Lakshmi Shankar

Lakshmi Shankar ( born June 16, 1926 in Jamshedpur, † December 30, 2013 in California ) was a famous Indian singer who interpreted classical Indian music. It is regarded as one of the most renowned singers of Indian classical music and the first Indian classical singer, the Indian vocal music popularized in the West.

Life and work

Shankar was interested in as a young girl for the dance and began encouraged by their mother to learn Bharatanatyam. This is one of the classical dance styles today. As Lakshmi Sastri, as Lakshmi Shankar was called From the mid- 1930s, around this time, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Kalanidhi Narayan and other girls and young women of Brahmin origin aufführten Bharatanatyam, they were crucial, the bad reputation of the hitherto only of Devadasis danced style lift. In 1939, she joined the troupe of Uday Shankar; later she married his brother, the writers Rajendra Shankar. Due to illness, she had to stop dancing and took lessons with Abdul Rehman Khan, a representative of the Patiala Gharana -. Other teachers from her were B.R. Deodhar and her brother, Ravi Shankar, who was heranzog.1946/47 to many of his projects it is involved in the establishment of Pandit Nehru's Discovery of India for ballet. In the 1960s, it presented first recordings. In 1974 she went with Ravi Shankar on an international tour and was involved in the albums Shankar Family & Friends and Ravi Shankar 's Music Festival from India. After Ravi Shankar's heart attack in September 1974, she conducted the orchestra for the rest of the U.S. tour. Under his own name, it presented more albums on which they also interpreted Tamil folk songs and Hindu prayers. Their album Dancing in the Light ( 2008) was nominated for a Grammy. She was also involved in film scores (about the soundtrack of Gandhi or from Johar Mehmood in Hong Kong). She has also composed for the group Shakti and wrote the ballet music for the California Bharatanatyam dance group Shakti School of Bharatanatyam.

Also, it is to Jai Uttals albums Footprints and Spirit Room, Zakir Hussain Album on Deserts of Rajasthan: Celebration involved in the Sand Dunes and George Harrison's album Collaborations. Shankar has a son and a daughter who was married to L. Subramaniam.

Discography (selection)

  • The Voice of Lakshmi Shankar - World Pacific, USA
  • Les Heures et les Saisons - Ocora 558615/16, France
  • Songs of Devotion - Auvidis ( Ethnic ), France
  • L. Subramaniam / Lakshmi Shankar Two Musical Traditions of India - Ganesh ( with Zakir Hussain, Palghat TS Mani Iyer, Subramaniam Vijayashree )
  • Live Concert from Los Angeles - Ravi Shankar Music Circle, United States
  • Live in London - Navras, UK ( Cat No. NRCD0006 )
  • Bhakti Ras - Navras, UK ( Cat No. NRCD0056 )
  • Shringar: Thumri - Music Today, India
  • Ecstasy - AudioRec ( Cat No. 1052-2 )
  • Shringar: The Many Moods of Love, Vol 3
  • Divine Love - Navras UK ( Cat No. NRCD3515 )
  • Life of Dedication: 80th Birthday Celebration - Navras UK ( Cat No. NRCD0202 )
  • Dancing in the Light - World Village ( Cat No. 468 049 )
Dance in India Grammy Award Gandhi (Film) Shakti (Band) Zakir Hussain (musician)
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