Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a Brit-American sitarist and musician. She was the first and first female to win the British House of Commons Shield she's had 9 Grammy Awards nominations and was the first artist of Indian of Indian descent to perform live on stage and also serve as a presenter at the award ceremony. Anoushka Shankar is a rising young star of sitar music. Indian sitar. She is the student of Ravi Shankar, and the daughter. She was born in London in 1982. She was a young girl who travelled back and forth from London as well as New Delhi. In the age of thirteen she performed her first performance in New Delhi. At the age of 13, she finished her high school studies at Encinitas CA. Although she is still very young Anouskha has an impressive performing and recording. Since quite some time, she has been performing regularly with her father. She released her first self-titled album Anourag in 1998. Her Grammy-nominated Live At Carnegie Hall album was released in 2002. Since she's performed at all the major stages in all over the globe, her performance career has been extensive. Anoushka isn't only a singer. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biography she penned in 2002. The book pays 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. The career of Anoushka Shankar is in the process of developing and she'll continue to achieve great success in the future. Anoushka spent a lot of time between London and Delhi during her young years. After that, she moved to California for high school. Anoushka started her music studies when she was nine. A few years later she performed her music debut with the sitar Delhi for her father's 70th birthday celebration. Anoushka had the opportunity to acquire a variety of valuable experiences as she traveled with her father when he toured the world. It included performances at Carnegie Hall and at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD concerts and recording with George Harrison. Her talent and musicality was recognized by British parliament as the best of the best in Asian Arts.