Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury

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Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, better known as Ravi Shankar, was a world-renowned Indian sitar virtuoso and composer who popularized Indian classical music internationally.

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instanceOf composer
human
musician
sitarist
alsoKnownAs Pandit Ravi Shankar NERFINISHED
Robindra Shankar Chowdhury NERFINISHED
awardReceived Bharat Ratna NERFINISHED
Grammy Award
Padma Bhushan
Padma Vibhushan NERFINISHED
Polar Music Prize NERFINISHED
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award NERFINISHED
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship NERFINISHED
birthName Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart valve surgery complications
child Anoushka Shankar NERFINISHED
Norah Jones NERFINISHED
Shubhendra Shankar NERFINISHED
collaboratedWith Ali Akbar Khan NERFINISHED
Alla Rakha NERFINISHED
George Harrison NERFINISHED
Philip Glass NERFINISHED
The Beatles NERFINISHED
Yehudi Menuhin NERFINISHED
Zubin Mehta NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1920-04-07
dateOfDeath 2012-12-11
ethnicGroup Bengalis NERFINISHED
familyName Chowdhury NERFINISHED
genre Hindustani classical music
Indian classical music
givenName Robindro NERFINISHED
instrument sitar
knownFor popularizing Indian classical music in the West
virtuoso sitar performance
language Bengali
movement world music
notableStudent Anoushka Shankar NERFINISHED
George Harrison NERFINISHED
notableWork Chappaqua (film score) NERFINISHED
Concerto for Sitar and Orchestra NERFINISHED
Gandhi (film score) NERFINISHED
Passages NERFINISHED
Raga Symphony NERFINISHED
Raga-Mala NERFINISHED
Ravi Shankar at the Monterey International Pop Festival NERFINISHED
Ravi Shankar at the Woodstock Festival NERFINISHED
The Concert for Bangladesh (performance) NERFINISHED
West Meets East NERFINISHED
occupation composer
music director
sitarist
teacher
placeOfBirth British India
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh NERFINISHED
Varanasi NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

San Diego NERFINISHED
United States of America
religion Hinduism
residence California, United States
surface form: California

Delhi NERFINISHED
sibling Uday Shankar NERFINISHED
spouse Annapurna Devi NERFINISHED
Sukanya Rajan NERFINISHED
studentOf Allauddin Khan NERFINISHED

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