Name
Ravi Shankar
Known For
Sound
Birthday
1920-04-07
Deathday
2012-12-11 (92 years old)
Place of Birth
Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Biography
Ravi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit and "Sitar maestro", was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.
Known For
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- 2003 Concert for George as Self
- 1968 Monterey Pop as Self
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- 1972 The Concert for Bangladesh as Self
- 1987 Khayal
- 1970 Moments with the Maestro as Self
- 1964 Ravi Shankar Plays a Raga as Self
- 1971 Raga as Self
- 2001 Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds as Sitar
- 1970 Yehudi Menuhin, chemin de lumière
- 2010 Ravi Shankar's Music Festival from India as Self
- 2003 The Song of the Little Road as Self
- 1966 Chappaqua as Sun God
- 2003 Beatles: The Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Woodstock Diary as Self
- 2018 George Harrison - All Things Pass as Self
- 1963 Ustad Alauddin Khan as Self
- 2005 George Harrison & Friends - The Concert for Bangladesh Revisited as Self
- 2010 The Beatles: The Complete Story as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1970 Shiraz 70 as Self
- 1972 The Midnight Special ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2013 Cachitos de hierro y cromo ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 Gaia Symphony ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1968 The Dick Cavett Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1959 Discorama ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 The Beatles Anthology ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 George Harrison: Living in the Material World ( 2 episodes ) as Self (archive footage)
