Who is the most famous sitar player?

Pandit Ravi Shankar KBE
Ravi Shankar

Pandit Ravi Shankar KBE LH
Died	11 December 2012 (aged 92) San Diego, California, US
Genres	Indian classical music
Occupation(s)	Musician composer
Instruments	Sitar

Who is famous for playing sitar?

Ravi Shankar
Sitar player Ravi Shankar died Tuesday at the age of 92. Brian Q. Silver, a sitar player with over 40 years of experience, talks about playing the unique instrument and how Shankar popularized the Indian musical style.

Who is expert in sitar?

Pandit Ravi Shankar
Pandit Ravi Shankar is the prime Indian musician and composer who’s credited with the popularity of the sitar. He is the best-known exponent of the musical instrument.

Who is the guru of Pandit Ravi Shankar?

At age 18 Shankar gave up dancing, and for the next seven years he studied the sitar (a long-necked stringed instrument of the lute family) under the noted musician Ustad Allauddin Khan. After serving as music director of All-India Radio from 1948 until 1956, he began a series of European and American tours.

Is Ravi Shankar still alive?

Deceased (1920–2012)
Ravi Shankar/Living or Deceased

Who taught George Harrison to sitar?

maestro Ravi Shankar
A year later, Harrison travelled to India to learn how to play the instrument under the renowned sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. In an interview with the BBC’s Mark Tully in April 2000, Shankar said when he first heard Harrison playing the sitar in Norwegian Wood, he was not impressed.

Is Bismillah Khan sitar player?

He was awarded India’s highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 2001, becoming the third classical musician oh IndiaM. S….Bismillah Khan.