Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka shankar is an British and American sitarist. She also sings. She was awarded the British House of Commons' Shield, which is the youngest and also the first female recipient. Alongside the nine Grammy awards and nine Grammy nominations, she also became the very first Indian-origin musician to perform during the ceremony live. Anoushka Shankar is a rising star on sitar music. Indian sitar. She is a student and sister of Ravi Shankar. Her birthplace was London in 1982, and her first years she split her time between London New Delhi. At the age of 13 she performed her first performance at New Delhi. After that, she relocated to Encinitas CA, where she obtained her High School diploma with honors in 1999. Anouskha even though she is just a teenager, has had a successful performing and recording career. She has been accompanying her father on stage for several years. The singer made Anourag her first album solo in 1998. Two years later she released the Grammy nomination-winning Live in Carnegie Hall. As she's appeared on all the major stages in across the globe, she's performance career has been expansive. Anoushka's career does not only include the world of music. Bapi The love of my life is an illustrated biography that she composed in 2002. The book pays tribute to her father, who passed away in 2002. Ravi Shankar. In 2003, she appeared as a character in Dance Like a Man as an actress and Bharat Natyam dancer. The career of Anoushka Shankar is in the process of developing and she will continue to achieve great success in the future. Anoushka is a native of England however, she spent the majority of her childhood between London as well as Delhi. Then she moved to California and went to high school. Anoushka started her music studies at the age of nine. Four years later, she made her music debut with the sitar Delhi during her father's 75th birthday celebration. Anoushka had the opportunity to acquire many valuable experiences when she accompanied her father on his world tour. The tour included appearances at Carnegie Hall and at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD concerts and making recordings together with George Harrison. She was the youngest and sole female recipient of the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament to recognize her artistry and musicianship as a preeminent musician of music in Asian Arts.