He performed at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969, and found he disliked the venue.[25] In the 1970s Shankar distanced himself from the hippie movement.[29]
International career 1970–present[link]
In October 1970 Shankar became chair of the department of Indian music of the California Institute of the Arts after previously teaching at the City College of New York, the University of California, Los Angeles, and being guest lecturer at other colleges and universities, including the Ali Akbar College of Music.[12][30][31] In late 1970, the London Symphony Orchestra invited Shankar to compose a concerto with sitar; Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra was performed with André Previn as conductor and Shankar playing the sitar.[4][32] Hans Neuhoff of Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart has criticized the usage of the orchestra in this concert as "amateurish".[1] George Harrison organized the charity Concert for Bangladesh in August 1971, in which Shankar participated.[25] Interest in Indian music had decreased in the early 1970s, but the concert album became one of the best-selling recordings featuring it and won Shankar a second Grammy Award.[28][31]
During the 1970s, Shankar and Harrison worked together again, recording Shankar Family & Friends in 1973 and touring North America the following year to a mixed response after Shankar had toured Europe with the Harrison-sponsored Music Festival from India.[33] The demanding schedule weakened Shankar, and he suffered a heart attack in Chicago in November 1974, causing him to miss a portion of the tour.[34] In his absence, Shankar's sister-in-law, singer Lakshmi Shankar, conducted the touring orchestra.[34] The touring band visited the White House on invitation of John Gardner Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford.[34] Shankar toured and taught for the remainder of the 1970s and the 1980s and released his second concerto, Raga Mala, conducted by Zubin Mehta, in 1981.[35][36] Shankar was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score for his work on the 1982 movie Gandhi, but lost to John Williams' E.T.[37] He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India, from 12 May 1986 to 11 May 1992, after being nominated by Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.[14][38] Shankar composed the dance drama Ghanashyam in 1989.[22] His liberal views on musical cooperation led him to collaboration with contemporary composer Philip Glass, with whom he released an album, Passages, in 1990.[6]
Shankar underwent an angioplasty in 1992 due to heart problems, after which George Harrison involved himself in several of Shankar's projects.[39] Because of the positive response to Shankar's 1996 career compilation In Celebration, Shankar wrote a second autobiography, Raga Mala, with Harrison as editor.[39] He performed in between 25 and 40 concerts every year during the late 1990s.[6] Shankar taught his daughter Anoushka Shankar to play sitar and in 1997 became a Regent's Lecturer at University of California, San Diego.[40] In the 2000s, he won a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album for Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 and toured with Anoushka, who released a book about her father, Bapi: Love of My Life, in 2002.[28][41] Anoushka performed a composition by Shankar for the 2002 Harrison memorial Concert for George and Shankar wrote a third concerto for sitar and orchestra for Anoushka and the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.[42][43] In June 2008, Shankar played what was billed as his last European concert,[29] but his 2011 tour includes dates in the United Kingdom.[44]
Style and contributions[link]
Shankar developed a style distinct from that of his contemporaries and incorporated influences from rhythm practices of Carnatic music.[6] His performances begin with solo alap, jor, and jhala (introduction and performances with pulse and rapid pulse) influenced by the slow and serious dhrupad genre, followed by a section with tabla accompaniment featuring compositions associated with the prevalent khyal style.[6] Shankar often closes his performances with a piece inspired by the light-classical thumri genre.[6]
Shankar has been considered one of the top sitar players of the second half of the 20th century.[1] He popularized performing on the bass octave of the sitar for the alap section and became known for a distinctive playing style in the middle and high registers that uses quick and short deviations of the playing string and his sound creation through stops and strikes on the main playing string.[1][6] Narayana Menon of The New Grove Dictionary noted Shankar's liking for rhythmic novelties, among them the use of unconventional rhythmic cycles.[45] Hans Neuhoff of Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart has argued that Shankar's playing style was not widely adopted and that he was surpassed by other sitar players in the performance of melodic passages.[1] Shankar's interplay with Alla Rakha improved appreciation for tabla playing in Hindustani classical music.[1] Shankar promoted the jugalbandi duet concert style and introduced new ragas, including Tilak Shyam, Nat Bhairav and Bairagi.[6]
Recognition[link]
Shankar won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Prize of the Jury at the 1957 Berlin International Film Festival for composing the music for the movie Kabuliwala.[46] He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 1962,[47] and was named a Fellow of the academy for 1975.[48] Shankar was awarded the three highest national civil honors of India: Padma Bhushan, in 1967, Padma Vibhushan, in 1981, and Bharat Ratna, in 1999.[49] He received the music award of the UNESCO International Music Council in 1975, three Grammy Awards, and was nominated for an Academy Award.[12][28][37] Shankar was awarded honorary degrees from universities in India and the United States.[12] He received the Kalidas Samman from the Government of Madhya Pradesh for 1987–88, the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 1991, the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1992, and the Polar Music Prize in 1998.[50][51][52][53] In 2001, Shankar was made an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Elizabeth II for his "services to music".[54] Shankar is an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and in 1997 received the Praemium Imperiale for music from the Japan Art Association.[6] The American jazz saxophonist John Coltrane named his son Ravi Coltrane after Shankar.[55]
Personal life and family[link]
Shankar married Allauddin Khan's daughter Annapurna Devi in 1941 and a son, Shubhendra Shankar, was born in 1942.[10] Shankar separated from Devi during the 1940s and had a relationship with Kamala Shastri, a dancer, beginning in the late 1940s.[56] An affair with Sue Jones, a New York concert producer, led to the birth of Norah Jones in 1979.[56] In 1981, Anoushka Shankar was born to Shankar and Sukanya Rajan, whom Shankar had known since the 1970s.[56] After separating from Kamala Shastri in 1981, Shankar lived with Sue Jones until 1986. He married Sukanya Rajan in 1989.[56]
Shubhendra "Shubho" Shankar often accompanied his father on tours.[57] He could play the sitar and surbahar, but elected not to pursue a solo career and died in 1992.[57] Norah Jones became a successful musician in the 2000s, winning eight Grammy Awards in 2003.[58] Anoushka Shankar was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2003.[58]
Shankar is a Hindu and a vegetarian.[59][60] He lives with Sukanya in Encinitas, California.[61]
Discography[link]
Main article: Ravi Shankar discography
Bibliography[link]
- Shankar, Ravi (1968). My Music, My Life. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-671-20113-1.
