Editing Ravi Shankar (section)

=== 1956–1969: International performances ===
[[File:Ravi Shankar flier front.jpg|thumb|Concert flier, 1967|left]]
[[V. K. Narayana Menon]], director of AIR Delhi, introduced the Western violinist Yehudi Menuhin to Shankar during Menuhin's first visit to India in 1952.<ref>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 47.</ref> Shankar had performed as part of a cultural delegation in the [[Soviet Union]] in 1954 and Menuhin invited Shankar in 1955 to perform in New York City for a demonstration of Indian classical music, sponsored by the [[Ford Foundation]].<ref>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 57.</ref><ref name=Lavezzolip58>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 58.</ref>{{efn|Shankar declined to attend because of problems in his marriage, but recommended Ali Akbar Khan to play instead.<ref name=Lavezzolip58 /> Khan reluctantly accepted and performed with ''[[tabla]]'' (percussion) player [[Chatur Lal]] in the [[Museum of Modern Art]], and he later became the first Indian classical musician to perform on American television and record a full ''raga'' performance, for [[Angel Records]].<ref name=Lavezzolip5859>Lavezzoli 2006, pp. 58–59.</ref>}}

Shankar heard about the positive response Khan received and resigned from AIR in 1956 to tour the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.<ref name=Lavezzolip61>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 61.</ref> He played for smaller audiences and educated them about Indian music, incorporating ''ragas'' from the [[South India]]n [[Carnatic music]] in his performances, and recorded his first [[LP album]] ''[[Three Ragas]]'' in London, released in 1956.<ref name=Lavezzolip61 /> In 1958, Shankar participated in the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the United Nations and [[UNESCO]] music festival in Paris.<ref name=Ghoshp57 /> From 1961, he toured Europe, the United States, and Australia, and became the first Indian to compose music for non-Indian films.<ref name=Ghoshp57 />{{efn|Chatur Lal accompanied Shankar on ''tabla'' until 1962, when Alla Rakha assumed the role.<ref name=Lavezzolip61 />}} Shankar founded the [[Kinnara School of Music]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1962.<ref name="Brockhaus">''Brockhaus'', p. 199.</ref>

Shankar befriended [[Richard Bock (record producer)|Richard Bock]], founder of [[Pacific Jazz Records|World Pacific Records]], on his first American tour and recorded most of his albums in the 1950s and 1960s for Bock's label.<ref name=Lavezzolip61 /> [[The Byrds]] recorded at the same studio and heard Shankar's music, which led them to incorporate some of its elements in theirs, introducing the genre to their friend [[George Harrison]] of the [[Beatles]].<ref>Lavezzoli 2006, p. 62.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121212-ravi-da-04.photoblog900.jpg |title=Photo of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar |access-date=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510071902/http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/pb-121212-ravi-da-04.photoblog900.jpg |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1967, Shankar performed a well-received set at the [[Monterey Pop Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://philipgoldberg.com/wp-content/uploads/ravi-header.jpg|title=Photo of Ravi Shankar performing in late 1960s|access-date=17 October 2016|archive-date=2 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802032755/http://philipgoldberg.com/wp-content/uploads/ravi-header.jpg|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Pop Chronicles|47}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk60ObnbIOk Ravi Shankar performing at the Monterey Pop (June 1967)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016202541/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk60ObnbIOk |date=16 October 2016 }}, 18 min.</ref> While complimentary of the talents of several of the rock artists at the festival, he said he was "horrified" to see [[Jimi Hendrix]] set fire to his guitar on stage:<ref>video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5dvC5qr6Y "Jimi Hendrix Sets Guitar On Fire at Monterey Pop Festival, 1967"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001202152/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U5dvC5qr6Y |date=1 October 2016 }}</ref> "That was too much for me. In our culture, we have such respect for musical instruments, they are like part of God."<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-20690632 "Ravi Shankar, Indian sitar maestro, dies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602135139/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-20690632 |date=2 June 2018 }}, ''BBC'', 12 December 2012.</ref> Shankar's [[Live: Ravi Shankar at the Monterey International Pop Festival|live album from Monterey]] peaked at number 43 on ''Billboard''{{'}}s [[Billboard 200|pop LPs chart]] in the US, which remains the highest placing he achieved on that chart.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481439/ravi-shankars-impact-on-pop-music-an-appreciation|last=Gallo|first=Phil|title=Ravi Shankar's Impact on Pop Music: An Appreciation|date=12 December 2012|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|billboard.com]]|access-date=26 July 2017|archive-date=24 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024011302/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1481439/ravi-shankars-impact-on-pop-music-an-appreciation|url-status=live}}</ref>

Shankar won a [[Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance]] for ''[[West Meets East]]'', a collaboration with Yehudi Menuhin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicrecordshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/8/2/825646484157_1.jpg |title="West Meets East" album cover |access-date=17 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018212613/http://www.musicrecordshop.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/8/2/825646484157_1.jpg |archive-date=18 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Glass /><ref name=Grammy>{{cite web|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Shankar&title=&year=All&genre=All|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-date=25 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925205029/http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Shankar&title=&year=All&genre=All|url-status=live}}</ref> He opened a Western branch of the Kinnara School of Music in Los Angeles, in May 1967, and published an autobiography, ''My Music, My Life'', in 1968.<ref name=Ghoshp57 /><ref name="Brockhaus" /> In 1968, he composed the score for the film ''[[Charly (1968 film)|Charly]]''.

He performed at the [[Woodstock Festival]] in August 1969, and found he disliked the venue.<ref name=Glass /> In the late 1960s, Shankar distanced himself from the [[hippie]] movement and drug culture.<ref name=Mahony>{{cite news|last=O'Mahony|first=John|title=Ravi Shankar bids Europe adieu|work=The Taipei Times|location=UK|date=8 June 2008|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/06/08/2003414118|access-date=18 July 2009|archive-date=23 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823120732/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2008/06/08/2003414118|url-status=live}}</ref> He explained during an interview:

{{blockquote|It makes me feel rather hurt when I see the association of drugs with our music. The music to us is religion. The quickest way to reach godliness is through music. I don't like the association of one bad thing with the music.<ref>''Independent Star-News'', Associated Press interview, 4 November 1967.</ref>}}