Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an British and American sitar player. She also performs music. She was among the youngest and first female to win the British House of Commons Shield she's received 9 Grammy Awards nominations and was the first artist of Indian origin to play live in concert and act as a host at the ceremony. Anoushka Shankar is an emerging young star of sitar music. Indian sitar. She is a student as well as granddaughter of legendary Ravi Shankar. She was born in 1982 in London. Her early years were spent in London and New Delhi. When she arrived in New Delhi, she made her debut at just thirteen years of age. In the following years, in Encinitas CA she attended high school. She graduated with distinction in the year 1999. While she's still young, Anouskha has an impressive performing and recording. She frequently joins her father on stage, which she's done for a number of years. She released her debut solo album Anourag in the year 1998. It was followed by Live at Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album a year after. Her stage career is very vast as she has been in every one of the major stages in the world. Anoushka's career goes beyond music. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biography she wrote in 2002. The book pays tribute to her late father Ravi Shankar. In addition, she has appeared in a number of films. In 2003, she was in the movie Dance Like a Man where she is an aspiring Bharat Natyam performer. Anoushka Shankar's career continues to unfold and we're likely to see a variety of things from her in years to be. Anoushka was raised in England however, she spent the majority of her growing up split between London as well as Delhi. Then she moved to California and went to the high school there. From the age of nine she began studying music under her father. She made her debut with the sitar 4 years later at his birthday party in Delhi. The father of Anoushka travelled the globe with her, and she gained many opportunities. When she was still teenagers, Anoushka performed at Carnegie Hall at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Music Festival. In recognition of being one of the top musicians in Asian Arts, she was awarded the House of Commons Shield by British Parliament.