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Ravi Shankar Debuts First Symphony at Age 90

By Theunis BatesJul 1st 2010 – 12:48PM
Bikas Das, AP

Bikas Das, AP

LONDON (July 1) -- "East is East," Rudyard Kipling once said, "and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." If the "Jungle Book" author had met Ravi Shankar, he'd have realized that he was talking utter nonsense. The sitar virtuoso has spent much of the past 50 years educating Western listeners about the classical...

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Background on London Philharmonic

The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), based in London, is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom, and is based in the Royal Festival Hall.

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