- Shankar, Ravi (1979). Learning Indian Music: A Systematic Approach. Onomatopoeia. OCLC 21376688.
- Shankar, Ravi (1997). Raga Mala: The Autobiography of Ravi Shankar. Genesis Publications. ISBN 0-904351-46-7.
Notes[link]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Neuhoff 2006, pp. 672–673
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 48
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Hunt, Ken. "Ravi Shankar – Biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ravi-shankar-p3434/biography. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Massey 1996, p. 159
- ↑ Ghosh 1983, p. 7
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 Slawek 2001, pp. 202–203
- ↑ Ghosh 1983, p. 55
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 50
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 51
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 52
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 53
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Ghosh 1983, p. 57
- ↑ Sharma 2007, pp. 163–164
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Deb, Arunabha (26 February 2009). "Ravi Shankar: 10 interesting facts". Mint. http://www.livemint.com/2009/02/26212701/Ravi-Shankar-10-interesting-f.html. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 56
- ↑ Schickel, Richard (12 February 2005). "The Apu Trilogy (1955, 1956, 1959)". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953094_1953142_1953289,00.html. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 47
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 57
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 58
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, pp. 58–59
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 61
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Brockhaus, p. 199
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 62
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Schaffner 1980, p. 64
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Glass, Philip (9 December 2001). "George Harrison, World-Music Catalyst And Great-Souled Man; Open to the Influence Of Unfamiliar Cultures". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/arts/george-harrison-world-music-catalyst-great-souled-man-open-influence-unfamiliar.html?pagewanted=all. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Kozinn, Allan (1 December 2001). "George Harrison, 'Quiet Beatle' And Lead Guitarist, Dies at 58". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/arts/george-harrison-quiet-beatle-and-lead-guitarist-dies-at-58.html. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
- ↑ Thompson, Howard (24 November 1971). "Screen: Ravi Shankar; ' Raga,' a Documentary, at Carnegie Cinema". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50810F93D591A7493C6AB178AD95F458785F9. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 "Past Winners Search". National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Shankar&title=&year=All&genre=All. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 O'Mahony, John (8 June 2008). "Ravi Shankar bids Europe adieu". The Taipei Times (UK). http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/06/08/2003414118. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ Ghosh 1983, p. 56
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 66
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 221
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 195
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 196
- ↑ Rogers, Adam (8 August 1994). "Where Are They Now?". Newsweek. http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/NWEC/lib00285,0EC05F4D76C65508.html. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 222
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Piccoli, Sean (19 April 2005). "Ravi Shankar remains true to his Eastern musical ethos". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/premium/0286/0286-9117516.html. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "'Rajya Sabha Members'/Biographical Sketches 1952 – 2003" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. 6 January 2004. http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/r.pdf. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 Lavezzoli 2006, p. 197
- ↑ "Shankar advances her music". The Washington Times. 16 November 1999. http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/WT/lib00179,0EB0F3E288AD65E1.html. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
- ↑ Lavezzoli 2006, p. 411
- ↑ Idato, Michael (9 April 2004). "Concert for George". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/08/1081326843156.html. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "Anoushka enthralls at New York show". The Hindu (India). 4 February 2009. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200902041040.htm. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ Barnett, Laura (6 June 2011). "Portrait of the artist: Ravi Shankar, musician". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2011/jun/06/ravi-shankar-musician. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
- ↑ Menon 1995, p. 220
- ↑ "Archive > Annual Archives > 1957 > Prize Winners". Berlin International Film Festival. http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1957/03_preistr_ger_1957/03_Preistraeger_1957.html. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Awardees – Instrumental – Sitar". Sangeet Natak Akademi. http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/awardeeslist.htm#InstrumentalSitar. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ "SNA: List of Akademi Fellows". Sangeet Natak Akademi. http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/fellowslist.htm#1980. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Ravi&award=All. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
- ↑ "राष्ट्रीय कालिदास सम्मान [Rashtriya Kalidas Samman]" (in Hindi). Department of Public Relations of Madhya Pradesh. 2006. http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/hindi/award/kalidas.asp. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
- ↑ "Ravi Shankar – The 2nd Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes 1991". Asian Month. 2009. http://asianmonth.com/prize/english/winner/. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "Citation for Ravi Shankar". Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationShankarRav.htm. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ van Gelder, Lawrence (14 May 1998). "Footlights". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/books/footlights.html. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "Sir Ravi". Billboard (Nielsen Business Media, Inc.) 113 (19): 14. 12 May 2001. ISSN 0006-2510. http://books.google.com/?id=FikEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14.
