# Ravi Shankar (@ravi-shankar)

Ravi Shankar was a Indian sitarist and composer who became a major international advocate for Hindustani music. The work is associated with raga development, rhythmic dialogue, improvisation, pedagogy, and cross-cultural collaboration. Major examples include concert performances, recordings with Alla Rakha, film scores, and collaborations with Yehudi Menuhin and George Harrison. The career is best understood through documented work and context.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from Ravi Shankar's public record._

## Topics

- [Legacy and Context](/@ravi-shankar/legacy-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Major Works](/@ravi-shankar/major-works.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Musical Language and Method](/@ravi-shankar/musical-language.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.ravishankar.org/
- blog: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ravi-Shankar
- blog: https://www.loc.gov/collections/national-jukebox/about-this-collection/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "ravi-shankar", "question": "…"}`.