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CAL PERFORMANCES PRESENTS Sunday, May , , pm Zellerbach Hall Festival of India III featuring Ravi Shankar, sitar © Vincent © Vincent Limongelli and Anoushka Shankar, sitar with Tanmoy Bose, tabla Partho Sarothy, sarod Ravichandra Kulur, fl ute Neyveli S. Radhakrishna, violin Swarnima Gusain, vocals Hari Sivanesan, veena Pirashanna Th evarajah, percussion Sanjeev Shankar, shehnai Aditya Prakash, vocals Kenji Ota, tanpura Th is performance is made possible, in part, by the generous support of the members of the Cal Performances Producers Circle and Friends of Cal Performances. Cal Performances thanks our Centennial Season Sponsor, Wells Fargo. CAL PERFORMANCES 27 PROGRAM ABOUT THE ARTISTS Sunday, May , , pm Legendary sitar virtuoso, composer, teacher and Grammy and Oscar for his original score to Gan- Zellerbach Hall writer, Ravi Shankar is India’s most esteemed musi- dhi, the Academy Award-winning classic fi lm by cal ambassador and a singular phenomenon whose Sir Richard Attenborough. He made history on artistry crosses all cultural and musical boundaries. both the British and Indian cultural scenes with Festival of India III A student of the illustrious guru “Baba” Ustad Al- the ballet Ghanashyam, which he wrote, composed laudin Khan, Mr. Shankar was already one of the and choreographed. featuring brightest stars in India before coming to interna- Ravi Shankar is the recipient of many awards tional attention in the s. Since then, he has and honors. including the Presidential Padma Vib- Ravi Shankar, sitar been the foremost pioneer in disseminating India’s hushan Award () and the Award of Deshikot- rich classical music tradition to the West. tam, given by Vishawa Bharati and presented in and Th e youngest son of a Bengali family, Ravi December by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
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