- ↑ Watrous, Peter (16 June 1998). "Pop Review; Just Music, No Oedipal Problems". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/16/arts/pop-review-just-music-no-oedipal-problems.html. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 "Hard to say no to free love: Ravi Shankar". Press Trust of India. Rediff.com. 13 May 2003. http://www.rediff.com/news/2003/may/13ravi.htm. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 Lindgren, Kristina (21 September 1992). "Shubho Shankar Dies After Long Illness at 50". Los Angeles Times. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/61210384.html?FMT=ABS. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 Venugopal, Bijoy (24 February 2003). "Norah's night at the Grammys". Rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/us/2003/feb/24grammy.htm. Retrieved 5 November 2009.
- ↑ Melwani, Lavina (24 December 1999). "In Her Father's Footsteps". Rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/dec/24us1.htm. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
- ↑ "Signing up for the veg revolution". Screen. 8 December 2000. http://www.screenindia.com/old/20001208/shtakes.htm. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ↑ Varga, George (10 April 2011). "At 91, Ravi Shankar seeks new musical vistas". signonsandiego.com. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/10/91-ravi-shankar-seeks-new-musical-vistas/. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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| Name | Shankar, Ravi |
| Alternative names | রবি শঙ্কর (Bengali); Shôngkor, Robi (Bengali transliteration) |
| Short description | Indian classical musician |
| Date of birth | 7 April 1920 |
| Place of birth | Varanasi, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British Raj |
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| Birth name | Richard Alva Cavett |
| Born | (1936-11-19) November 19, 1936 (age 75) Gibbon, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Years active | 1959–present |
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| Outstanding Variety Series - Talk 1972 The Dick Cavett Show Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement 1974 The Dick Cavett Show |
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Richard Alva Cavett (English pronunciation: /ˈkævɨt/; born November 19, 1936) — known as Dick Cavett — is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.
In recent years, Cavett has written a blog for the New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows, and hosted replays of his classic TV interviews with Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, and others on Turner Classic Movies channel.[1][2]
Contents |
Early life[link]
Cavett was born in Nebraska,[3] but sources differ as to the specific town, locating his birthplace in either Gibbon,[4][5] where his family lived, or nearby Kearney, the location of the nearest hospital.[6][7] His mother Erabel "Era" (née Richards) and his father Alva B. Cavett both worked as educators.[8] When asked by Lucille Ball on his own show about his heritage, he said he was "Scottish, Irish, English, and possibly partly French, and, and uh, a dose of German." He also mentioned that one grandfather "came over" from England, and the other from Wales.[9] Cavett's grandparents all lived in Grand Island, Nebraska. His paternal grandparents were Alva A. Cavett and Gertrude Pinsch.[10] His paternal grandfather was from Diller, Nebraska and his paternal grandmother was an immigrant from Aachen, Germany.[citation needed] His maternal grandparents were the Rev. R. R. and Etta Mae Richards. Rev. Richards was from Carmarthen, Wales and was a Baptist minister who served parishes across central Nebraska.[citation needed]
Cavett's parents taught in Comstock, Gibbon, and Grand Island,[11] where Cavett started kindergarten at Wasmer Elementary School. Three years later, both of his parents landed teaching positions in Lincoln, Nebraska, where Cavett completed his education at Capitol, Prescott, and Irving schools and Lincoln High School. When Cavett was ten, his mother died of cancer at age 36. His father subsequently married Dorcas Deland, also an educator, originally from Alliance, Nebraska. On September 24, 1995 Lincoln Public Schools dedicated the new Dorcas C. and Alva B. Cavett Elementary School in their honor.[12][13]
In eighth grade, Cavett directed a live Saturday-morning radio show sponsored by the Junior League and played the title role in The Winslow Boy. One of his high-school classmates was actress Sandy Dennis. Cavett was elected state president of the student council in high school, and was a gold-medalist at the state gymnastics championship.[14][15]
Before leaving for college, he worked as a caddy at the Lincoln Country Club. He also began performing magic shows for $35 a night under the tutelage of Gene Gloye. In 1952 Cavett attended the convention of the International Brotherhood of Magicians in St. Louis and won the Best New Performer trophy.[15] Around the same time, he met fellow magician Johnny Carson, eleven years his senior, who was doing a magic act at a church in Lincoln.[16]
While attending Yale University, Cavett played in and directed dramas on the campus radio station, WYBC, and appeared in Yale Drama productions.[17] In his senior year, he changed his major from English to Drama. He also took advantage of any opportunity to meet stars, routinely going to shows in New York to hang around stage doors or venture backstage. He would go so far as to carry a copy of Variety or an appropriate piece of company stationery in order to look inconspicuous while sneaking backstage or into a TV studio.[18] Cavett took many odd jobs ranging from store detective to label-typist for a Wall Street firm, and as a copy boy at Time Magazine.[19]
Marriage[link]
At Yale School of Drama, Cavett met his future wife, Caroline Nye McGeoy (known professionally as Carrie Nye), a native of Greenwood, Mississippi. After graduation, the two acted in summer theater in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Cavett worked for two weeks in a local lumberyard in order to buy an engagement ring. On June 4, 1964, they were married in New York. Their marriage was at times tumultuous, but they remained married until Nye's death on July 14, 2006.
In 2010, Cavett married business author Martha Rogers, Ph.D. in a small ceremony in New Orleans, Louisiana.[20]
[edit] The Tonight Show
In 1960, Cavett was living in a three-room, fifth-floor walk-up on West 89th Street in Manhattan for $51 a month.
