Person
Ravi Shankar
- Specialty
- Sound
- Birth
- April 7, 1920 · 92 years
- Death
- December 11, 2012
- Origin
- Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Technical Alias
Robindro Shaunkor ChowdhuryRavindra Shankar ChowdhuryRabi Śaṃkar
Professional Trajectory
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.
