Excerpts from Sangeet Ratna
Sangeet Ratna is a 30 minute look at the life and work of Indian sitarist/composer Pandit Ravi Shankar. Recently shown on Indian public televison, it features interviews with Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass, Zakir Hussain, George Harrison, as well as extensive amounts of concert footage spanning several decades. It is directed by Alan Kozlowski who has kindly made the following excerpts available for free download.
A slide show of friends and family set to the composition Pranshanti from the Passages album.
Raviji discusses the role of the guru in Indian classical music and daughter Anoushka's sitar playing.