He was cast in a film by the Signal Corps, but further jobs were not forthcoming. He was an extra on The Phil Silvers Show, a TV remake of Body and Soul, and Playhouse 90 ("The Hiding Place"). He briefly revived his magic act while working as a typist and as a mystery shopper in department stores. Meanwhile, Nye landed several Broadway roles.
Cavett was a copyboy (gofer) at Time[21] when he read a newspaper item about Jack Paar, then host of The Tonight Show. The article described Paar's concerns about his opening monologue and constant search for material. Cavett wrote some jokes, put them into a Time envelope, and went to the RCA Building. He ran into Paar in a hallway and handed him the envelope.[21] He then went to sit in the studio audience. During the show, Paar worked in some of the lines Cavett had fed him.[21] Afterward, Cavett got into an elevator with Paar, who invited him to contribute more jokes. Within weeks, Cavett was hired, originally as talent coordinator. Cavett wrote for Paar the famous line, "Here they are, Jayne Mansfield," as an introduction for the buxom actress.[22] Cavett appeared on the show in 1961, interpreting Miss Universe of 1961, Marlene Schmidt of Germany.
While at Time, Cavett wrote a letter to Stan Laurel. The two later met at Laurel's apartment in Hollywood. Later the same day, Cavett wrote a tribute that Paar read on the show, which Laurel saw and appreciated. Cavett visited Laurel a few more times, up to three weeks before Laurel's death.
In his capacity as talent coordinator for The Tonight Show, Cavett was sent to the Blue Angel nightclub to see Woody Allen's act, and immediately afterward struck up a friendship. The very next day, the funeral of playwright George S. Kaufman was held at the Frank E. Campbell funeral home. Allen could not attend, but Cavett did, where he met Groucho Marx in an anteroom. From the funeral, Cavett followed Marx (who later told Cavett that Kaufman was "his personal god") three blocks up Fifth Avenue to the Plaza Hotel, where Marx invited him to lunch.[21] Years later, Cavett gave the introduction to Marx's one-man show, An Evening with Groucho Marx at Carnegie Hall, and began by saying, "I can't believe that I know Groucho Marx."[23][24]
Cavett continued with The Tonight Show as a writer after Johnny Carson assumed hosting duties. For Carson he wrote the line, "Having your taste criticized by Dorothy Kilgallen is like having your clothes criticized by Emmett Kelly." He even appeared to do a gymnastics routine on the pommel horse on the show. After departing The Tonight Show, Cavett wrote for Jerry Lewis's ill-fated talk show, for three times the money. He returned to The Tonight Show, however, when Marx was interim host for Carson in July 1964.
Years later, when he was a guest on The Tonight Show, Carson told Cavett that his favorite joke Cavett wrote for him was the humorous caption to a newspaper photo of Aristotle Onassis looking at the home of Buster Keaton, which he was considering purchasing: "Aristotle Contemplating the Home of Buster."[citation needed]
Stand-up comic[link]
Cavett began a brief career as a stand-up comic in 1964 at the Bitter End in Greenwich Village.[25] His manager was Jack Rollins, who later became famous as the producer of Woody Allen's films.
His most famous line from this period may have been the following:
He also played Mr. Kelly's in Chicago and the Hungry i in San Francisco. In San Francisco, he met Lenny Bruce, about whom he said:
I liked him and wish I had known him better...but most of what has been written about him is a waste of good ink, and his most zealous adherents and hardest-core devotees are to be avoided, even if it means working your way around the world in the hold of a goat transport.[26]
In 1965, Cavett did some commercial voiceovers, including a series of mock interviews with Mel Brooks for Ballantine beer.[27] In the next couple of years he appeared on game shows, including What's My Line. He wrote for Merv Griffin and appeared on Griffin's talk show several times, and then on The Ed Sullivan Show.
In 1968, after the premiere of the international film Candy, Cavett went to a party at the Americana Hotel, where those who had just seen the film were being interviewed for TV.
When the interviewer, Pat Paulsen, got to me, he asked what I thought the critics would say about Candy. I said I didn't think it would be reviewed by the regular critics, that they would have to reconvene the Nuremberg Trials to do it justice. He laughed and asked what I had liked, and I said I liked the lady who showed me the nearest exit so that I would not be forced to vomit indoors.
