Ravi Shankar
Womadelaide’s unforgettable moments: ‘They didn’t know what to expect’
From an all-star train ride across the Nullarbor to an unexpected cricket plague, this year’s festival marks 30 years of border-defying music and art
Walter Marsh
12, Mar, 2022 @7:00 PM
Finding the Raga by Amit Chaudhuri – a passion for Indian music
The renowned novelist explores the thrill of improvisation in a delightful, insightful book that is part singing diary, part memoir and part musical history
Oliver Craske
29, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM
Anoushka Shankar: 'Dad said he could make a really good dal, but I never saw him cook'
The musician and daughter of Ravi Shankar talks about Bengali food, having George Harrison as an uncle and being Asian in California
John Hind
18, Apr, 2020 @3:00 PM
Indian Sun by Oliver Craske review – a virtuosic portrait of Ravi Shankar
From love affairs and hippiedom to life as a cultural ambassador – a comprehensive biography unpicks the great sitar player’s complex legacy
Ammar Kalia
04, Apr, 2020 @8:00 AM
Ravi Shankar: where to start in his back catalogue
In Listener’s Digest, our writers help you explore the work of great musicians. Next up: don’t let the Indian sitar master’s daunting discography of 75 albums and 15 film scores put you off
Ammar Kalia
01, Apr, 2020 @10:50 AM
Inside Hemen & Co: the tiny Kolkata sitar shop that supplied the Beatles
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar were loyal customers. More than 70 years since it opened, this family business is still crafting instruments that last a lifetime
Chandni Doulatramani
09, Sep, 2019 @1:00 PM
'It felt like a wonderful dream' – DA Pennebaker on making Monterey Pop
In a final, previously unpublished Guardian interview, the late great documentarian looks back at his groundbreaking film with Lou Adler, the legendary music festival’s promoter
Interviews by Dorian Lynskey
07, Aug, 2019 @1:29 PM
Annapurna Devi obituary
Other lives: Indian musician and teacher
Reginald Massey
22, Oct, 2018 @4:25 PM
Readers recommend playlist: songs inspired by India
Artists taking musical inspiration on our final playlist include the Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Monsoon and David Sylvian
George Boyland
02, Aug, 2018 @11:00 AM
Sukanya; Don Carlo; L'Orfeo review – to hell and back
Eastern and western classical traditions dance the night away in Ravi Shankar’s beautifully staged opera. Plus, mesmerising Monteverdi
Fiona Maddocks
19, May, 2017 @10:30 AM
Sukanya review – Ravi Shankar's opera is both sublime and ridiculous
This new opera that blends the western form and Hindustani classical music makes for a ravishing spectacle but its music and libretto fail to consistently convince
John Lewis
16, May, 2017 @2:01 PM
Anoushka Shankar: 'I still get to interact with my father through the music'
From his deathbed, Ravi Shankar composed Sukanya, an opera for his beloved wife. His daughter reveals how a Hindi myth, a British orchestra, and the sitar and shennai have formed a coherent and moving whole
Anoushka Shankar
15, May, 2017 @10:55 AM
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