Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American sitarist and musician. She was the youngest and first female to win a British House of Commons Shield she's received nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to play live and to serve as a presenter at the award ceremony. Anoushka Sitar Shankar, the Indian young sitar singer. She is the student and sister of Ravi Shankar. She was born London in 1982. During the first few years of her life she was split her time between London New Delhi. At New Delhi, she made her debut when she was only thirteen years of age. Then she moved to Encinitas CA she attended high school and graduated with distinction in 1999. Anouskha's career as a performer and recorder is remarkable, even at her young age. She has performed with her father on stage for many years. She released her first single album Anourag in 1998. Her Grammy-nominated Live At Carnegie Hall album was released in 2002. Because she has performed on every major stage in all over the globe, her stage career has been expansive. The career of Anoushka goes far beyond music. Bapi The Love of My Life is an illustrated biographie she wrote in 2002. It pays special tributes to her father, who passed away in 2002. Ravi Shankar. in 2003 she appeared in Dance Like a Man as the Bharat Natyam dancer. Anoushka Shankar's career continues to grow and we can expect to see a lot from her in the coming years. be. Anoushka Shankar was born and raised in England and spent much of her childhood in London and Delhi then moving to California in the state where she attended the high school. At the age of nine, she began studying music under her father. She made her first on the sitar four years later during his birthday party in Delhi. Anoushka was able to gain a variety of valuable experiences when she accompanied her father when he toured the world. The tour included appearances at Carnegie Hall and at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festivals, as well as making recordings alongside George Harrison. She was the only female to receive the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament in recognition of her artistry and musicianship as an outstanding musician from in the Asian Arts.