Born in a family rich in
musical tradition, Ravindra's musical instincts asserted early. His
father Late Pt. Prabhakar Chari, a noted tabla player from Goa
initiated his musical training in Harmonium, Tabla and Sitar.
He continued to nurture his child's potential and zeal for sitar
placing him under the tutelage of Ustad Abdul Karim Khan.
He learnt Harmonium from Pt. Tulshidas Borkar.
Later Ravi moved to Mumbai where he studied under great sitar
maestros like Pt. Pushparaj Koshti, Ustad Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan
and Ustad Shahid Parvez,which continues till today
Highly acclaimed by critics and connoisseurs alike for his excellent
command over laya and layakari, his sitar recitals are crowned by an
exposition that is melodious and rich at times even complex. He has
performed with great Indian musicians including Ustad Allah Rakha, Kishori Amonkar,
Mrudangam wizard Umalayapuram Shivaraman, Ustad Sultan khan, Pt.
Suresh Talwalkar,Trilok Gurtu,Louiz Banks, Sivamani, Ranjit Barot,
Fazal Quereshi, Shama Bhate, Amit Heri, Merlin D'Souza,Taufiq Quereshi etc. on
various projects. At present teaching at Sharda Sangeet Vidhyalaya,
Bandra-Mumbai.
His innate creative talent and enthusiasm for innovation has led him
to perform with internationally acclaimed artistes from diverse
musical cultures viz. Salif Keita, Trilok Gurtu, Kai Eckhart,
Angelique Kidjo, Pacco Sairre, Kudsi Eulgner, Robert Miles at major
music festivals like WOMAD, Glastonbery, Bumbershoot Festival etc.
Recently performed for the Grammy nominated album from world renowned Miles Davis, by the name “Miles from India”, including the ensemble of the following musicians,
Louiz Banks (piano/Fender Rhodes), Wallace Roney (trumpet), Ravi Chary (sitar), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Vikku Vinayakram (ghatam), Chick Corea (piano), John McLaughlin (guitar), U. Shrinivas
(mandolin) & many more..
Lending his music a unique eclectic approach while resting firmly on
the rich classical tradition.
His performance in several innovative albums viz. Miles Davis From
India, The Glimpse, African Fantasy, Beat of Love, Broken Rhythm
etc. bear ample testimony to his sincere creative skill.
Recipient of fellowship from HRD, Government of India and
prestigious Surmani award, Ravindra's recitals have been broadcast
on radio and television. He was also a lecturer in Music at Mumbai
University.
He has acquired the rare combination of mastering Harmonium and
Sitar. His students have won many prizes due to his unique style of
playing and teaching.
A highly sought after performing artiste, both as a soloist and in
collaboration with artistes from diverse musical backgrounds, Ravi
has traveled extensively in India as well as UK, Germany, Italy,
Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Holland, Greece,
Singapore, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, USA, Canada, Luxemburg,
Ireland, Hungary, South Africa, Poland, Norway, Australia, Brazil,
Dubai, New Calidonea and New Zealand.
Rendered his musical skills at the very prestigious Vasantotsav 2010 at Pune, alongwith stalwarts like Trilok Gurtu, Mahesh Kale, Rahul Deshpande, Dhruv Ghanekar and others.
Performed at Teen Prahar music festival at Chowdiah Auditorium, Bangalore with Rakesh Chaurasiya, Giridhar Udupa & Kalinath Mishra.
Performed Jugalbandhi with Mandolin player U.Rajesh at Kanyakumari.
performed for Teen prahar - a day long music festival, with Rakesh Chaurasiya, with Satyajit and Bhawani Shankar.
Swami Haridas Sangeet Sammelan, Mumbai
Swami Surdas Sangeet Sammelan, Kolkata
National Centre for Performing Arts, Mumbai
Sangeet Ratna Ustad Aabdul Karim khan's 50th death anniversary,Miraj
Sajan Milap, Mumbai
Swarmauli ,Mumbai
Jugalbandi Festival organized by Kimaya Foundation, Pune
Sur Sagar, Bangalore
Teacher's Jazz Festival with Trilok Gurtu Mumbai
Samraat Sangeet Sammelan Kavalem, Goa
Accompanied on sitar for 'encounter of two different musics' with the Gradiva ensemble with
Smt Kishori Amonkar organized by
alliance Francise, Mumbai
Accompanied Guru Ustad Shahid Parvez for various concerts viz. Spic Macay - Goa, Nimrana - Rajasthan Hyderabad, Pune, Alibaug,
Chakra - Bangalore
Mumbai Festival - Goregaon, Mumbai
Chaturang - Mumbai
Kala Ghoda Festiva with Remo Fernandes and Trilok Gurtu
St. Xaviers College -Jan Fest and Chembur Fine arts with Ronu Majumdar, Roopkumar Rathod and Trilok Gurtu.
LYCRA Awards MTV Mumbai
Rajarshee Shahu Sangeet Rajani - Kohlapur
ISCMS Istanbul Festival 2010 at Turkey with Trilok Gurtu.
Jarasum Jazz Festival, Korea 2010
Barranquilla Jazz Festival, Cali Jazz Festival & Bogota Festival, Colombia 2010
BMM convention at Philadelphia
Project with Norwegian musicians violinist ANNBJORG LIEN, BJORN OLE RASCH (keyboard) and Trilok Gurtu (Tabla) in Norway
Given lecture demonstration on classical music at various places like WOMAD NFESTIVAL (Australia and New Zealand ) and universities in US
WOMAD -Caceres, Spain; Reading - UK, Singapore
Kathmandu Jazz Festival - Nepal
University of Massachusetts - US
The Barbican Centre - London
Union Chappel - London
The Royal Festival Hall - London
Project with Hunn Hurr Tu (Vocal and Instrumental from Tuva) Kim Doc Soo from Korea and Trilok Gurtu in Copenhagen -Denmark, on a
massive barge in the Harbour
Cite-de-la-musique - Paris with Trilok Gurtu, Shankar Mahadevan
Kennedy Centre Millennium Stage, Washington DC
Rhythm Sticks Festival
Queen Elizabeth Hall - London
Kultur Zentrum AKKU, Styer - Austria with accompaniment by Pt.Suresh Talwalkar
Espoo Cultural Center - Helsinki,Finland
Croatian National Theatre - Split,Croatia
Rhein Kultur Festival - Bonn, Germany
Performed at television channels like RAI TRE - Bologna, Italy
