Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an American-born British sitarist and musician. She was also the first and youngest woman to be awarded an award from the British House of Commons Award. Anoushka Shankar is a rising young star of the Indian sitar. She is the student and daughter of Ravi Shankar. She was born in London in 1982 and was a young girl who travelled back and forth between London and New Delhi. When she arrived in New Delhi, she made her first appearance at only 13 years of age. She graduated in 1999 from her high schooling at Encinitas CA. Anouskha is yet to be a mature woman however she's got an impressive career in recording and performing. She frequently joins her father during performances, something she has been doing for several years. Her first solo album, Anourag, was released in 1998. The Grammy Award-winning Live at Carnegie Hall was released two years after her debut solo album. She has performed at most famous venues throughout the world. Anoushka isn't just a musician. In 2002, she released an autobiography titled Bapi The love of My Live this is a picture-based biography, which gives a special tribute to her father Ravi Shankar. The year 2003 saw her starred in Dance Like a Man as a Bharat Natyam performer. Anoushka's career is still developing and she is expected to accomplish many amazing things in the future. Anoushka was a frequent traveler and spent lots of her time in London and Delhi in her early years. Then, she relocated to California to attend high school. In Delhi on his birthday, which was celebrated at the age of 75 she made her debut playing the sitar in front of an audience four years following her nine-year-old father. The father of Anoushka travelled across the world with her and she also gained a variety of opportunities. When she was still teenagers, Anoushka performed at Carnegie Hall in Peter Gabriel's WOMAD concert. To honor her position as a leading musician of Asian Arts, she was given the House of Commons Shield by British parliament.