My Compelling Story

Ravi Chary is a professional sitar player based out of the finance capital of India, Mumbai. Originally hailing from Goa, a haven for all things musical, Ravi was destined to be a musician. Late Pt Prabhakar Chari, his father, a noted tabla player and musicologist, introduced him to the possibilities of a life rich in Indian music. He chose the sitar from a plethora of instruments made available to him by his father. Ravi is the first sitarist to have risen from the Goan landscape. His father was undoubtedly his first guru, but his foray into learning the refinements of the sitar began with Ustad Abdul Karim Khan in Goa, following which he came to Mumbai to learn from Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan. He continues his journey in sitar-dom under the teaching of Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan. The percussion guru, Trilok Gurtu, initiated him into fusion music and Ravi toured with him widely in his early days.