
A daughter of the sitarist Ravi Shankar and half-sister to Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar has shown herself to be a unique artist with tremendous talent and understanding of the great musical tradition of India. Anoushka is the only artist in the world to be trained completely by her father-legendary sitar virtuoso and composer, Ravi Shankar. She has been playing and studying the sitar with him since she was nine, and at age thirteen she made her performing debut in New Delhi, India. That same year, Anoushka entered the recording studio for the first time to play on her father’s recording, In Celebration. Two years later she helped as conductor with her father and dear friend and former Beatle, George Harrison, on the 1997 Angel release "Chants of India". Shortly thereafter she signed an exclusive contract with Angel/EMI Classics. In the Fall of 1998 her first solo recording, Anoushka, was released to tremendous critical acclaim. Two albums followed, "Anourag" in 2000 and "Live at Carnegie Hall" in 2001. The latter was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category, making her the youngest ever nominee in that category. She also played sitar on her father’s Grammy Award-winning album "Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000", and has appeared as a sitarist on several other CD’s, including Sting’s Sacred Love. Anoushka spent her formative years in London, where she was born in 1981. By the time she was seven she was also living partly in New Delhi, India, where she still spends half the year performing and helping to take care of the newly constructed Ravi Shankar Centre. The year 2002 saw the release of "Bapi: The Love of my Life", a biography she wrote on her father, and Anoushka has also contributed as a writer to several other books. The next year she acted in her first film, Dance Like a Man. She is also a gifted classical pianist, and retains a wide range of interests. As a mark of respect for her art-form and for her promise as a young and extremely talented young lady , the British Parliament presented Anoushka with a House of Commons Shield in 1998. She is the youngest as well as the first female recipient of this high honor. After a year’s sabbatical in 2004, Anoushka has returned to the concert stage alone and with her father, but has also grown as a composer. She scored the music for a short film titled Ancient Marks, and has recorded her fourth solo album, Rise, which features several of her new compositions, played by her and many notable musicians around the world. It is due for release in September 2005. As her solo career continues to blossom, it seems she is poised to carry forward her father’s legacy as one of the most creative and influential figures in the music world. == External Links == * * [http://www.anoushkashankar.com Anoushka Shankar Official Website] * [http://4record.tripod.com/index.htm Anoushka's early life] Artists
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A daughter of the sitarist Ravi Shankar and half-sister to Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar has shown herself to be a unique artist with tremendous talent and understanding of the great musical tradition of India. Anoushka is the only artist in the world to be trained completely by her father-legendary sitar virtuoso and composer, Ravi Shankar. She has been playing and studying the sitar with him since she was nine, and at age thirteen she made her performing debut in New Delhi, India. That same year, Anoushka entered the recording studio for the first time to play on her father’s recording, In Celebration. Two years later she helped as conductor with her father and dear friend and former Beatle, George Harrison, on the 1997 Angel release "Chants of India". Shortly thereafter she signed an exclusive contract with Angel/EMI Classics. In the Fall of 1998 her first solo recording, Anoushka, was released to tremendous critical acclaim. Two albums followed, "Anourag" in 2000 and "Live at Carnegie Hall" in 2001. The latter was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best World Music Album category, making her the youngest ever nominee in that category. She also played sitar on her father’s Grammy Award-winning album "Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000", and has appeared as a sitarist on several other CD’s, including Sting’s Sacred Love. Anoushka spent her formative years in London, where she was born in 1981. By the time she was seven she was also living partly in New Delhi, India, where she still spends half the year performing and helping to take care of the newly constructed Ravi Shankar Centre. The year 2002 saw the release of "Bapi: The Love of my Life", a biography she wrote on her father, and Anoushka has also contributed as a writer to several other books. The next year she acted in her first film, Dance Like a Man. She is also a gifted classical pianist, and retains a wide range of interests. As a mark of respect for her art-form and for her promise as a young and extremely talented young lady , the British Parliament presented Anoushka with a House of Commons Shield in 1998. She is the youngest as well as the first female recipient of this high honor. After a year’s sabbatical in 2004, Anoushka has returned to the concert stage alone and with her father, but has also grown as a composer. She scored the music for a short film titled Ancient Marks, and has recorded her fourth solo album, Rise, which features several of her new compositions, played by her and many notable musicians around the world. It is due for release in September 2005. As her solo career continues to blossom, it seems she is poised to carry forward her father’s legacy as one of the most creative and influential figures in the music world. == External Links == * * [http://www.anoushkashankar.com Anoushka Shankar Official Website] * [http://4record.tripod.com/index.htm Anoushka's early life] Artists
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