After doing The Star and the Story, a rejected television pilot with Van Johnson, Cavett hosted a special, Where It's At, for Bud Yorkin and Norman Lear.[28]
In 1968 Cavett was hired by ABC to host This Morning.[25][29] According to a New Yorker article, the show was too sophisticated for a morning audience,[25] and ABC first moved the show to prime time, and subsequently to a late-night slot opposite Johnny Carson's The Tonight Show.[25][30]
[edit] The Dick Cavett Show
Main article: The Dick Cavett Show
Intermittently since 1968, Cavett has been host of his own talk show, in various formats and on various television and radio networks:
- ABC (1968–1974)
- CBS (1975)
- PBS (1977–1982)
- USA (1985–1986)
- ABC (1986–1987)
- CNBC (1989–1996)
- Olympia Broadcasting (syndicated radio show, 1986–1990)
- Turner Classic Movies (2006–2007)
Cavett has been nominated for at least ten Emmy Awards and has won three. In 1970, he co-hosted the Emmy Awards Show (from Carnegie Hall in New York) with Bill Cosby (from Century Plaza in Los Angeles).[31] His most popular talk show was his ABC program, which ran from 1969 to 1974. From 1962 to 1992, The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was arguably the most popular of late night variety and talk shows. Unlike many contemporary shows, Cavett managed to remain on the air for five years.[32] Although his shows did not attract a wide audience, remaining in third place in the ratings behind Carson and Merv Griffin, he earned a reputation as "the thinking man's talk show host" and received favorable reviews from critics.[1][29] As a talk show host, Cavett has been noted for his ability to listen to his guests and engage them in intellectual conversation.[14][21] Clive James described Cavett "as a true sophisticate with a daunting intellectual range" and "the most distinguished talk-show host in America."[14] He is also known for his ability to remain calm and mediate between contentious guests,[21] and for his deep, resonant voice, unusual for a man of his stature (5'7").[14][30][33]
His show often focussed on controversial people or subjects, often pairing guests with opposing views on social or political issues, such as Jim Brown and Lester Maddox.[30]
One particularly controversial show from June 1971 featured a debate between future senator and presidential candidate John Kerry and fellow veteran John O'Neill over the Vietnam War.[34] O'Neill had been approached by the Nixon administration to work through the Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace to counter Kerry's influence on the public.[35][36] The debate went poorly for the pro-war side, so angering President Nixon that he is heard discussing the incident on the Watergate tapes, saying, "Well, is there any way we can screw him [Cavett]? That's what I mean. There must be ways." To which H. R. Haldeman, White House Chief of Staff, answered, "We've been trying to."[37][38]
Cavett himself, asked during a Question and Answer segment with his audience in the late '60s why he wore long sideburns, replied, "It's a form of mild protest. Sort of like boiling my draft card."[citation needed]
Cavett also hosted many popular musicians, both in interview and performance, such as Sly Stone,[39] Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin.[40] Several of his Emmy Award nominations and one Emmy Award were for Outstanding Musical or Variety Series, and in 2005 Shout Factory released a selection of performances and interviews on a three DVD set, The Dick Cavett Show: Rock Icons, showcasing interviews of and performances by musicians who appeared on the Dick Cavett show from 1969 to 1974.[41][42]
Clips from his TV shows have been used in films, for example Annie Hall (1977), Forrest Gump (1994), Apollo 13 (1995), and Frequency (2000). He also holds the distinction of being the only famous person to actually interact with the title character of Forrest Gump without the aid of archive footage or computer trickery. Cavett donned a wig and makeup was applied to make him appear as his 1971 self, and he was filmed with Tom Hanks on a recreated set (though archive footage of John Lennon from Cavett's show was digitally added).[citation needed]
Cavett was surprised at footage from his TV show appearing in Apollo 13. He said at the time of the film's release, "I'm happily enjoying a movie, and suddenly I'm in it."[43]
Bouts with depression[link]
Cavett has openly discussed his bouts with clinical depression, an illness that first affected him during his freshman year at Yale.[44] According to an interview published in a 1992 issue of People magazine, Cavett contacted Dr. Nathan Kline in 1975 seeking treatment. Kline prescribed antidepressant medication, which according to Cavett was successful in treating his depression.[45]
In 1980 Cavett suffered what he characterized as his "biggest depressive episode." While on board a Concorde prior to take off, Cavett broke out into a sweat and became agitated. After he was removed from the plane, Cavett was taken to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, where he later underwent electroconvulsive therapy. Regarding this method of treatment Cavett is quoted as saying, "In my case, ECT was miraculous. My wife was dubious, but when she came into my room afterward, I sat up and said, 'Look who's back among the living.' It was like a magic wand."[45]
He was also the subject of a 1993 video produced by the Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association called A Patient's Perspective.[46]
In 1997 Cavett was sued by producer James Moskovitz for breach of contract after failing to show up for a nationally syndicated radio program (also called The Dick Cavett Show).[47][48] Cavett's lawyer, Melvyn Leventhal, asserted at the time that Cavett left due to a manic-depressive episode.[47] The case was later dropped.[46]
Other work[link]
Cavett has co-authored two books with Christopher Porterfield: Cavett (1974), his autobiography, and Eye on Cavett (1983). Cavett currently writes a blog, published by the New York Times, entitled "Talk Show: Dick Cavett Speaks Again."
He appeared as himself in various other TV shows, including episodes of The Odd Couple, Cheers, Kate & Allie, and The Simpsons episode Homie the Clown; in Robert Altman's HealtH (1980), and A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). In Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, he played a rare bit part as a character other than himself. Cavett often appeared on television quiz and game shows; he appeared on What's My Line?, To Tell the Truth, Password, The $25,000 Pyramid and made a special appearance on Wheel of Fortune in 1989 during their week of shows at Radio City Music Hall, walking on stage after someone solved the puzzle "DICK CAVETT." In 1974, Cavett's company, Daphne Productions, co-produced with Don Lipp Productions a short-lived ABC game show, The Money Maze, although Cavett's name did not appear on the credits.[citation needed]
Cavett was the narrator (on camera and off) for the HBO documentary series Time Was. Each episode covered a decade, ranging from the 1920s to the 1970s, and relied on stock file footage and photographs. The show originally aired in November 1979 and ran for six months with a new show each month.[49]
Cavett also hosted a documentary series for HBO in the early '80s titled Remember When... that examined changes in American culture over time.
In April, 1981, Cavett traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, to interview the pop group ABBA on the occasion of their tenth anniversary as a group. The special, titled Dick Cavett Meets ABBA, was taped by the Swedish TV network SVT and was broadcast mostly in Europe.
