Shankarji worked as a composer & created the background music for the famous “pather panchali” (song of the road) by Satyajit Ray. He served as the music director of All India Radio from 1949 to 1956. He played the pioneer role in increasing the popularity of Indian classical music in Europe and the United States.
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Shankar-ji engaged Western music by writing concert for sitar and orchestra. From the year 1986 to 1992 he was nominated as a member of the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. Shankar was awarded India’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999, and received three Grammy Awards as well.
Mr Shankar loved to mix the music of different cultures. He
collaborated with the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal and the jazz saxophonist and
composer John Coltrane, who had become fascinated with Indian music and
philosophy in the early ’60s. Coltrane met with Shankar several times from 1964
to 1966 to learn the basics of ragas, talas and Indian improvisation
techniques. Coltrane named his son Ravi after Mr Shankar. He also collaborated
with several prominent Japanese musicians – Hozan Yamamoto, a shakuhachi
player, and Susumu Miyashita, a koto player – on East
Greets East, a 1978 recording in which Indian and Japanese
influences intermingled.
That’s all for
today! Hope you are enjoying the weekend with your family. Take very care of
yourselves! Have a good day/
afternoon/evening/night! Namaskar.
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