Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar, an Indian-born British American artist and a sitarist, is well known for her songs. She is also the youngest and first woman to receive an award from the British House of Commons Award. Anoushka Sitar Shankar was an Indian young sitar artist. She is a student and sister of Ravi Shankar. She was born in London in 1982, and the first few years of her life she was split her time between London New Delhi. When she was 13 she staged her first performance in New Delhi. Then the same year, in Encinitas CA she attended high school. She graduated with distinction in 1999. Her career as a musician and performer is impressive, despite her young age. She performs regularly together with her dad, and has been doing so for a long time years. The first album she released as a solo artist, Anourag, was released in 1998. The album was titled the album Live At Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album a year following. She has appeared at many famous venues throughout the world. Anoushka's career goes beyond the realm of music. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biography she wrote in 2002. It is a tribute to her father, who passed away in 2002. Ravi Shankar. Also, she has been in the role of. In the 2003 film Dance Like a Man, in which she played the role of a Bharat Natyam dancer young girl. Anoushka is still progressing on her path and will surely be more things to come from this talented woman. Anoushka Shakar, who was born in England was a major part of her life between London Delhi. After moving to California she completed her high school. From the age of nine she began studying music under her father making her performing debut with the sitar 4 years later, at his 75th birthday celebration in Delhi. Anoushka performed with her father during his world tour, gained an impressive quantity of knowledge. In her teenage years she appeared in Carnegie Hall as part of Peter Gabriel's WOMAD and recorded alongside George Harrison. Her talent and musicality were acknowledged by the British parliament as among the finest of the best in Asian Arts.