Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka is an American British musician and sitarist. She is also the youngest and first woman to be awarded an award from the British House of Commons Award. Anoushka Shankar is an emerging star on sitar music. Indian sitar. She is the student of Ravi Shankar as well as his daughter. She was born in 1982 in London. Her childhood years were spent between London as well as New Delhi. She gave her debut performance at New Delhi at the tender age of thirteen. She graduated in 1999 from her high school studies in Encinitas CA. While she's still young, Anouskha has an impressive performing and recording career. She frequently joins her father on stage, which she has been doing for several years. She made Anourag her first solo album in 1998. Two years later she released the Grammy nominated Live in Carnegie Hall. Her career on stage is broad as she's appeared in all of the world's major venues. Anoushka isn't just a performer. Bapi The love of my life is a illustrated biographical work that she composed in 2002. It is a tribute to her father who died in the year 2000. Ravi Shankar. The year 2003 saw her appeared in Dance Like a Man as the Bharat Natyam artist. Anoushka Shankar's work continues to unfold and we are likely to see a variety of things from her in the years to follow. Anoushka Shakar was born in England was a major part of her adult life in London Delhi. After moving to California she finished the high school. At the age of 9 She began studying music alongside her father. Her debut performance on the sitar came during her birthday celebrations for her 75th birthday in Delhi, four years after. Alongside her father, his world tour, Anoushka was able to accumulate a variety of experiences appearing on stage at Carnegie Hall while still in her teens performing at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival as well as making recordings together with George Harrison. She was the youngest and sole female winner of the House of Commons Shield awarded by British Parliament for her talent and musical ability as an outstanding musician from music in Asian Arts.