Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka is a British-American musician and sitarist. She was awarded the British House of Commons' Shield in the year of her youngest and also the first female recipient. Alongside nine Grammy nominations, she was also the very first Indian-origin musician to perform during the ceremony live. Anoushka Sitar Shankar was the Indian young sitar singer. She is the student of Ravi Shankar, and the daughter. She was born in London in 1982. She spent her early years shuttling to London as well as New Delhi. The first time she performed was in New Delhi when she was thirteen years old. Then she relocated to Encinitas CA where she graduated from High School with honours in 1999. Anouskha, who is only a teenager, has had an extremely successful recording and performing career. She has been performing with her father in the stage for a long time. In 1998, she released Anourag as her first solo record. It was followed by the album Live At Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album a year following. The stage work she has done is broad as she's been in every one of the biggest venues in the world. Anoushka Shankar's career is not only limited to the music industry. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biographie she penned in 2002. It is a tribute to her father who died in the year 2000. Ravi Shankar. In addition, she has appeared in movies in 2003. She acted in the film Dance Like a Man where she is the role of a teenage Bharat Natyam dancer. The career of Anoushka Shankar is in the process of developing and she is expected to accomplish many amazing things in the coming years. Anoushka was raised in England however, she spent the majority of her growing up between London in the UK and Delhi. After that, she relocated to California and attended high school. From the age of nine she started studying music with her father. She made her first on the sitar 4 years later at his birthday party in Delhi. Anoushka gained a lot of experience touring across the globe together with the father. She played at Carnegie Hall in her teenage time, and also recorded at George Harrison's WOMAD Festival. It is the House of Commons Shield was presented to her from the British Parliament as the most renowned Asian Arts musician. She is the only woman and is the smallest recipient of the distinction.