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Ravi Shankar

Indian classical music

Ravi Shankar was an Indian sitar player and composer who brought Indian classical music to international audiences across a career spanning more than six decades.

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RAVI SHANKAR at Polar Music Prize in 13 May 1998.License via Big Pictures Archive

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Photographed 13 May 1998Published 2 Aug 2026

Ravi Shankar Receives the 1998 Polar Music Prize in Stockholm

On 13 May 1998, sitar legend Ravi Shankar was honoured with the Polar Music Prize at Berwaldhallen in Stockholm, sharing the year's award with Ray Charles.