Legendary Indian sitar player Pt. Ravi Shankar has won one of music's highest awards, a Grammy, for his achievements in world music. This is the third Grammy for the sitar maestro.
Shankar has been honored for his album "Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000" in the category in which he competed against artists such as Brazil's Gilberto Gil and Milton Nascimento and Britain's John McLaughlin for "Saturday Night In Bombay- Remember Shakti".
Full Circle/Carnegie Hall 2000’ takes its title from Shankar’s ongoing world tour, a summation of his remarkable international performing and recording career that began in the 1930’s. Pandit Ravi Shankar has introduced audiences all over the world to the luminous beauty of Indian classical music.
‘Full Circle / Carnegie Hall 2000’ features Shankar in two extraordinary, richly embroidered ragas -- the formal night raga "Kaushi Kanhara," which bears the influence of his guru Baba Allaudin, and the more romantic "Mishra Gara," reflecting the Khyal and Thumri forms, to which Shankar brings his own inimitable interpretive stamp.
Born in the Holy city of Varanasi, Ravi Shankar has achieved legendary stature as a composer, performer and teacher as well as widespread international recognition, which boost the profile of Indian music.
Legendary Indian sitar player Pt. Ravi Shankar has won one of music's highest awards, a Grammy, for his achievements in world music. This is the third Grammy for the sitar maestro.