Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a Brit-American sitar player and music artist. She is the youngest female and also the first woman to be awarded a British House of Commons shield. Anoushka Shankar is a rising young star of the Indian sitar. She is a scholar and granddaughter of legendary Ravi Shankar. Born in London She spent her first few years of her life traveling between London and New Delhi. The first time she performed was on stage in New Delhi when she was thirteen years old. Then she moved to Encinitas CA, where she obtained the High School diploma with honors in 1999. Anouskha is an aspiring young lady, but she has a very impressive career in singing and recording. She performs regularly alongside her father and has done so for quite a number of years. In 1998, she released her first self-titled album Anourag. The Grammy Award-winning live at Carnegie Hall was released two years later than her first solo album. Apart from performing in all of the largest venues as well, she has a long stage career. Anoushka Shakar's talents are not only limited to music. She published Bapi, the Love of My Life in 2002. This is a picture biographical work that is a tribute to her dad Ravi Shankar. Also, she has acted. In 2003's film Dance Like a Man, in which she played an Bharat natyam dancing young girl. Anoushka Shankar's professional career is continuing to unfold and we can expect to see a lot from her in the coming years. follow. Anoushka Shankar was born and raised in England and spent much of her early years in London and Delhi later relocating to California where she attended the high school. In Delhi on his birthday, which was celebrated at the age of 75 Anoushka first made an appearance performing the sitar before the crowd of at the age of four, following her nine year old father. The father of Anoushka travelled across the world with her and she also gained a variety of experiences. When she was still teenagers, Anoushka performed at Carnegie Hall in Peter Gabriel's WOMAD Music Festival. Her talent and musicality was recognized by British parliament as among the finest in Asian Arts.