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, ...

As you may know, Philip Glass has been celebrating his 80th birthday year by holding the ‘Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair’ position for Carnegie Hall‘s 2017-2018 season, curating concerts at ...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - CIRCA 1970: Ravi Shankar sits with Beatle George Harrison in London, England, circa 1970. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) The casting is significant. Ravi ...

Not content with renown as either the world's foremost sitarist, India's most famous musician, or musical guru to the Beatles' lead guitarist, Ravi Shankar has forged a resolutely singular path in… By ...

April 7 marks the centenary of the Indian Sitar Master Ravi Shankar (1920– 2012), whose interactions with Western musicians, such as the Beatle George Harrison, have been celebrated, although the full ...

Ravi Shankar, the Indian sitarist and composer whose collaborations with Western classical musicians as well as rock stars helped foster a worldwide appreciation of India’s traditional music, died ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the ...

Composer and sitar player Ravi Shankar, the world's most famous Indian musician, has died at the age of 92 following surgery in San Diego, California. He had been suffering from heart and respiratory ...

Last month the music world lost one of its greatest treasures - - Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. Best known in the U.S. for his association with The Beatles, Shankar crafted a musical legacy of ...