Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an American-born British sitarist and musician. She was the first person of her generation to be awarded an award from the British House of Commons Staff. Anoushka Sitar Shankar is an Indian young sitar artist. She's a daughter of Ravi Shankar and a former student. Born in London She spent her first few years of her life bouncing between London and New Delhi. She gave her debut performance in New Delhi at the tender 13 years old. Then she moved to Encinitas CA, where she earned her High School diploma with honors in 1999. Her career as a recorder and performer is quite impressive, in spite of her youth. For a long time she performs regularly alongside her father. The year 1998 saw her released Anourag as her first single album. Her Grammy-nominated Live At Carnegie Hall album was released in 2002. Stage performances are a large part of her career. She has performed in a variety of major venues all over the world. Anoushka Shankar's career is not only limited to performing in music. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biography that she composed in 2002. It is a tribute to her father who died in the year 2000. Ravi Shankar. In 2003, she appeared in Dance Like a Man as an actress and Bharat Natyam artist. Anoushka Shakar's professional career is only going to continue to expand and develop. It is possible to look forward to seeing many interesting things coming from her. Anoushka was born in England, but spent most of her youth split between London and Delhi. She then moved to California and attended high school. When she was 9 she began her studies in music alongside her father. The first time she performed on the Sitar took place in her 75th birthday celebration in Delhi just four years later. Anoushka had the opportunity to acquire many valuable experiences as she traveled with her father on his world tour. This included performing in Carnegie Hall and at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival in addition to performing together with George Harrison. She was the first woman to be awarded the House of Commons Shield, given by the British Parliament as recognition of her musicianship and artistry in music and the Asian Arts.