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Following the first performance of his 'Concerto No. 2 for Sitar and Orchestra' (entitled 'Raga-Mala' or 'Garland of Ragas'), Indian musician Ravi Shankar (1920 - 2012) (seated) poses with conductor Zubin Mehta of the New York Philharmonic backstage at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, New York, New York, April 23, 1981. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

Following the first performance of his 'Concerto No. 2 for Sitar and Orchestra' (entitled 'Raga-Mala' or 'Garland of Ragas'), Indian musician Ravi Shankar (1920 - 2012) (seated) poses with conductor Zubin Mehta of the New York Philharmonic backstage at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, New York, New York, April 23, 1981. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)