Sitar Maestro

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of COVID-19 related complications at a Delhi hospital today, his son Prateek Chaudhuri said. He was 85.

Legendary musician Annapurna Devi died at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, hospital officials said. She was 91.

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, - the last survivor of the 'Sitar Trinity' of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan - died in Mumbai today after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.

"This was his dream, to have a way to bring his rare and never-before released material to India," said his wife

Well-known sitar player Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori, father of santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori has died. He was 98.

One of Britain's leading Hindustani and Carnatic music festivals will honour the memory of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar this year.

The last recordings of the world renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar would be released in May this year.

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar's double win at the 55th Grammy awards this year, will remain a bitter-sweet memory for his musician daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.

Norah Jones, the daughter of late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, will perform Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted at the Oscars in February.

The five-day winter session of Punjab Assembly began on Monday with members paying tribute to late former Prime Minister I K Gujral, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, filmmaker Yash Chopra and others.

Gulzar, who worked with Pandit Ravi Shankar for 1979 movie Meera, remembers the late sitar maestro as an honest person who was young at heart.

Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself.

Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz has mourned the demise of Pandit Ravi Shankar, saying the death of the sitar maestro has left a void in the world of classical music.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said he was puzzled to receive a call from sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar for the first time a week before the music legend's demise.

Condoling the death of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, German Ambassador Michael Steiner today said the sitar icon had influenced generations of musicians and music fans around the globe.

Sitar maestro Pandit Debu Chaudhuri died of COVID-19 related complications at a Delhi hospital today, his son Prateek Chaudhuri said. He was 85.

Legendary musician Annapurna Devi died at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai on Saturday, hospital officials said. She was 91.

Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, - the last survivor of the 'Sitar Trinity' of India along with the late Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Vilayat Khan - died in Mumbai today after a brief illness, a family member said. He was 88.

"This was his dream, to have a way to bring his rare and never-before released material to India," said his wife

Well-known sitar player Pandit Shamboo Nath Sopori, father of santoor maestro Bhajan Sopori has died. He was 98.

One of Britain's leading Hindustani and Carnatic music festivals will honour the memory of legendary sitar maestro Ravi Shankar this year.

The last recordings of the world renowned sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar would be released in May this year.

Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar's double win at the 55th Grammy awards this year, will remain a bitter-sweet memory for his musician daughters Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.

Norah Jones, the daughter of late sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, will perform Everybody Needs a Best Friend from Ted at the Oscars in February.

The five-day winter session of Punjab Assembly began on Monday with members paying tribute to late former Prime Minister I K Gujral, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray, Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar, filmmaker Yash Chopra and others.

Gulzar, who worked with Pandit Ravi Shankar for 1979 movie Meera, remembers the late sitar maestro as an honest person who was young at heart.

Actress Raakhee Gulzar spent weeks learning how to play the sitar from the maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar himself.

Indian-origin British MP Keith Vaz has mourned the demise of Pandit Ravi Shankar, saying the death of the sitar maestro has left a void in the world of classical music.

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said he was puzzled to receive a call from sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar for the first time a week before the music legend's demise.

Condoling the death of sitar maestro Ravi Shankar, German Ambassador Michael Steiner today said the sitar icon had influenced generations of musicians and music fans around the globe.