Sitar master and composer Ravi Shankar
died Tuesday at a hospital near his home in the San Diego area.
Shankar's foundation released a statement that says the musician had
suffered from upper-respiratory and heart issues over the past year and
underwent heart-valve replacement surgery last week. He was 92.
When he was just 10 years old, Pandit Ravi Shankar began performing in Europe and the U.S. with his family's Indian dance troupe. It was a glamorous life: the best hotels, the best meals, celebrities coming backstage to say just how much they'd enjoyed the concert. But at age 18, Shankar gave up all the glitter and went back to a dusty little town in India to study with a guru who taught him the sitar. He apprenticed for years, then started to play in public on the ancient and difficult string instrument. Eventually, he became a master. go to NPR to read more.
Indian Music Legend Dies
and Find his music on Pandora
Ireland - NPR Dec 12
When he was just 10 years old, Pandit Ravi Shankar began performing in Europe and the U.S. with his family's Indian dance troupe. It was a glamorous life: the best hotels, the best meals, celebrities coming backstage to say just how much they'd enjoyed the concert. But at age 18, Shankar gave up all the glitter and went back to a dusty little town in India to study with a guru who taught him the sitar. He apprenticed for years, then started to play in public on the ancient and difficult string instrument. Eventually, he became a master. go to NPR to read more.
Indian Music Legend Dies
and Find his music on Pandora
Ireland - NPR Dec 12
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