The "raga" is the melodic form, but it is not just a scale, Shankar says. There are roughly 72 parent scales. And each scale has hundreds of ragas, which can be pentatonic (five notes), hexatonic (six ...

Following Harrison’s passing, Shankar continued being a musician, composer, and cultural ambassador on behalf of India up until he died in 2012. In 2012, Shankar passed away at 92 years old in San ...

When he was just 10 years old, Shankar began performing in Europe and the US with his family's Indian dance troupe. But at age 18, Shankar gave up... Ravi Shankar, Who Brought Eastern Music To Western ...

Her performances with her husband at the time, Ravi Shankar, were acclaimed, but there were only a few of them. By Neil Genzlinger The New York Philharmonic is performing Ravi Shankar’s “Raga-Mala,” ...

Ravi Shankar took Indian classical music to world stages and introduced the sitar to Western audiences. His influence can still be felt today, 100... The Enduring Afterglow Of Ravi Shankar's Life In ...

- Ravi Shankar In 1966 through the grace of God my life was blessed and enhanced from the sudden desire to investigate the classical music of India. Although intellectually, I could not comprehend it ...

The title of Oliver Craske's fascinating and exhaustively researched biography of Ravi Shankar, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, is something of a ...

NEW YORK, NY – Schirmer Theatrical, a division of Wise Music Group, has announced the formation of The Ravi Shankar Ensemble and its inaugural 12-city U.S. tour in 2026. This new concert production ...

His extraordinary musical journey took him from the banks of the sacred River Ganges in British India to the legendary Monterey and Woodstock festivals, where he played alongside the likes of Janis ...

Indian Sun is a new authoritative biography of the Indian musician Ravi Shankar's life, published to coincide with this year's centenary of his birth. In a career that spanned decades and continents, ...

Revisiting the event’s memorable set list, 57 years later. By Lindsay Zoladz Her performances with her husband at the time, Ravi Shankar, were acclaimed, but there were only a few of them. By Neil ...