Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American sitarist and musician. She was the first and first female to win a British House of Commons Shield she's had Nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian origin to perform live on stage and also act as a host at the award ceremony. Anoushka Shakar, who is just a rising star on the Indian Sitar is Anoushka. She is Ravi Shankar's student, and the daughter of Ravi Shankar. She was born London in 1982. During the first few years of her life she was split in London New Delhi. She gave her debut performance on stage in New Delhi at the tender age of 13. At the age of 13, she finished her high schooling in Encinitas CA. Anouskha was only an teen, has enjoyed an extremely successful recording and performing career. Her father was with her on numerous occasions for several years. Her debut solo album, Anourag, was released in 1998. The following year, she released the Grammy nominated Live in Carnegie Hall. The stage is a very important aspect of her life. She's performed at many important venues across the globe. The career of Anoushka goes far beyond the realm of music. In 2002, she wrote a book entitled Bapi The love of My Live this is a pictorial biography which is a honor to her late father Ravi Shankar. In addition, she acted. In 2003's film Dance Like a Man, where she portrayed a Bharat Natyam dancer young girl. Anoushka Shakar's career as a professional will continue to grow and develop. We are looking at seeing lots of new things from her. Anoushka Shankar is a British native who lived her early years split between London, Delhi and California. When she was nine years old, she began her studies in music under her father making her performing debut with the sitar four years later, at the celebration of his 75th birthday in Delhi. As a part of her dad's band as his world tour, Anoushka was able to accumulate a variety of experience performing on stage at Carnegie Hall while still in her teens performing at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival as well as performing alongside George Harrison. Her talent and musicality have been recognized by British parliament as the best in Asian Arts.