Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a Brit-American sitarist as well as a music producer. She was awarded the British House of Commons' Shield as the youngest, and also the first female recipient. In addition to the nine Grammy awards, she was also the very first Indian-origin musician to perform during the ceremony live. Anoushka Shankar is the hottest young star of the Indian sitar. She is a student as well as daughter of the legendary Ravi Shankar. She was born 1982 in London. The first few years of her life were split between London as well as New Delhi. Her first performance took place in New Delhi when she was only 13 years old. In 1999, she completed her high schooling in Encinitas CA. Anouskha was only an teen, has enjoyed an extremely successful recording and performing career. For a long time she regularly performs with her father. She released her debut single album Anourag in the year 1998. She released the album Live At Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album two years following. Since she's performed at every major stage in the world, her stage career has been expansive. Anoushka Shakar's work is not just limited to music. She published Bapi The Heart of My Life, in the year 2002. This is a picture biography that pays tribute to her dad Ravi Shankar. She's also been in the role of. in the 2003 movie Dance Like a Man, where she played the role of a Bharat dancer in the form of a young girl. Anoushka is still progressing in her professional career, and we can expect many other things to be expected from this talented woman. Anoushka was a frequent traveler and spent lots of her time in London and Delhi throughout her childhood. Later, she moved to California to attend high school. She began learning music at age 9 and played the sitar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the birth of her father in Delhi the following year. Anoushka was able to gain a great deal of knowledge by traveling around the globe with her father. She appeared in Carnegie Hall in her teenage period, as well as recorded for George Harrison's WOMAD Festival. She was the youngest and sole female winner of the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament in recognition of her musicianship and talent as an outstanding musician from the Asian Arts.