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Ravi Shankar, KBE ( 7 April 192011 December 2012), often referred to by the title Pandit, was an Indian musician and composer who played the sitar. He has been described as the best-known contemporary Indian musician. 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 the Americas playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and rock artist 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 Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy Awards. He continued to perform in the 2000s, sometimes with his younger daughter, Anoushka. He was posthumously awarded two Grammy awards in 2013, one for lifetime achievement, another for ''The Living Room Sessions Part 1'' in the world music category.

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Ravi Shankar Symphony Album 2012-04-30 itunes amazon
The Living Room Sessions Part 1 Album 2012-03-23 itunes amazon
The Very Best of Ravi Shankar Compilation 2010-09 itunes amazon
Collaborations Compilation 2010-08-19 itunes amazon
The Master Compilation 2010-03-01 itunes amazon
Festival from India Album 2009-01 itunes amazon
Best Of Ravi Shankar Compilation 2008-03-18 itunes amazon
A Life in Music Album 2007-02-26 itunes amazon
Sitar Soul Album 2007 itunes amazon
Sitar Concertos & Other Works Live 2005-03 itunes amazon
The Essential Ravi Shankar Compilation 2005 itunes amazon
Homage To Mahatma Gandhi Album 2004-07-13 itunes amazon
The Rough Guide to Ravi Shankar Compilation 2004 itunes amazon
Genesis Soundtrack 2003-03-17 itunes amazon
East & West, Yin & Yang Compilation 2002 itunes amazon
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