TUESDAY DECEMBER 11
Legend sitarist maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away!
His music and inspiration for millions of music lovers will be missed...
Nitin Mitta
LOVE and MUSIC do not have any boundaries!
Pt. Ravi Shankar's spirit and legacy will live on forever in the heart of millions who have been inspired by his visions and passion and in his music.
Pt. Ravi Shankar's spirit and legacy will live on forever in the heart of millions who have been inspired by his visions and passion and in his music.
May his soul rest in peace...
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WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12, 12PM (noon) (EST Time)
until THURSDAY DECEMBER 13, 8:20AM
Stay tune today on WKCR 89.9 FM...
A special Memorial Broadcast portraying the legacy of Pt. RAVI SHANKAR!
To listen: www.wkcr.org or on the radio on 89.9FM
To listen: www.wkcr.org or on the radio on 89.9FM
Pandit Ravi Shankar; master
sitarist, composer and performer of Indian Classical music, passed away late
Tuesday evening December 11 2012 from heart problems, at his home in Southern California. He was
92. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician.
Shankar was born in Varanasi and
spent his youth touring Europe and India with the dance group of his brother
Uday Shankar. He gave up dancing in 1938 to study sitar playing under court
musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as
a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by
Satyajit Ray, and was
music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956.
In 1956, he began to tour Europe and
America playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in
the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist
Yehudi Menuhin and rock artist George Harrison of The Beatles. Shankar engaged
Western music by writing concerti for sitar and orchestra and toured the world
in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992 he served as a nominated member of
the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India's
highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy
Awards.
He continued to perform in the 2000s, often with his daughter Anoushka.
“If I’ve accomplished anything in
these past 30 years,” Mr. Shankar said in a 1985 interview reported by the New
York Times, “it’s that I have been able to open the door to our music in the
West. I enjoy seeing other Indian musicians — old and young — coming to Europe
and America and having some success. I’m happy to have contributed to
that."
WKCR will be memorializing his
musical career starting at noon Wednesday 12/12 until 8.20 am Thursday 12/13. (Submitted
by Ahmet Ali Arslan).
