My Music, My Life

Download or read book My Music, My Life written by Ravi Shankar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stunning new photographs and a new final chapter detailing Ravi Shankar’s hope for the preservation of Indian classical music, this updated edition of My Music, My Life profiles an extraordinary man. In his own words, Shankar describes his transformation from a young traveling dancer to a Grammy Award-winning, internationally known musician. An autobiography, a history of Indian classical music, and a manual on how to play the sitar, this book is about music as a both a lifestyle and an art. It embodies Ravi Shankar’s unique approach to his craft.