My Music, My Life

With stunning new photographs and a new final chapter detailing Ravi Shankar’s hope for the preservation of Indian classical music, this latest edition of My Music, My Life, originally published in 1968, chronicles the extraordinary career of the man who may be India’s best­-known musician. Ravi Shankar has been performing throughout the world for more than six decades. One of his greatest achievements has been to broaden the appeal of Indian classical music internationally. Through a close mentoring relationship with Beatle George Harrison in the sixties, Shankar expanded his reach beyond that of any typical classical musician. He performed at Woodstock in 1969 and helped to organize the legendary Concert for Bangladesh in 1971. 


In his own words, Shankar describes his transformation from a young traveling dancer to a Grammy Award­-winning, internationally recognized musician. An autobiography, a history of Indian classical music, and a manual on how to play the sitar, this book is as much about music as a lifestyle, as it is about music as an art. It embodies Ravi Shankar’s unique approach to his craft.