Ananda Shankar

Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 - 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles.

Born in Almora in Uttar Pradesh state in the Himalayan foothills in the north of India, Sh

Ananda Shankar (11 December 1942 - 26 March 1999) was an Indian musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles.

Born in Almora in Uttar Pradesh state in the Himalayan foothills in the north of India, Shankar was the son of Amala and Uday Shankar, popular dancers, and also the nephew of renowned sitarist Pandit Ravi Shankar. Ananda did not learn sitar from his uncle but studied instead with Lalmani Mishra in Varanasi (also known as Benares and Kashi).