From November 15, 2000, to January 6, 2002, he played the narrator in a Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show.[21] He also had a brief stint as the narrator/old man in the Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's Into The Woods.[50]
Dick Cavett is featured in the 2003 documentary From the Ashes: The Life and Times of Tick Hall about the fire that destroyed his Montauk home and his effort to rebuild it.[51]
Cavett's signature tune has long been a trumpet version of the vocalise "Glitter and Be Gay" from Leonard Bernstein's Candide. The tune was first played at the midpoint of his ABC late-night show, and later became the theme of his PBS show. The tune is also played as he walks on stage during guest appearances on other talk shows.[21]
Cavett was present when actor Marlon Brando broke the jaw of paparazzo photographer Ron Galella on June 12, 1973. Galella had followed Cavett and Brando to a restaurant after the taping of The Dick Cavett Show in New York City.[52]
In 2008 Cavett entered the Iraq war dispute with a New York Times blog entry criticizing General David Petraeus, stating "I can’t look at Petraeus — his uniform ornamented like a Christmas tree with honors, medals and ribbons — without thinking of the great Mort Sahl at the peak of his brilliance." Cavett went on to recall Sahl's expressed contempt of General Westmoreland's display of medals, and criticized Petraeus for not speaking in plain language.[53]
Bibliography[link]
- Cavett by Dick Cavett and Christopher Porterfield, Bantam Books, August 1974. ISBN 0-15-116130-5
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- Talk Show by Dick Cavett, Times Books, 2010. ISBN 0-8050-9195-5
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 Anoushka Shankar at the Global Rhythm 15th Anniversary Party in 2007 |
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| Born | (1981-06-09) 9 June 1981 (age 31) London, United Kingdom |
| Genres | Indian classical, crossover |
| Occupations | Sitarist, composer |
| Instruments | Sitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Labels | Angel Records (1998–2007), Deutsche Grammophon (2010–present) |
| Website | AnoushkaShankar.com |
Anoushka Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar. She is the paternal half-sister of Norah Jones.[1]
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Personal life and education[link]
Shankar was born in London and divided her childhood between London and Delhi. As a teenager, she lived in Encinitas, California and attended San Dieguito Academy. A 1999 Honors graduate, Shankar decided to pursue a career in music rather than attend college.[1]
Anoushka married British director Joe Wright.[2] Their first child, Zubin Shankar Wright, was born on 22 February 2011.[3]
Career[link]
Shankar began training on the sitar with her father as a child, and gave her first public performance at the age of thirteen at Siri Fort in New Delhi. By the age of fourteen, she was accompanying her father at concerts around the world, and signed her first record contract, with Angel Records (EMI) at 16.
Though success came at an early age for Shankar, she was still uncertain if music was the career she wanted to fully pursue. "The question was continually back and forth in my mind," she admits. "After I graduated from high school, I made a decision not to go to college and start touring full-time. Even at that time, I thought maybe I’d do it for a year and see what happens. During that year, it became so clear to me that that was my life and who I was– a touring musician."[4]
She released her first album, Anoushka, in 1998, followed by Anourag in 2000. Both Shankar and Norah Jones were nominated for Grammy awards in 2003 when Anoushka became the youngest-ever and first woman nominee in the World Music category for her third-album, Live at Carnegie Hall.
2005 brought the release of Anoushka’s fourth album RISE, earning her another Grammy nomination in the Best Contemporary World Music category. In February 2006 she became the first Indian to play at the Grammy Awards.
Shankar, in collaboration with Karsh Kale, released Breathing Under Water on 28 August 2007. It is a mix of classical sitar and electronica beats and melodies. Notable guest vocals include Norah Jones, Sting, and Ravi Shankar who performs a sitar duet with his daughter.
Anoushka has made many guest appearances on recordings by other artists, among them Sting, Lenny Kravitz and Thievery Corporation. Duetting with violinist Joshua Bell, in a sitar-cello duet with Mstislav Rostropovich, and with flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal, playing both sitar and piano. Most recently Anoushka has collaborated with Herbie Hancock on his latest record The Imagine Project.
Anoushka has given soloist performances of her father's 1st Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra worldwide. In January 2009 she was the sitar soloist alongside the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra for the series of concerts premièring her father’s 3rd Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra, and in July 2010 she premiered Ravi Shankar's first Symphony for Sitar and Orchestra with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at London's Barbican Hall.
Anoushka has also ventured into acting (Dance Like a Man, (2004)) and writing. She wrote a biography of her father, Bapi: The Love of My Life, in 2002 and has contributed chapters to various books. As a columnist she wrote monthly columns for India's First City Magazine for three years, and spent one year as a weekly columnist for India's largest newspaper, the Hindustan Times.
Anoushka recorded her next album in Madrid, Spain. Released in autumn 2011 "Traveller" is an exploration of the commonalities and differences between classical Indian music and Spanish flamenco, and features the talents of Shubha Mudgal, Tanmoy Bose, Pepe Habichuela, Sandra Carrasco and Duquende among others.[5]
Benefit concerts[link]
On 29 November 2002, Anoushka Shankar was the opening act at the Concert for George, a posthumous tribute to the life and music of George Harrison, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. She was the principal performer in the entire first set or "Indian portion" of the concert. She opened the show by playing a solo sitar instrumental titled "Your Eyes". Also on the sitar, she performed George Harrison's "The Inner Light" with Jeff Lynne (vocals and guitar). Lastly, she conducted a new composition, Arpan, written by her father. The composition featured Eric Clapton playing acoustic guitar. The concert was modelled after Ravi Shankar's benefit concert with Harrison, the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh.
