Marian Foster spoke to Shankar in Ravi Shankar: Maestro and Guru, originally broadcast 10 June, 1985. Explore more and follow BBC Archive.

Renowned Sitar maestro Purbayan Chatterjee, a torchbearer of Indian classical music, has brought the magic of the sitar to ...

He gave up dancing in 1938 to study the sitar under the legendary court musician Ustad Allauddin Khan. After completing his studies in 1944, Shankar began giving recitals all over India and working as ...

British musician Jasdeep Singh Degun has said it is "an absolute honour" to become the first sitar player to win a ... at the prestigious classical music ceremony on Tuesday.

The Indian string instrument, crafted by a well-known music shop in Kolkata, was later gifted to a friend of Harrison's first wife, Patti Boyd. Bidding for the sitar will begin on 28 September at ...

The still waters surrounding them on all sides mirrored the calmness in the air, while the empty roads seemed to bow in reverence to the soulful sitar recital ... the city’s music lovers.

Renowned sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar has added ... who has consistently pushed the boundaries of classical and contemporary music, earned nominations in two categories for her recent work.