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Shenkar (Lakshminarayana Shankar) was born on 26 April, 1950 in Madras, India, is a music_department,soundtrack. Discover Shenkar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Lakshminarayana Shankar
Occupation music_department,soundtrack
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 26 April, 1950
Birthday 26 April
Birthplace Madras, India
Nationality India

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1980

His 1980 release, "Who's To Know", and Phil Collins' solo debut, "Face Value", introduced the unique sound of Shenkar's own invention, the 10 string stereophonic Double Violin, to listeners around the world. The Double Violin, designed by Shenkar and built by Ken Parker, covers the entire range of the orchestra's double bass, cello, viola and violin. The combination of Shenkar's mesmerizing vocals, double violin and also as a composer has brought him worldwide acclaim as a musical innovator. A major world-touring artist, in his own group and with his collaborators, Shenkar has circled the globe many times. In addition, Shenkar completed a long world tour with Peter Gabriel (Secret World Tour) as a special guest singing and playing double violin.

Additional special projects have included The Princess Trust Rock Concerts, The United Nations Peace Day Festivals, and Nelson Mandela's 80th Birthday celebrations.

1990

In 1990, Shenkar co-produced a one-hour BBC film directed by award winning director H. O. Nazareth. It was nominated as one of the best documentaries at the Cannes Film Festival.

1994

The tour ended at the Woodstock Festival in 1994.

2004

In 2004, Shenkar composed and performed vocals and double violin on Mel Gibson's "The Passion Of The Christ", along with composers John Debney and Jack Lenz. Shenkar's haunting vocals were all through the movie soundtrack. Shenkar has also worked on many other movie soundtracks including the Grammy award winning and controversial "The Last Temptation of Christ" by the legendary film maker Martin Scorsese, in which he co-wrote 13 of the tracks with Peter Gabriel. Shenkar's work as also been included in the following films; "Ali", "Queen of The Damned", "Jennifer 8", "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", and "Jacobs Ladder".

2005

Shenkar has released numerous solo albums and videos in various idioms of music from Pop/Rock/Soundtracks, including the musical composition of the 2005 Oscar winning documentary, "Born Into Brothels".

2007

Shenkar is widely considered a living legend in the music world. Shenkar is a musician's musician who has enthralled audiences and critics alike all over the world. He is a virtuoso vocalist/violinist (with a five and a half octave vocal range), composer and record producer who has sold over 35 million on his recordings and his guest appearances throughout his career have put him in the highest esteem among his peers. Shenkar's self-produced solo release for Big Deal Records/RYKO/WEA was released on September 25th of 2007. In between working on his solo record, Shenkar has also collaborated with the extraordinarily gifted duo Wendy & Lisa (Prince) on their original score for the NBC smash hit TV series, "Heroes". Shenkar is the featured vocalist on the theme song and is the vocalist on all "Heroes" episodes. Shenkar's vocals are also featured on two songs on the new Toto album, "Falling in Between".

Patrick Leonard and Shenkar have a duet album due to be released in the fall of 2007 titled "Udistam". Shenkar has also been collaborating with Randy Jackson of "American Idol" fame on a project where he will sing and play violin. A child prodigy, born into a renowned family of musicians, Shenkar studied vocal from the age of two, violin from the age of five, and performed his first concert at the age of seven.