Anoushka Shankar was invited by Richard Gere and Philip Glass to perform in a concert at the Avery Fisher Hall in 2003 in aid of the Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation. Shankar and Jethro Tull postponed a concert scheduled for 29 November 2008 in Mumbai after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. They reorganised the performance as A Billion Hands Concert, a benefit performance for victims of the attacks, and held it on 5 December 2008. Shankar commented on this decision stating that: "As a musician, this is how I speak, how I express the anger within me [...] our entire tour has been changed by these events and even though the structure of the concert may remain the same, emotionally perhaps we are saying a lot more."[6]
Awards[link]
- British House of Commons Shield, 1998[7]
- Voted Homecoming San Dieguito High School, Class of 1999
- Woman of the Year (shared with Kareena Kapoor, Ritu Beri, and Rhea Pillai) awarded on International Women's Day 2003[1]
- Named as one of 20 Asian Heroes by the Asia edition of Time in 2004
- Nominated for a Grammy award in 2003 in the World Music category for her third-album, Live at Carnegie Hall. She was the youngest-ever and first woman nominee in this category.
- In 2005 she was nominated for another Grammy, in the Best Contemporary World Music category for her fourth album RISE.
Activism[link]
Shankar is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). She and her father appeared in a thirty-second public-service announcement against animal suffering.[8] Anoushka is also the spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme in India.
Discography[link]
Studio albums[link]
- Anoushka (1998)
- Anourag (2000)
- Live at Carnegie Hall (2001)
- Rise (2005)
- Rise Remixes (2006)
- Breathing Under Water (2007)
- Traveller (2011)
Live and compilations[link]
- Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000 (2000)
- Concert for George (2003)
- Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation (2007)
- Live in Concert at the Nehru Park, New Delhi (2005)
Features[link]
- Variant Moods – Duet For Sitar & Violin (Abridged Version) Written by Ravi Shankar, At Home With Friends by Joshua Bell 2009
- Charu Keshi Rain – Co-written by Nitin Sawhney and Anoushka Shankar, London Undersound 2008
- Mandala – Featuring Anoushka Shankar on sitar. Co-written by Hilton Garza, Radio Retaliation
- Beloved – by Anoushka Shankar remixed by Thievery Corporation – Versions 2006
- Rebirth – Co-written by Gaurav Raina, Tapan Raj and Anoushka Shankar. MIDIval Times 2005
- Sacred Love – by Sting 2003
- 8 classical ragas performed on ShankaRagamala composed by Ravi Shankar 2005
- Chants Of India – Ravi Shankar; George Harrison, featuring Anoushka as Conductor & Assistant 1997
- Adarini – In Celebration composed by Ravi Shankar 1995
References[link]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Anoushka Shankar Biography". musicianguide.com. http://www.musicianguide.com/biographies/1608003982/Anoushka-Shankar.html. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
- ↑ "Anoushka Shankar's pregnant!". TNN. 27 August 2010. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/music/Anoushka-Shankars-pregnant/articleshow/6439178.cms#ixzz0xkbV2wjk. Retrieved 26 August 2010.
- ↑ "Ravi Shankars Websitr". http://www.ravishankar.org. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ↑ Anoushka Shankar Interview, Green Global Travel. April 2012.
- ↑ Sharma, Neha (15 March 2011). "Mommy Anoushka Shankar coming to India soon". Hindustan Times. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Mommy-Anoushka-Shankar-coming-to-India-soon/Article1-673755.aspx. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ Mumbai hosts first concert after deadly attacks
- ↑ De Cruz, Errol (27 February 2001). "Shankar guru a left-handed genius". New Straits Times. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KQgkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d3gFAAAAIBAJ&dq=british%20house%20of%20commons%20shield%20anoushka&pg=4517%2C4261834. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ↑ Kentucky Fried Cruelty :: Celebrity Support :: Anoushka Shankar ad PunditbRavi Shankar
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- Official site
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- The show must go on – Video interview about A Billion Hands Concert
- Anoushka Shankar: Different Worlds, One Musical Language – Video interview about performing Ravi Shankar's Concerto No. 3 for Sitar and Orchestra.
- Anoushka Shankar Live : Gypsy Music From India to Spain on Medici.tv
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| Born | 1925 |
| Died | October 1965 (aged 39–40) |
| Genres | Indian classical music |
| Instruments | tabla |
| Associated acts | Ali Akbar Khan, Ram Narayan, Ravi Shankar |
| Website | Official website |
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Raga Multani, an afternoon raga, performed by Abdul Wahid Khan in 1947 and accompanied by Lal on tabla and Ram Narayan on tambura[1]
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Chatur Lal (1925 - October 1965), was an Indian tabla player. Lal toured with Ravi Shankar, Aashish Khan, Vasant Rai, and Ali Akbar Khan in the 1950s and early 60s and helped popularize the tabla in Western countries.[2] Chatur Lal was born 1925 in Udaipur, Rajasthan.[2] Lal died October 1965.[3] His legacy is maintained by the Pandit Chatur Lal Memorial Society and his elder son Charanjit Chaturlal, his daughter-in-law Meeta Lal, his granddaughter Shruti Lal, and his grandson Pranshu Lal.
