pandit ravi shankar

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Legendary virtuoso sitarist,composer,teacher and writer.He is renowned throughout the world for his pioneering work in bringing Indian music in the west.He has been a cultural influence in the west for more than 3 decades as India's most recognized and esteemed musical ambassador.the youngest son of a Bengali family, he was born in 1920,in Varanasi,the holiest of Indian cities.At a young age he ac complained his younger brother,uday shankar,with his company of dancers and musicians to paris,where he attended to school.He spent several years in the west absorbing different kinds of music but returned to India in 1938,where he began his career in his native India.He combined his work performances with AIR,where he established National Chamber Orchestra.As word of virtuosity spread throughout India,then Europe US.Shankar embarked as one of the most extraordinary careers in the history of contemporary music.