Ravi Shankar

E228099
Hindustani classical musician composer human sitarist

Ravi Shankar was a renowned Indian sitar virtuoso and composer who popularized Indian classical music worldwide, particularly through his collaborations with Western musicians in the 1960s and 1970s.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Ravi Shankar canonical 19
Pandit Ravi Shankar 1
Ravi Shankar – Music Festival from India 1

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindustani classical musician ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
sitarist ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s–2010s ⓘ
associatedAct Alla Rakha ⓘ
George Harrison ⓘ
Philip Glass ⓘ
The Beatles ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin ⓘ
awardReceived Bharat Ratna ⓘ
Grammy Award ⓘ
Padma Bhushan ⓘ
Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Ramon Magsaysay Award ⓘ
birthDate 1920-04-07 ⓘ
birthPlace British India ⓘ
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ⓘ
Varanasi ⓘ
child Anoushka Shankar ⓘ
Norah Jones ⓘ
Shubhendra Shankar ⓘ
citizenship India ⓘ
deathDate 2012-12-11 ⓘ
deathPlace California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

San Diego ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
father Shyam Shankar Chowdhury ⓘ
fullName Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury ⓘ
genre Hindustani classical music ⓘ
world music ⓘ
instrument sitar ⓘ
language Bengali ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
memberOf Maihar gharana ⓘ
movement popularization of Indian classical music in the West ⓘ
name Ravi Shankar self-link ⓘ
notableWork Chappaqua Suite ⓘ
Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra ⓘ
Music for Gandhi ⓘ
Raga Mala ⓘ
The Sounds of India ⓘ
score for film "Apu Trilogy" ⓘ
score for film "Pather Panchali" ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
sitar player ⓘ
performedAt Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) ⓘ
surface form: Monterey Pop Festival

Woodstock Festival 1969 ⓘ
surface form: Woodstock Festival
religion Hinduism ⓘ
spouse Annapurna Devi ⓘ
Sukanya Rajan ⓘ
teacher Allauddin Khan ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charly → musicBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
George Harrison → associatedAct → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
George Harrison → influencedBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Norah Jones → father → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Yehudi Menuhin → collaboratedWith → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Aparajito → musicBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pandit Ravi Shankar
The Apu Trilogy → musicBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Philip Glass → influencedBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Apur Sansar → musicComposer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Sandeep Das → studentOf → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Ravi Shankar → name → Ravi Shankar self-link ⓘ
Charly (Flowers for Algernon) → composer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Concert for Bangladesh → organizedBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Concert for Bangladesh → hasPerformer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Dark Horse Records → hasArtist → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Dark Horse Records → hasRelease → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ravi Shankar – Music Festival from India
Dark Horse Records → hasRelease → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ravi Shankar – Shankar Family & Friends
Gandhi → musicBy → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Private Music → notableArtist → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
WOMAD → hasNotablePerformer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Monterey International Pop Festival (1967) → notablePerformer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ
Shankar → notableBearer → Ravi Shankar ⓘ