Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar

personal-info

known-for

Sound

gender

Male

birthday

1920-04-07

place-of-birth

Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]

also-known-as

Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury
Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury
Rabi Śaṃkar

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.