Ravi Shankar
The indomitable spirit of the Wigmore Hall
Over more than a century the concert venue has hosted royalty and refugees, broken taboos, reinforced traditions and kept its doors open through two world wars and a global pandemic
Indian classical music’s rebellion against modernity
When Gurdain Ryatt, Ojas Adhiya, Milind Kulkarni and Murad Ali Khan take to the stage at Milton Court this Sunday…
The music of mindfulness
At George Harrison’s 1971 concert for Bangladesh, awkwardly, the audience applauded after Ravi Shankar and his musicians had paused to…
Read The Spectator article that gave birth to musical minimalism 50 years ago
The Spectator is responsible for many coinages. One of the most significant came in 1968, when an article by our…
From Ted to Troy
How many digital radios have you bought over the years? How many are still working? Of the four I used…
