Autographs of Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar, KBE (born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012), was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known expert of North Indian classical music in the second half of the 20th century, and influenced many musicians in India and throughout the world. Shankar was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1999. More about Ravi Shankar
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Shankar was born to a Bengali family in India, and spent his youth as a dancer touring India and Europe with the dance group of his brother Uday Shankar. At age 18, he gave up dancing to pursue a career in music, studying the sitar for seven years under court musician Allauddin Khan. After finishing his studies in 1944, Shankar worked as a composer, creating the music for the Apu Trilogy by Satyajit Ray, and was music director of All India Radio, New Delhi, from 1949 to 1956. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for scoring the blockbuster Gandhi (1982)
In 1956, Shankar began to tour Europe and the Americas playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatles guitarist George Harrison. His influence on Harrison helped popularize the use of Indian instruments in Western pop music in the latter half of the 1960s. Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992, he served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. He continued to perform until the end of his life. He was a recipient of numerous prestigious musical accolades, including a Polar Music Prize and five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for The Concert for Bangladesh in 1973. Read even more about Ravi Shankar at Wikipedia
In 1956, Shankar began to tour Europe and the Americas playing Indian classical music and increased its popularity there in the 1960s through teaching, performance, and his association with violinist Yehudi Menuhin and Beatles guitarist George Harrison. His influence on Harrison helped popularize the use of Indian instruments in Western pop music in the latter half of the 1960s. Shankar engaged Western music by writing compositions for sitar and orchestra and toured the world in the 1970s and 1980s. From 1986 to 1992, he served as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, the upper chamber of the Parliament of India. He continued to perform until the end of his life. He was a recipient of numerous prestigious musical accolades, including a Polar Music Prize and five Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for The Concert for Bangladesh in 1973. Read even more about Ravi Shankar at Wikipedia
Traded items with a signature of Ravi Shankar
The most expensive item with a signature of Ravi Shankar (1997 Raga Mala The Autobiography of Ravi SHANKAR SIGNED Limited Ed Book CD Set) was sold in January 2024 for £950.00 while the cheapest item (Ravi Shankar autographed on USA stamp printed postcard) found a new owner for £6.50 in June 2018. The month with the most items sold (3) was December 2012 with an average selling price of £102.00 for an autographed item of Ravi Shankar. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2020 with £199.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £9.95 was July 2020. In average, an autographed item from Ravi Shankar is worth £44.39.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ravi Shankar were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Item Title | Price | Store | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Photo Card Signed By Ravi Shankar Size 7 By 5 | £39.99 | |
| RAVI SHANKAR - ALLA RAKHA - ZUBIN MEHTA - AUTOGRAPHED PAGE | £139.99 | |
| Ravi Shankar - Four Raga Moods - Vinyl Record.. - with signed postcard | £30.00 | |
| Ravi Shankar - Musician - Signed Photo - COA (22496) | £48.78 | |
| Ravi Shankar 1992 Autographed Letterhead Paper (India) | £165.00 | |
| Ravi Shankar autographed on USA stamp printed postcard | £6.50 | |
| Ravi Shankar Indian Musician. Beatles George Harrison Genuine Signed PR Card | £38.00 | |
| Ravi Shankar original signed photo. Indian sitarist & composer | £24.70 | |
| Ravi Shankar original signed photo. Indian sitarist & composer | £36.56 | |
| Ravi Shankar original signed photo. Indian sitarist & composer. Carnegie hall | £38.00 | |
| Ravi Shankar signed autograph - Beatles George Harrison related | £150.00 | |
| Ravi Shankar, Chants of India SIGNED CD, Supplied by Gaming Squad | £9.95 | |
| Ravi Shankar, Full Circle Carnegie Hall SIGNED CD, Supplied by Gaming Squad | £9.95 | |
| RAVI SHANKAR. SIGNATURE. AUTOGRAPH.+CONCERT TICKET. ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL.UK 1985 | £40.00 | |
| SIGNED RAVI SHANKAR 16x16 MOUNTED DISPLAY RARE GEORGE HARRISON THE BEATLES | £199.99 | |