Ravi Shankar as he poses with a sitar in Los Angeles (Picture: Getty Images) The virtuoso was the youngest of five brothers, born in Benares, West Begal, on April 7, 1920 and named Robindro ...

Sitar player Ravi Shankar to ... and Woodstock. Shankar is also an accomplished composer, writing for both sitar and orchestra. Shankar has been honored by institutions from around the globe including ...

Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, right, ... a koto player – on “East Greets East,” a 1978 recording in which Indian and Japanese influences intermingled. ...

ENCINITAS, Calif., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- A memorial has been held for Indian sitar maestro Ravi Shankar near his home in Encinitas, Calif. Shankar died this month at the age of 92.

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 ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical ...

Contrary to popular beliefs, George Harrison was introduced to the sitar a while before meeting Pandit Ravi Shankar, even having played the instrument in the 1965 The Beatles‘ song Norwegian Wood.