Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American sitar player and music artist. She is the youngest female and also the first woman to receive the British House of Commons shield. Anoushka is a emerging star of Indian sitar. She is a scholar and granddaughter of legendary Ravi Shankar. Her birthplace was London in 1982. During her first years she split in London New Delhi. The first time she performed was on stage in New Delhi when she was just 13 years old. When she moved to Encinitas California in 1999, she was awarded the high-school degree. While she's still young Anouskha is a star in her performing and recording career. For a long time she regularly performs with her father. In 1998, she released her first self-titled album Anourag. In 2002, she released her Grammy nominated album Live at Carnegie Hall. Because she has performed on every major stage in the world, her career on stage is extensive. Anoushka Shakar's work is not only limited to music. She also published Bapi the Heart of My Life, in the year 2002. This is a picture biography that pays tribute to her father Ravi Shankar. She's also been in the role of. In the 2003 film Dance Like a Man, where she portrayed the role of a Bharat Natyam dancer young girl. Anoushka Shankar is currently a rising celebrity and her popularity will continue to grow. Anoushka Shankar is a British born musician who spent her early days in London, Delhi and California. At the age of nine, she began her studies in music under her father making her performing debut with the sitar 4 years later, at his 75th birthday celebration in Delhi. As a part of her dad's band as he toured the world Anoushka had a wealth of performances at Carnegie Hall while still in her teens performing at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD festival, and also recording with George Harrison. She was the youngest and only female to receive the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament for her artistry and musicianship as a leading musician of in the Asian Arts.