Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an British and American sitar player. She also plays music. She was among the youngest and first woman to receive the British House of Commons Shield she's received 9 Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live in concert and act as a host at the awards ceremony. Anoushka Shankar is an emerging young star of sitar music. Indian sitar. She is both the daughter and student of Ravi Shankar. Born in London She spent her first few years of her life bouncing between London as well as New Delhi. At New Delhi, she made her debut when she was only thirteen years old. After moving to Encinitas, CA in 1999 she received a high-school diploma. The career of Anouskha as a musician and performer is remarkable, even at her youth. Since quite some time, she regularly performs with her father. The first album she released as a solo artist, Anourag, was released in 1998. Two years later she released the Grammy nomination-winning Live in Carnegie Hall. Her stage career is very vast as she has performed in most of the major stages in the world. Anoushka isn't just a musician. 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 was a part as a character in Dance Like a Man as the Bharat Natyam performer. Anoushka's career is still developing and she'll continue to accomplish many amazing things in the future. Anoushka Shankar was born and raised in England and spent much of her youth living between London and Delhi later relocating to California where she went to high school. At the age of nine, she began studying music under her father, who made her debut with the sitar four years later at his birthday party in Delhi. Anoushka, who accompanied her father throughout his global tour, gained a remarkable number of experiences. When she was in her teens, she played in Carnegie Hall as part of Peter Gabriel's WOMAD and even recorded with George Harrison. Her talent and musicality have been acknowledged by the British parliament as the best of the best in Asian Arts.