Ramesh Mishra ( hi, रमेश मिश्रा, surname also spelled Misra) (

Varanasi Varanasi (; ; also Banaras or Benares (; ), and Kashi.) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. * * * * The city has a syncretic t ...

, India, 2 October 1948 - New York, U.S., 13 March 2017) was an Indian

sarangi The sārangī is a bowed, short-necked string instrument played in traditional music from South Asia – Punjabi folk music, Rajasthani folk music, and Boro folk music (there known as the ''serja'') – in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It is ...

player. Mishra comes from a family of sarangi players and studied from an early age from a number of his older relatives. He was a disciple of

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North In ...

and has made numerous recordings. In addition to his performances of Indian classical music, he has recorded with the American rock band Aerosmith (on the 1997 album '' Nine Lives''). Mishra was awarded a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2008.

Selected discography

*''Waiting for Love'' (Shujaat Khan album) 1999

Death

Mishra died of cancer on 13 March 2017 at the age of 68 in New York.

References

External links

Ramesh Mishra official site"Jugalbandi Divine!"
from ''Times of India'', 10 January 2008 1948 births 2017 deaths Hindustani instrumentalists Indian male classical musicians Musicians from Varanasi Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award Sarangi players Place of birth missing {{India-musician-stub