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Private memorials will be held in India and California for legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a publicist said, after his death earlier this week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Concerts to celebrate the 92-year-old’s life will be held next year in New York and London<\/strong>, he added, giving no further details about funeral or other arrangements.<\/p>\n

“Memorial services will be held near his homes in Southern California and in India,” said the publicist, Stuart Wolferman, noting that they would be “private” events.<\/p>\n

“Both services will be attended by family and friends, and will offer an opportunity for loved ones to share intimate memories and thoughts about the musician.<\/p>\n

“Public concerts celebrating Ravi’s music, in both New York and London, are being discussed for 2013,” <\/strong>he added in a statement.<\/p>\n

Shankar died Tuesday in southern California at the age of 92, after failing to recover from surgery at a hospital in La Jolla, near San Diego last week. His family was at his bedside.<\/p>\n

The sitar pioneer taught his close friend George Harrison, the late Beatle, to play the instrument and collaborated with him on several projects, including the ground-breaking Concert for Bangladesh in 1971.<\/p>\n

Harrison called Shankar “the godfather of world music,”<\/strong> and Yehudi Menuhin, widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, compared him to Mozart.<\/p>\n

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