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1. On Ravi’s teacher: ‘At the age of eight he ran away to join a traveling group of musicians, claiming to be an orphan. Over several years they taught him both folk and classical styles. As well as learning vocal music, he mastered the violin, clarinet, cornet, trumpet, shehnai and various drums — tabla, pakhawaj and dhol — even before he took up his principal instrument, the sarod.
— Oct 17, 2025 05:09AM
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“What was even more crazy, says Able, “was that his picking hand was above the covers, and the finger that he wore the mizrab on was moving as if he was playing or practicing. I felt bad about complaining now — he was on another level! It wasn’t twitching. His whole hand was moving. He was playing in his sleep.”
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‘Ravi was keen to train audiences as well as his students. In a program essay entitled “Good Listening” he appealed for all to be seated on time at Kinnara concerts, “relaxed and receptive”. It was announced beforehand that the doors would be closed precisely on 8:30 p.m. and reopened only between numbers.’
— Oct 24, 2025 03:33AM
