Ravi Shankar

Biography

Pandit Ravi Shankar was a renowned Indian musician and composer of Hindustani classical music, celebrated as a sitar virtuoso who popularized the instrument worldwide. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999 and is also the father of American singer Norah Jones and British-American musician Anoushka Shankar. A composer for notable films like Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy, Shankar's music career spanned over seven decades.