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Indian musician (1942–1999)

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
India
Active from
1942-12-11
Active to
1999-03-26
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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
151,032
Total plays
1,061,526

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Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 – 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician best known for his fusion of Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar. Born in Almora, Uttar Pradesh, India, Ananda was the son of Amala and Uday Shankar, popular dancers. He was also the nephew of renowned sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ananda did not learn sitar from his uncle but studied instead with Dr. Lalmani Misra in Varanasi. In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles <a href=

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