Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka is an American British sitarist and musician. She was first in her age group to be a member of the British House of Commons Staff. Anoushka Sitar Shankar, the Indian young sitar singer. She is the student and daughter of Ravi Shankar. She was born in 1982 in London. Her childhood years were split between London and New Delhi. At the age of 13 she staged her debut performance in New Delhi. She graduated in 1999 from her high schooling at Encinitas CA. Anouskha is still a young woman, but she has a very impressive career in singing and recording. She regularly performs together with her dad, and has performed with him for many years. Her first solo album, Anourag, was released in 1998. In 2002, she released her Grammy award-winning album Live at Carnegie Hall. The stage is a very important aspect of her life. She has performed in a variety of famous venues around the globe. Her career doesn't just comprise musical performances. Bapi the The Love of My Live, a biography of a picture that was dedicating to her dad Ravi Shankar was published in 2002. She also acted on the film "Dance Like a Man" in 2003. She played a Bharat Natyam dancer in Dance Like a Man. Anoushka Shankar is an emerging celebrity and her popularity is expected to continue growing. Anoushka Shankar was born and raised in England and spent much of her early years in London and Delhi after which she moved to California where she attended high school. She began studying music when she was nine years old and performed on the sitar for the 75th anniversary of the birth of her father in Delhi the following year. Anoushka has gained lots of knowledge by traveling the world together with her father. She performed in Carnegie Hall in her teenage period, as well as recorded for George Harrison's WOMAD Festival. She was the youngest and sole female recipient of the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament to recognize her talent and musical ability as an outstanding musician from music in Asian Arts.