Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is a British-American sitar player and music artist. She was awarded the British House of Commons' Shield as the youngest, and also the first female recipient. Alongside the nine Grammy awards and nine Grammy nominations, she also became the first Indian-born musician to perform at the award ceremony. Anoushka is the rising star in Indian sitar. She is the daughter of Ravi Shankar and a former student. She was born in London in 1982, and spent her early years shuttling to London in London and New Delhi. The first time she performed was in New Delhi at the tender 13 years old. Then she moved into Encinitas CA, where she earned the High School diploma with honors in the year 1999. Anouskha's career as a recorder and performer is quite impressive, in spite of her young age. She is often seen performing alongside her father and has performed with him for many years. Her debut single album Anourag in the year 1998. The album was titled the album Live At Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album two years after. In addition to performing in every major venue as well, she has a long stage career. Anoushka Shankar's professional life isn't limited to music. Bapi The love of my life is a illustrated biographical work that she composed in 2002. It is a tribute to her father, who passed away in 2002. Ravi Shankar. She has also acted in movies in 2003. She acted in the film Dance Like a Man where she is a young Bharat Natyam dancer. Anoushka's career is still developing and she is expected to achieve great success in the near future. Anoushka Shakar, who was born in England lived the majority of her life between London Delhi. Following her move to California she finished the high school. She began studying music at age 9 and was a sitar player in celebration of the 75th anniversary her father's birth in Delhi just four years after. Anoushka was able to gain a great deal of knowledge by traveling the world together with her father. She appeared at Carnegie Hall in her teenage years, and recorded at George Harrison's WOMAD Festival. In the end, The House of Commons Shield was presented in her honor by the British Parliament for being the most renowned Asian Arts musician. She is the only woman and youngest recipient of the distinction.