Kinnara School of Music
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The Kinnara School of Music was a music school founded in Mumbai, India, in 1962 by Indian classical musician Ravi Shankar. With his increased popularity and influence in the West, he opened a second
Shankar's teacher, or guru, Allauddin Khan
Shankar with one of his students, sarodiya Partho Sarothy, in January 1985
Raga (film)
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Raga is a 1971 documentary film about the life and music of Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar, produced and directed by Howard Worth. It includes scenes featuring Western musicians Yehudi Menuhin and Georg
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…and Colin Walcott. Scenes filmed at both the Mumbai and Los Angeles schools over 1967–68 appeared in Howard Worth's 1971 documentary on Shankar, titled Raga. Shankar viewed the Los Angeles centre as a base from which he could also educate the American public about Indian music. When opening the school there…
Theatrical release poster
Raga 1971album
Maihar Railway Station in 2009. In Raga, Shankar journeys by train to Maihar as part of his reaffirmation of his cultural roots.
Shankar's scenes with George Harrison were filmed at the Esalen Institute in California.