Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an Indian-born British American musician and sitarist is best known for her musical talents. She was awarded the British House of Commons' Shield, which is the youngest and also the first female recipient. Apart from the nine Grammy awards She was also the first Indian-born musician to be a presenter and performer at the award ceremony. Anoushka Shankar is a rising star on sitar music. Indian sitar. She is the student and daughter to Ravi Shankar. She was born in London in 1982. During the first few years of her life she was split her time between London New Delhi. The first time she performed was at New Delhi at the tender age of thirteen. In the following years the same year, in Encinitas CA she attended high school and graduated with distinction in 1999. Anouskha was only an teen, has enjoyed an impressive recording and performing career. She often joins her father during performances, something she has been doing for a number of years. She released her debut album in 1998. dropped Anourag as her first album as a solo artist. Two years later she released the Grammy nominated album Live on stage at Carnegie Hall. She has performed at most major venues around the globe. Anoushka's career does not only involve the world of music. She published Bapi the love of my life in the year 2002. This is a picture biographical work that is a tribute to her father Ravi Shankar. Also, she appeared in movie in 2003. The role she played was that of as a Bharat Natyam dancer in Dance Like a Man. The career of Anoushka Shankar is in the process of developing and she will continue to achieve great success in the near future. Anoushka is a native of England, but spent most of her youth between London in the UK and Delhi. After that, she relocated to California and attended the high school there. Anoushka Shankar started her musical studies at the age of nine. Four years later, she made her music debut with the sitar Delhi during her father's 75th birthday celebration. Accompanying her father as he toured the world Anoushka racked up a wealth of performances on stage at Carnegie Hall while still in her teens. She performed at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival and making recordings alongside George Harrison. Her talent and musicality have been acknowledged by the British Parliament as being among the top at Asian Arts.