References[link]
- ↑ Sorrell, Neil; Narayan, Ram (1980). Indian Music in Performance: a practical introduction. Manchester University Press. p. 16. ISBN 0-7190-0756-9. http://books.google.com/books?id=LxkNAQAAIAAJ. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Naimpalli, Sadanand (2005). Theory and Practice of Tabla. Popular Prakashan. p. 107. ISBN 81-7991-149-7. http://books.google.com/books?id=Z63zvthhbhAC&pg=PA107. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ↑ Sorrell 1980, p. 26
External links[link]
- Official website
- Joshi, Sandeep (2009-11-19). "Musical feast in store". The Hindu. http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/11/19/stories/14192184.htm.
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| Birth name | Allarakha Khan Qureshi |
| Born | (1919-04-29)29 April 1919 Paghwal, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Origin | Dogra Indian |
| Died | 3 February 2000(2000-02-03) (aged 80) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Genres | Hindustani classical music |
| Instruments | tabla |
| Associated acts | Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Aditya Kalyanpur |
Qureshi Alla Rakha Khan (Dogri: क़ुरैशी अल्ला रखा ख़ान) popularly known as Alla Rakha (29 April 1919 – 3 February 2000) was an Indian tabla player. He was a frequent accompanist of Ravi Shankar.
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Personal life and education[link]
Alla Rakha was born in Paghwal, Jammu, British India. His mother tongue was Dogri. He became fascinated with the sound and rhythm of the tabla at the age of 12, while staying with his uncle in Gurdaspur. The determined young lad ran away from home, became a disciple of and began studying tabla with Mian Kader Baksh of the Punjab gharana. He studied voice and Raag Vidya under Ashiq Ali Khan of the Patiala gharana. His regimen of practice and dedication were legendary: hours upon hours of hard, disciplined practice, that would later pay off.
He was married to Bavi Begum, and has three sons, Zakir Hussain, Fazal Qureshi and Taufiq Qureshi, a daughter Khurshid Aulia née Qureshi, and nine grandchildren. Alla Rakha had another daughter, Razia, whose death preceded his by less than 24 hours.[1]
Career[link]
Alla Rakha began his career as an accompanist in Lahore and then as an All India Radio staffer in Bombay in 1940, playing the station's first ever tabla solo and elevating the instrument's position in the process. Soon after, he composed music for a couple of Hindi films from 1943-48.
However, he still played as an accompanist, for soloists like Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Allauddin Khan, Vilayat Khan, Ali Akbar Khan and most notably, Ravi Shankar. The venerable master achieved world renown as Ravi Shankar's chief accompanist during his apex in the 1960s, delighting audiences in the West with his percussive wizardry, not only as an uncanny accompanist with flawless timing and sensitivity but also as a soloist where he was a master of improvisation, a prolific composer and an electric showman. The partnership was particularly successful, and his legendary and spellbinding performances with Shankar at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and the Woodstock Festival in 1969 served to introduce classical Indian music to general Western audiences.
He became a Guru (or teacher) to Sankha Chatterjee-(http:www.Tabla-berlin.com)Yogesh Samsi, Prafulla Athalye, Aditya Kalyanpur, Anuradha Pal, Nishikant Barodekar, Uday Ramdas, Shyam Kane, and his sons Taufiq Qureshi and Fazal Qureshi. His eldest son, Zakir Hussain is also an accomplished tabla virtuoso.
Global influence[link]
Ustad Alla Rakha Khan popularized the art of tabla, playing across the globe, elevating the status and respect of his instrument. Abbaji (as he was affectionately known by his disciples) also bridged the gap between Carnatic music and Hindustani music by playing with both renowned Carnatic musicians and other Hindustani stalwarts.
Leading American percussionists in Rock n' Roll, such as the Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart, admired him and studied his technique, benefiting greatly even from single meetings. Hart, a published authority on percussion in world music, said "Alla Rakha is the Einstein, the Picasso; he is the highest form of rhythmic development on this planet." Alla Rakha also collaborated with jazz drummer Buddy Rich, on their 1968 album Rich à la Rakha.[2]
Ustad Alla Rakha Khan was awarded the Padma Shri in 1977[3] and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982.[4]
Death[link]
Alla Rakha died on 3 February 2000 at his Simla House residence on Nepean Sea Road following a heart attack, which he suffered on learning of the death of his daughter, Razia, the previous evening.
References[link]
- ↑ Obituary at Tabla.com
- ↑ BBC Music Review of Rich a la Rakha
- ↑ "Padma Awards". Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India). http://india.gov.in/myindia/advsearch_awards.php?start=0&award_year=&state=&field=3&p_name=Sopori&award=All. Retrieved 2009-05-16.
- ↑ "Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards - Hindustani Music - Instrumental". Sangeet Natak Academy. http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_music_hindustani_instrumenta.html. Retrieved 2009-05-16. [dead link]
Sources[link]
- Inlay notes to A Life Story of a Genius compilation CD set (Saregama India Ltd, 2006)
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| Name | Rakha, Alla |
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| Short description | |
| Date of birth | 29 April 1919 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | 3 February 2000 |
| Place of death | |
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Ravi Shankar - Tana Mana!
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Ravi Shankar - Tana Mana!
The Track is taken from Ravi Shankar's Album "Tana Mana" (resp."Bridges - the best of Ravi Shankar" (2001). Ravi Shankar, THE greatest Indian musician of the 20th century, has produced a lot of stunning masterpieces with genius. This is only one example of these. Listen & Enjoy it.
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