Portrait of the artist: Ravi Shankar, musician

'I saw some music videos by Lady Gaga recently. I admire her theatricality – she is a very intelligent performer'What got you started?Going to Paris with my brother Uday's classical Indian dance troupe in 1930. I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music.What was your big breakthrough?Meeting [the composer and musician] Allauddin Khan when I was 15. He became my guru; I returned to India to study the sitar with him for seven years. Only then was I ready to become ...

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