Can anyone pls help me with the biographical sketch of ravi shankar chaudhary
in 100 words
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Childhood
Ravi Shankar was born into a Bengali family. His father Shyam Shankar Chowdhury left to London to work as a lawyer after serving as a local barrister under the British. Young Ravi Shankar was raised by his mother and had not met his father until he was eight years old. In 1930, he moved to Paris to be part of a musical troupe and later joined his brother, Uday Shankar’s dance troupe. He toured with the troupe from the age of 10, and gave many memorable performances as a dancer.
Ravi Shankar & Sitar
Ravi Shankar was introduced to Sitar much later in his life when he was 18 years old. It all began at a concert in Kolkata where he heard Amiya Kanti Bhattacharya play the classical instrument. Moved by the performance, Shankar decided that he too, must learn Sitar under Bhattacharya’s guru, Ustad Inayat Khan. This is how Sitar came into his life and remained with him until he breathed his last.
Early Career and Association with AIR
After having learnt to play Sitar under his Guru, Ustad Inayat Khan, he went to Mumbai, where he worked for the Indian People's Theatre Association. There he started composing music for ballets until 1946. He then went on to become the director of New Delhi radio station All-India Radio (AIR), a position he held until 1956. During his time at the AIR, Shankar composed pieces for orchestra that mixed Sitar and other Indian instruments with classical Western instrumentation. Also during this period, he began performing and writing music with American-born violinist Yehudi Menuhin.
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