
It has been ensured three time, the Grammy award winner, Indian legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar, who expired on last Tuesday, dated 11th December in the state of California after failing to get well from the surgery. He is midst the seven best performers who have achieved Life time Grammys award.
A Grammy awards is attribute by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to identify exceptional success in the music diligence. The annual presentation ceremony gives performances by projected artists.
He was selected and told him before his death that he was going to receive the honor, a Grammys orator, Stephanie Schell, told AFP when it was questioned if Ravi Shankar was included to the list of nominees after his death.
Recording academy has briefed his biography and his struggles towards the promotion of sitar music in India including other honorees. He is well known as the one of the world most sitar player, who is really true representative for worldwide music.
Academy told in briefing that he was the best performer, creator and educator and he was also well-thought-out an innovator in succession of classical music of India to West side.
Said excellent sitar player has transferred his bundle of knowledge to his very handy work mate Mr. George Harrison that to use the instrument and worked with him on many missions; including partition concert of Bangladesh in 1971. George Harrison called Ravi Shankar as “The godfather of World of the music” and Yehudi Menughin also called him as the greatest violin player of the 20th century.
Ravi Shankar breathed his last breath on Tuesday in southern California, when he was 92 years old. He was actually hospitalized and unluckily, could not get up recovered from surgery which was conduct in the hospital of La Jolla, near San Diego. On the time of his death, his family members were also present there around his bed.

The other Grammy lifetime award receivers are “You’ve Got a Friend” singer King, classical instrumentalist Glenn Gould, jazz player Charlie Haden, blues legend Lightnin’ Hopkins, Motown greats the Temptations and Patti Page, famous for “(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window.”
Now the 55thannual Grammy Awards demonstration is going to be conducted in Los Angeles on February 10, 2013.
Ravi Shankar just received a Grammy award indication only a week back in the declaration of academy’s shortlist, but who knew that he would not be among us in this ceremony.Ms. Anoushka Shankar who is his daughter was also voted in the same category for her Deutsche Grammo phone release, “Traveller”.
After the nomination, Ravi Shankar has responded, “It is exciting to see something we worked so hard on, and released on our own label, given this wonderful credit”. He said that he is extremely gratified of his daughter Anoushka on her own declaration for the same.
His second daughter who is the five times Grammy winner singer Norah Jones, has also offered tribute to her father after his death and she said that she would always miss the music generous of her father in rest of her life. She has also added number of live performance of her father on Facebook to share the music wealth of her father to his fans.
December 14, 2012
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