Sukanya Shankar hosted the event
(Picture: Pete Woodhead)The most surprising moment of this extraordinary concert was Sukanya Shankar, wife of Ravi Shankar, singing a duet with Dhani Harrison, son of George Harrison. The performed I Am Missing You, a hippy love song to Krishna written by Ravi Shankar in 1974. It shows that The Beatles had influenced him as much as the other way round.
Sukanya said this concert would be her first and last time on stage, but she and daughter Anoushka co-hosted this gathering of illustrious friends and disciples to celebrate Ravi Shankar, the most influential of India’s musicians, who died aged 92 in 2012. It was first planned for his centenary in April 2020, but delayed twice because of Coronavirus. Sukanya was the familial hostess with Anoushka attending to the musical duties, and clearly enjoying directing over 20 musicians and playing super-slick sitar as well.
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