Indian musician Ravi Shankar won his first Grammy Award in 1968 for best chamber music performance for which of the following works done by him?

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  1. West Meets East
  2. The Concert for Bangladesh
  3. The Sounds of India
  4. Full Circle - Carnegie Hall

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Option 1 : West Meets East
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The correct answer is West Meets East.Key Points

  • Indian musician Ravi Shankar won his first Grammy Award in 1968 for best chamber music performance for the work "West Meets East".
  • "West Meets East" is a collaboration between Ravi Shankar and Yehudi Menuhin, a renowned violinist.
  • The album features a fusion of Indian classical music and Western classical music.

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  • In the latter part of the 20th century, Ravi Shankar rose to prominence as the most well-known authority on North Indian classical music worldwide.
    • In 1999, Shankar received the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian distinction in India.
  • "The Concert for Bangladesh" was a benefit concert organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar in 1971 to raise funds for refugees in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  • "The Sounds of India" is a 1968 album by Ravi Shankar that features traditional Indian classical music.
  • "Full Circle - Carnegie Hall" is a live album by Ravi Shankar, released in 2002, that features a concert recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2000.
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