Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shakar, one of the American and British sitar artist. She was among the youngest and first woman to receive the British House of Commons Shield she's had 9 Grammy Awards nominations and was the first musician of Indian of Indian descent to perform live and to act as a host at the ceremony. Anoushka Sitar Shankar was an Indian young sitar star. She is a student as well as daughter of the famous Ravi Shankar. Her birthplace was in London in 1982 and was a young girl who travelled back and forth to London as well as New Delhi. At the age of 13, her first show was in New Delhi took place. In 1999, she completed her high school studies within Encinitas CA. Anouskha is still a young woman, but she has a very impressive career in music and performance. Since quite some time, she has been performing regularly with her father. The first album she released as a solo artist, Anourag, was released in 1998. It was followed by Live at Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album two years later. The stage work she has done is vast as she has appeared in all of the major stages in the world. Anoushka Shakar's talents are not only limited to music. In 2002, she released the book Bapi The love of My Live this is a picture-based biography, which pays special tribute to her father Ravi Shankar. She also acted on the film "Dance Like a Man" in 2003. She played an Bharat Nayam dancer on Dance Like a Man. Anoushka Shankar's work continues to unfold and we're likely to see a variety of things from her in the coming years. follow. Anoushka spent a lot of her time in London and Delhi in her early years. After that, she moved to California to attend high school. She began learning music at the age nine and played the sitar for the 75th anniversary of her father's birth in Delhi just four years after. The father of Anoushka travelled the globe with her, and she was able to gain many new experience. When she was still at her teens, Anoushka performed at Carnegie Hall in Peter Gabriel's WOMAD concert. 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 the Asian Arts.