The sitar’s metal strings result in tough calluses but yield a delicate sound. The instrument – reminiscent of its Western guitar counterpart – is a plucked instrument with strings and 20 frets, used ...
The sounds of the sitar and tabla will echo in List Art Center this Saturday, when Brown students will join in an exploration of Indian music and culture. Raagmaala, an organization promoting the ...
ishab speaks to us about why he began the tour, how his reinterpretations have become a doorway to Indian classical music, and why he believes his shows are more than just performances ...
In a groundbreaking fusion of tradition and innovation, neo-classical musician, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma, is set to unveil SITARA, India's firstcLED-enhanced electric sitar, during his 2026 Sitar for Me ...
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Sitar virtuoso Rishab Rikhiram Sharma has announced a 10-city India tour as part of the Asia leg of his internationally acclaimed Sitar For Mental ...
Rishab Sharma Pays Ode To India's Royal Roots With His Outfit; Serves Fashion Goals With Necklace & Mehendi-Clad Hands Rishab Sharma's emerald Kanjivaram silk broc ...
In the mid-1960s, George met sitar legend Ravi Shankar and immediately began receiving lessons from him. Indian music took hold of George so much that he left his guitar behind. However, George ...
Ustad Vilayat Khan, one of India’s leading sitar players, died Saturday at Bombay’s Jaslok Hospital. He was 76. Khan had lung cancer, diabetes and hypertension, the Press Trust of India reported. He ...
NEW DELHI – Anoushka Shankar’s sitar troubles this week set off a mix of shock, sympathy, and concern among musicians after the artist revealed that her instrument was badly damaged on a recent Air ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in the fabled summer of 1967. Some ...
In 1968, the celebrated Indian musician Ravi Shankar performed for six days in Manhattan, bringing his virtuosity on the sitar to a New York audience. That year, this magazine’s reviewer wrote that ...