Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka is an American British musician and sitarist. She was the first woman within her age bracket to be awarded the British House of Commons Staff. Anoushka is a emerging star of Indian sitar. She is the student of Ravi Shankar as well as his daughter of Ravi Shankar. She was a child who bounded back and forth from London in the UK to New Delhi. Her debut performance was at New Delhi when she was just 13 years old. After that, she moved in Encinitas CA where she graduated from High School with honours in 1999. The career of Anouskha as a performer and recorder is remarkable, even at her youth. She has been accompanying her father on stage for many years. She released her first solo album Anourag in the year 1998. In 2002, she released her Grammy Nominated Live at Carnegie Hall. The stage is a very important aspect of her life. She's performed at many famous venues around the globe. Anoushka isn't just a performer. Bapi The Love of My Life is an illustrated biographie that she composed in 2002. It pays special tributes to her late father Ravi Shankar. In 2003 she starred as a Bharat Nathyam young dancer Dance Like a Man. The career of Anoushka Shankar is in the process of developing and she'll continue to do many great things in the near future. Anoushka Shakar was born in England lived the majority of her life between London Delhi. Following her move to California she graduated from the high school. She began learning music at the age nine and was a sitar player to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the birth of her father in Delhi four years later. Anoushka gained a lot of experience by touring across the globe along with her dad. She appeared in Carnegie Hall in her teenage years, and recorded at George Harrison's WOMAD Festival. As a tribute to her status as a leading musician of Asian Arts, she was awarded the House of Commons Shield by British Parliament.