Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American sitar player and music artist. She was the first and first woman to receive a British House of Commons Shield she has had nine Grammy Awards nominations and was the first artist of Indian of Indian descent to perform live and to act as a host at the award ceremony. Anoushka Shakar, who is just a rising star on the Indian Sitar, is Anoushka. She is the student and daughter to Ravi Shankar. She spent her childhood bouncing around from London to New Delhi. Her debut performance was in New Delhi when she was only 13 years old. After that, she moved to Encinitas CA where she graduated from High School with honours in 1999. The career of Anouskha as a recorder and performer is quite impressive, in spite of her age. Her father has been with her to numerous performances over many years. She has released Anourag her first solo album in 1998. The following year, she released the Grammy nomination-winning Live on stage at Carnegie Hall. As she's appeared on every major stage in the world, her career on stage has been extensive. The career of Anoushka goes far beyond music. Bapi the Love of My Live, a biographical picture dedicating to her dad Ravi Shankar was published in 2002. Also, she has been in the role of. In 2003's film Dance Like a Man, in which she played an Bharat Natyam dancer young girl. Anoushka is continuing to advance in her career and there will be many other things to be expected from this talented woman. Anoushka Shankar was born and raised in England and spent much of her early years in London and Delhi after which she moved to California where she attended the high school. In Delhi during his birthday celebrations for his 75th birthday Anoushka first made an appearance as a sitar player in front of an audience just four years after her 9-year-old father. Anoushka performed with her father during his world tour, gained an impressive quantity of knowledge. In her teenage years she performed in Carnegie Hall as part of Peter Gabriel's WOMAD as well as recorded with George Harrison. She was the youngest woman to be awarded the House of Commons Shield, presented by British Parliament as recognition of her musical talent and artistic ability in performing in the Asian Arts.