Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar is an Indian-born British American singer and musician is best known for her musical talents. She is the youngest female and also the first woman to be awarded a British House of Commons shield. Anoushka Shankar is an emerging young star of the Indian sitar. She's the daughter of Ravi Shankar and a former student. Her childhood was spent bouncing back and forth from London and New Delhi. When she arrived in New Delhi, she made her debut at just thirteen years of age. In Encinitas the state of California, in 1999 she earned an honorary high school diploma. Although she is still very young, Anouskha is an accomplished performer and recording record. She frequently joins her father in performances this she's done for a number of years. She released her first single album Anourag in 1998. It was followed by the album Live At Carnegie Hall, a Grammy-nominated album two years later. As she's appeared on every major stage in all over the globe, her stage career has been expansive. Anoushka's career does not only include music. Bapi the The Love of My Live, a biographical picture dedicated to her father Ravi Shankar was published in 2002. In addition, she acted in a movie in 2003. The role she played was that of a Bharat Nayam dancer on Dance Like a Man. Anoushka Shankar's professional career is continuing to develop and we are likely to see many things from her in the coming years. come. Anoushka was raised in England and spent a lot of her childhood split between London in the UK and Delhi. She then moved to California and attended high school there. Anoushka started her music studies when she was nine. Four years later she played her first sitar debut in Delhi for her father's 70th birthday party. The father of Anoushka travelled across the world with her and she also gained a variety of experience. While still at her teens, Anoushka performed at Carnegie Hall at Peter Gabriel's WOMAD concert. She was the only female to receive the House of Commons Shield awarded by the British Parliament to recognize her talent and musical ability as a preeminent musician of in the Asian Arts.