which will draw on his personal archive of performance recordings, on his 90th birthday. "On behalf of music lovers and champions of East-West cultural connections, we felicitate Maestro Ravi Shankar ...

Why is he a Trailblazer? The most famous sitar player of all time, trailblazer Ravi Shankar shared his passion for the sound and traditions of Hindustani classical music with the whole world.

Harrison (left) and Boyd (right) went to India so he could play the sitar under Ravi Shankar (middle) A sitar owned and played by George Harrison has been sold for $62,500 (£46,581) in the United ...