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Two months after death, sitar legend Ravi Shankar wins an Emmy
Monday February 11, 2013 08:54:53 AM,
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Los Angeles: Two
months after his death, Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar has won
the best world music album Grammy for "The Living Room Sessions
Part 1" spanning a wide range of Indian classical styles.
The maestro's daughter Anoushka, who too was nominated in the same
category for her album "Traveller" accepted the Grammy on behalf
of her late father at the Grammy awards show here Sunday.
"It's OK to lose to your father," said the 31-year-old, who is
also a sitar player and composer, as she received the award for
her father.
Ravi Shankar, who died in December at the age of 92, after heart
surgery at a hospital in La Jolla, California, near San Diego, was
also awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement Grammy.
Earlier Saturday, Anoushka Shankar and the musician's other
daughter singer Norah Jones accepted the posthumous Grammy Award
at a special ceremony in Los Angeles ahead of Sunday's Grammys
show.
The Indian icon was among seven artists, including Carole King and
the Temptations, named as Lifetime Achievement Award honourees.
Jones, who has won nine Grammys of her own, said of her father,
"We know he was very excited to be receiving this award. We really
miss him. He lived and breathed music."
"I remember him drumming on the breakfast table, trying to get me
to learn to play seven (beats) over five. I'm still trying to
learn that. We are very happy to accept the award for him."
Her half sister added, "It was 60 days ago today that he passed
away. It's kind of difficult to be standing up here, like Norah
said, I am thrilled that he knew about this award before he passed
away at least. But I wish we weren't standing up here for him."
Although her mother, Sukanya, was in attendance at Saturday's
event, she did not take the stage.
"She's the reason he was able to be alive as long as he was, so
I'm eternally grateful to her," Anoushka said of her mother.
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