Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka is an American British sitarist and musician. She was the first woman within her age bracket to be a member of an award from the British House of Commons Staff. Anoushka Shankar is one of India's most promising stars on the sitar. She is a student and daughter to Ravi Shankar. She was born in 1982 in London. Her early years were split between London as well as New Delhi. At the age of 13, she gave her debut performance in New Delhi. In Encinitas the state of California, in 1999 she earned an honorary high school degree. Her career as a recorder and performer is impressive, despite her young age. Since quite some time, she regularly performs with her father. In 1998 she released her first solo album Anourag. A year later, she dropped the Grammy nominated album Live in Carnegie Hall. The stage work she has done is vast as she has appeared in all of the biggest venues in the world. Her career doesn't just include music. Bapi The Love of My Life is an illustrated biography that she composed in 2002. It pays special tributes to her late father Ravi Shankar. In addition, she acted in a movie in 2003. She played as a Bharat natyam dancer in Dance Like a Man. Anoushka Shankar is currently a rising celebrity and her popularity will continue to grow. Anoushka shankar is an English born musician who spent her childhood in London, Delhi and California. At the age of 9 She began studying music alongside her father. Her debut performance on the Sitar took place in her 75th birthday celebration in Delhi, four years after. Accompanying her father as he toured the world Anoushka was able to accumulate a variety of experience performing in Carnegie Hall while still in her teens. She performed at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival, and also performing together with George Harrison. She was the youngest and only female to receive the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament to recognize her musicianship and talent as a leading musician of in the Asian Arts.