Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an American-born British sitarist as well as a music producer. She won the British House of Commons' Shield as the youngest, and first female recipient. In addition to receiving nine Grammy nominations and nine Grammy nominations, she also became the very first Indian-origin musician to present at and perform during the ceremony live. Anoushka is a emerging star of Indian sitar. She is Ravi Shankar's pupil and is also his daughter of Ravi Shankar. Born in London, she spent the early years of her life traveling between London and New Delhi. As a teenager when her first performance in New Delhi took place. In Encinitas the state of California, in 1999 she earned a high-school degree. Anouskha is still a young woman, but she has a very remarkable career in the field of music and performance. Since a while, she has been performing regularly with her father. The singer made Anourag her first album solo in 1998. It was followed by Live at Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album a year after. The stage work she has done is broad as she's been in every one of the world's major venues. Anoushka isn't only a singer. Bapi The Love of My Life is an illustrated biography she wrote in 2002. The book pays tribute to her father, who passed away in 2002. Ravi Shankar. She's also appeared in. In the 2003 film Dance Like a Man, in which she played a Bharat natyam dancing young girl. Anoushka Shankar is currently a rising superstar and her fame will continue to grow. Anoushka was raised in England, but spent most of her growing up between London in the UK and Delhi. Then she moved to California and attended high school there. At the age of 9 she began her studies in the piano with her father. The first time she performed on the Sitar took place at her 75th Birthday celebration in Delhi, four years after. Anoushka performed with her father during his world tour, gained an impressive quantity of knowledge. As a teenager, she played in Carnegie Hall as part of Peter Gabriel's WOMAD and recorded alongside George Harrison. To honor her position as a leading musician of Asian Arts, she was given the House of Commons Shield by British parliament.